Chapter 7

Chapter 7 THE FLOOR IS LAVA! ALSO, THE WALLS ARE LAVA! OH MAN, EVERYTHING IS LAVA!! As soon as they returned to the game, Harper hefted her pickaxe. If they were right, the object they wanted would be found deep belowground. So there was no point trying to go back up to the room where they'd fought the spider jockeys. Instead, they would hack their way through the stone wall at the water's edge. Harper expected to find more darkness on the other side. Instead, the air radiated with an orange-red tint. She knew what that meant

第七章地板是熔岩！而且，墙壁是熔岩！天哪，一切都是熔岩！！他们一回到游戏中，哈珀就拿起她的鹤嘴锄。 如果他们是对的，他们想要的东西就会在地下深处找到。 所以想要回到他们和蜘蛛骑士战斗过的房间是没有意义的。 相反，他们会在水边的石墙上挖出一条路来。 哈珀希望在另一边看到更多的黑暗。 相反，空气散发出橙红色的光芒。 她知道那是什么意思

before she'd even stepped through the narrow tunnel they'd cut. "LAVA," Jodi said breathlessly. "I've never seen so much of it." Harper hadn't either. A great expanse of lava stretched out below them, like an ocean of roiling fire. More lava streamed down from high above, forming awe-inspiring lavafalls. The gray stone of the bridge they stood on looked orange in the glow of the cavern. More bridges crisscrossed the space. There were bridges above them, bridges below them, bridges running in every direction. They formed a complex set of walkways—it was hard to imagine where they all led. Harper felt dizzy trying to take it all in. And she knew those bridges were the only surfaces that

她还没来得及穿过他们挖出来的狭窄隧道。 “熔岩，”乔迪上气不接下气地说。 “我从来没见过这么多。” 哈珀也没有。一大片熔岩在他们下面伸展开来，就像一个沸腾的火的海洋。 更多的熔岩从高处流下，形成了令人敬畏的熔岩瀑布。 他们站着的那座灰色的桥在洞窟的辉光下显得橙黄色。 更多的桥梁纵横交错的空间。 他们上面有桥，下面有桥，四面八方都有桥。 它们形成了一组复杂的走道——很难想象它们都通向哪里。 哈珀想把这一切都看得眼花缭乱。 她知道那些桥是唯一能

would be safe to touch. Touching lava, on the other hand, would be a very bad idea. "We'll have to be careful," she warned. "One false step…" "Please don't finish that sentence," said Po. "WE'LL STAY ON THE BRIDGE," Jodi said. "Right in the middle of the bridge. Honest." If even Jodi and Po were taking this seriously, then Harper knew she was right to be worried. They followed the bridge to a crossroads. They could choose any of three directions. "How do we know which way?" asked Morgan. "Without any information to go on, one guess is as good as any other," said Harper. "EENY, MEENY, LET'S GO THAT WAY." They turned right, following the stone walkway until it ended at a wall. "Should we cut through the wall?" asked Jodi. "IT'S AWFULLY RISKY," said Ash. "For all we know, there's more lava on the other side, just waiting to rush in." "I think I see where we need to go," said Po. He pointed over the edge of the bridge. "CHECK THAT

摸起来是安全的。另一方面，触摸熔岩将是一个非常糟糕的主意。 “我们得小心点，”她警告说。 “请不要说完那句话，”阿宝说。 “我们待在桥上，”乔迪说。 “就在桥中间。 诚实。”如果连乔迪和阿宝都认真对待这件事，那么哈珀就知道她的担心是对的。 他们沿着桥走到一个十字路口。 他们可以选择三个方向中的任何一个。 “我们怎么知道是哪条路？”摩根问。 哈珀说：“在没有任何信息的情况下，一种猜测和其他猜测一样准确。” “尼尼，尼尼，我们往那边走。” 他们向右拐，沿着石头走道一直走到一堵墙的尽头。 “我们应该把墙凿穿吗？”乔迪问。 “这太冒险了。”阿什说。 “据我们所知，另一边还有更多的熔岩，正等着冲进来。” “我想我知道我们要去哪里了，”阿宝说。 他指着桥的边缘。 “检查

OUT." Harper peered over the ledge, taking care not to get too close. Po was right. Below them, at the level of the lava, there was a red door. It was the only door in sight. Surely it would lead them deeper into the dungeon. Harper tried to trace the path that would lead them to the door. But there were too many bridges and strange intersections. It was impossible to follow the path with her eyes. "It's a maze," she said. "A three-dimensional maze suspended over a vast sea of lava." "And I thought memorizing dialogue was tough," said Morgan. "Forget the maze," said Po. "WE CAN BUILD OUR OWN BRIDGE FROM HERE." "Hmm." Ash tapped her chin. "We didn't bring enough building material with us."

”。哈珀从窗台上往外看，小心翼翼地不让自己靠得太近。 阿宝是对的。在他们下面，在熔岩的高度，有一扇红色的门。 这是眼前唯一的一扇门。 肯定会把他们带进地牢的更深处。 哈珀试图沿着通向那扇门的路走下去。 但是有太多的桥和奇怪的十字路口。 用她的眼睛是不可能跟踪这条路的。 “这是一个迷宫，”她说。“一个悬浮在巨大熔岩海洋上的三维迷宫” 摩根说：“我觉得背诵对白很难。 “忘了迷宫吧，”阿宝说。 “我们可以从这里自己建一座桥。” “嗯。”艾什拍了拍下巴。 “我们没有带足够的建筑材料。”

"BUT I SUPPOSE WE COULD DISMANTLE THIS BRIDGE AND REASSEMBLE IT," Harper said, finishing Ash's thought. "I don't love the idea of moving blocks around when those blocks are the only thing keeping us from, you know…fwoosh!" Morgan said. "WE'LL BE CAREFUL," Harper promised. Jodi grinned. "Why be careful when you can be creative?" "Spoken like a true rogue," Po said in his wizard voice. "Tell us, then, young ruffian. What trick do you have in mind?"

“但我想我们可以把这座桥拆掉再重新组装。”哈珀说完阿什的想法。 “我不喜欢到处移动积木的想法，因为这些积木是唯一阻止我们……你知道……哇！”摩根说。 “我们会小心的，”哈珀保证。 乔迪•咧嘴一笑。“当你可以有创意的时候，为什么要小心呢？”“说得像个真正的无赖。”阿宝用巫师的声音说。 “那么，告诉我们吧，小流氓。 你想耍什么花招？”

"AND SPOIL THE SURPRISE?" Jodi said. "Just follow me, Po the Wise, and maybe I'll teach you something new." They followed Jodi, retracing their steps to the hole they'd cut through the wall. "WE'RE BACK WHERE WE STARTED," Morgan complained. Jodi didn't say anything. Instead of returning to the reservoir room, she walked to the edge of the bridge, right where it met the wall. Then she started placing blocks, forming a ledge that would allow her to walk along the wall. Po peered at the lava below. "I thought

“破坏这个惊喜？”乔迪说。 “跟着我，智者阿宝，也许我会教你一些新东西。” 他们跟着乔迪，沿着原路回到他们凿穿墙壁的那个洞。 “我们又回到了起点。”摩根抱怨道。 乔迪什么也没说。她没有回到蓄水室，而是走到桥的边缘，就在桥和墙相遇的地方。 然后她开始放积木，形成一个可以让她沿着墙走的窗台。 阿宝凝视着下面的熔岩。 “我以为