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As Giordino helped Dirk reassemble the radar, Pitt pointed across the site “Any hints on where the tunnel ht have been located, Professor?”

Brophy shook his head “Pure speculation, I’ht be a guess It likely had a peaked roof, which ht be what’s depicted in the stone inscription”

“Then let’s start the search there,” Dirk agreed

Once assembled, the radar unit was rolled to the chapel ruins and a searchappeared, the search was expanded to the huts and large oratory, then on to the hillside above and below thethe device along the treacherous hillside Other than some sn of a subterranean passage

“Nothing showing up around here,” Dirk said, hefting the device over a stone and stopping to rest “The srounds”

“Then that’s where it rip of the radar unit and manhandled it toward the s the stone building without success, he worked the device up the hillside above it He stopped at a peri slope of the hill Studying the radar’s display screen, he turned to the others and raised a fist in the air

“Underground Al has delivered”

Dirk rushed over and looked at the screen A sly bands of gray lines

“It’s ser before fading away as you cross the hill”

He angled the unit up the hill, Dirk glued to his side watching the display

“The radar is losing its signal strength due to increasing depth,” he said

Pitt and Brophy stepped to the edge of the oratory and waited as the two rins on their faces

“Looks to be a potential passage right where the stone wall abuts the hillside,” Dirk said, pointing

“Afraid we didn’t bring a shovel this time,” Brophy said

“We may not need one,” Dirk replied He followed the contour of the wall until reaching the point where it curled chest-high into the hillside At the endpoint, he began hoisting off the stacked stones and laying theround