At the bottom of the planet Coruscant, which has more than 5,000 layers of crust, in that bottomless, sunless lower area, and further down in the slums filled with crime and violence, two Coruscant security employees He is directing a group of spherical floating machines to investigate this sewer.
They just looked at the various traces left at the scene, while directing the suspended spherical machines to scan and record each footprint, the liquid remaining on the dirty steel wall, some fresh scratches and cursed conversations. Author:
'This way! '
'Come here, scan this side, look at these tracks and footprints, do they look like they were left by some kind of beast or insect? '
'Maybe! '
'I really don't understand what kind of creature would attack the sewer cleaners here and eat so cleanly that even the patrol robots were attacked...'
'Don't worry so much, it's too bad here, finish the investigation quickly and go back and report! '
'Okay man, you're right, the air here is really bad, I can smell it even with the mask on...'
'That's because you Toguta people's sense of smell is too sensitive. It's actually not that smelly here, at least it's not smellier than the floors below? We may have to go down later, and we have to investigate clearly. If you don’t want to run a second time? '
'This is really bad news...'
'Hello! Have them come over and scan here, and here! You see, the marks left on the wall, the metal is scratched! '
'I saw it, what was it? '
'I don't know, it looks like it was left behind when a creature with some sharp horns ran past. I hope they don't appear in front of us. They are definitely not easy to mess with...'
'Don't worry, we have blasters, we are more difficult to mess with! '
'Too……'
'Man, haven't they reconstructed the true identity of the attackers based on the footprints and traces left behind? '
'Not yet. It seems that those things are different from the creatures that live in such a place in the database, so they may need to collect some DNA information. '
'Then hurry up, I've had enough, we shouldn't have come down just now! '
'...'
The above is what Anakin found after driving to this level and walking for a short time after getting out of the car.
In front, he saw the two Coruscant security employees who were investigating impatiently. They used the investigation robot to continuously scan the footprints and traces in the walls and pipes, and were heading forward. He groped for the entrance to the next floor.
Seeing that the situation in the secret passage was not good, Anakin hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth, deliberately made loud footsteps and walked forward.
'! ! '
'Who's there? '
'come out faster! Otherwise we will shoot! ! '
The two security employees soon heard the footsteps coming from behind, and they turned the blasters in their hands and aimed nervously behind them. At the same time, the suspended spherical machines that were scanning forward also turned around at the same time. , surrounded and illuminated beams of visible light beams on Anakin, who was walking out of the darkness.
'ah! '
'It's a Jedi...'
'! ! '
'It's that Jedi, Skywalker! ! '
'What? ! '
Soon, as the police scanning robots immediately holographically projected Anakin's information, the two security employees who read the information and recognized who it was quickly put away the explosives in their hands. Able to shoot and exclaimed.
"snort!"
"Who are you and why are you here?!"
Relying on the fact that his identity and authority as a Jedi Knight were countless levels higher than those of the employees responsible for security, Anakin walked over with a straight face and pretended to be intimidating, while directly asking the two of them.
'ah! '
'Report, report, sir! '
'Well, we just went to the upper level to investigate a case, and then the reconnaissance robot we carried seems to have discovered that there are some problems with the ecosystem below the negative layer of Coruscant. Many bottom-level creatures have disappeared. So, we came down to see what happened. '
'But sir, why are you here? '
The Toguta security employee explained nervously, and asked Anakin curiously.
After all, it is really strange for a Jedi to appear in such a dirty place. Under normal circumstances, these high-ranking Jedi rarely come to such a bottomless and invisible lower level. Regional... In fact, no one with some power and status will come here. Only employees at the bottom like them have to come to this dangerous place to deal with the equally dangerous poor people.
"I had a pet a few years ago, and then I left it here. I just wanted to see if it was still alive..."
"How is your investigation going? What problems did you find?"
Anakin said calmly, without hiding anything, and began to urgently think of various solutions in his heart.
