The Eternals' life forms had been experimented into existence, or rather, created.
Thanos was also one of the Eternals. His purple skin had resulted from a genetic mutation in childhood. The best proof was that Thanos's younger brother, "Starfox" Eros, looked much like ordinary people and the Eternals before them.
Therefore, Eternals like Thanos were the result of natural reproduction.
But some Eternals had been designed and manufactured from the very beginning.
Like the few before him and their companions.
It was fair to call them flesh-and-blood beings, but calling them robots was not wrong either.
At least, Ikaris's eyes had now been burned away by crimson heat vision. Beneath them were charred bones and dark-red blood, as well as flickering lines of energy within.
Ikaris's head was glowing, the light flashing intensely through his skull and skin.
The flashes grew weaker and weaker, as though they could go out at any moment.
His presence was also fading, and he could no longer even make a sound.
His hands were held by the two women, their tears falling onto his cheeks and making him twitch slightly from time to time.
The situation was exceedingly tragic.
Sersi and Sprite were helpless, because Ajak, the team's greatest healer, had just been forced to kill herself by Hong Fei.
Time passed second by second.
Less than a minute later, Ikaris gradually stopped moving.
Sprite suddenly raised her head, which had remained lowered the entire time. She let out a sharp scream, stepped on disks formed in the air beneath her feet, condensed a dagger in her hand, and charged rapidly toward Hong Fei.
But Hong Fei did not move at all.
Just as the dagger was about to plunge into Hong Fei's body, Sprite vanished from in front of him, only to suddenly