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How can I get around the radioactive pool that has filled the tram tunnel?

  • 1 of 3: If you did take the tram and were catapulted into the green, radioactive waste, you need to get to some of the boxes floating around and get out of the radioactive sludge. Jump from box to box until you can reach the other side.
  • 2 of 3: Otherwise, if you just walked along the walkway, you will come to what seems to be the edge. However, there is a small ledge that connects the walkway with some dry ground that leads over to the other side.
  • 3 of 3: Walk onto this ledge and over to another walkway. Follow it along and duck under the pipes to get to the other side.