Because he knew that what the other party was investigating must be that his No. 0 swarm destroyed certain creatures and ecology in this negative layer for energy and food. Therefore, it led to the destruction of those on Coruscant. Did the spherical reconnaissance robot discover an anomaly?
'Report sir! '
'We haven't found anything yet, but judging from the evidence we have so far, it should be some kind of powerful predator, and maybe it was a large group? '
That Toguta security employee didn't dare to hide anything in front of a Jedi, especially in front of a legendary and terrifying Jedi? Therefore, he explained it honestly.
"Well!"
"So that's it, but where are you planning to go next?"
Nodding, Anakin walked directly in front of a suspended spherical reconnaissance robot without comment, clicked directly on the operating system on it, and checked the information on it as if there was no one there.
When he discovered that the two men did not seem to have investigated any more valuable information, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
'Report sir! '
'We plan to continue to investigate clearly. According to the existing traces, those guys should be moving downwards, so we are going to go to the negative N floor to take a look first. '
Although they didn't know why a Jedi would be so concerned about such a trivial matter, since the other party asked, the two security employees had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to answer.
"Negative N level..."
"Did you notice anything unusual down there? The negative N level is not a good place. It is said that no one has been down there for many years. Not only is the environment very bad, but there are also many ferocious and huge creatures?"
To be honest, Anakin almost couldn't hold back his exclamation when he heard the other party said he was going to the negative N level.
Because, the negative N layer further down is the base of his No. 0 insect swarm, and it has now spread to every place below. If these two people really go down, they will definitely find it!
'That's true...'
'We didn't want to go at first, but you see, there seems to be something strange here, as if some creature has preyed on all the animals responsible for maintaining the ecological balance of the sewer, and there is nothing left... You see Look here, this area has become a lot cleaner. '
'This can't go on like this! '
In fact, these two security employees should not have investigated these matters originally, but since they discovered it, they felt that reporting it after the investigation was clear might be of great benefit to them, and even Wouldn't it be possible to get promoted based on merit and completely get rid of the unfortunate job of patrolling in this dangerous lower area where the bottom is bottomless and the sun is not visible?
Anyway, they have had enough of performing tasks in the areas above that are dominated by urban poor and full of crime and violence. They will not let go of any opportunity that can get them out of that unlucky job!
"strangeness!"
"Wouldn't it be nice if this place was cleaner?"
Anakin knew what was going on here, and he was a little disgusted with seeing those disgusting giant maggots and slimy dark creatures every time he came here, so he acquiesced to the insect swarm's practice of occasionally killing them for bioenergy, but... Even he didn't expect that they just didn't come back for nearly a month, and they would do this to this extent, and also attract the attention of these two guys?
'It's not bad...'
'But sir, this situation may lead to chaos in the sewer ecology, and then affect the balance of the entire planet... But this is a very complicated matter. We are only responsible for coming here to briefly investigate the situation. The details will have to wait until it is reported. We only know this after the municipal department dispatches professional environmental assessment robots to conduct assessments. '
Seeing that this Jedi knight who had appeared here inexplicably was still asking endless questions, as if the two of them were prisoners, the other security employee explained impatiently.
"!!"
"Didn't your superiors know about this? Didn't you report it?"
After being stunned for a moment, Anakin suddenly narrowed his eyes and asked. At the same time, he also pretended to glance casually towards the dark passage in the distance.
'not yet. '
'Sir, you may not know, and we don't know what happened here, but the signal was actually blocked. We just tried it, but it failed, so we are going to investigate at the lower level for a while and then go back and report. '
"Yeah?"
"In that case, I will feel relieved..."
Finally, after hearing what the other party said, Anakin, who had been struggling for a long time, suddenly became relaxed, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
"??"
'Sir, how do you...'
The Toguta and another security employee of unknown race were a little confused. They didn't know what Anakin, a Jedi knight, was about. However, they subconsciously felt that the other party seemed to have unkind intentions, and they had just arrived in time. Qi took a step back and touched the handle of the blaster pistol at his waist, and something happened!
Whoosh~! Whoosh~!
