Chapter 7

Chapter 7 BATTERED AND BEATEN. THE BITTER TASTE OF DEFEAT. WORSE THAN EATING YOUR VEGETABLES! Jodi was startled. One second, she was with her friends in Minecraft, gazing into the eerie blue fire and waiting for her brother to return. The next second, she was back in the computer lab at Stonesword Library.

第七章挨打。 失败的苦涩滋味。 比吃蔬菜还糟糕！乔迪吓了一跳。 前一秒，她还在和朋友们玩《我的世界》，凝视着可怕的蓝色火焰，等待着哥哥的归来。 下一秒，她又回到了石字图书馆的计算机实验室。

Theo tore off his VR goggles. "We're back! It happened again." Jodi quickly looked to make sure that Morgan was with them. He was, although he didn't look very happy about it. As he took off his goggles, he looked angry, and more than a little embarrassed. "I… I failed," he said, gripping his goggles tightly. They all gasped. Even Jodi; she couldn't help herself. Her brother was the master of Minecraft. He never failed! "I came close," he said. "Really close! I could see the chest."

西奥摘下了他的虚拟现实眼镜。 “我们回来了!又发生了。” 乔迪迅速看了看摩根是否和他们在一起。 是的，虽然他看起来不太高兴。 当他摘下护目镜时，他看起来很生气，而且有点尴尬。 “我……我失败了，”他说着，紧紧地抓着他的护目镜。 他们都倒吸了一口气。即使乔迪•;她忍不住了。 她哥哥是《我的世界》的大师。 他从来没有失败过！“我差一点就成功了，”他说。 “真的近了!我能看到箱子。”

"I'm sure you did your best, Morgan," said Harper. "I'll bet it was epic," said Po. "Did you go down swinging?" "Yeah." Morgan smiled a little. "Yeah, I didn't give up without a fight." "Well, there's some good news here," said Theo. "We've never been defeated in this version of Minecraft before. I was afraid there would be real-world consequences." He looked Morgan up and down. "But you seem to be okay. Do you feel all right?" "I feel fine," said Morgan. He stretched. "I feel normal. But being defeated… it hurt. I could feel every blow, even through the netherite armor." "And that's the bad news," said Theo. "You took all the best armor. And if this is working like Minecraft normally works, all your gear is now just lying there where you fell. It's not going to do us any good." For a second, Jodi thought that Morgan would say he was sorry. She thought that her brother might tell them what he'd seen, so that they could all learn from his defeat. But Morgan obviously didn't like the way Theo was talking to him. It sounded like Theo was blaming Morgan for wasting the golem's loot. So Morgan didn't apologize. He yelled instead.

“我相信你已经尽力了，摩根。”哈珀说。 阿宝说：“我敢打赌那一定是史诗级的。” “你去荡秋千了吗？”“是的。” 摩根微微一笑。“是的，我没有不战而退。” “嗯，这里有一些好消息，”西奥说。 “我们以前从未在这个版本的《我的世界》中被打败过。 我担心会产生现实后果。” 他上下打量着摩根。 “但你似乎没事。你还好吗？”“我感觉很好，”摩根说。 他伸展。“我感觉很正常。 但是被打败了，我很伤心。 我能感觉到每一击，即使隔着虚空的铠甲。” “这是坏消息，”西奥说。 “你拿走了所有最好的盔甲。 如果这和《我的世界》的正常工作方式一样，你所有的装备现在就躺在你摔倒的地方。 这对我们没有任何好处。” 有那么一瞬间，乔迪以为摩根会说对不起。 她想她哥哥也许会告诉他们他所看到的，这样他们就能从他的失败中吸取教训。 但摩根显然不喜欢西奥和他说话的方式。 听起来西奥在责怪摩根浪费了魔像的战利品。 所以摩根没有道歉。 他反而大叫起来。

"The netherite armor wouldn't help you! If I couldn't win this challenge, none of you stand a chance. Armor isn't going to change that."

“虚空的盔甲帮不了你！”如果我赢不了这场挑战，你们都没机会了。 装甲不会改变这一点。”

Jodi looked back at her brother, stunned. "Morgan!" she said. "You don't mean that." "Good luck in the Nether, whoever goes next," said Morgan. "I'm not sticking around to watch you all fail one by one." Then Morgan stormed out of Stonesword Library as fast as his crutches could take him. For the next few hours, Jodi tried to make peace with her brother. But Morgan didn't make it easy for her. He sulked on the ride home, gazing out the window the whole way.

乔迪回过头看着她哥哥，惊呆了。 “摩根！”她说。“你不是这个意思吧。” “祝你下一个去地狱的人好运。”摩根说。 “我不想在这儿看着你们一个个失败。” 然后摩根以最快的速度冲出了石字图书馆。 在接下来的几个小时里，乔迪试图和哥哥讲和。 但摩根让她很为难。 他在回家的路上生闷气，一路上都盯着窗外。