Hm?
The instant the patrolling Servo-automaton swept past, Leman Russ sensed it, the hairs on his body rising slightly despite himself.
His perception was as keen as a wolf's, and he was far more alert to danger.
The Servo-automaton was watching the city, and the gaze within it came from some kind of nonhuman higher life-form.
"That unknown existence has noticed something. Perhaps it's looking for me, trying to stop me from approaching the Tree of Life."
That thought surfaced in Leman Russ's mind.
He realized this city was not as harmonious as it appeared. There were far more dangers hidden within it!
The Wolf King did not hesitate in the slightest. The moment the Servo-automaton's gaze swept toward him, his body turned into an afterimage and vanished.
His speed surpassed the limits of what the human eye could see; even Electronic Eyes struggled to capture him.
Even the City of Life's surveillance system failed to record his figure in full. It merely caught a blurred, humanlike shadow.
Afterward, the Servo-automaton judged it to be a possible danger and immediately reported it to the City of Life's security department.
This city, larger than a star system, was fitted with countless Electronic Eyes, while dense patrols of Servo-automatons moved through it again and again.
All of it existed to detect danger at the first possible moment.
The omnipresent Electronic Eyes and Servo-automatons allowed the city's citizens to live with greater peace of mind, and to call upon security personnel for help at any time.
According to the latest data from the administrative department, the City of Life had already become the region with the best public order outside the imperial capital.
After the security department received the footage transmitted by the Servo-automaton, the government personnel made a judgment. Judging by the