With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.

• 就在他到达的当天，失踪的反物质在梵蒂冈城地下某处被人发现。离开了实验室的反物质，会在二十四小时之后自行爆炸。