Chapter 11

Chapter 11 GIVE ME AN A! GIVE ME AN I! WHAT DOES IT SPELL? Jodi had a hard time keeping her theories to herself throughout the morning. She wanted her suspicions to be wrong. But how was she to know for sure? It was nearly lunchtime before she had a realization. It struck her like a bolt from the blue. Something Ms. Minerva had said suddenly echoed through her mind. Not the pep talk… The security cameras. The school had security cameras. She would be able to see for herself who had taken that sixth headset. And that person must be

第十一章给我一个A！给我一个！它是怎么拼的？ 整个上午乔迪都很难把自己的想法憋在心里。 她希望自己的怀疑是错误的。 但她怎么能确定呢？ 快到吃午饭的时候，她才明白过来。 这对她来说犹如晴天霹雳。 密涅瓦说过的话突然在她脑海中回响。 不是打气，是监控摄像头。 学校有监控摄像头。 她可以亲眼看到是谁拿了第六个耳机。 那个人一定是

the Evoker King. Jodi quivered with excitement. As soon as the bell rang for lunch, she jumped up from her desk. Morgan started to say, "I can't go to lun—" "Gottadosomestuffbye!" she shouted at Morgan on her way past him and out the door. She knew better than to run through the halls. Student hall monitors loved to exercise their meager authority by calling out runners. So she walked briskly until she'd made it to Doc's classroom. She caught the science teacher just as she was heading out for her lunch break. "Doc!" she cried. "I need to know more about the school's security cameras!" Doc chuckled. "Well, Madam Curie's well- balanced breakfast! I do love to see a student so eager to learn!" Jodi huffed, out of breath. Unable to find her voice, she gave Doc a thumbs-up. "As a matter of fact," Doc said, "I was just on my way to the security hub. I'm trying to fix an issue with the camera software. I'll give you a tour!"

唤起之王。乔迪兴奋得浑身发抖。 午餐铃一响，她就从桌子上跳了起来。 摩根开始说：“我不能去伦——”“还有别的事要做，再见！”她从摩根身边走过走出房门时对他喊道。 她知道不该在大厅里跑来跑去。 学生宿舍的监督员喜欢通过点名来行使他们微薄的权力。 于是她轻快地走着，一直走到医生的教室。 就在科学老师正要出去吃午饭的时候，她抓住了她。 “医生！”她叫道。“我需要更多地了解学校的监控摄像头！”医生笑了。 “嗯，居里夫人的均衡早餐！”我真喜欢看到一个学生如此渴望学习！”乔迪喘着气说。 她说不出话来，朝医生竖起大拇指。 “事实上，”医生说，“我正准备去安检中心。 我在试着解决相机软件的问题。 我带你参观一下！”

Doc pointed out every camera they passed on the way to the hub. The cameras were spaced every few yards along the hallway, higher than even an adult could reach. "You must be able to see the whole school," Jodi said. "Just about," Doc said. "There are a few blind

博士指出了他们在去中心的路上经过的每一个摄像头。 沿着走廊每隔几码就有摄像头，甚至连成年人都够不到。 “你一定能看到整个学校，”乔迪说。 “差不多，”医生说。“有几个盲人

spots here and there. Part of the gym, for instance. And of course, there aren't any cameras in the closets or bathrooms." The hub was a small room connected to the main office. Jodi marveled at the sight of an entire wall of television screens. They showed various locations throughout the school. "I made two mistakes that led to the school's technical problems," Doc said. She slid the metal casing off a computer and started poking around in the computer's guts. "The first mistake was networking all the technology. That's what allowed the glitch to spread and affect everything. The second mistake was using an old government AI program to run the cameras."

到处都是斑点。比如，健身房的一部分。 当然，衣柜和浴室里也没有摄像头。” 中心是一个与主办公室相连的小房间。 乔迪对整面墙的电视屏幕感到惊奇。 他们展示了整个学校的不同地点。 “我犯了两个错误，导致了学校的技术问题，”多克说。 她把电脑的金属外壳滑下来，开始在电脑的内部摸索。 “第一个错误是将所有技术联网。 所以小故障才会扩散，影响到一切。 第二个错误是使用旧的政府人工智能程序来运行摄像头。”

"AI?" Jodi said, her ears pricking up. "As in artificial intelligence? The cameras are alive?" Doc shook her head, chortling. "Oh, no. Not at all. It's a very limited AI. It can't think creatively. It can make some basic decisions, but mostly it's just meant to follow instructions." She pulled her hand from the computer to scratch her head. "Although some of those instructions have clearly gotten confused." Jodi remembered why she was there. She needed to see footage from the day that headset went missing. "Can I see footage from a particular day? It was a little more than a month ago." "I'm afraid we don't save the footage for that long," Doc said. "With all these cameras? That would be way too much data for these old machines." Jodi's heart sank. So much for that plan. And then she looked up at one of the screens. And her heart sank even further.

“人工智能?”乔迪竖起耳朵说。 “比如人工智能？” 摄像机是活的吗？”医生摇了摇头，哈哈大笑。 “哦,不。一点也不。这是一个非常有限的人工智能。 它不能创造性地思考。 它可以做出一些基本的决定，但大多数情况下，它只是按照指示行事。” 她把手从电脑上移开，搔了挠头。 “尽管其中一些指示显然被弄混了。” 乔迪记起了她来这里的原因。 她需要看耳机丢失那天的监控录像。 “我能看某一天的录像吗？” 那是一个多月前的事了。” “恐怕我们不能把录像保存那么久，”博士说。 “有这么多摄像头？”对于这些老机器来说，数据量太大了。” 乔迪的心一沉。这个计划到此为止。 然后她抬头看了看其中一个屏幕。 她的心更沉了。

Morgan, Po, Ash, and Harper were there. Instead of eating lunch in the cafeteria, they were heading toward a supply closet. What in the world could they be up to? Maybe they were all the Evoker King! Was the headset in that closet? Jodi remembered what Doc had said about the closets. There was no way to see inside it. Not from here. "Doc, I have to go," Jodi said. "Thanks so much for the tour." "Any time," said Doc, and then she yelped as a circuit board sparked. "But yes, it's probably best if I focus right now." Jodi sped toward her friends. She could see the door to the supply closet was ajar. She could hear them whispering on the other side. She didn't want it to be true. But she had to know for sure.

摩根，阿宝，阿什和哈珀都在那里。 他们没有在自助餐厅吃午饭，而是朝一个储物柜走去。 他们到底想干什么？ 也许他们都是唤起之王！耳机在那个壁橱里吗？ 乔迪想起了医生说过的关于壁橱的事。 没有办法看到里面。 不是这里的人。“医生，我得走了。”乔迪说。 “非常感谢你的参观。” “随时都可以。”医生说，然后她尖叫了一声，因为电路板被点燃了。 “但是，是的，我最好现在就集中精力。” 乔迪向她的朋友们飞奔而去。 她看见储物柜的门半开着。 她能听到他们在另一边窃窃私语。 她不希望这是真的。 但她必须确定。