Chapter 14

Chapter 14 HOW CAN YOU TELL SPIDERS HATE TO BE TRAPPED? BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS CLIMBING THE WALLS! Po selected a sword from his inventory. The spider was big and scary. Its fangs were sharp, and its skin looked hairy. But it was also alone, without its army of mobs to protect it. This finally felt like a fight they could win. The real question was did they want to fight it?

第十四章你怎么知道蜘蛛讨厌被困住？ 因为他们总是爬墙！阿宝从他的存货中挑了一把剑。 蜘蛛又大又可怕。 它的尖牙很锋利，它的皮肤看起来毛茸茸的。 但它也是孤独的，没有暴徒的保护。 这终于像是一场他们能赢的战斗。 真正的问题是他们想反抗吗？

"LET'S TRY TALKING FIRST," Theo insisted. "The Evoker King is inside that spider somewhere. Or at least, a part of him is…" "What if it's the part of him that wanted to destroy us?" asked Po. "I think I'll hold on to my sword, just in case." The spider looked at Po's sword and hissed. It skittered onto the wall. "Wait!" said Ash. "WE COME IN PEACE." "Don't you recognize us?" asked Jodi, hoping to appeal to some part of her friend the Evoker King. Theo said quickly, "What do you know about the Fault? Can you tell us more about it?" Morgan raised an eyebrow at Theo's question, but any discussion about that would have to come later. The spider didn't speak. But it didn't attack, either. It skittered along the wall, retreating into the mist and shadows at the far corner of the cavern. "Don't let it get away," warned Morgan. "It can't get far," said Harper. "Well, let's keep our eyes on it anyway," said Ash, peering into the darkness. They all moved forward together. And none of them saw the spider's trap in time to avoid it.

“我们先谈谈吧，”西奥坚持说。 “唤醒王就在蜘蛛体内的某个地方。 或者至少，他的一部分是……”“如果是他想要毁灭我们的那一部分呢？”阿宝问。 “我想我还是拿着我的剑吧，以防万一。” 蜘蛛看着阿宝的剑，发出嘶嘶声。 它窜到墙上。 “等等！”阿什说。“我们为和平而来。” “你不认识我们吗？”乔迪问道，希望借此吸引她的朋友——易沃克之王。 西奥赶紧说：“你对断层知道些什么？ 你能多告诉我们一些吗？”摩根对西奥的问题扬起了眉毛，但关于这个问题的任何讨论都是以后的事了。 蜘蛛没有说话。但它也没有攻击。 它沿着墙边窜来窜去，退到洞穴远处角落的薄雾和阴影中。 “别让它跑了，”摩根警告道。 “它跑不远的。”哈珀说。 “好吧，我们还是盯着它吧。”阿什说着，向黑暗中窥视着。 他们一起向前走。 没有一个人能及时看到蜘蛛的陷阱，避开它。

"Hey!" said Jodi. "I'M SINKING!" Po realized she was right. They were all sinking. What had happened to the floor? "It's the pit!" said Theo. "The one we dug for our first plan. It's full of cobwebs!" "Then…we're helpless!" said Morgan, pulling against the sticky stuff. "It will take forever to get out of this." Po had his sword out, but his arm was caught up in the sticky web. He couldn't quite get enough movement out of his arm to effectively swing the weapon.

“嘿！”乔迪说。“我沉没!”阿宝意识到她是对的。 他们都在下沉。地板怎么了？ “是坑！”西奥说。 “就是我们为第一个计划挖的那个。 到处都是蜘蛛网！”“那么……我们就无能为力了！”摩根一边说，一边使劲拉着那黏糊糊的东西。 “要摆脱这种困境需要很长时间。” 阿宝拔出了剑，但他的手臂被粘在了蜘蛛网里。 他的手臂没有足够的运动来有效地挥动武器。

Everyone was in the same predicament. Only Morgan seemed to have any real mobility. "I can move one hand. Do we have shears to cut through it?" said Ash. "Harper?" "We left our shears in a chest aboveground," Harper said. "We didn't think we'd need them…." And then Po saw the red eyes shining above them. "Our original trap worked after all," he said. "I mean, it worked out great for the spider!" "WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE," said Morgan. He took a bow from his inventory. "We're sitting ducks. We have to destroy the spider before it destroys us." As if responding to Morgan's threat, the spider showed its fangs and hissed. Soupy green mist rolled down into the pit, making everything hazy. "THAT WON'T SAVE YOU," said Morgan. He took aim with his bow. "And none of your friends can help you now, either." Friends. The word triggered something in Po. Visions of mobs danced through his head: villagers and bunnies, llamas and sheep. "Wait!" he cried. "MORGAN, DON'T HURT IT." Morgan gave Po a strange look. But he lowered his bow. "Why not?" he asked.

