THE COSMIC COMPUTER

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flicker of light that grew brighter as they advanced. The snooper still
had its light on and was moving about. Once they caught a momentary
signal from it. As Rodney Maxwell piloted the jeep, Conn kept talking to
Klem Zareff, outside. Then they were at the end of the tunnel and
entering the room ahead; it was full of vehicles, like the one on the
bottom level at Tenth Army HQ. As soon as they were inside, Klem
Zareff's voice in the radio stopped, as though the set had been shot out.

"Klem! What's wrong? We aren't getting you," his father was saying.

The snooper was drifting aimlessly about, avoiding the parked vehicles.
Conn used the manual control to set it down and deactivate it, then got
out and went to examine it.

"Take the jeep over to the tunnel entrance," he told his[Pg 60] father.
"Move out into the tunnel a few feet; relay from me to Klem."