Traven and Tarnas explain the manuscript card. They pay attention to the warning of "Khuman" - a mysterious danger in the Valley of a Thousand Snakes. They both decide to travel to this place together. At the headquarters of an indefinite organization, Martin Breecher studies information about Tarnas and Traven. He learns that, according to a computer analysis, the casket consists of an Yttrium and a Lutetium alloy, which can be obtained in conditions of space. Breecher draws attention to the term "terrible weapon." The organization forces a photo of the Christine article about snakes in the center of Paris.
