Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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under the nom de plume of Annabella C. Flowers, had stumbled onto a murderous plot more hair-raising than any she had ever concocted. And the danger from the villain of the piece Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] shoulder. "Beg pardon, thir," he said with his racial lisp, "thereth thome one to in-coming pilots and crewmen could relax before leaving for another enforced. againth the ruleth...." one there at this hour." the drink off at a gulp before I set off a chain of questions: ? What happened to the book you were in the name of science fiction than anyone alive. But the public loved it. They ate up her stories, and they clamored for more. Her annual income totaled into six figures, and her publishers and hopped a liner for Craterville. If she cooked up a feud between two expeditions on Callisto, she went to Callisto. "What happened to ?" I asked. "That was the title of Pluto ." I grinned. "All complete, I'll bet, with threats against the universe Satellite Theater in ten minutes. Come on, you're going with me." . ONE NIGHT ONLY DOCTOR UNIVERSE AND HIS NINE GENIUSES THE QUESTION PROGRAM OF THE SYSTEM the players in this shindig. As soon as the show is over, we'll go "That damned fossilized dynamo," I muttered. "She'll be the death of me yet." subsided, the man continued: "As most of you are familiar with our program, it will be unnecessary to give any advance explanation. I will only say that on this stage are These questions, my nine experts will endeavor to answer. For every question missed, the sender will receive a check for one thousand . voice echoed through the theater: " " And so it went. Questions from Mars, from Earth, from Saturn flowed in cafes strove to stump the experts. With Doctor Universe offering bantering side play, the experts gave their answers. When they failed, or when the Truthicator flashed a red light, he announced the name of the winner. seemed to have lost much of its were turned in a smile of satisfaction. When the last question had been answered I joined the exit-moving occurred. unpleasant history of persecution since the early colonization days of rushed out and scattered the crowd. But a few stragglers lingered to was all but deserted. I nodded. "As disgraceful an exhibition as I've ever seen. The I.P. men ought to clamp down." "The I.P. men aren't strong enough." "What do you mean?" "My last book, Death In The Atom she began. "When it was finished I had planned to take a six months' vacation, but those fool publishers of mine insisted I do a sequel. Karn...." "Who?" I interrupted. "An old prospector who lives out in the deep marsh on the outskirts of his adventures, and he told me plenty." I shook my head. "Some new kind of ..." Alpha projected at high speed. But the character of the never been completely analyzed. Like those set up by radium, they are Beta and lack of energy. As the period of exposure increases, this condition develops into a sense of impotence and a desire for leadership or guidance. Occasionally, as with the weak-willed, there is a spirit of "Now in 2710, as you'd know if you studied your history, the three enough to endanger all civilized life. "The archives tell us that one of the first acts of the overthrowing government was to cast out all Green Flames, two of which Vennox had ordered must be kept in each household. The effect on the people was immediate. Representative government, individual enterprise, freedom followed." old prospector there in the marsh. Karn told me that on one of his Flames!" if it were true? Green Flames were supposedly destroyed on all planets after the Vennox regime crashed. If a quantity of the rock were in existence, and it fell into the wrong hands, there'd be trouble. "Of course, I regarded Karn's story as a wild dream, but it made it was completed, the manuscript was stolen from my study back on Earth." "I see," I said as she lapsed into silence. "And now you've come to the conclusion that the details of your story were true and that someone is and laughed heartily. "The same old Flowers," I said. "Tell me, who's I shrugged. "The way the theater crowd acted. It all ties in." happening all over the System. There have been riots on Earth and Mars, police officials murdered on Pluto and a demand that government by representation be abolished on Jupiter. The time is ripe for a military dictator to step in. "And you can lay it all to the Green Flames. It seems incredible that a times more potent and is transmiting it en masse ." "All right!" An instant later we were plunging through the dark night. We had traveled this far by had its motor instantly destroyed, of course, by the magnetic force Ezra Karn so much the better. If we don't, we follow his directions to the lost space ship. Our job is to find that ore and destroy it. You see, I'm positive the Green Flames have never been removed from the ship." steadily. And the news broadcast I had heard over the portable visi just before retiring still lingered in my mind. To a casual observer that broadcast would have meant little, a slight rebellion here, an Grannie's incredible story? Or was this another of her fantastic plots which she had skilfully blended into a novel? undulating sweeps toward the center of the camp. Fascinated, I watched From the tent opposite a gaunt figure clad in a familiar dress trained to pursue a quarry until it kills. It has a single unit brain and follows with a relentless purpose." "Then that would mean...?" being watched. From now on it's the survival of the fittest." The following day was our seventh in the swamp. The water here resembled a vast mosaic, striped and cross-striped with long winding the swamp had undergone a chemical change and evolved into a cohesive multi-celled marine life that lived and died within a space of hours. hand into one of those yellow streaks, he would have been devoured in a matter of seconds. The place was a two room affair, small but comfortable. The latest civilization entirely. cigarette. "You know where it is, don't you?" "Ye-s," Karn nodded. "But like I told you before, that ship lies in "Yes and no. Only man I ever heard of who escaped their country outside of myself was the explorer, Darthier, three years ago. I got away because I was alone, and they didn't notice me, and Darthier escaped because he made 'em laugh." "Laugh?" A scowl crossed Grannie's face. "That's right," Karn said. "The Varsoom have a strange nervous reaction that's manifested by laughing. But just what it is that makes them laugh, I don't know." You gotta wait 'til I hear it." about us in hordes. The next day an indefinable wave of weariness and futility of the venture. Only the pleadings of Grannie Annie kept me from turning back. On the morrow I realized the truth in her warning, that all of us had been exposed to the insidious radiations. half buried in the swamp soil. circle in from the west. Fire a gun if you strike trouble." But we found no trouble. The scene before us lay steeped in silence. the lower hold are probably exposed to a tholpane plate and their "You'll never do it that way," Grannie said. "Nothing short of an the crux of the whole matter, and we're powerless to make a single move."

<question>:
How will the story likely continue?

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A The group will continue to search for a way to get to the Green Flames.
B The Green Flames will make Grannie Annie lose her drive to obtain them.
C Grannie Annie will leave the storage of Green Flame behind, since she can’t get through the glass.
D arn will betray the duo and take the lot for himself.

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A