Chapter 5

Chapter 5 SUSPICIOUS STEN: IS THE CURE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE? Theo felt a chill as he removed his VR goggles. Was it the library's air-conditioning? Or…could it be the curse of the witch? He shook his head. Surely the witch's magic couldn't affect them here, in the real world. Even so, Theo was thoroughly creeped out. The witch was an adversary unlike any they had faced before.

第五章可疑的斯坦：治疗比疾病更糟糕吗？ 西奥摘下VR眼镜时感到一阵寒意。 是因为图书馆的空调吗？ 或者是女巫的诅咒？ 他摇了摇头。在这里，在现实世界里，女巫的魔法肯定不会影响他们。 即便如此，西奥还是完全被吓到了。 这个女巫是他们以前从未遇到过的对手。

Although…that was only half true. The witch was faster, more menacing, and much more talkative than a typical Minecraft witch. There was only one explanation for that. Just like the monstrous Enderman and the mind-controlling cave spider before her, this unique mob must be one of the Evoker King fragments. And that meant, even if they could fight it…they probably shouldn't. They would need a unique approach to the problem. "I think we have to do what the witch says," Theo said to his friends. "We need to find a mooshroom and bring it back to her." Po sighed. "That sounds like a lot of work. But we definitely need the cure."

不过，这只说对了一半。 这个女巫比典型的《我的世界》中的女巫更快，更具威胁性，也更健谈。 对此只有一个解释。 就像她之前的可怕的末影人和控制思想的洞穴蜘蛛一样，这个独特的怪物一定是唤醒王的碎片之一。 这意味着，即使他们能抵抗，他们也不应该抵抗。 他们需要一种独特的方法来解决这个问题。 “我认为我们必须按照女巫说的去做。”西奥对他的朋友们说。 “我们需要找到一棵蘑菇，把它带回给她。” 阿宝叹了口气。“听起来工作量很大。 但我们确实需要治疗方法。”

"It's not just about the cure, though," said Theo. "If that witch is one of the Evoker Spawn, then we need to show her that we aren't her enemies." Jodi gripped her goggles tightly. "There has to be another way. We can't do her dirty work for her. Not if it means capturing another poor animal. Who knows what's she's up to?!" "We don't have a lot of choices," said Morgan. "We're her prisoners…because somebody ran into danger without a plan." Jodi scowled at him. "You're the one who runs off every time a butterfly floats by!"

“不过，这不仅仅是治疗的问题，”西奥说。 “如果那个女巫是唤起者的后代，那我们就得让她知道我们不是她的敌人。” 乔迪紧紧抓住她的护目镜。 “肯定还有别的办法。 我们不能替她做这些脏活累活。 如果这意味着要再抓一只可怜的动物，我就不会。 谁知道她想干什么？！”“我们没有太多选择，”摩根说。 “我们是她的俘虏……因为有人毫无计划地陷入了危险。” 乔迪怒视着他。“你就是那个每次有蝴蝶飞过就跑掉的人！”

"Blaming each other won't help us right now," said Harper. "Instead of pointing fingers, we should focus on what we can do next." Po scratched the top of his head. "Maybe we can figure out the cure by ourselves," he suggested. "What did the witch say about soup?" "Stew," Theo corrected him. "And not just any stew," said Morgan. "Suspicious stew. Believe it or not, you can get it from mooshrooms." "That does not sound delicious," said Po. "But does it mean we could cure ourselves? Could we get this… suspicious stew…and not give her the mooshroom?" "Or could we make the stew ourselves?" suggested Harper. "I'm certain it can be crafted." "We don't have enough information," Morgan said, shaking his head. "Suspicious stew is unpredictable. It can have all sorts of different effects on a player. And when you get it from a mooshroom, the stew's exact effects depend on what the mooshroom has eaten." He shrugged. "So the witch only told us part of the cure. We know it's suspicious stew, but we don't know what kind."

