You shake your head. "I'm afraid not, Pro- fessor. I don't think I could go back to the place where my friends died."

Smiling, the professor leans toward you. "Would it change your mind if I told you that your

friends may still be alive?"

"What?"

"It's true. We received faint radio signals from a point far beneath the earth's surface. I believe that one or more of the others must be alive some- where in the Underground Kingdom, and we have the means to reach them. Now will you come?"

<aside> 🙋 If you say that you'll go on the expedition, go to the next page

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<aside> 🙅 If you decide it would be too dangerous to go with Bruckner, go to page 30

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