Chapter 7

Chapter 7 THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS THIS GUY I KNOW. LET'S GIVE HIM A CHANCE! Harper still wasn't sure what to make of Theo Grayson. They had started out as friends. Fate (and a class science project) had thrown them together, and they'd found it easy to get along…at first. But then Theo messed up their experiment. And he started acting weird, sneaking around and asking about their Minecraft game. Morgan had even suspected Theo of being the Evoker King, back before they had discovered that the Evoker King was an artificial intelligence. Theo obviously wasn't the Evoker King.

我的敌人的敌人是我认识的这个人。 我们给他一个机会吧！哈珀仍然不确定西奥·格雷森是怎么回事。 他们一开始是朋友。 命运（和一个班级科学项目）把他们安排在一起，他们发现相处得很容易……一开始。 但是西奥搞砸了他们的实验。 他开始表现得很奇怪，偷偷摸摸地问他们的《我的世界》游戏。 摩根甚至怀疑西奥就是Evoker国王，在他们发现Evoker国王是一个人工智能之前。 西奥显然不是唤醒之王。

But Harper and her friends had still never quite come to trust Theo enough to share the secret of the Minecraft goggles. And he had hinted plenty of times that he loved the game, too. They had worked together again on the school play, and during that time, they had gotten along fine. But Harper had hardly seen him since the play ended. If they were going to ask for his help, she really did owe him an apology for shutting him out. She found him in the library just after school. She knew he liked to go there to read. She noticed, now, that the books stacked on the table in front of him were guides to computer programming.

但哈珀和她的朋友们仍然没有足够信任西奥，愿意分享《我的世界》护目镜的秘密。 他也曾多次暗示自己热爱这项运动。 他们又在学校的话剧上合作过，在那段时间里，他们相处得很好。 但自从戏剧结束后，哈珀几乎没见过他。 如果他们要寻求他的帮助，她真的应该为把他拒之门外而向他道歉。 放学后她在图书馆找到了他。 她知道他喜欢去那里读书。 这时，她注意到他面前桌上堆着的书是计算机编程指南。

She hadn't known just how much Theo was into computers and modding until Po revealed that he'd offered his tech skills during the school play. "Hey, Theo," she said. "What's new?" Theo looked up, startled. He'd obviously been absorbed in his reading. And it was clear from his expression that Harper was the last person he expected to see. But his startled look was quickly replaced with a goofy smile. "Hey, Harper. It's been a while. You

她一直不知道西奥对电脑和改装有多着迷，直到阿宝透露他在学校的戏剧表演中展示了他的技术技能。 “嘿，西奥，”她说。“有什么新鲜事吗?”西奥吃惊地抬起头。 他显然是在全神贯注地读书。 从他的表情可以清楚地看出，哈珀是他最不想见到的人。 但他惊讶的表情很快被傻笑所取代。 “嘿,哈珀。好久不见了。 你

want to sit down?" Harper smiled back as she took a seat. "I can't stay long. But I'm curious." She looked at the stack of books. "Po told me you're into programming. Is that right?" Theo nodded enthusiastically. He was obviously delighted that she had finally asked him about it. "Yeah! I mean, I know some stuff, but I still have a lot to learn. Computers are complicated." "I guess that explains the tower of books," said Harper. "Yeah." Theo blushed. "Although, actually, you caught me goofing off. I was taking a break from reading to review some of my sketches." "Sketches?" echoed Harper. "Take a look," he said, and he turned the open

想坐下来吗？”哈珀坐下时也对她笑了笑。 “我不能待太久。但我很好奇。” 她看了看那堆书。 “阿宝告诉我你喜欢编程。 是这样吗？”西奥热情地点了点头。 他显然很高兴她终于问了他这件事。 “是啊!我是说，我知道一些东西，但我还有很多要学。 电脑很复杂。” “我想这解释了为什么会有那么多书。”哈珀说。 “是的。”西奥脸红了。“不过，实际上，你发现我在偷懒。 我正在休息一下，复习我的一些草图。” “素描？”哈珀应声说。 “看一看。”他说着，转身打开了门

book toward her. Harper saw now that the book in Theo's hand wasn't a library book at all, but a graph-paper notebook. Its pages were filled with blocky drawings. There were blueprints for buildings, and complicated Redstone mechanisms, and tons of interesting figures in the shape of Minecraft avatars. "Wow," Harper said. "You drew all this?" "Yeah," Theo said. "I like to plan out my Minecraft builds on paper before I make them." "And the avatars?" Harper asked. "Oh, I'm getting into modding," Theo said. "You know, using programming to modify the look of the game? Making new skins is the easiest way to

书朝向她。哈珀现在才明白，西奥手里的那本书根本不是图书馆的书，而是一本画纸笔记本。 书页上满是一块块的图画。 游戏中有建筑蓝图，复杂的红石机制，以及大量《我的世界》角色形状的有趣人物。 “哇，”哈珀说。“这些都是你画的？”“是的，”西奥说。 “我喜欢在制作之前在纸上规划我的《我的世界》。” “那那些化身呢？”哈珀问道。 “哦，我开始喜欢改装了，”西奥说。 “你知道，使用编程来修改游戏的外观？ 制作新皮肤是最简单的方法

start." Harper flipped the pages. Theo had designed a lot of skins. There were reptilian ninjas, robotic monkeys, two-legged dragons, and— And there, in the back, were a few avatars that Harper recognized. Theo snatched the book away from her, slamming it shut. "They're just sketches right now," Theo said. "Anyway, do you hear a car honking? I think my mom is here." Harper blinked, trying to process what she had seen. "I don't hear any—" "Gotta run," he said. "Bye!" Theo grabbed his backpack and bolted away, leaving the stack of books behind. Harper thought about going after him. But she was too shocked by what she'd seen in Theo's notebook to even move. Four of Theo's avatars—she'd seen them before. A knight on a dragon mount. A dark magician. A pirate and an ax-wielding zombie. Those four mobs had nearly defeated Harper and her friends in the deepest level of the dungeon. Harper knew for a fact

开始。”哈珀翻着书页。 西奥设计了很多皮肤。 有爬行动物忍者，机器猴子，两条腿的龙，还有——在后面，有几个哈珀认识的化身。 西奥从她手里抢过书，砰地一声合上。 “现在还只是草图，”西奥说。 “不管怎样，你听到汽车鸣笛了吗？” 我想我妈妈在这里。”哈珀眨了眨眼睛，试图理解她所看到的一切。 “我没听到任何——”“我得走了，”他说。 “再见!”西奥抓起书包跑开了，留下了那堆书。 哈珀想去追他。 但她被西奥笔记本上的内容吓得动弹不得。 西奥的四个化身——她以前见过。 骑着龙的骑士。 一个黑魔法师。一个海盗和一个挥舞斧头的僵尸。 在地牢的最深处，那四个怪物几乎把哈珀和她的朋友们打败了。 哈珀知道这是事实