Chapter 11

Chapter 11 A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK Headz. LET'S JUST HOPE THESE CHIPS DON'T END UP IN A BATCH OF MORGAN'S COOKIES! After school, the kids met up in Minecraft. Everything was just as usual. Except for one big difference. This time, Po watched his teammates with anger and suspicion. They were standing in one of the village's many abandoned houses, where they'd set up their beds in a neat row. "Theo and I have a new plan," said Harper. "Or a new version of the old plan." "We're still going to trap the spider," said Theo. "But not in a pit this time. We're going to build a trap… USING REDSTONE."

第十一章和老脑袋一模一样。 我们只希望这些薯片不会出现在摩根的饼干里！放学后，孩子们在《我的世界》里见面。 一切都和往常一样。 除了一个很大的不同。 这一次，阿宝带着愤怒和怀疑看着他的队友。 他们站在村里许多废弃的房子里，把床整整齐齐地排在一排。 “西奥和我有一个新计划，”哈珀说。 “或者是旧计划的新版本。” “我们还是要抓住蜘蛛，”西奥说。 “但这次不是在坑里。 我们要建一个陷阱……用红石。”

Po scoffed. "Redstone is too complicated," he said. "Here's my plan: Let's go to the Nether. Let's get some netherite. Let's craft some powerful weapons and armor and defeat the spider in a direct attack!"

阿宝嘲笑。“红石太复杂了，”他说。 “我的计划是这样的：我们到阴间去吧。 我们去弄点黑皂荚吧。让我们制作一些强大的武器和盔甲，在直接攻击中击败蜘蛛！”

"But we don't want to hurt it," said Theo. "Remember, it contains a piece of the Evoker King's code. WE NEED THAT CODE TO PUT OUR FRIEND BACK TOGETHER." "If we trap it, we can find a way to communicate with it," said Harper. "Maybe we can convince it to give us what we need, like we did with the Endermonster." "BESIDES, THE SPIDER HASN'T ACTUALLY HURT US," Jodi added. "It keeps using its mobs to chase us away when we get too close. Maybe it isn't so bad, really." Po felt hurt that nobody was listening to him. "Did you guys ask Shelly Silver what she thought about your

“但我们不想伤害它，”西奥说。 “记住，里面有一段闪回王的密码。 我们需要那个密码来让我们的朋友重新振作起来。” 哈珀说：“如果我们把它困住，我们就能找到与它交流的方法。” “也许我们可以说服它给我们需要的东西，就像我们对末底怪所做的那样。” “而且，蜘蛛实际上并没有伤害我们，”乔迪补充说。 “当我们靠得太近时，它一直用它的暴徒把我们赶走。 也许没有那么糟糕，真的。” 没有人听他说话，阿宝感到很伤心。 你们问过雪莉·西尔弗对你们的

plan?" he asked. MORGAN'S JAW DROPPED IN SURPRISE. "Yeah, that's right," said Po. "I saw you all talking this morning. She was even taking notes! What did you tell her?" "It wasn't like that," Morgan said. "She was just asking us some questions about the school. About our opinions…" "Sounds like she's spying on my campaign," said Po. He looked at Jodi. "Speaking of spying, have you learned anything I can use, Jodi?" Jodi put her blocky fists on her hips. "I REFUSE TO USE MY DETECTIVE POWERS FOR EVIL!" she said. "Shelly is a nice person." "SHE'S MY COMPETITOR," said Po. "She can be both of those things!" argued Jodi. "That's enough, everybody," said Harper, and she stepped between them. "Let's remember we're all on the same team." "Are we, though?" said Po. He frowned at Morgan. "Or were those inedible cookies part of your plan to sabotage me?" "THEY'RE NOT INEDIBLE!" Morgan argued. "They're even pretty good if you dip them in mustard." "What's going on here?" said a voice from the doorway.

计划？”他问。摩根惊讶得张大了嘴。 “是的，没错，”阿宝说。 “今天早上我看见你们都在说话。 她甚至还在做笔记！你对她说了什么？”“不是那样的，”摩根说。 “她只是问了我们一些关于学校的问题。 “听起来她在暗中监视我的竞选，”阿宝说。 他看着乔迪。“说到监视，你有没有学到什么我能用的东西，乔迪？”乔迪把拳头放在屁股上。 “我拒绝用我的侦探能力做坏事！”她说。 “雪莉是个好人。” “她是我的竞争对手，”阿宝说。 “她可以两者兼而有之！”乔迪争辩道。 “大家都够了。”哈帕说着，走到他们中间。 “让我们记住，我们都是一个团队的。” “是吗？”阿宝说。 他对摩根皱起了眉头。“还是那些不能吃的饼干是你破坏我的计划的一部分？”“它们又不是不能吃的！”摩根说。 “如果你把它们蘸上芥末，它们甚至会很好吃。” “这是怎么回事？”门口传来一个声音。

They all turned to see a familiar avatar. "Ash!" said Jodi. "Thank goodness you're here!" Ash smiled. "It's always good to see you guys." Then her smile fell away. "But I hate to see you like this. You'll never topple that tyrant if you don't work together." Theo chuckled. "WHEN YOU SAY 'TYRANT,' ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SPIDER? OR PO?" Po felt a rush of anger. "I'm not a tyrant!" he said. "I just want things to go my way for once!" Everyone was quiet after that. Po was normally such a happy guy. His anger had caught everyone by surprise.

他们都转过身来，看到了一个熟悉的化身。 “阿什！”乔迪说。“谢天谢地，你来了！”灰笑了。 “见到你们总是很高兴。” 然后她的笑容消失了。“但我讨厌看到你这样。 如果你们不共同努力，就永远无法推翻那个暴君。” 西奥咯咯地笑了。“你说的‘暴君’是指蜘蛛吗？” 还是订单?”阿宝感到一阵愤怒。 “我不是暴君！”他说。 “我只希望事情能按我的方式进行一次！”在那之后，每个人都很安静。 阿宝平时是个很快乐的人。 他的愤怒出乎大家的意料。

"I think we all need to take a time out," said Ash. "There's no way we should be going up against a hostile boss mob in this state." "I'll make it easy for you guys," said Po, and he disconnected without another word. Po exited the library before his friends could disconnect and follow him. He knew Ash was right— he needed a time-out. He needed to breathe, before he said something he would regret.

“我想我们都需要休息一下，”阿什说。 “在这个州，我们不应该与敌对的boss群对抗。” “我会让你们轻松点的。”阿宝说，然后他没再说一句话就挂断了。 阿宝离开图书馆时，他的朋友们还没来得及断开连接并跟踪他。 他知道阿什是对的——他需要暂停一下。 他需要喘口气，以免说出令自己后悔的话。