Vance White seemed to realize that even if he were to block the device at close range, he would still be in for a rough time. The moment the Russian fired, he had already propelled the black stripes on his back forward, and at a position thirty meters in front of him, they spread out to form a pair of interlocked "palms."
The next second, a deafening explosion suddenly echoed through the mine, the reverberation of the sound causing the ground to tremble!
The dust from this explosion took a full minute to clear.
Vance's black palms were no longer intact—they had been blown open with two noticeable gaps, the result of the shreds tearing and forming holes.
