Australia

A direct flight from Mumbai to Perth International Airport in Western Australia by private jet takes eleven hours and ten minutes. This distance is almost at the limit of Kingo's private jet's range.

But Kingo didn't care at all; he applied for the flight and headed straight there. This wasn't the first time he'd come to Australia like this.

After arriving in Perth and completing immigration procedures at customs, the group continued their journey in their refueled private jet to the Australia outback.

The plane landed again at a remote little airport. Karun Patel, who was the first to disembark, knew her way around to a certain storage area.

A Ford Explorer was driven out, a best-selling model that pioneered the SUV trend.

Because one of her travel companions owned a Tiger, the third row of seats was folded down, creating a resting space for Kitty, along with the storage area.

Karun Patel, the portly butler, drove, while Henry and Kingo sat in the second row, chatting aimlessly.

In fact, during such a long journey, the two of them never stopped talking.

From the initial discussion of movies, the similarities and differences between Hollywood and Bollywood, and the advancements in film technology, to Henry's vision for the future of cinema, the most important point, of course, is the addition of computer-generated special effects technology, which has greatly enriched the possibilities of film.

Kingo even asked how India films could gain international recognition, but the cautious Henry didn't offer much of an answer.

Because there is no formula for success; What If...? there were, those who knew it would surely keep it a secret. What is revealed is definitely a conservative approach—a method that offers opportunities for success while minimizing the risk of utter failure.

Moreover, the vast cultural divide and the inability of people from different historical backgrounds to empathize with each other hinder the entry of artworks from one culture into another.

Even if it's just superficial banter and witty remarks, sometimes the same effect can not be achieved because different cultural backgrounds have different senses of humor and different points of criticism.

It's like United States man saying to a foreign girl, "You look like a peach," and then a group of men laughing lewdly.

Girls unfamiliar with United States culture What If...? intuitively associate the peach's appearance and taste with a compliment, assuming the other person is praising them and feeling happy. In reality, this is considered blatant sexual innuendo and blatant misrepresentation in United States.

Such scenes, in United States toilet humor comedies, would make audiences laugh out loud. But if shown in the countries where they were imported, those who don't understand them would find them boring, while those who do would feel offended.

The reverse is also true.

Alternatively, they might use the outward appearance of their own culture to wrap the inner meaning of Western culture, making it "understandable" for Western audiences and lowering the barrier to entry for watching the film.

But that probably wasn't the answer Kingo was looking for, so Henry simply kept quiet. He really had no other options anyway.

Besides the movie, Henry also learned from Kingo about the experiences of the Eternals after they came to Earth, which were far more complicated than depicted in the film.

Battles against Deviants are inevitable, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they are the main focus.

The Deviants is depicted as highly intelligent Beast, devoid of culture, simply driven by instinct to exterminate humanity. This is the primary reason why the Eternals were sent to Earth by the Celestials.

However, the Eternals don't only deal with Earth's natives and Deviants.

In the tenth century, the Eternals migrated from their original region of Mesopotamia to Europe, and then to the the Americas, preparing to wipe out the last remaining Deviants. Among them was a very unexpected ally: Thor Odinson, the god of thunder from Asgard.

After the Eternals achieved their final victory, they settled in the Maya Empire and were revered as gods. But in reality, they were merely awaiting the Celestials ' command to return. Henry thought to himself that, apart from their leader Ajak, probably no other Eternals knew their true mission. He wondered when Ikaris had been informed of this by Ajak.

Then, in the eleventh century, a war broke out between the Eternals and the Inhumans!

That's right, it's the Kree experimented on humans and created these superhuman beings with superpowers.

The Inhumans were originally intended to be genetically modified soldiers for the Kree Empire. However, for unknown reasons—in reality, the Kree Empire's Supreme Intelligence decided to abandon the Inhumans —Inhumans they were left on Earth to fend for themselves.

For a long time, the Inhumans have lived on the Attilan in the North Atlantic, isolated from the outside world, and developing advanced technology on their own.

When the Deviants on Earth was wiped out by the Eternals, the Inhumans suddenly felt they were ready and wanted to take over the Earth. And they did just that.

If the Inhumans were merely confined to islands in the North Atlantic, the Eternals wouldn't bother with them. But things are different when they launch wars of conquest against other regions.

Because the Inhumans are a modified race created after the Kree's intervention, they are considered by the Eternals to be non-native natives of Earth, which is why they attacked them so ruthlessly!

In the end, most of the Inhumans launched their islands into space, seeking refuge in the Blue Area of the Moon, the far side of the moon. The Eternals continued to uphold their mission of protecting Earth.

Henry has confirmed with Kingo that there are only ten Eternals on Earth. These ten alone were able to defeat the entire Inhumans and send them fleeing in disarray; one can imagine the immense value of the Eternals.

However, at that time, the Inhumans had never heard of any being as extraordinary as Black Bolt.

Although Inhumans bloodlines still remain on Earth, these survivors cannot awaken their abilities without Terrigen Crystal.

Therefore, the Eternals did not choose to exterminate them completely as they did with the Deviants. Instead, they allowed these unawakened Inhumans, who were no different from ordinary humans, to live on Earth.

Even up to this point, the Eternals still openly interacted with humans. Some people regarded them as gods, some as wise men, and some as prophets.

This is why Henry could find accounts of the Eternals in many documents.

The reason they interacted with Mutants was that in an era when people were not yet enlightened, the appearance of Mutants easily made them arrogant and conceited, considering themselves gods.

Since some believe themselves to be gods, they will naturally want to challenge the true gods. The Eternals naturally become the targets of these Mutants.

Then it got blown up.

The Eternals do not have a doctrine of not fighting back or not killing.

Fortunately, communication and transportation were not well-developed in ancient times, so not all Mutants with awakened abilities could come to them. The number and concentration of Mutants awakened their abilities in ancient times were also not as high as in modern times.

So most of the time, the Eternals live a fairly peaceful life. But if Mutants awakens near their settlement, these mutants will often come to challenge them, and it can easily escalate into a fight to the death.

Those Mutants who know how to conceal their abilities usually hide them and live like ordinary people. No one knows they exist.

This creates a ridiculous situation, similar to survivorship bias. The flamboyant Mutants will come knocking and get wiped out by the Eternals; the low-profile Mutants remain unknown to everyone.

Therefore, the Mutants come looking for trouble will be defeated by the Eternals, which becomes an identity. This can then be simplified to: Mutants will always be defeated by the Eternals.

This is why the Eternals generally have a negative view of Mutants.

Kingo cleverly used the influence of the Mutants as a reason for the Eternals, who had completed their mission, to step back from the limelight and each find a place to live in seclusion.

Henry didn't try to be clever and dig up things the other person didn't want to talk about. He wasn't some annoying reporter who would insist on reopening old wounds and piecing together the truth.

At least the conversation with Kingo gave Henry information about Deviants, Inhumans, and Mutants. This gave him a better understanding of the situation in this world.