The purge of the top leadership was, in essence, just the removal of the top command heads of the Skrulls.
The most deeply rooted, widespread, and difficult to deal with member states of human society are the second layer: the Skrull infiltrators, an elite class that permeates all walks of life.
This group of people is completely different from the high-ranking officials at the top of the political and military circles.
The quantities are not even in the same league.
The primary target group only numbers around a hundred people at most.
Secondary targets have surged to several thousand, densely packed and established in key sectors around the world.
Their people are everywhere – in scientific research, finance, media, high-end enterprises, and core technology departments.
The most challenging aspect is that these industry elites all have their own security measures in place.
Bodyguards and military/police escorts for top-level officials are all employees of the system.
S.H.I.E.L.D.. and the military can easily find a temporary duty excuse or a classified mission to stop someone from being temporarily transferred from the scene.
The bodyguards in the second-tier elite circle are all private elite security personnel.
They disregard official orders, refuse to accept excuses from the system, and only recognize their own employers.
Anyone who tries to harm their boss will be stopped by force; there's no room for negotiation.
If we launch a direct, forceful attack as before, we will inevitably wipe out a large number of private security personnel as well.
Once the commotion escalates, street brawls break out, celebrities suddenly disappear, and corporate executives die mysteriously.
The media erupted in an uproar, and public panic reached its peak.
At that point, the Skrull won't even need to cause destruction; humanity's own social order will collapse first.
In the command center, everyone stared at the dense array of level-two red dots on the screen, frowning as they reviewed the current situation.
A direct confrontation won't work.
To let it run rampant is even worse.
Finally, everyone reached a consensus and finalized a cleanup plan that was completely opposite to the first-level plan.
No violent raids, no open suppression.
The entire process involved covert infiltration and seamless replacement.
Only Rimuru could bring this plan to fruition.
Relying on a massive number of Ultimate Nullifier robots, coupled with a Mimicry system tailored for Rimuru.
The process is very reliable.
The robots launched a surprise attack and instantly subdued the alien elites.
To take over the daily work and maintain the normal operation of society by impersonating the other party.
First, stabilize the external environment and prevent any disturbances.
After the entire replacement is completed and the situation is completely under control,
Then, rescue the truly elite humans who have been imprisoned and replace them one by one.
Compared to the level 1 Thunder speedrun strategy, level 2 clearing is much more troublesome.
Slow speed, numerous steps, extremely low tolerance for error, and exposure risks double.
To minimize the chance of failure, Rimuru directly adopted a wide-net strategy.
Mass production and deployment of Ultimate Nullifier robots.
The project is being rolled out globally simultaneously, with work commencing at thousands of target locations at once, aiming to replace all sites seamlessly in one go and eliminate the potential risks of phased operations.
In an instant, a silent operation was launched around the world.
High-end office buildings, private research institutes, financial trading centers, and media headquarters in the city.
Countless Ultimate Nullifier, perfectly replicating the appearance, voice, and demeanor of human elites, silently completed their replacements.
The vast majority of actions were flawless.
Before the Skrull elites could react, they were instantly restrained and subdued.
The robot seamlessly takes over the identity, with identical speech, work habits, and daily routine.
None of his colleagues, subordinates, or business partners noticed anything unusual.
All industries continued to operate smoothly and steadily, without the slightest disturbance.
However, with such a large number of simultaneous actions (thousands of times), a mistake eventually occurred.
There were a few locations where the replacement unexpectedly failed.
Some of them are Skrull elites with extremely high alertness, who can detect something amiss and trigger a covert warning in advance.
The entire covert operation was nearly exposed before the robot could be completely replaced.
Some are even more outrageous.
Robots can replicate appearances and identities without any problem, but their imitation of subtle human habits and social skills is too rigid.
The problem doesn't show up during regular work or meetings, but it's instantly exposed at private dinners or social gatherings with acquaintances.
His behavior was too rigid, his responses too formulaic, and his emotions too insincere.
Within half a day, rumors began circulating in several urban circles that "important figures have suddenly become strange."
Scattered suspicions and strange rumors began to quietly spread within high-end circles.
If it spreads even a little bit more, the entire seamless replacement plan will completely collapse.
At the crucial moment, Nick Fury stepped in to save the day.
He had anticipated the high risks of a Level 2 operation and reserved authority for emergency public relations and intelligence suppression in advance.
Whenever a problem arises in a particular location, S.H.I.E.L.D.. immediately intervenes on the spot.
A unified external narrative: High-intensity work leads to mental fatigue, short-term sleep disruption, and emotional instability.
At the same time, suppress all private rumors and block insider gossip.
For the few insiders who sensed something was wrong and had doubts,
Either conduct confidential interviews involving classified information, or implement hierarchical information control to directly block the channels of dissemination.
