“Nechaev reminded the former geography teacher about the theory of Academician Oparin. If you discharge a powerful battery into a boiling broth made of stones, bacteria will grow there. <…>…In a huge basement with a high ceiling there were vats with bubbling liquid, covered with transparent convex lids made of thick glass. Sometimes blue and red discharges flashed there. Puffs of steam rushed upward, squeezing the tight valves. When they managed to get out of the pipes, that same terrible howl was heard.”