Chapter 2

Chapter 2 THE SECRET TO SUCCESSFUL ANIMAL FRIENDSHIPS? LOTS OF SNACKS! "I think we need to talk about the giant hole in the sky," said Harper. They were in Minecraft—not just playing the game, but inside it. Together, Harper and her friends were experiencing a hyper-real simulation that they could only access with special Doc-enhanced VR goggles. It never ceased to amaze Harper that they were in the world of Minecraft. Thanks to Doc's mad science, their favorite game had come to life!

第二章成功的动物友谊的秘密？ 很多零食！“我想我们需要谈谈天空中那个巨大的洞，”哈珀说。 他们在玩《我的世界》——不只是玩游戏，而是置身其中。 哈珀和她的朋友们一起体验了一种超真实的模拟，他们只能通过特殊的doc增强VR眼镜才能进入。 他们来到了《我的世界》的世界，这一直让哈珀感到惊讶。 多亏了博士的疯狂科学，他们最喜欢的游戏变成了现实！

But now, she feared that something was very wrong with that world. "Do we have to focus on the negatives?" complained Po. "I'm moooo-dy enough as it is." Po liked to wear different skins to express himself. Today, he was in a mooshroom skin, in honor of their recent temporary teammate, a mushroom-covered cow named Michael G. "I really miss that guy," Po said. "He was an excellent addition to the team," Jodi agreed. "But he's safer not following us around. WE TEND TO GET INTO A LOT OF FIGHTS." "And talking about the Fault isn't 'focusing on the negatives,'" Morgan argued. "If we're going to find a solution, we have to acknowledge the problem." "What we really need to do is find the Evoker King," said Theo. "OR THE 'EVOKER SPAWN,' I GUESS. AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT I'M CALLING THE PIECES HE BROKE INTO." He gazed worriedly at the rift overhead. "Finding them is our best hope of bringing this place back from the brink of disaster." Harper figured Theo knew what he was talking about. As the group's only programmer, he'd spent some time studying the computer code at the heart of the game. It was Theo who had figured out what happened to their former enemy turned friend, the Evoker King, an artificial intelligence who had lived

但现在，她担心那个世界出了什么问题。 阿宝抱怨道：“我们一定要关注消极的一面吗？” “我已经够醉的了。” 阿宝喜欢穿不同的皮肤来表达自己。 今天，他披着蘑菇皮，以纪念他们最近的临时队友，一只长满蘑菇的牛，名叫迈克尔·G。 “我真的很想念那个家伙，”阿宝说。 “他对球队来说是一个出色的补充，”乔迪表示赞同。 “但他不跟着我们更安全。 我们经常会吵架。” 摩根认为：“谈论断层并不是‘专注于消极方面’。” “如果我们要找到解决方案，我们就必须承认这个问题。” “我们真正需要做的是找到唤醒之王。”西奥说。 或者是‘evoker spawn’，我猜。 至少，我是这么称呼他闯入的那些碎片的。” 他忧心忡忡地凝视着头顶上的裂缝。 “找到他们是我们把这个地方从灾难边缘带回来的最大希望。” 哈珀觉得西奥知道他在说什么。 作为团队中唯一的程序员，他花了一些时间研究游戏核心的计算机代码。 是西奥发现了他们从前的敌人变成了朋友的事情，一个活着的人工智能——Evoker King

inside this version of Minecraft. The Evoker King's very essence had been split into six distinct pieces. Those pieces had taken the form of unusual mobs. So far, Harper and her friends had confronted three of those mobs. They had been successful in retrieving half of the Evoker King's code. They needed three more pieces to save the Evoker King…to put him back together again and stop the rest of the program from breaking down entirely. The sixth member of their team, Ash Kapoor, had joined them for the day's scouting mission. Ash lived in a different town, but distance didn't matter in this virtual world. Harper felt as if she were truly

在这个版本的Minecraft里。 唤醒王的本质已经被分成了六个不同的部分。 这些碎片以不同寻常的暴徒的形式出现。 到目前为止，哈珀和她的朋友们已经遇到了三个暴徒。 他们已经成功地获取了一半的Evoker King密码。 他们还需要三块碎片来拯救唤起者之王，让他重新组合起来，阻止项目的其余部分完全崩溃。 他们小组的第六名成员阿什·卡普尔（Ash Kapoor）加入了他们，参加了当天的侦察任务。 阿什住在另一个城镇，但在这个虚拟世界里，距离并不重要。 哈帕觉得她是真的

standing right beside Ash. She reached out and put her arm around Ash's shoulder. Even though she was only touching an avatar, it felt solid to the touch. "I'm glad you're here," Harper told her. "An extra set of eyes could come in handy." "It can't hurt, right?" said Ash. "Especially when we're looking for something as small as a butterfly." Butterflies weren't a normally occurring Minecraft mob, and they only showed up whenever one of the Evoker Spawn was near. They were like digital ghosts, virtual echoes of the Evoker King's metamorphosis. They were clues. And Harper knew they desperately needed clues. Suddenly, she saw a flash of movement out of the corner of her eye. Not a butterfly—it was a rabbit, darting across the grass. Po screamed. "LOOK OUT!" he said. Harper gave him a funny look. "It's just a rabbit," she said. "Am I the only one who remembers that time we were attacked by rabbits?" he asked. "I still see their beady little eyes in the dark when I'm trying to get to sleep." "Those rabbits were being mind-controlled by a giant cave spider with self-esteem issues," Theo

就站在阿什旁边。 她伸出手搂住艾什的肩膀。 尽管她只是在触摸一个虚拟角色，但它摸起来很结实。 “我很高兴你来了，”哈珀对她说。 “多一双眼睛可能会派上用场。” “不会有什么坏处吧？”阿什说。 “尤其是当我们在寻找像蝴蝶这样小的东西时。” 蝴蝶并不是《我的世界》中经常出现的怪物，它们只会在Evoker Spawn靠近时出现。 他们就像数字幽灵，是Evoker King变形的虚拟回声。 它们是线索。哈珀知道他们迫切需要线索。 突然，她看到眼角一闪而过。 不是蝴蝶——那是一只兔子，正飞快地穿过草地。 阿宝尖叫。“小心！”他说。 哈珀奇怪地看了他一眼。 “它只是一只兔子，”她说。 “难道只有我记得我们被兔子袭击的那次吗？”他问。 “当我想睡觉的时候，我仍然会在黑暗中看到它们那闪亮的小眼睛。” “那些兔子被一只有自尊心的巨型洞穴蜘蛛控制了，”西奥说

reminded him. "That doesn't make it any less weird," said Po. "Or more forgettable…" "Oh, cute!" said Jodi. "Look. The bunny has a friend." Harper looked where Jodi was pointing. A fox hurried past them, heading the same way the rabbit had gone. "HE WENT THAT WAY!" Jodi told the fox. "If you hurry, you should be able to catch him." She sighed, then turned to her friends. "I love animal friendships. I have a whole notebook full of cute animal photos I found online." "Uh, Jodi," said Morgan. "You realize—"

提醒他。阿宝说：“这并没有让事情变得更奇怪。” “哦，真可爱！”乔迪说。 “看。兔子有一个朋友。” 哈珀看了看乔迪指的地方。 一只狐狸从他们身边匆匆走过，朝兔子跑去的方向跑去。 “他往那边去了！”乔迪告诉狐狸。 “如果你快点，你应该能赶上他。” 她叹了口气，然后转向她的朋友。 “我喜欢动物之间的友谊。 我有一整个笔记本，上面都是我在网上找到的可爱动物的照片。” “呃，乔迪，”摩根说。“你知道,”