The Pathless on Paths---------Chapter VII part 2(31)

“This is just gross, uh.” Sanders said, shielding his nose with the back of his hand. A foul reek came forth from the water.
“It is even contaminated by Distortion Radiation,” Emmerich. “I just tested it with the onboard system on my mask, and the results were quite disturbing. If one were to wade this, the Radiation alone would have built to a deadly dose, even before he had crossed half of it.”
“Alone?” Karrson asked. “Then I assume there is more to it?”
“Oh yes,” Emmerich said with a pretended grin. “It is strongly acidic.” He fished a piece of limestone from the ground and chucked it in. The stone sizzled and dissolved within a second. Hunter raised his brows and frowned. “How are we to cross this, if we need to head north?”