Chapter 537: Open the door and check the water meter
Jolu and his party arrived at Owen Lars' Moisture Farm, the only place on this extremely arid desert planet where crops could be grown were these underground farms that used moisture condensation technology to maintain humidity.
Owen and his wife, Bell, greet the crowd, but fail to see the two robots disembarking from the escape boat.
"Hello." Captain Andor stepped forward and greeted, "Are you the owner of the farm, Owen Lars?" β
"I am."
Owen replied resignedly, after all, he didn't know what such a group of vicious guys were doing in their house, especially with a heavily armed Mandalorian, it was easy to feel that it was not a good thing.
"Don't be nervous, we're just here to inquire if you bought two robots from the Java not long ago, an R2 mechanic, and a humanoid translation robot?"
"Yes, that's right. Are you the losers? β
Since the Jawa are a scavenger race, Owen knows the origin of their goods, and when the owner comes to the door, he has no choice but to consider himself unlucky.
"Yes." Captain Andor nodded and said, both robots belong to the Rebel Alliance, so in a sense, he is indeed the owner.
Owen had no choice but to apologize: "My nephew Luke went out with two robots in the morning for repairs, and he will be back at noon." Why don't you come and sit down first, and we'll discuss it when he comes back?" β
"Okay."
So Jolu and his party went to Owen's house and waited for Luke Skywalker to return with the two robots.
Owen's wife, Bellow, cooked her own crops and served them to the crowd, hoping to make things as peaceful as possible.
Qiao Lu and the others didn't come to make trouble, just to get back the two robots, so they didn't refuse Belle's kindness.
Owen is still indignant that he bought two hot potatoes, but he doesn't know that these two robots will cause even greater death!
While everyone was eating at Owen's underground farm, K-2SO, a robot that was on guard outside because it didn't need to eat, noticed that Imperial soldiers were approaching in the distance, and it hurriedly shouted to the people underground:
"Uh, guys, I think we're in trouble!"
Andor immediately poked his head out and saw the Desert Stormtroopers appear on the vast horizon in the distance, and his first reaction was to ask K-2SO:
"Are you chasing us?"
"No, no one is following us on the way here." The Mandalorian replied in the affirmative, "I'm not slow enough to be targeted." β
Genji nodded in agreement, "We shouldn't have left any traces to trace, and the other party can't catch up all the way." β
Another advantage of the land-based boats is that they do not leave any marks on the ground, as there is no contact with the ground at all and is driven by anti-gravity devices.
"They're looking for those two robots, too." Qiao Lu finally concluded, "The Jawa desert tracks, the empire must have found out." β
The Mandalorian can follow the Java's desert crawlers all the way here, and of course the Desert Stormtroopers can follow the trails left by the desert crawlers all the way to this wet farm, it's just a matter of time.
"Awesome, now we're targeted." Captain Andor said helplessly, "What next?" Are we going to run? β
Qiao Lu looked back at the Owen couple inside, it was easy for them to get out of here, and the Imperial Army should not have noticed them yet.
It's just that as soon as Qiao Lu and the others leave like this, Owen and Belo will have to ask for more blessings, and the brutal imperial soldiers will not let go of anyone who may be involved with the rebels, and it is estimated that both of them will be brutally killed.
"You must get out of here!"
Qiao Lu explained the situation outside to them, and wanted to call the two of them to go together, but Owen said resolutely:
"No, Luke hasn't come back yet, we can't leave him behind! Let me go out and explain to themβ"
During the argument, the Desert Stormtroopers had already arrived near the Moisture Farm, and the other party was obviously not a good person, so he pointed his gun at the door and shouted:
"Hey, all the people inside are out! Otherwise we're going to shoot! β
"It's rude, can't you even open the door to check the water meter?"
Qiao Lu knew that letting Owen out would end up being shot indiscriminately, and the Imperial soldiers would never listen to any explanation, and would rather kill a thousand wrong people than let go of one, which is their style of acting.
In desperation, he had no choice but to show his lightsaber, identify himself to Owen and say:
"Don't try to explain anything, can you explain why your guests have this thing?"
"Are youΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· Jedi Knight!? Owen's eyes widened suddenly, of course he could recognize the lightsaber and knew what it meant.
Jolu remained undeniably silent, and for now they could only hold the farm until Luke Skywalker returned.
"Three seconds for you! Come out now! 3γ2γ1βββ
"Negotiations failed, prepare to attack!"
The Desert Stormtroopers outside were already making the final countdown, and just as they counted to the last second, they all aimed at the door of Owen's house and pulled the trigger, the door was kicked open from the inside, and the figure of Qiao Lu holding a lightsaber appeared behind the door.
In an instant, countless beams of explosive energy poured towards Qiao Lu, but this was self-defeating.
I saw Qiao Lu quickly turn the lightsaber in his hand, forming a shield-like sword light and sword shadow around his body, and bounced back all the oncoming blast beams at an extremely fast speed.
This made the Desert Stormtroopers who wanted to concentrate their firepower to break down the door look confused, and watched as the rain of bullets and bullets they fired returned with lightning speed, and instantly shot themselves on their backs.
Although they weren't riding horses, they did ride the local desert creatures, the lizard, and the Earth was almost the equivalent of a camel on Earth, but now they were all shot several times, knocking the Desert Stormtroopers on their backs to the ground.
It can only be said that they are indeed not professional enough, and if they were the demolition team of the wandering earth, this place may have been razed to the ground.
Thinking of rushing in all the way to shoot and wipe out the desert stormtroopers inside, this time it can be regarded as self-defeating, but he never thought that standing behind the door would be Qiao Lu with a lightsaber in hand.
After a frenzied round of strafing, they managed to take out a large number of their own team members, and the rest of them quickly ceased fire and hurriedly called for reinforcements.
Ready to fly, have to send! The other members of Rogue One also hurriedly took up their weapons and went up to support Qiao Lu in the battle against the Imperial Army.