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An alien inspector and his subordinate discover that the third planet of Sol is heavily contaminated by a virulent oxygen-breathing life that survives repeated extermination attempts. The subordinate recounts detailed measures—flooding with heavy liquid, extreme cold and heat cycles, burning, seismic upheaval and submergence—that failed to remove the resilient inhabitants, who apparently escaped from another shattered world. Faced with renewed outbreaks and the threat of planetary destruction, the inspector demands absolute extermination, while the record-keeping subordinate tries to explain past failures and think of new remedies. The narrative juxtaposes bureaucratic procedure with an unsettling depiction of a tenacious biological menace.
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