Wildau, Liu Daiyu and their companions had finally discovered the entrance to the cavern whose location had been provided by the crew of the Chinese People's Army helicopter and had entered with great expectations to explore it. At many time zones of distance the Director, after giving Gerda Schmiddel the authorization to retire due to the late hour, had taken off his shoes and had settled into a spacious three-seat armchair waiting for the call of his subordinate, which also produced to him an anxiety that he had not experienced in a long time. In reality, all the indications concurred to suggest that they were already close to elucidating the mystery of the location of the great relic, whose finding duly handled by the propaganda apparatus they still had could serve to mobilize the dorm
