Chapter 8

Chapter 8 If Pork Chops Drop, That's a Hoglin. If Pork Is Chopping You Until You Drop, That's a Piglin. Jodi was having a great time. She never would have expected it after going to the principal's office for the first time, but Morgan's leadership— and Ms. Minerva's help—turned everybody's mood around. Even Po, who had taken the whole situation harder than anybody, was back to his silly self. They were laughing and joking and working hard. It was easy to be proud of her friends. She was still worried about Eek, but there was no reason to dwell on it. Morgan was keeping

第八章猪排掉了，那是妖怪 如果猪肉把你切得倒地，那是小猪。 乔迪玩得很开心。 在第一次去校长办公室之后，她从来没有预料到这一点。 密涅瓦的帮助改变了大家的情绪。 就连阿宝，这个比任何人都要坚强的人，也变回了自己的傻样子。 他们有说有笑，努力工作。 她很容易为她的朋友感到骄傲。 她还在为埃克担心，但没有理由老是想着它。 摩根一直在

them moving so they would finish faster, and Jodi believed he had the right idea. They'd already organized the old library, cleaned the hamster and guinea pig cages, and were now halfway through polishing suits of armor in Ironsword's Hall of History.

他们移动以便更快地完成任务，乔迪相信他的想法是对的。 他们已经整理好了旧图书馆，打扫了仓鼠和豚鼠的笼子，现在正在为铁剑的历史大厅打磨盔甲。

The hall was mostly suits of armor, actually. Jodi wondered if Principal Ferris liked collecting them. "Hello?" It was Eek's voice. "Is anyone around to talk for a moment?" "I'll talk to him!" Jodi said. She used a cloth to wipe the metal polish off her hands and pushed her earbud to start a private conversation with Eek. "What's up?" "Jodi! Perfect." Eek sounded strange. Nervous, maybe? "You do not like fighting, either, correct?" "In the real world, not at all. In Minecraft I'd rather spend my time building, so I usually hide from mobs. Or play on Creative mode!" "But it does not bother you if other people fight." "I guess not." Jodi could hear what Eek wasn't saying, though. "Does it bother you?" "Yes!" Eek said. "I do not get it. Skeletons fight. Piglins fight. We apparently have to fight hoglins whenever they see us. Why? I do not want to fight or destroy anything."

实际上，大厅里摆满了盔甲。 乔迪不知道费里斯校长是否喜欢收集它们。 “喂?”那是伊克的声音。 “有谁能和你谈谈吗？”“我要跟他谈谈！”乔迪说。 她用一块布擦去手上的金属光泽，推了推耳机，开始和艾克私下交谈。 “怎么了?”“乔迪- !完美。” Eek听起来很奇怪。紧张,可能吗? “你也不喜欢打架，对吗？”“在现实世界中，完全不是这样。 在《我的世界》中，我宁愿把时间花在建筑上，所以我通常会躲着怪物。 或者选择创造模式！”“但如果其他人打架，你不会感到困扰。” “我想不会。”不过乔迪能听到埃克没说的话。 “这让你烦恼吗？”“是的!”唷说。 “我不明白。骷髅战斗。 Piglins战斗。显然，只要霍格林人看到我们，我们就得和他们打一架。 为什么?我不想战斗或破坏任何东西。”

"And you want some help understanding?" "Yes, please." Jodi was pretty sure because it's a game wasn't a good explanation for someone whose whole life was a game. Minecraft felt real to Eek because it was the only world he knew—and she knew from talking to him that he was always going to take his world very seriously. Out of everybody, she felt like she understood most how Eek looked at the world: at one point, her mind had been connected to all of Minecraft. She had felt every mob and block like it was a part of her. She took a moment to think about his question seriously, then realized with surprise that she did have an answer for him. "Ash mentioned you built something for the first time. And I know Po talked to you about how everything in Minecraft turns into something else. Fighting is a part of that process, sometimes. Just like mining, you fight mobs to get the things they turn into so you can make food or craft something special. It's the nature of the game.

“你需要帮助理解吗？”“是的,请。” 乔迪很确定，因为对于一个一生都是游戏的人来说，这是一个游戏并不是一个好的解释。 《我的世界》对埃克来说是真实的，因为这是他唯一知道的世界——她从和他的交谈中知道，他总是会很认真地对待他的世界。 在所有人中，她觉得自己最了解Eek是如何看待这个世界的：在某种程度上，她的思想与《我的世界》联系在一起。 她感受到了每一次暴民和阻挡，仿佛它们都是她的一部分。 她花了一点时间认真思考他的问题，然后惊讶地意识到她确实有一个答案给他。 “阿什提到你第一次造了个东西。 我知道阿宝跟你说过《我的世界》里的东西都变成了别的东西。 有时候，争吵也是这个过程的一部分。 就像采矿一样，你与暴徒战斗以获得他们变成的东西，这样你就可以制作食物或制作一些特别的东西。 这是游戏的本质。

Other times, you fight because the mobs want to fight you, and they go out of their way to do that. Some mobs seem just plain mean, like creepers and Endermen." The others were finished polishing the armor, but they hadn't found a pigurine anywhere. Jodi joined in the search while she talked into her earbud, peeking behind boots and inside scabbards. "Piglins and hoglins are a little different. The piglins have things they like and dislike. They fight hoglins and skeletons to protect themselves, and probably to feed their babies. And they fight

其他时候，你打架是因为暴徒想和你打架，他们会想尽办法这样做。 有些怪物看起来就是很卑鄙，比如爬行动物和末灭人。” 其他人擦完了盔甲，但他们没有找到猪尿。 乔迪也加入了搜寻，她一边对着耳机说话，一边窥视着靴子后面和剑鞘里面。 “小猪和猪有点不同。 小猪们有他们喜欢和不喜欢的东西。 它们与巨兽和骷髅搏斗是为了保护自己，也可能是为了喂养自己的孩子。 他们会打架

players because players are scary to them! If I was a Minecraft mob, I'd probably attack players, too. We're always showing up out of nowhere and taking their stuff. Or maybe they're jealous that we can go to the Overworld. I'm not sure." "No Overworld?" Eek asked. "They turn into zombies. It's freaky." Jodi tried to remember where she was going. "In the real world, animals and people fight because they need things. It's kinda like that in Minecraft, too. Mobs are also creatures that need things, and they have lives they're trying to live in their own way. So they fight. I think Minecraft feels best when we treat them like they're real and respect them as part of a whole connected world. Same with the trees and the villages. They might be code in a game, but—"

玩家是因为玩家对他们来说很可怕！如果我是《我的世界》的暴徒，我可能也会攻击玩家。 我们总是不知道从哪里冒出来拿走他们的东西。 或者他们嫉妒我们能去上面世界。 我不确定。”“没有Overworld ?”唷问道。 “他们变成了僵尸。这是捉摸不定的。” 乔迪努力回忆她要去哪里。 “在现实世界中，动物和人打架是因为他们需要东西。 在《我的世界》中也是如此。 暴徒也是需要东西的生物，他们有自己的生活，他们试图以自己的方式生活。 所以他们打了起来。我认为，当我们把它们当作真实存在的东西，并把它们视为整个连接世界的一部分时，《我的世界》的感觉会最好。 树木和村庄也一样。 它们可能是游戏中的代码，但是——”