每个人都处于同样的困境。 似乎只有摩根有真正的机动性。 “我可以移动一只手。我们有大剪刀把它剪断吗？”阿什说。 “哈?”“我们把剪刀放在地上的一个箱子里，”哈珀说。 “我们认为我们不需要它们....” 然后阿宝看到了他们头顶上闪闪发光的红眼睛。 “我们最初的陷阱还是管用的，”他说。 “我的意思是，这对蜘蛛来说很有效！”“我们没有选择，”摩根说。 他从清单上拿了一鞠躬。 “我们是活靶子。我们必须在蜘蛛毁灭我们之前消灭它。” 似乎是对摩根的威胁做出了回应，蜘蛛露出了它的尖牙并发出嘶嘶声。 浓稠的绿雾滚进坑里，一切都变得朦胧起来。 “那救不了你。”摩根说。 他用弓瞄准。“现在你的朋友也帮不了你了。” 朋友。这个词触动了阿宝的内心。 暴民的景象在他的脑海里跳跃：村民和兔子，美洲驼和绵羊。 “等等！”他叫道。“摩根，别伤害它。” 摩根奇怪地看了阿宝一眼。 但他放下了弓。“为什么不呢？”

"I think…I think I know what it wants," said Po. "It isn't attacking us. See? We're helpless, and it's only spitting that gas at us." "Which is pretty rude!" said Jodi. "Maybe." Po shrugged. "But the gas doesn't work on us. It only works on mobs. And it doesn't hurt mobs, right?" "Right," said Ash. She smiled with understanding. "The gas makes mobs into its friends!" "You mean…" Theo rubbed his blocky chin. "The spider is trying to befriend us right now?" "IT'S A GOOD THEORY," said Harper. "BUT HOW DO WE TEST IT?" "By extending our hands in friendship," said Po, trying to sound like the politicians he'd heard on TV. He turned his face up toward the spider. "Um, hello? Terror-antula? Is it okay if I call you that?"

“我想……我想我知道它想要什么，”阿宝说。 “它没有攻击我们。看到了吗? 我们无能为力，它只会向我们吐毒气。” “这太粗鲁了！”乔迪说。 “也许吧。”阿宝耸耸肩。“但这种气体对我们不起作用。 它只对怪物有效。而且它不会伤害暴徒，对吧？”“对。”阿什说。 她理解地笑了。 “气体把暴徒变成了它的朋友！”“你的意思是……”西奥揉了揉他那块状的下巴。 “蜘蛛现在想和我们做朋友吗？”“这是一个很好的理论，”哈珀说。 “但是我们怎么检验它呢？”“通过伸出友谊之手，”阿宝说，努力让自己的声音听起来像他在电视上听到的政客。 他把脸转向蜘蛛。 “嗯,你好吗?Terror-antula吗? 我可以这么叫你吗？”

The spider hissed. "Yeah, okay, bad idea," said Po. "I just wanted to let you know that I understand where you're coming from. It feels nice to surround yourself with friends. It feels really good to be popular." The spider tilted its head. It seemed to be listening. "ME? I LOVE BEING POPULAR," Po continued. "Being the center of attention is the best. But…I would never mind-zap anybody into following me around or

蜘蛛发出嘶嘶声。“是啊，好吧，坏主意，”阿宝说。 “我只是想让你知道，我理解你的想法。 和朋友在一起感觉很好。 受欢迎的感觉真的很好。” 蜘蛛歪着头。 它似乎在倾听。 “我?我喜欢受欢迎，”阿宝继续说。 “成为关注的焦点是最好的。 但是，我绝对不会让任何人跟着我