Chapter 2

Chapter 2 DON'T FORGET TO STOP AND SMELL THE RAINBONS! THOUGH YOU MIGHT NEED TO BRING A STEPLADDER." The next morning, Morgan awoke feeling anxious. There were too many unanswered questions about what he and his friends would face the next time they put on their VR headsets. Morgan's science teacher, Doc Culpepper, had invented those headsets, and she had asked Morgan and his friends to test them. She seemed to have mostly forgotten about them since then. Doc

第二章别忘了停下来，闻闻彩虹的芬芳！不过你可能需要带个梯子。” 第二天早上，摩根醒来时感到焦虑。 关于他和他的朋友们下次戴上虚拟现实头盔会面临什么，有太多悬而未决的问题。 摩根的科学老师卡尔佩珀博士发明了这些耳机，她让摩根和他的朋友们来测试。 从那以后，她似乎几乎把他们忘了。 医生

liked to hop from one project to the next. For an adult, her attention span seemed awfully short. The kids had told Doc that her headsets were amazing, which was true. Through some advanced science that even Harper didn't understand, the goggles seemed to transport their minds to another world. A world that looked and acted almost exactly like Minecraft. But Morgan and his friends had soon realized they weren't alone in that virtual world. They shared it with a menacing being known as the Evoker King…and a helpful entity who called herself the Librarian. The kids had decided not to share those particular details with Doc. The last thing they wanted was for her to take the headsets away to dissect them. On their walk to school, Jodi quickly picked up on Morgan's mood. "What's eating you today, big brother?" she asked. Morgan sighed. "I'm just going over everything in my head. We never found Doc's missing sixth

喜欢从一个项目跳到下一个项目。 作为一个成年人，她的注意力持续时间似乎非常短。 孩子们告诉博士，她的耳机棒极了，这是真的。 通过一些连哈珀都不懂的先进科学，护目镜似乎把他们的思想转移到了另一个世界。 一个看起来和行动几乎完全像《我的世界》的世界。 但摩根和他的朋友们很快意识到，在这个虚拟世界里，他们并不孤单。 他们与一个被称为“唤起之王”的威胁生物和一个自称为“图书管理员”的乐于助人的实体分享了这个空间。 孩子们决定不把这些细节告诉博士。 他们最不希望看到的就是她把耳机拿走解剖它们。 在去学校的路上，乔迪很快发现了摩根的心情。 “你今天怎么了，大哥？”她问。 摩根叹了口气。“我只是在脑子里把每件事都想了一遍。 我们一直没找到医生失踪的第六个人

headset, you know…." "And you thought that whoever had the headset was secretly the Evoker King." "But the Evoker King turned out to be an artificial intelligence," Morgan said. "He's one hundred percent digital. It's the Librarian who has the headset…and a secret identity." "Do you have a theory about who she might be?" Jodi asked. "I don't," he admitted. "But she obviously knows more than she's told us. If we can find her, she might be able to tell us what the Evoker King is really up to. Or what the Foundation Stone does." "In the past, the Librarian has always found us," Jodi reminded him. "Not the other way around." "Maybe that needs to change," said Morgan.

耳机，你知道....”“你以为戴着耳机的人就是暗地里的唤醒者之王。” 摩根说：“但唤醒王原来是一个人工智能。” “他是百分之百的数码人。 戴着耳机的是图书管理员……还有一个秘密身份。” “你知道她是谁吗？”乔迪•问道。 “我不知道，”他承认。“但她知道的显然比她告诉我们的要多。 如果我们能找到她，她也许能告诉我们唤起者之王的真正目的。 或者基石的作用。” “过去，图书管理员总是能找到我们。”乔迪提醒他。 “而不是反过来。” “也许这需要改变，”摩根说。

By now, the siblings had arrived at the front lawn of the school. Morgan saw Harper and Po, but Ash wasn't there. That was unusual. Ash was often the first to arrive. "Where's Ash?" he asked. "We need to make a plan." "Haven't seen her," Harper said. Po shrugged. Jodi peered down the sidewalk. "I'm sure she'll be here soon," she said. But Ash never showed up on the lawn. Morgan couldn't find her at her locker, either. She slipped into homeroom mere seconds before the late bell rang. She gave him a little wave, and Morgan noticed she had dark circles under her eyes.

这时，兄妹俩已经来到了学校前面的草坪上。 摩根看到哈珀和阿宝了，但阿什不在。 这是不寻常的。阿什常常是第一个到的。 “阿什呢？”他问。“我们需要制定一个计划。” “没见过她，”哈珀说。 阿宝耸耸肩。乔迪凝视着人行道。 “我相信她很快就会来的，”她说。 但是阿什没有出现在草坪上。 摩根在储物柜里也找不到她。 在下课铃响前几秒钟，她溜进了教室。 她轻轻向他挥了挥手，摩根注意到她的黑眼圈。

It looked as if she hadn't gotten any sleep. He wanted to ask her about that. But Ms. Minerva, their homeroom teacher, had already started taking attendance, and talking wasn't allowed during attendance. Apparently, no one had ever mentioned that rule to Doc. The science teacher burst into the classroom in a fit of excitement. "Class!" she said. "Look! Look outside the window!"

看起来她好像没有睡过觉。 他想问她这件事。 但他们的班主任密涅瓦已经开始点名，上课时不允许说话。 显然，没人跟博士提过这条规则。 科学老师兴奋地冲进教室。 “上课！”她说。“看!看看窗外！”

Morgan turned his head in the direction she was pointing. It was easy to understand why Doc was so excited. Stretching across the sky was the most magnificent rainbow Morgan had ever seen. He'd seen small rainbows before. But this one looked like a drawing out of a storybook. It seemed to spring from the trees and spread through the blue above before arcing back down to the ground. He could clearly make out each color, from red to violet. The whole class oohed and aahed, Morgan loudest of all. "Can anyone tell me what causes a rainbow to appear?" Doc asked. Morgan didn't know the answer, but others did.

摩根把头转向她所指的方向。 医生如此兴奋的原因很容易理解。 横跨天空的是摩根所见过的最壮丽的彩虹。 他以前见过小彩虹。 但这幅画看起来就像是从故事书里画出来的。 它似乎是从树上冒出来的，在天空中蔓延开来，然后又回到地面上。 他能清楚地分辨出从红色到紫色的每一种颜色。 全班同学都在欢呼，摩根的声音最大。 “谁能告诉我彩虹是怎么出现的？”医生问。 摩根不知道答案，但其他人知道。