Battle Beneath the Earth Page #3

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Gallery K is cleared.

We're ready to break through

into the bottom shaft.

Thanks, Pete. This

way, commander.

Cut the drill.

Okay, Mac.

Right, Charlie, get

in with that hammer.

Okay, that ought to do it.

- Looks like an explosion.

- Strange, this shaft's been closed for years.

- There's another.

- What is it?

Watch it!

- Are you all right?

- Yeah.

Hey, you better keep close.

No telling what'll go next.

What's this?

I don't know.

We never dug through there.

Perfectly cut sides.

Let's have the chisel.

Commander.

Look at this.

I hope to hell you know

what you're talking about.

I think so, sir.

This is Colonel Wilson,

Army Intelligence.

- How do you do, sir?

- Hello.

Well...

...there's no question about it.

Your tunnel samples are a

mixture of rock and soil...

...typical of the Placer area...

...and fused under extremely

high temperatures.

By some kind of

tunneling machine?

It can't be ruled out

as a possibility.

But that would require a

fantastic amount of heat.

Exactly.

Such a machine is beyond our scientific

knowledge at the present time.

- This the medallion you told me about?

- Yes, sir.

What do you make of that?

Sir, I'm completely puzzled.

Oh, excuse me, sir.

Glad to see you, Arnold.

How is he, doctor?

The shock treatments seem

to have been effective.

Thank you. I'm sorry we can't ask

you to stay but it's regulations.

I understand.

In any case, I feel

safer in my own asylum.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye, and thank you.

So you found one of them.

No, only these traces.

I've told them about your research,

Arnold. They'd like to hear more.

As you all know, one of man's

dreams has been to understand...

...and predict earthquakes

and volcanic eruptions...

...to prevent needless death

and wanton tragedies.

For the past seven years, I've devoted

my life and my resources to this task.

But your government

wouldn't help...

...nor would the great foundations.

However, I persevered.

Working alone, I

designed and built...

...extremely advanced and

sensitive equipment.

About six months ago...

...while I was studying that archvillain

of Japanese volcanoes, Asamayama...

...I began to detect strange

patterns of movement...

...beneath the Earth's surface.

Do you have a chart of the

Pacific here, please?

- Of course.

- Thank you.

Mysterious underwater sounds were

creeping along beneath the ocean...

...moving towards our coastline

in a steady methodical manner...

...unlike any natural force.

I presume you charted all this?

Asamayama erupted

quite suddenly.

My records, my equipment,

were all burnt to ashes.

I only escaped with my life.

That's about the wildest

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