The Pathless on Paths---------Chapter VI part 3(6)

“No, wait. I thought you knew. There are two more restricted levels below negative ten. They were especially for Distortion research, classified. That’s where I work. You must NOT on any account go there. Wait, I nearly forgot,” he continued, regardless of Emmerich’s look of inquiry about the lower levels. “I must confide in you my theory. They will explain. In short, I believe that all Distortion Phenomenons are connected, linked, as a whole. Due to this, a peak in Distortion activity in one of them would be passed and echoed in others. When Ground Zero took place, almost simultaneously our sample of the Distortion Phenomenon’s activity also rose to an unprecedented height, and thus destroying our containment measures. Also, all the activity in every sample Giavoni posses the same would happen, though perhaps we have not heard yet. Giavoni has samples scattered around the world, so in time the Earth will just become a wasteland of Distortion. Now those levels are just a mess of Distortion, the Radiation there much too pungent for any life. I am not sure if that will prevent it from flooding, but I suppose Ivan might not be dead yet.”