" Perry Rhodan 0059 - (51) Return from The Void" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

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The initial shock of alarm had passed.

"Do you sense anything close by?" asked Rous.

Lloyd shook his head. "Nothing," he replied flatly. "Absolutely nothing."

Rous got up and worked himself into the narrow driverтАЩs seat. "Then letтАЩs try to keep going in this thing."

Cautiously he experimented with some of the levers, knobs and pedals that were installed in the
floorboard, on the dashboard and on the partition between the engine hood and the passenger cabin. The
motor, which had died out for lack of gas feeding, now came clattering to life again. It had a gasoline
smellтАФan actual, Earthly odor of automobile gas.

Rous released the brake and pressed the accelerator. The bus made a startling lurch forward and the
motor died. Rous tried another gear and succeeded. The heavy vehicle began to move along the
highway, making deep rumbling sounds. Rous had to try a few fresh starts because the gear-shifting to
higher speeds was not clearly indicated.

But finally he mastered the contraption. The bus roared noisily along toward the city at an approximate
speed of 30 miles per hour.

Marcel had the necessary time and leisure to figure out a plan. The road was completely free of all
traffic. There was no one in front of him that he had to watch out for. Fellmer Lloyd had fallen back into
his customary lethargy in order to тАШlistenтАЩ for alien brain wave patterns.

Rous asked himself: what do we do in Fillinan? Answer: we must try to uncover some clue concerning
the invisible enemy. And what makes you think that it will be any easier in Fillinan than it has been in any
of the empty villages we have passed through?

Nothing.

At least there was one small clue: apparently the Unknowns who were operating here were not enemies
of TerraniansтАФbecause so far they had not attacked them whereas they were definitely after the people
of Mirsal 3, who had all disappeared from the surface of their world with only one exception. And
certainly they were enemies of the inhabitants of Mirsal 2, who were threatened with the same fate. So
the Unknowns had agents here. But if youтАЩre looking for agents, you look for them in a capital city.

Lloyd stirred to life. "IтАЩm picking up a whole bunch of thought patterns," he mumbled. "It sounds like a
human anthill."

"In what direction?"

"Straight ahead."

Rous nodded. "That would be the city, then," he maintained. "So maybe the people there havenтАЩt
disappeared yet."