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“How did this happen?” the supervisor asked

Joe tried to explain about theconcrete and clay No one questioned him this time

“Could they still be down there?”

“Possibly,” Joe said “Maybe burrowing into the clay to widen the tunnel in ways the water can’t”

“If it widens too an He didn’t need to finish

“Do you have any way to seal so like this?” Joe asked

The supervisor rubbed his chin “There may be one way,” he said “We have a compound known as Ultra-Set It’s a polymer that bonds with clay, expands aps It becomes impervious in a matter of seconds If we could pu about have drilled, it ht block it up If the topside holds and the water level drops fast enough, we ht avert a total failure”

A neave of tre

“What’s the drawback?” Joe asked

“There’s only one way to get the Ultra-Set into the tunnel,” the supervisor said “We have to puh pressure To do that, someone has to find the entry point on the lake side of the dam”

Joe looked at the supervisor and the few others who re control roo it hard to believe his fate He smiled anyway “How lucky for me”

CHAPTER 54

THE ELEVATOR DOORS OPENED TO REVEAL THE TOP FLOOR of Marchetti’s pyramid and a luxurious foyer Three of Jinn’s men were stationed there and they turned at the sound of the elevator’s ping

It was a natural reaction They had no reason to suspect any trouble In fact, it looked to Kurt as if they were snapping to attention as the sound wave from the Pain Maker hit them and dropped them to their knees

One let out a grunt, another stumbled backward and knocked over a table with a vase on it that sht down