Invisiclues
The Lurking Horror
Beyond the Steam Tunnels
(Click or tap on any clue to reveal the clue.)
Not a maze! All these Wet Tunnels!
- You can use standard maze mapping techniques here, if you're patient.
- Isn't there a better way?
- Maybe you need a guide!
- Let your fingers do the walking through the muddy mazes.
- Well, actually not your fingers, but the hand's fingers.
- The ring from the professor might look good on your hand but it looks even better elsewhere.
- PUT THE BRASS HYRAX ON THE HAND. Now the hand will point the way through the maze.
What's behind the curtain?
- Can you think of anything that might make slime less slimy?
- Ever remove bubble gum from something it was stuck all over?
- Freezing it will make it brittle enough to break.
- Snow isn't cold enough. Besides, you can't take any snow.
- There's a very cold liquid (liquid nitrogen) in the metal flask.
- What good is the flask if I can't get it in here (If this question comes to mind, see the following question.)
- POUR THE COLD LIQUID ON THE SLIME. Problem solved.
I can't get anything large into the Tomb.
- There's more than one way to skin a cat.
- Hmm, maybe there's another entrance to the steam tunnels.
- Carefully look at all the steam tunnel rooms. Anything they have in common with any other rooms?
- This might be above your head.
- Notice any non-steam tunnel rooms that have pipes or cables in them?
- The Computer Center Basement is one.
- The east end of the steam tunnels is right below the Basement.
- So what? There's no way down from here.... or is there?
- Something nearby must be able to get below floor level.
- The elevator shaft must extend further down!
- When the elevator isn't in the basement, try opening the doors.
- Compare the elevator pit and the steam tunnel's eastern end.
- Get through that brick wall and your problems are over.
How do I remove a brick wall?
- Try destroying it with something heavy.
- Well at least you can pry some out to expose a reinforcing rod.
- Destroying this wall is going to take more than your mere human strength.
- No, not demonic strength. Machine strength.
- Examine the underside of the elevator. There's a hook on it.
- Use the chain to connect the rod to the elevator to pull out the rod and destroy the wall.
- Of course you'll have to secure the chain so it doesn't slip off the rod.
- Use the padlock to lock the chain onto the rod. Then connect the other end of the chain to the hood on the elevator. Finally, move the elevator, using the buttons to destroy the wall. (Make sure all the doors are closed or the elevator won't move.)
How can I save the hacker?
- You can't. He's too stubborn to listen.
- At least, he's going to attack that mass no matter what.
- Maybe you can do something about the mass, though.
- Too bad the hacker won't live to see it.... or will he?
How can I restore the integrity of G.U.E. Tech's computer system?
- Get rid of the mass.
- How's it connected to the system?
- OPEN THE BOX and then take a look at what you find.
- Maybe you should cut the tentacle to disconnect it from the network.
- On the other hand, you'll still be destroyed, and then it can just reconnect itself.
- Get rid of the mass.
How do I keep from being engulfed?
- You'11 have to destroy the mass before the hacker gets you.
- Hurry.
- Time is of the essence.
- Get rid of the mass.
How do I get rid of the mass?
- You should have brought the reanimated hand along with you into the lair.
- Well, it's not bobbing for apples.
- REACH INTO THE POOL.
- There's a power line there. Maybe you can electrocute the mass.
- Chop the power line with the axe to expose the live wires.
- You can't approach the mass close enough to electrocute it without it snatching you, so you'll have to electrocute it indirectly.
- Notice the cable and tentacles entering the box.
- OPEN THE BOX
- You can disconnect the coaxial cable from the socket.
- PUT THE POWER LINE INTO THE SOCKET. This will fry the mass (assuming you haven't saved it by cutting the cablelike appendage).
How do I keep from being fried?
- The water is electrified, so you will be too.
- Insulation might be useful.
- The boots are rubber.
- So are the gloves.
- Wear them both when handling the power line.
How do I get rid of the dark being?
- The stone was useful before, and it would be useful now.
- Wait until the stone is hot. Then throw the stone at the being.
How do I get out of the lair?
- You can't get out until after you've defeated the monsters.
- After you've won, it's time to pick up your stone and go home.
What happened to my term paper?
- The mass that was hooked into the network had it.
- You destroyed your paper when you destroyed the mass.
- It's only a term paper. What's more important, life or passing a course?
- On second thought, don't answer that last question.