The Sleepers by Perry Rhodan

Author:Perry Rhodan [Rhodan, Perry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Unknown, Sci-Fi, Classic
Publisher: Ace Publishing Corporation
Published: 1975-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

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Richard Kennof wriggled out of the shaft with considerable puffing. He would have no other choice but to return to Dr. Le Beouf’s custody and insist that he had changed his mind and was ready to face the world again.

As he was busy dusting off his clothes he got a signal from the mini-detector in his ring. He interrupted his work in surprise. According to the magnitude of the reaction by the device, a strong discharge of energy must have taken place in his immediate vicinity. Kennof checked the ring.

"It registers regular bursts of energy as well as those of five-dimensional nature," Shane had explained. "The tiny dial is divided in two sectors. The red sector indicates an occurrence of higher order, that is in the five-dimensional field."

Kennof became alert when he recalled these words. He scrutinized the dial again but he had made no mistake. Somewhere a five-dimensional discharge had occurred. He gnashed his teeth. His suspicions that had been lulled were awakened again. How was it possible that an ultra-dimensional energy source existed at the ISC station? It was so unheard of as to border on the incredible. Yet he was certain that his detector functioned properly. Shane had checked it conscientiously before he had delivered it to him.

There could be no further thought of rest this night for him. He ran along the corridor which continued beyond the shaft deeper inside the Earth. The ring showed no further discharges.

Kennof was clutched by an almost unbearable tension. Was there something awry with the Sleeping Corporation after all? As he was invisible he didn’t have to be especially careful.

The corridor ended at a metallic platform in another cave and Kennof entered it without hesitating. Next to the entrance was another opening which led into the wall of rock. It was arranged in such a clever way that Kennof could easily picture in his mind how perfectly it could be concealed in case of an inspection. He was led to this assumption by several large boulders which were piled up near the opening. It was extremely unlikely that an inspector would have discovered the natural opening which was also camouflaged by the metal platform. But now the access was open since no inspection was in progress.

Kennof let out a low whistle. Whatever the Intertime Sleeping Corporation wanted to hide—it was to be found in that recess of the cave. The detective tiptoed into the secret passage. It was lit up and seemed to be in frequent use. He heard a few indistinct noises in the distance and he hurried to get closer until he made out the voices of several men. His heart began to beat faster but he tried to control his excitement.

The passage turned at a right angle behind which appeared to be a larger room. Without making a noise Kennof took the last steps before he approached the next cave. The room he entered was not as big as the other caverns.

First he saw six men in the blue outfits of the ISC.

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