The Predicament

When Alvin caught up with Frank and Stark, they were trapped!

Not by the enemy, but by a massive door.

Through the transparent glass in the iron door, Alvin saw a dozen or so objects inside that looked like boilers, each several dozen meters tall.

Several researchers in white lab coats were holding grenades and Pulse Rifles, aiming at the door.

Alvin looked at Frank, whose face was grim, and chuckled. "What happened? Did a door stop you?"

Then he looked at Stark, whose expression wasn't much better. "Want me to help you knock it down?"

Stark gave Alvin an impatient look. "The energy collector for the Artificial Sun is in there. If they hit it with something, who knows what might happen?

"We need to talk them into coming out. Dr. Otto is in there."

Alvin looked inside through the iron door again. He couldn't tell which person was the most important one, Dr. Otto, but he could tell that everyone in there was hot. They were all drenched in sweat, and quite a few were showing signs of dehydration.

This definitely wasn't where the Artificial Sun was, but it was still unbearably hot in there.

He glanced at Dr. Banner, who was calculating something on a tablet, and smiled. "What are you doing, buddy? I thought you'd be in the Control Room on level 40. So, how much longer do you think those people in there can hold out?"

Dr. Banner looked up at Alvin, his expression troubled. "Just now, someone escaped from the bottom of the base in a Submarine. I don't know what they did.

"But they must have damaged the base's Cooling System. The temperature suddenly shot up."

He pointed at the iron door. "It's over 45 degrees in there now. I'm worried the people