Chapter 5

Chapter 5 MINECRAFT-LIVE IN 3... 2... 1...!!! Like Po, Morgan couldn't believe what he was seeing. He shook his head. He blinked rapidly. He rubbed his eyes… with blocky brown hands. It wasn't just his hands that were blocky. The trees were stacks of brown and green cubes. The sun was a yellow square in the bright blue sky. "WE'RE INSIDE THE GAME," he said. "WE'RE INSIDE MINECRAFT." It sounded impossible. But Harper said, "YEAH. I THINK WE ARE." Po said, "YOU'RE RIGHT." And Jodi said, "WA-HOO!"

第五章MINECRAFT-LIVE IN 3… 2…1 ! !和阿宝一样，摩根也不敢相信他所看到的。 他摇了摇头。他迅速眨了眨眼睛。 他用粗壮的棕色双手揉了揉眼睛。 不只是他的手有块状物。 树是一堆堆棕色和绿色的立方体。 太阳在明亮的蓝天上是一个黄色的正方形。 “我们在比赛中，”他说。 “我们在我的世界里。”这听起来不可能。 但哈珀说：“是的。我想是的。” 阿宝说：“你说得对。”乔迪说：“哇！”

Jodi bounded down a hill, whooping with delight all the way to the bottom. Morgan watched her go. She was definitely his sister. But she looked different. Like a video-game avatar of herself. He turned to look at the others. They looked like avatars, too. They were blocky and pixelated but still instantly recognizable. They wore clothes similar to what they'd been wearing back in the computer lab. "I've played some games in VR before,"

乔迪从山上跳下来，一路欢快地叫着走到山脚下。 摩根看着她走了。她绝对是他的妹妹。 但她看起来不一样了。就像她在电子游戏中的化身。 他转过身来看着其他人。 他们看起来也像化身。 它们是块状和像素化的，但仍然可以立即识别。 他们穿的衣服和他们在计算机实验室里穿的很像。 “我之前玩过一些VR游戏。”

Harper said. "This is different." "It sure is." Po said. "I don't hear Doc's computer fans whirring, do you?" He touched his face. "I don't feel the goggles. Or my wheelchair. But I can feel the ground and the sunlight." He jumped up and down. He grinned. "We're not just seeing this. It's like we're really here." "Maybe," Harper said. "The brain is a mysterious organ. Scientists don't fully understand how it works. What if Doc's goggles are tricking our brains and making us think we're here? It could

哈珀说。“这是不同的。” “当然是。”阿宝说。“我没听到博士电脑风扇的嗡嗡声，你呢？”他摸着自己的脸。 “我感觉不到护目镜。 或者我的轮椅。但我能感觉到地面和阳光。” 他跳上跳下。他咧嘴一笑。 “我们看到的不仅仅是这个。 就像我们真的在这里一样。” “也许吧，”哈珀说。“大脑是一个神秘的器官。 科学家们并不完全了解它是如何工作的。 万一博士的护目镜欺骗了我们的大脑让我们以为自己在这里呢？ 它可以

all be an elaborate illusion." "Like a dream?" Morgan asked. "A dream that we're all experiencing together?" "That's as good a hypothesis as any," Harper said. "Maybe we can come up with an experiment to test it." "No. thank you!" Po said brightly. "If you remember. our last science experiment didn't go so well. Why don't we just enjoy ourselves?" With that, Po was off, speeding to the bottom of the hill, where Jodi was running around in circles. Harper walked over to a tree. She hit its trunk several times. Each time, little chips of wood flew into the air, until finally, a whole piece of the trunk broke off. Morgan flinched. In the real world, gravity would cause the tree to crash to the ground. But here, just as in the game, it remained standing even with a piece of its trunk missing.

这一切都是一场精心制作的幻觉。” “像梦一样？”摩根问道。 “一个我们共同经历的梦？”“这是一个很好的假设，”哈珀说。 “也许我们可以想出一个实验来测试它。” “没有。谢谢你!”阿宝欢快地说。 “如果你还记得的话。我们上次的科学实验进行得不太顺利。 我们为什么不好好享受呢？”说完，阿宝就跑开了，飞快地跑到山脚下，乔迪正在那里兜圈子。 哈珀走到一棵树前。 她打了几下树干。 每一次，小木屑都飞到空中，直到最后，树干的一整块都断了。 摩根退缩。在现实世界中，重力会导致树撞向地面。 但在这里，就像在游戏中一样，它仍然站着，即使它的树干少了一块。

Harper picked up the chunk of wood that she'd hacked off the tree. At her touch, it disappeared with a popping sound. "Where'd it go?" said Morgan. "Good question." said Harper. She moved her hands around in the air. She made strange expressions with her face. "Are you okay?" "I'm trying to figure out— Aha!" she cried. "If you blink twice quickly—like double-clicking a computer mouse— your inventory comes up!" "That's too weird." Morgan said. But he decided to give it a try. He double-clicked his eyes. Sure enough, an inventory menu popped up, blocking his view of Harper. It looked a little bit like an empty, floating bookshelf. Morgan also saw a row of hearts and a row of food. "We have health and hunger meters. too." he said. He double-clicked his eyes again, and the interface disappeared. "I want to try something." said Harper. Morgan watched as her eyes and fingers moved

哈珀捡起她从树上砍下来的那块木头。 她一碰，它就消失了，发出砰的一声。 “它去哪儿了？”摩根问。 “问得好。”哈珀说。 她在空中挥动双手。 她脸上的表情很奇怪。 “你还好吗？”“我正在想办法——啊哈！”她叫道。 “如果你快速眨眼两次——就像双击电脑鼠标一样——你的库存就会出现！”“这太奇怪了。” 摩根说。但他决定试一试。 他眨了眨眼睛。 果然，一个库存菜单弹出，挡住了他对哈珀的视线。 它看起来有点像一个空的、漂浮的书架。 摩根还看到了一排红心和一排食物。 “我们有健康和饥饿测量仪。 他说。他再次双击眼睛，界面消失了。 “我想尝试一些东西。” 哈珀说。摩根看着她的眼睛和手指在动

around. "I have a piece of oak." she said. "If I can use that to make four planks…" She closed her eyes. Suddenly, there was a clunk, and a table appeared in front of her. It was a crafting table. "Harper!" Morgan cried. "That's incredible." Harper grinned. "I'm not done yet." She broke off more of the tree. "Now I have two pieces of oak. Each one makes four planks, so…" She closed her eyes. There was another clunk. "I have eight planks. I'll use one of them to make a batch of sticks. and then. if I use the crafting table…" Morgan saw the moment it happened. Harper flexed her hand a little, and a wooden pickaxe appeared out of nowhere.

周围。“我有一块橡木。” 她说。“如果我能用它做四块木板……”她闭上了眼睛。 突然，哐当一声，一张桌子出现在她面前。 那是一张手工桌。“哈!”摩根哭了。 “这是难以置信的。”哈珀咧嘴一笑。 “我还没说完呢。”她又把那棵树折断了一些。 “现在我有两根橡树。 每个都有四个木板，所以……”她闭上了眼睛。 又是一声撞击声。“我有8块木板。 我要用其中一根做一堆木棍。 然后。摩根看到了这一切发生的瞬间。 哈帕的手稍稍弯曲了一下，一把木鹤嘴锄不知从哪里冒了出来。