Chapter 9

Chapter 9 Every House Needs a Treasure Room. And a Magma Cube. And One Hundred Piglins. They're So Lava-Ble! Ash carved through the tight hallways and crumbling bridges of the bastion as fast as she could. The entrance she had made was toward the top of the remnant's large, cube-shaped structure— which meant she had a long way to go before the good stuff. At the very bottom, in the middle of a lake of lava, was the real treasure room—but there could be chests and enemies at every level, so she moved through each one methodically.

第九章每所房子都需要一个藏宝室。 还有一个岩浆立方。还有一百只小猪。 他们太可爱了！艾什以最快的速度穿过堡垒狭窄的走廊和摇摇欲坠的桥梁。 她的入口是通往遗迹的巨大的立方体结构的顶部——这意味着她要走很长一段路才能找到好东西。 在底部熔岩湖的中央，是真正的宝藏室——但每一层都可能有箱子和敌人，所以她有条不紊地穿过每一层。

No reason to be sneaky. She opened chests when she found them, scooped up everything inside, then fought any nearby piglins. Weaving through the ancient blackstone halls wasn't too hard. She'd left the base with a near-empty inventory, but it was easy enough to carve blocks from walls to patch bridges and build stairs. She was confident this trip would be a breeze…until she found the first piglin brute. "SNORT-grrr!" Ash heard it before she saw it. Just below her, looking up through a crack in the floor, was a brute holding a big sword. "He does not look happy!" Eek yelled. He'd taken a few steps into the bastion and was calling to her from across the cube, two floors above. "Maybe you should come back out here, where it is safe!" "I'll be fine. Just watch!" Ash threw a few blocks down to make her descent easier, then dived in front of the brute and started swinging. Unfortunately, the brute was ready to swing back

没有理由偷偷摸摸。当她找到箱子时，她打开箱子，把里面的东西都舀出来，然后和附近的小猪打架。 在古老的黑石大厅里穿行并不难。 她离开基地时，库存几乎是空的，但从墙上雕刻石块、修桥和建楼梯却很容易。 她相信这次旅行会很轻松，直到她发现了第一只小猪。 “SNORT-grrr !”阿什没看见就听到了。 就在她下面，有个拿着一把大剑的畜牲从地板的裂缝里往上看。 “他看起来不高兴！”唷喊道。 他已经走进堡垒几步，在楼上两层的隔间对面呼唤她。 “也许你应该回到这里来，这里是安全的！”“我会没事的。 看!”艾什往下扔了几个街区，好让自己更容易下坠，然后跳到那只野兽面前，开始荡秋千。 不幸的是，那畜生准备反击

—and it hit hard. Ash lost half her health before she was able to squeeze in a second hit. Since when did they hit so hard?! Thinking quickly, she jumped back up to the higher floor and took out the stairs behind her, slashing downward through the gap to take it down with two more swipes. "Ouch…that's not like I remember." Ash ate a quick snack so her health would regenerate, but she was frustrated with herself. They'd been so focused on speed, and moving safely as a group, that healing items weren't a high priority—she had more boats than food, thanks to Eek. But now, after just one fight, she was already dipping into her small food supply. She'd fought piglin brutes before. Why was it so difficult this time? Probably the rush, she realized. A nearly complete set of iron armor and a diamond sword were pretty good, but she usually avoided fighting until she was as prepared as possible—in this case, with high-level enchantments.

而且它打得很重。阿什在第二次命中前失去了一半的生命值。 他们什么时候打得这么狠了！她迅速地想了想，跳上了更高的一层，从身后的楼梯上钻了出来，从楼梯的缝隙里砍了下去，又砍了两下。 “哎哟……这和我记忆中的不一样。” 阿什吃了一份快餐，这样她的健康就会恢复，但她对自己感到沮丧。 他们一直专注于速度，并且作为一个团队安全移动，所以治疗物品并不是优先考虑的——多亏了Eek，她有更多的船而不是食物。 但现在，仅仅经过一场战斗，她就已经开始吃她那少量的食物了。 她以前打过小猪。 为什么这次这么难呢？ 可能是匆忙，她意识到。 一套几乎完整的铁甲和一把钻石剑是相当不错的，但她通常会避免战斗，直到她尽可能做好准备——在这种情况下，使用高级魔法。

If she had had time to add Sharpness, brutes would go down in two hits. Or, with Knockback, she could send them flying down into the lava. Her armor would usually have protection by now, too. Or thorns to hit them back when they attacked her. That's why Ash had never made it to the End before. She always wanted to be one hundred percent prepared, and that wasn't really possible. By the time she got close, one of her friends was starting a new server and needed help, so she dropped everything to start over. Or the game had a big cool update, and she wanted to play fresh with the changes. Or a giant storm and a glitching AI reset everything she and her friends had ever built and crafted. She was always starting over, again and again and again. Not this time. I will press on, she told herself. She would get Eek to the End, and she'd get the treasure at the bottom of this bastion.

如果她有时间添加锐度，野兽会在两击中倒下。 或者，用“击退”，她可以让他们飞到熔岩中。 她的盔甲现在应该也有保护了。 或者在它们攻击她时用刺还击。 这就是为什么艾什以前从来没有活到过尽头。 她总是想百分之百地做好准备，但这是不可能的。 当她接近的时候，她的一个朋友正在启动一个新的服务器，需要帮助，所以她放弃了一切重新开始。 或者游戏有一个很酷的更新，她想要用这些变化来玩新鲜的游戏。 或者一场巨大的风暴和一个故障的AI重置了她和她的朋友们曾经建造和制作的一切。 她总是从头开始，一遍又一遍又一遍。 这次不会了。我要坚持下去，她对自己说。 她会把埃克带到尽头，她会得到堡垒底部的宝藏。

"Are you okay?" Eek called, now from even farther above her. "You look hurt!" "I'm fine!" Ash shook it off and continued down to the next floor. "I'll do better next time." She didn't do better next time. She did worse. Ash was so focused on pulling treasure out of a chest that she didn't notice the brute coming up behind her until it attacked! She ran to the next room and defeated it fast. But then two regular piglins got upset that she hurt the brute—and suddenly she was locked in a two-on-one fight.

“你还好吗？”伊克喊道，现在是从她上面更远的地方传来的。 “你看起来受伤了！”“我没事!”阿什把它抖掉，继续下楼。 “下次我会做得更好。” 她下次没有做得更好。 她做得更糟。阿什太专注于从箱子里掏出财宝，以至于她没有注意到野兽从她身后走过来，直到它袭击了她！她跑到隔壁房间，迅速地打败了它。 但后来两只普通的小猪因为她伤害了这只野兽而生气——突然间，她陷入了一场二对一的战斗。

Ash ran—back the way she'd come, up some stairs, and through a pinch point she could use to fight them one at a time. She was a good player, and a fast problem-solver, but the damage was done. By the time she defeated both angry piglins, she was back down to one heart. "Good news: Jodi says it would be better if we did not fight the piglins!" Eek said. "I agree! Now she is saying, 'Why are you asking about this?'" Ash paused. "Are you talking to us at the same time? How?"

艾什沿着来时的路往回跑，爬上几层楼梯，穿过一个可以用来对付他们的地方。 她是一个优秀的球员，也是一个快速解决问题的人，但伤害已经造成了。 当她打败了两只愤怒的小猪时，她又回到了一心一意。 “好消息：乔迪说如果我们不和小猪打架会更好！”唷说。 “我同意!现在她说：‘你为什么问这个？’”阿什顿了顿。 “你是在同时跟我们说话吗？” 如何?”