Chapter 7

Chapter 7 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY, VILLAGERS! I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED IT WHEN YOU STOPPED HITTING ME. Theo led the way back to the surface. While Morgan and Jodi had mined the amethyst, Theo and Harper had done some exploring. They'd found iron, copper, lapis lazuli…and even a few emeralds. It had been Theo's idea to head back to the village they had seen before. There, they would be able to trade their emeralds for something useful.

村民们，谢谢你们的款待！你不打我的时候我特别开心。 西奥带路回到了地面。 摩根和乔迪在开采紫水晶时，西奥和哈珀在做一些探索。 他们发现了铁、铜、青金石，甚至还有一些祖母绿。 回到他们以前见过的村庄是西奥的主意。 在那里，他们可以用祖母绿交换一些有用的东西。

It took longer than he expected to reach the top. They were deep belowground, and they couldn't dig straight up, since they couldn't fly. (Theo wondered if he could come up with a mod to change that.) He had to cut a zigzagging diagonal path up through countless earthen blocks, while Harper placed torches behind him. He was cutting blind, and that was always risky, because you could accidentally open a hole right into a raging river of water—or worse, lava. Theo kept some cobblestone handy just in case he needed to quickly plug a hole. But he was lucky. He cut through stone, and then through dirt, and finally, the night sky appeared just overhead. As they emerged onto the surface, it took a moment for everyone to get their bearings. There was the mountain—and there, at its base, was the village. They

到达山顶花的时间比他预计的要长。 他们在地下很深的地方，不能直接往上挖，因为他们不会飞。 （西奥想知道他是否能想出一个mod来改变这种情况。）他必须在数不清的土块间划出一条曲折的对角线，哈珀则在他身后点起火把。 他在盲目地切割，这总是有风险的，因为你可能不小心在汹涌的河水里开了一个洞，或者更糟，是熔岩。 西奥在手边放了一些鹅卵石，以备需要快速堵洞时使用。 但他很幸运。他凿开石头，又凿开泥土，最后，夜空出现在头顶。 当他们浮出水面时，大家花了一点时间才弄清楚自己的方位。 那儿有一座山，那儿，山脚下，有一个村庄。 他们

walked quickly across the plain, eager to avoid any unnecessary fights with the hostile mobs that prowled the Overworld at night. As they reached the outskirts of the village, Harper bounced on her blocky feet. "What should we buy?" she asked. "I had a few emeralds already, so we should have enough for something good. MAYBE AN ENCHANTED BOOKE OR REDSTONE DUST! We don't have much of it." Morgan nodded. "Let's see what the villagers have," he said. "I didn't see a librarian when we were here before. But their cleric might have redstone dust for sale." As the others spread out among the villagers, Theo saw Po placing a sign in the dirt. In glowing letters, it read VOTE FOR PO!

快速地穿过平原，急切地想要避免与那些在夜晚徘徊在上面世界的敌对暴徒发生不必要的战斗。 当他们到达村庄的郊区时，哈珀用她那矮墩墩的脚蹦蹦跳跳。 “我们要买什么呢？”她问。 “我已经有一些祖母绿了，所以我们应该有足够的钱买好东西。 也许是魔法书或者红石粉！我们没有那么多。” 摩根点点头。“让我们看看村民们都有什么，”他说。 “我们以前来这里的时候，我没见过图书管理员。 但他们的牧师可能会出售红石粉。” 当其他人在村民中散开时，西奥看到阿宝在泥土里放了一个牌子。 上面用发光的字母写着：投票给PO！

"Where in the world did you get that?" Theo asked. "I crafted it myself," said Po. "While you guys were mining for ores and amethyst, I FOUND SOME GLOW SQUID. THEY DROPPED GLONING INK!" "I don't think these villagers get a vote," Theo said, but Po didn't seem to be listening. Harper had already found the cleric, a serious- looking mob with green eyes and a purple robe. While they haggled, Theo looked around for a librarian.

“你到底从哪儿弄来的？”西奥问道。 “我自己做的，”阿宝说。 “当你们在开采矿石和紫水晶的时候，我发现了一些发光鱿鱼。 他们洒下闪闪发光的墨水！”“我认为这些村民没有投票权，”西奥说，但阿宝似乎没有在听。 哈珀已经找到了牧师，那是一群神情严肃的暴徒，绿眼睛，紫袍子。 当他们讨价还价时，西奥四处寻找图书管理员。

It was difficult to see anything, though. The fog was partially blocking the light of the torches. "Wait a minute," said Theo. "WHERE DID THIS FOG COME FROME" Suddenly, the cleric's green eyes turned red. The villager lunged at Harper, bashing into her with a blocky shoulder. "Hey!" said Harper. "What gives?" "Oh no," said Jodi. She backed away from a red- eyed farmer. "Not this again!" Theo pulled a sword from his inventory. "Should we fight them?" he asked. "It feels wrong." Harper stood her ground as the cleric made another lunge at her. "They're…super weak, actually," she said. "I don't think this cleric is even doing any damage to my health."

不过，什么也看不见。 雾挡住了火炬的部分光线。 “等一下，”西奥说。 “这雾是从哪里来的？”突然，牧师的绿眼睛变红了。 那个村民向哈珀扑过去，用一个粗壮的肩膀撞了她一下。 “嘿！”“到底发生了什么事?”“哦，不，”乔迪说。 她从一个红眼睛的农民面前退了回去。 “别再这样了！”西奥从他的清单里拿出一把剑。 “我们应该和他们战斗吗？”他问道。 “感觉不对。”哈珀站在原地不动，牧师又向她扑了过来。 她说：“他们……实际上非常虚弱。” “我认为这个神职人员甚至没有对我的健康造成任何损害。”

The farmer was joined by a fisherman, and several other angry villagers were leaving their homes to join the crowd. "I'm almost afraid they're going to hurt themselves," said Po. "They're all worked up!" "I agree," said Morgan. "There's no point fighting them. Let's retreat and see what happens." THEO FOLLOWED THE OTHERS AS THEY FLED PAST THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE VILLAGE. Some of the villagers gave chase, but they soon gave up. Their eyes still glowed red in the night, but they didn't seem interested in pursuing the kids.

一个渔夫也加入了这个农民的行列，其他几个愤怒的村民也离开家加入了人群。 “我几乎害怕他们会伤害自己，”阿宝说。 “他们都很激动！”“我同意，”摩根说。 “和他们战斗没有意义。 让我们撤退，看看会发生什么。” 西奥跟着其他人逃过村庄的郊区。 一些村民追赶，但他们很快就放弃了。 他们的眼睛在黑夜里仍然红彤彤的，但他们似乎对追逐孩子们不感兴趣。