They forcefully suppressed several potential exposure crises that were about to erupt.
The incident seemed perilous, but fortunately, the situation was stabilized in the end.
Most of the Skrull industry elites have been successfully and seamlessly replaced and imprisoned.
At the few locations where accidents occurred, Fury forcefully contained the situation and secretly brought it to a close.
After all the secondary replacement operations were completely finalized, the mission review reports from various locations were displayed one by one on Rimuru's exclusive holographic interface.
He quietly stared at the few lines of red reporting records marked "[Replacement Failed, Suspected Exposure]", his brows furrowing slightly.
It wasn't unexpected that the operation went wrong.
To be honest, Rimuru had already anticipated that with thousands of targets being replaced simultaneously on a large scale, and only a few failing miserably.
No one is perfect, and neither are machines.
These are probabilistic errors, completely within a controllable range, and not worth getting angry about at all.
But looking down at the accompanying folk tales and records, Rimuru was truly speechless.
The more I look at it, the more outrageous it becomes; the more I look at it, the more infuriated I get.
The widely circulated explanation is that those industry elites suddenly underwent a drastic personality change, as if they had become completely different people.
Rimuru was completely stunned.
He was internally ranting and raving, his stomach churning with inexplicable anger.
no?
She built the Ultimate Nullifier herself, equipped with Tony and Banner's top-of-the-line Mimicry system.
It can eat, drink, socialize normally, and handle work; its daily behavior is almost indistinguishable from that of a real person.
In terms of outward appearance, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
How did something as perfectly Mimicry become labeled as "human mutation"?
He scrolled through the report and looked at the notes in the backend, instantly understanding the root of the problem, and almost laughed out of anger.
It's not Ultimate Nullifier at all; the imitation is far from accurate.
It was those few elite humans who were replaced who were having far too many outrageous and extravagant affairs in private.
Various quirky and bizarre personal quirks, outrageous social habits, and all sorts of strange and bizarre actions.
How could someone who meticulously replicates Ultimate Nullifier, engaging in such extremely private and illogical deviant behavior, possibly act on their own initiative?
His robot can only accurately replicate a normal public persona and work status.
Who could have imagined that these seemingly respectable social elites would be so outrageous in private?
Rimuru increasingly frustrated.
His inability to imitate such outrageous maneuvers led to his exposure, and yet that's considered a problem with his Ultimate Nullifier?
What's even more absurd is the logic from the outside world.
Because the elite's behavior before and after was so drastic, no one suspected that his identity had been replaced.
Instead, they were convinced that the person in question had mutated.
Rimuru silently grumbled to himself, unable to stop complaining in his mind.
If we're really talking about abnormality in the theory of mutation, these guys who mess around in private are the real outcasts, aren't they?
He couldn't help but imagine it.
Fortunately, his identification device only targeted Skrulls genes.
If the machine's judgment criteria were even slightly stricter, it would also classify these humans with bizarre and abnormal behavior as abnormal targets.
They might take them all down on the spot, causing a huge blunder.
Suppressing this absurd thought, what left Rimuru speechless was the subsequent spread of rumors.
The rumors that were secretly circulating in the circle had completely gone astray.
All those in the know and those who harbor suspicions have given the same answer.
These elites were replaced by mysterious clones.
Upon hearing this rumor, Rimuru was completely stunned.
He instantly recalled the various outrageous rumors circulating about his past life.
In the previous dimensional world, there were always mindless rumors that a mysterious organization was using clones to replace various celebrities.
He initially thought it was just a joke or meme from an online friend in his previous life.
I never expected that after transmigrating into the Marvel Universe, I would inexplicably be burdened with this huge accusation.
So, after all this back and forth, all the blame and conspiracy theories are ultimately pinned on Him?
Inexplicably, he's been confirmed as the mastermind behind [secretly manipulating the Earth, replacing powerful figures from all walks of life, and the ultimate mastermind hiding behind the scenes]?
Rimuru's lips twitched slightly, his anger rising.
It was originally a world-saving operation to save humanity and eliminate the annihilation of the alien race.
As a result, this group's outrageous actions twisted it into a dark and scheming script for His work.
He was genuinely confused and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
If it weren't for the Daju being prioritized, the entire crackdown wouldn't have been completely over yet.
He really wanted to go directly to their door and teach those bastards a lesson for their outrageous private lives and for making him take the blame.
Wouldn't it be better to just accept being replaced?
He had to pull off a bunch of bizarre moves, which not only backfired but also cemented his reputation as the mastermind behind everything.
Rimuru stared at the outrageous compilation of rumors on the screen and sighed silently.
Okay.
Let's take the blame for this inexplicable mistake for now.
I've remembered the damn things you did to me.