Chapter 12

Chapter 12 ASIDE FROM THE STRANDS OF TWISTED CODE AND AN OMINOUS WARNING OF IMPENDING DOOM, THIS IS A TOTALLY HAPPY ENDING! With Doc's permission, Theo RETURNED TO STONESWORD LIBRARY DURING HIS LUNCH PERIOD the next day. He had promised to uninstall his mods—at least until the team had a chance to vote on which ones would be helpful. That part was easy. But when Theo saw Doc's code, he gasped.

第十二章除了扭曲的代码和即将到来的厄运的不祥警告，这是一个完全快乐的结局！在医生的允许下，西奥在第二天的午餐时间回到了石字图书馆。 他曾承诺卸载他的mod——至少在团队有机会投票决定哪些是有用的之前。 这部分很容易。但当西奥看到博士的代码时，他倒抽了一口气。

Lines of code were missing. Files had been deleted. The mod code that made their Minecraft game so special…was no longer complete. Theo didn't know enough about programming to know exactly what this meant. But he knew enough to realize that it would be trouble. Clearly, it wasn't just the Evoker King who had changed. THE GAME ITSELF HAD CHANGED. On his way out of the library, Theo saw Ms. Minerva, Doc, and Mr. Malory taking a lunch break together. They were sitting by the Stonesword statue. They were all smiling and laughing.

丢失了几行代码。 文件已被删除。使他们的《我的世界》游戏如此特别的mod代码不再完整。 西奥不太懂编程，不知道这到底是什么意思。 但他知道，这将是一个麻烦。 显然，改变的不只是Evoker King。 游戏本身已经改变了。 在他走出图书馆的路上，西奥看到了。 密涅瓦，博士和马洛里先生一起吃午饭。 他们坐在石字雕像旁边。 他们都在笑。

Mr. Malory spotted him first. "Hey, Theo," he said. "Did you solve that problem you were having with your friends?" "I think so," Theo said. "I took your advice to be myself, and I took my friend Ash's advice to be honest, and I sort of mashed both pieces of advice together." He shrugged. "I want my friends to see and accept the real me. I think it's going to be fine." Ms. Minerva nodded. "Wise words, Theo," she said. "Just remember—friendship takes work. And that work is never really done." "Some friendships take more work than others," Doc said, and she cackled when Ms. Minerva gave her a look. "I don't get it," Theo said. "I mean…I don't want to be rude…but two days ago, I thought you two hated each other." Doc clucked her tongue. "We could never hate each other. We've been friends too long for that." "Sometimes friends disagree," added Ms. Minerva. "Sometimes they disagree strongly. And that's okay. As long as you respect each other and can agree on the big things." "The big things?" Theo echoed.

马洛里首先发现了他。 “嘿，西奥，”他说。“你和朋友之间的问题解决了吗？”“我想是的，”西奥说。 “我接受了你的建议，做我自己，我接受了我朋友阿什的建议，做诚实的人，我把这两个建议混在一起了。” 他耸了耸肩。“我希望我的朋友们看到并接受真实的我。 我想一切都会好起来的。” 密涅瓦点点头。“说得好，西奥，”她说。 “只要记住——友谊需要付出努力。 而这项工作永远不会真正完成。” “有些友谊比其他友谊更费功夫，”多克说。 密涅瓦看了她一眼。“我不明白，”西奥说。 “我的意思是……我不想失礼……但是两天前，我还以为你们俩互相讨厌呢。” 博士咯咯地咂舌。“我们永远不会憎恨对方。 我们做朋友太久了，不应该那样。” “有时朋友们意见不一致，”她补充说。 密涅瓦。“有时他们意见相左。 这没关系。只要你们互相尊重，在大事上意见一致。” “大事？”西奥回荡。

"Sure," said the teacher. "For instance, Doc and

“当然，”老师说。“比如，医生和

I both believe in the importance of education. We agree that there's real joy to be found as a teacher. And we think you kids deserve the very best." "And we agree that the butterfly sanctuary is a wonderful addition to the school," Doc added. "Especially if it gives me the chance to update some of our systems. Woodsword is going to be truly cutting-edge before I'm done!" Ms. Minerva threw up her hands in surrender. "Sometimes a little chaos is all right, I suppose." "Oh!" said Mr. Malory. "That reminds me." He plucked the VR headset from Theo's hands. "We can't have these things floating around. We need to get them checked into the system." "But…," said Theo. "But we've been taking those home at night. To keep them safe."

我都相信教育的重要性。 我们都认为当老师是一件很快乐的事。 我们认为你们应该得到最好的。” “我们都认为蝴蝶保护区对学校来说是一个很好的补充，”多克补充说。 “特别是如果它能给我机会更新我们的一些系统。 在我完成之前，木剑将是真正的尖端！”Ms。 密涅瓦举手投降。 “我想，有时候有点混乱也没什么。” “哦！”马洛里先生说。“这倒提醒了我。” 他从西奥手中拿过虚拟现实耳机。 “我们不能让这些东西到处漂浮。 我们需要让他们进入系统。” “但是……”西奥说。“但我们一直在晚上把它们带回家。 保证他们的安全。”

"They're perfectly safe here, Theo," said Mr. Malory. "What could go wrong in a media center?" Mr. Malory smiled, but that didn't make Theo feel any better. And it was clear that Theo would have to leave the goggles behind…where just about anybody could use them. Maybe moving the computer lab to Stonesword wasn't going to be such a good thing after all. Another problem for later, Theo thought. Those seemed to be stacking up lately. Like a tower of blocks that was bound to come crashing down. Theo crossed the crosswalk, stepping back onto school grounds…and right into a very welcome surprise. A very welcome, very green surprise. "We're still not calling ourselves the Blockheadz," said Morgan. "But I admit the shirts are kind of fun." Morgan, Harper, Po, and Jodi were all in a row, wearing their T-shirts with pride. And Harper was holding a pizza box. "We figured we owed you a pizza," she said. "We even got pineapple."

“他们在这里非常安全，西奥。”马洛里先生说。 “媒体中心会出什么问题？”马洛里先生笑了，但这并没有让西奥感觉好一点。 很明显，西奥必须把护目镜留在那里，几乎任何人都可以使用它们。 也许把电脑室搬到石字并不是一件好事。 西奥想，这又是以后的问题了。 这些最近似乎越来越多了。 就像一座注定要倒塌的积木塔。 西奥穿过人行横道，回到了学校的操场上……正好看到了一个非常受欢迎的惊喜。 非常受欢迎，非常绿色的惊喜。 “我们仍然不称自己为傻瓜。”摩根说。 “但我承认这些衬衫很有趣。” 摩根、哈珀、阿宝和乔迪都站成一排，自豪地穿着t恤。 哈珀拿着一个披萨盒。 “我们觉得我们欠你一个披萨，”她说。 “我们甚至还有菠萝。”