In this case, however, the military is not asking the opinions of a Nobel prize-winning scientist. People in lab coats save the world. People in red blazers sell real estate. Meanwhile, more weird things are happening. There is an odd green glow over the crater.
Cigarette lighters flare up in great fiery plumes.
Fiber optic cables are disappearing from underground. In Sapporo, the nearest city, a Kirin beer factory is attacked by six foot long insect-like creatures, and all the glass bottles disappear, though the beer is left behind. Things come to a head when the insect creatures attack a subway train underneath Sapporo, and a huge plant sprouts out of the ground and through a building at the same spot. The army quarantines a large portion of Sapporo, and prepares to blow the offending plant up. However, the plant is producing tons of extra pure oxygen, so any explosion that isn't carefully set will blow up the entire city.