“现在互相指责对我们没有任何帮助，”哈珀说。 “我们不应该互相指责，而应该专注于我们接下来能做什么。” 阿宝挠了挠他的头顶。 “也许我们可以自己找出治疗方法，”他建议道。 “关于汤，女巫说了什么？”“炖肉。”西奥纠正他。 “而且不是普通的炖菜。”摩根说。 “可疑的炖肉。信不信由你，你可以从蘑菇里得到它。” “听起来不好吃，”阿宝说。 “但这是否意味着我们可以治愈自己？” 我们能不能把这个……可疑的炖菜……别把蘑菇给她？”“或者我们可以自己做炖菜？”哈帕建议道。 “我相信它是可以精心制作的。” “我们没有足够的信息，”摩根摇着头说。 “可疑的炖菜是不可预测的。 它可以对玩家产生各种不同的影响。 当你从蘑菇里得到它时，炖菜的确切效果取决于蘑菇吃了什么。” 他耸了耸肩。“所以女巫只告诉了我们一部分治疗方法。 我们知道这是可疑的炖肉，但我们不知道是哪种炖肉。”

"We're really trapped, then," said Harper. "We have to do what the witch says." "Easier said than done," Theo said. "Brown mooshrooms are extremely rare. They're even rarer than the red variety." "What about breeding one?" Morgan suggested. "If you pair two red mooshrooms together and they have a baby, there's a chance the baby will be brown." "Yeah," Theo said, scoffing. "A one-in-1,024 chance, to be specific." "Never tell me the odds!" Po replied, having no idea exactly how good or bad those odds were. Theo dragged his feet as they all walked up to the front of the library and turned in their headsets. He was a programmer, so he couldn't help but think of the odds. And the odds really were not in their favor this time. As they left the library and stepped out into the sunshine, Jodi said, "I still don't like it. I wish we knew why she wants a mooshroom. Does she really just want to keep it in a cage?"

“那么我们真的被困住了。”哈珀说。 “我们必须照女巫说的做。” “说起来容易做起来难，”西奥说。 “棕色蘑菇非常罕见。 它们甚至比红色品种更罕见。” “养一个怎么样？”摩根表示。 “如果你把两只红色的蘑菇放在一起，它们生出了一个孩子，那么这个孩子有可能是棕色的。” “是啊，”西奥嘲笑地说。 “确切地说，是1024分之一的机会。” “别告诉我胜算有多大！”阿宝回答说，他不知道这种可能性到底是好是坏。 西奥拖着脚步，大家走到图书馆前面，把耳机收起来。 他是一名程序员，所以他不禁想到了这种可能性。 这一次，他们的胜算真的不大。 当他们离开图书馆，走到阳光下时，乔迪说：“我还是不喜欢它。 我希望我们知道她为什么想要蘑菇。 她真的想把它关在笼子里吗？”

"Does it matter?" Theo said. "It's not a real animal." "But they seem real," said Jodi. "They eat food, and they have babies, and they run away from you if you hurt them." "They do those things because they're programmed to do them," said Theo. "They're just little bits of code. They don't have feelings." "Well, you could say the same thing about the Evoker King," said Po. "But we care about him, right?" "Sounds like a very serious discussion," said a voice. Theo turned to see Mr. Malory, the library's media specialist, sitting beneath the library's famous sculpture of a sword. He was on a break, and enjoying a snack. "What do you think, Mr. Malory?" asked Theo. "Do NPCs and virtual animals have feelings?" Mr. Malory thought about it for a moment. "They don't have feelings, no. Not as we understand them."

“这有关系吗？”西奥说。 “它不是真正的动物。”“但它们看起来是真的，”乔迪说。 “它们吃东西，生孩子，如果你伤害它们，它们就会逃跑。” 西奥说：“它们做这些事情是因为它们被编程了。” “它们只是一小段代码。 他们没有感情。” “嗯，你也可以这么说永劫之王。”阿宝说。 “但我们关心他，对吧？”“听起来像是一场非常严肃的讨论。”一个声音说。 西奥转过身来，看到图书馆的媒体专家马洛里正坐在图书馆著名的一把剑雕塑下面。 他正在休息，正在吃点心。 “你觉得怎么样，马洛里先生？”西奥问。 “npc和虚拟动物有感情吗？”马洛里先生想了一会儿。 “他们没有感情，没有。 不像我们理解的那样。”