Chapter 4

Chapter 4 It's a Video Game Rule: Always Climb to the Tallest Point! Jodi was pretty sure Eek left the Nether. The doors were all open on the way to the portal, and Eek had promised them he wouldn't explore the Nether alone. Eek wouldn't break his promise, but he might bend it. That left the Overworld. Without any obvious clues, Ash, Po, and Jodi split up to look in different directions.

第4章电子游戏规则：总是爬到最高点！乔迪很确定埃克离开了地狱。 通往传送门的路上，所有的门都是开着的，伊克答应过他们，他不会独自探索虚空。 埃克不会食言，但他可能会食言。 剩下的就是上面世界了。在没有任何明显线索的情况下，阿什、阿宝和乔迪分头朝不同的方向看。

"Eek? Eek, are you out here?" No answer. There was nothing in her headset but the sound of her footsteps, Minecraft's gentle music, and the other two saying the same. She couldn't remember the last time she had played like this—wandering around in the quiet, just exploring. At the edge of the forest, she looked around. Where would Eek go? To her left was a wide river, flowing away from their base toward the ocean.

“呀?哎哟，你在外面吗？”不回答。 她的耳机里什么也没有，只有她的脚步声，《我的世界》轻柔的音乐，另外两个人也在说同样的话。 她不记得上一次像这样玩耍是什么时候了——在安静中四处游荡，只是在探索。 在森林的边缘，她环顾四周。 Eek会去哪里？在她的左边是一条宽阔的河流，从他们的基地流向大海。

To her right was a snowy mountain, stretching up toward the sun. In the real world, she was shivering and wrapped in a blanket, but in the game, everything was still and calm. She could almost feel the sun. She looked between the two paths—river or mountain? Jodi couldn't say what it was, but she felt the answer. Something about the way the blocks of the ground were stacked or the way the music changed when she looked. Maybe a mob in the distance wiggled in a particular way, or she'd noticed a tree chopped just a bit out of place. She'd felt something like this occasionally since the day she saved the foundation stone from the

在她的右边是一座雪山，向太阳延伸。 在现实世界中，她裹着毯子瑟瑟发抖，但在游戏中，一切都是平静的。 她几乎能感觉到太阳。 她朝两条路之间望去——是河还是山？ 乔迪说不出那是什么，但她感觉到了答案。 地上石块的堆叠方式，或者她看的时候音乐的变化。 也许远处有一群暴徒以一种特殊的方式扭动着，或者她注意到一棵树被砍得有点不合适。 自从那天她把基石从

Evoker King. She'd touched it for just a second and briefly connected to everything in Minecraft. The foundation stone didn't give Jodi secret cheat codes, make her an amazing fighter, or give her an encyclopedic knowledge of crafting recipes. But sometimes she'd have a feeling, and right now she felt that Eek was on the mountain. "Good idea!" Morgan said as she turned. "You'll have a better view from up there."

召唤师王。她只碰了它一秒钟，就和《我的世界》里的一切联系上了。 基石并没有给Jodi提供秘密的作弊代码，让她成为一名出色的战士，或者给她提供制作食谱的百科知识。 但有时她会有一种感觉，现在她觉得艾克在山上。 “好主意!”摩根转身说。 “你在上面会看得更清楚。”

Jodi nodded. The taiga ended at flat snowy plains, and the plains continued until the base of the mountain. There, trees sprang up all around the base—a grove! A rabbit and its baby hopped away from her as the sun set, casting the forest in darkness. "Eek? Where are you?" Jodi called. No answer. And the feeling was gone—she would have to find him the regular way. She ran in a spiral up the mountain, pausing every minute or so to listen for anything unusual. "Eek?" Two-thirds of the way up, she heard a snarl. And then a hiss! A wolf and a spider, fighting? Ready to defend the wolf, she raised her sword

乔迪•点点头。针叶林的尽头是平坦的雪原，平原一直延伸到山脚下。 在那里，树木在基地周围拔地而起——一片小树林！太阳落山时，一只兔子和它的宝宝从她身边跳开，把森林笼罩在黑暗中。 “呀?你在哪儿？”乔迪。 不回答。这种感觉消失了——她必须按照常规的方式去找他。 她飞快地向山上跑去，每隔一分钟就停下来听听有没有什么不寻常的事情。 “呀?”走到三分之二的地方，她听到了一声咆哮。 然后是嘶嘶声！一只狼和一只蜘蛛在打架？ 她举起剑，准备保护狼

and stepped toward the sound. Snarl! Keeowwww! And then quiet. "I am sorry, spider. Thank you for your eye." It was Eek's voice! As Jodi came closer, she found him kneeling on the ground by a dropped spider eye, a snowy wolf sitting patiently beside him. "I do not know what it is for, but I am sure that it is useful." "Mostly potions, I think," Jodi said. "You have a wolf?!" "JODI!" Eek cheered, scooping up the eye and rushing over to her. The wolf trotted lazily beside him. "I am very lost!"

向声音的方向走去。 咆哮!Keeowwww !然后安静下来。 “对不起，蜘蛛。谢谢你的眼睛。” 是伊克的声音！当乔迪走近时，她发现他跪在一只蜘蛛眼旁边，一只雪狼耐心地坐在他旁边。 “我不知道它是干什么用的，但我肯定它是有用的。” “我想主要是魔药。”乔迪说。 “你养了一只狼？！”“乔迪- !”埃克欢呼着，抓起那只眼睛朝她冲过去。 狼懒洋洋地在他身边小跑。 “我迷路了！”