Before the two security employees of the Coruscant planet and the suspended spherical patrol robots could react, soon, spines were shot out from the darkness in the distance at extremely fast speeds!
Then, except for Anakin, those spherical suspended robots were hit with sparks flying on the ground, exploded and fell to the ground, and the two security employees were killed by two people the moment the huge underground drainage channel fell into darkness. The spines pierced the head and various parts of the body, and then under the action of the highly toxic toxin, he fell directly to the ground of the sewer on the negative N+1 floor.
"Enosa..."
"You have disappointed me so much. Didn't I warn you not to make any big moves?"
Staring blankly at the two innocent security employees on the ground, Anakin said nothing. After a while, he raised his head and faced with a straight face the man who was slowly crawling towards him in the darkness with several hydralisks. A certain insect queen scolded sternly.
Although, even if these two people go down to the negative N level to investigate, his huge secret may not be exposed to the public on Coruscant... However, in Anakin's view, this situation is indeed a It's a very bad omen. If it happens once, it may happen a second time, and this is contrary to his imperfect plan. He does not allow things that are beyond his plan to happen, especially obviously. Can it be avoided and prevented?
'Sorry Master, we will pay attention to it in the future...'
'only……'
'The children are really hungry. Although we can barely sustain our minimum consumption by relying on the energy provided by the carpet, our hunger is constantly tormenting us... We thought that no one might come to this level before. That's why...'
After hearing Anakin's scolding, the insect queen named 'Inosha' slowly crawled in front of Anakin, and then quickly lowered her head and defended aggrievedly.
"I know it's hard for you to endure it, and I know you don't have enough resources, but this is just this one time, and it won't happen next time!"
"Now, let them come out and clean up the scene!"
Seeing the other party's appearance, Anakin, who originally wanted to reprimand him for a while, endured it after thinking about it, and turned to face the corpses lying on the ground in the darkness and the detectives who were still emitting sparks and lightning. said the robot.
'yes……'
Following Anakin's order and Queen Enosa's response, countless springtails and worker bees soon poured out from the darkness behind, quickly killing the robots that fell on the ground and the two unlucky ones. The bodies of the security employees were packed up and taken away.
Every twenty seconds, there is nothing left here, as if what happened just now never happened.
"Let's go!"
"Take me to the base below to have a look..."
Anakin didn't take the deaths of those security employees seriously and wasn't too worried.
After all, Coruscant is too big, and they came down through the slums. Even if they disappeared, it would not cause much noise. At most, it would just be a case, and when the inefficient Coruscant bureaucracy remembered And to investigate, I'm afraid it will be several years later.
Of course, the greater possibility is that it will be shelved directly, and then the bureaucrats will directly handle the disappearance of those two people as a case of being attacked by thugs? Anyway, no one would come to such a bottomless and dark lower-level area to investigate two missing persons. Anakin was not in a hurry about this. He was very sure that he would not be worried about it. Leading to the discovery of his swarm.
"correct!"
"Does your genetic information explain how the insect swarm solved the problem of hunger and resources in the Koprulu star area?"
While walking, suddenly, on a whim, Anakin frowned and asked.
In other words, these insect swarms will find resources and develop on their own. If it were him, he would be exhausted and unable to find enough resources and energy to supply their extremely rapidly developing group! Thinking about the time when he and Obi-Wan raised a larvae, it took a lot of effort.
'have! '
Surprisingly, the Insect Queen Enosa answered very confidently.
"What is it?"
'war! .'
"..."
"But what if the problem is still not solved after the war?"
Hearing the other party's answer, Anakin was slightly surprised, but he soon felt relieved. After all, he had known for a long time that his insect swarm was indeed a terrifying war machine that was responsible for itself and multiplied infinitely. !
'Hmph...'
'Then continue to wage war, expanding endlessly, spreading terror into every corner of the universe and threatening to devour anything that dares stand in our way...'
With a penetrating and dangerous red light in her eyes, Inosa, the insect queen of the heroic unit of the insect swarm, turned around and said this in a sinister tone.
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