Chapter 2

Chapter 2 GO AHEAD: ROCK THE BOAT! IT'S ALREADY SUPER BROKEN. Po saw it all happen as he raced across the beach. He saw the creeper step out from the trees. He watched as it exploded, knocking Harper all the way to the edge of the water. He wasn't fast enough to help her. He just couldn't reach her in time. "Harper!" he cried. "Harper, are you all right?" "Ouch," Harper said. "I actually felt that." She looked down at her blocky hands. "How does that even work? Are the VR goggles interfacing with our nerves? OR DO THEY JUST TRICK OUR BRAINS INTO THINKING WE FEEL SOMETHING?"

第二章继续前进：改变现状！它已经严重损坏了。 阿宝在跑过海滩的时候看到了这一切。 他看见攀缘植物从树丛中走了出来。 他看着它爆炸，把哈珀一路打到水边。 他的速度不够快，无法帮助她。 他只是没能及时联系上她。 “哈帕！”“哈帕，你没事吧？”“哎哟，”哈珀说。 “我真的感觉到了。”她低头看着自己粗壮的双手。 “这到底是怎么回事？”VR眼镜是否与我们的神经相连？ 或者它们只是欺骗我们的大脑，让我们认为我们有感觉？”

Po breathed a sigh of relief. "Yeah, you're all right," he said with a smile. "If you're geeking out about the science of being blown up, you're obviously fine." Po still suspected those VR headsets were more magic than science. He knew better than to say that to Harper, however. She was the brains of the group, particularly when it came to science. She was also a whiz at the crafting table, where she made swords, tools, and more, all from memory. Morgan, Ash, and Jodi ran up to join them. "DID YOU SEE HOW THAT CREEPER TOOK OUT THE DROWNED WHEN IT EXPLODED?" Morgan cheered. "That was amazing!" "I think you mean scary," Jodi said. "Harper, you went flying!" "You should eat some food, Harper," Ash said. "To restore your health." "At least she's in better shape than the forest," Po said. Where the creeper had exploded, there was a crater in the ground and a big gap in the line of trees. Blocks of wood, sand, and soil

阿宝松了一口气。 “是的，你很好，”他笑着说。 “如果你是在探索被炸死的科学，那你显然没问题。” 阿宝仍然怀疑那些虚拟现实头盔是魔法而不是科学。 不过，他知道不该对哈珀说这话。 她是这群人的头脑，尤其是在科学方面。 她也是一个匠人，在那里她凭记忆制作剑、工具和更多的东西。 摩根、阿什和乔迪跑上去加入他们。 “你看到那只爬行动物爆炸时是怎样把溺水者救出来的吗？”摩根欢呼。 “太神奇了！”“我想你是说可怕吧，”乔迪说。 “哈珀，你飞起来了！”“你应该吃点东西，哈珀。”阿什说。 “为了恢复你的健康。”阿宝说：“至少她的状态比森林好。” 在爬行植物爆炸的地方，地上有一个大坑，一排树中间有一个大缺口。 木块、沙子和泥土

floated there for the taking, along with rotten flesh from the drowned. "We should grab some of this stuff," he said. "Maybe we'll find a use for—" Po froze. He saw something in the distance. It was a massive wooden structure. He could just barely make out the details in the moonlight. But what he saw thrilled him. "Do you guys see that?" he asked. "What is it?" Jodi asked. "Something awesome," Po answered. "Team,

随同溺水者腐烂的肉一起漂在那里任人取用。 “我们应该抓住一些这些东西，”他说。 “也许我们会找到一个用处——”阿宝僵住了。 他看到远处有什么东西。 这是一个巨大的木制结构。 他在月光下几乎看不清细节。 但他所看到的让他激动不已。 “你们看到了吗？”他问。 “什么事？”乔迪•问道。“很棒的东西。”阿宝回答。 ”团队,

we just discovered a shipwreck!" They approached the old shipwreck cautiously. The moon was getting lower in the sky, but night wasn't over yet. Any number of hostile mobs might be lurking nearby. The ship was big. It looked as though it had run aground, crashing into the beach. It showed signs of damage, but it was still in one piece. Its masts rose high into the sky. "CAN WE BOARD IT?" Po asked. "I want to

我们刚刚发现了一艘沉船！”他们小心翼翼地走近那艘旧船的残骸。 月亮在天空中越来越低，但夜晚还没有结束。 附近可能潜伏着许多怀有敌意的暴徒。 船很大。它看起来好像搁浅了，撞到了海滩上。 它有损坏的迹象，但仍然完好无损。 它的桅杆高耸入云。 “我们可以上船吗？”阿宝问。 “我想。

see what's in there." Morgan and Ash shared a look. While they all loved Minecraft, Morgan and Ash knew the most about the game. "What do you think?" Morgan asked her. "I'VE never found a shipwreck before." "Me neither," said Ash. "BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD TREASURE CHESTS." "Well, now we have to check it out," Jodi said. Harper quickly constructed a staircase out of dirt and stone. It would allow them to hop from the beach to the deck of the ship. "We could hack our way in," Harper said. "BUT THE SHIP LOOKS SO COOL, I DON'T WANT TO BREAK IT." She peered through a hole in the hull. "Any more than it's already broken, I mean." They all gathered on the deck. Po immediately pointed out the treasure chest at the front of the ship. He knew from reading nonfiction that the front of a ship was called the bow. It was spelled like bow and arrow but rhymed with now and wow. "There's another chest at the stern," Jodi said,

看看里面有什么。”摩根和阿什互相看了一眼。 虽然他们都喜欢《我的世界》，但Morgan和Ash最了解这款游戏。 “你觉得怎么样？”摩根问她。 “我以前从来没有发现过沉船。” “我也是。”阿什说。“但它们应该是用来装宝箱的。” “好吧，现在我们必须检查一下，”乔迪说。 哈珀很快用泥土和石头搭了一个楼梯。 这样他们就可以从海滩跳到甲板上。 “我们可以黑进去，”哈珀说。 “但这艘船看起来很酷，我不想把它弄坏。” 她透过船壳上的一个洞往外看。 “我是说，比它已经坏了还坏。” 他们都聚集在甲板上。 阿宝立刻指出船头的宝箱。 他从非小说类书籍中得知，船的前部被称为“船头”。 它的拼写像bow和arrow，但与now和wow押韵。 “船尾还有一个箱子，”乔迪说，

pointing to the back of the ship. They split up to open the chests. There was a lot of useful stuff inside both chests: carrots and potatoes, gunpowder and gemstones, and even a couple of pieces of enchanted leather armor.

指着船的后面。 他们分开去打开箱子。 两个箱子里都有很多有用的东西：胡萝卜和土豆，火药和宝石，甚至还有几件施了魔法的皮甲。