Chapter 14

chapter fourteen "Well. I didn't want to go home anyway," Dirk says, watching our human hamster ball drop into the swirling mist below. "Just a minor setback," Quint says. Yeah, I think. And the moon landing was just a minor leap for mankind. The cavernous chamber reminds me of the inside of a hornet's nest. Only instead of hornets, this hive has monsters on monsters on monsters.

第十四章“嗯。我反正也不想回家，”德克说，看着我们的人类仓鼠球掉进下面旋转的雾中。 “只是一个小挫折，”昆特说。 我想是的。登月对人类来说只是一个小小的飞跃。 洞穴般的房间让我想起了马蜂窝的内部。 只不过不是大黄蜂，这个蜂巢里有怪物上的怪物。

"It doesn't change anything. We've got a fortress to destroy," June says. Again, she thrusts her fist into the air—but this time, she whispers when she says, "Woo-hoo!" I'm reading the room. So am I friend? And it appears the directory Him is somewhere down there A sloshing, screeching sound suddenly fills the air. I turn to see what looks like a horribly huge, grotesquely deformed caterpillar rocketing toward us, skittering along a thin track made of something like fingernails dipped in wax. "Get back!" Dirk shouts, but it's too late.

“这改变不了什么。 我们要摧毁一座堡垒，”琼说。 她又一次向空中挥舞着拳头，但这一次，她在说“呜呜！”的时候轻声细语。我在看书。 那我算是朋友吗？他的目录似乎就在那下面的某个地方。一阵晃动、刺耳的声音突然充满了空气。 我转过身来，看到一只巨大得可怕、畸形得出奇的毛毛虫，飞快地向我们飞来，沿着一条薄薄的、像浸了蜡的指甲一样的东西做成的轨迹。 “回来!”德克喊道，但是已经太晚了。

The thing is upon us, and it's all we can do to jump. It's intended to be a jump out of the way. But instead we're caught mid-leap, the speeding thing slamming into us with a tremendous— We're knocked up and over the front, then sent sailing back, into the thing—

那东西就在我们身上，我们只能跳下去。 这是一个跳跃的方式。 但我们却在跳跃中被抓住了，那超速的东西重重地撞向我们，我们被撞到前面，然后又被甩了回去，撞上了那东西

This thing's got a face like mashed bubble gum or a brain, an exposed open brain, a mine car or no? A mind cart. There is confusion—a dizzying scramble as we try to sit ourselves upright. Finally, we settle into position single file, like an Olympic bobsled team. The Mind Cart suddenly veers away from the wall, carrying us out into the cavernous chamber. Dirk barks, "Quint, buddy, you gotta find that Directarium thing NOW!" Quint doesn't waste breath responding. His eyes dart across the Maparatus screen while he swings the

这家伙的脸像捣碎的泡泡糖还是脑袋，露在外面的脑袋，还是矿车？ 一辆心灵车。这是一种混乱——我们试图坐直身体时令人眼花缭乱的挣扎。 最后，我们排成一列纵队，就像奥运会雪橇队一样。 心车突然偏离了墙，把我们带到了洞穴般的房间里。 德克叫道：“昆特，伙计，你现在就得找到指挥所的东西！”昆特没有浪费口舌回答。 他的眼睛扫过马帕拉图斯屏幕，他挥舞着

cannon, searching. He doesn't even blink when a gnarly bug splats against his cheek. "Monsters!" Dirk shouts as the Mind Cart hurtles us into the next chamber. "Down below!" But the monsters are not alive; not real. They are statues. Mammoth statues, carved from glowing stone. The stiff monstrosities rise up, piercing the neon mist below. Other effigies—cracked and crumbling—loom from the walls, gazing down upon us with hollow, lifeless eyes. One of the horrible monuments—its two mouths stretched open in a frozen roar—reaches out. Arms sprout from its back like twisted growths—and they remind me of the Cosmic Hand and the way it continues creeping up my arm, growing, spreading like an infection. Before the thought can fill me with further dread— and trust me, the last thing I need right now is further dread—I hear—

大炮,搜索。当一只粗糙的虫子撞在他的脸颊上时，他甚至都没有眨眼。 “怪物!”德克喊道，心灵车把我们冲进了下一个房间。 “下面!”但是怪物不是活的；不是真实的。 它们是雕像。巨大的雕像，用发光的石头雕刻。 僵硬的怪物上升，刺穿下面的霓虹灯雾。 墙上还有一些破碎的、摇摇欲坠的人像，用空洞的、毫无生气的眼睛俯视着我们。 其中一个可怕的纪念碑——它的两个嘴巴张开，发出冰冷的吼声——伸出来。 手臂从它的背上长出来，像扭曲的生长物——它们让我想起了宇宙之手，以及它继续爬上我的手臂，像感染一样生长、扩散的方式。 在这种想法让我充满进一步的恐惧之前——相信我，我现在最不需要的就是进一步的恐惧——我听到了

the directory. Im a faint signal another few moments and I should have a full lock on it. Quint is silenced as the Mind Cart dives downward, and— "HELP!" I cry as I'm tossed out of my seat. "CAN'T HELP! WE'RE BEING TOSSED, TOOOOOO!" June shouts. I hang in the air for a horribly long moment, my stomach flipping and rolling, before— SPLAT! I land on the platform behind the cart, face-planting into what feels like a beanbag chair stuffed with bones. Pulling back, I see something like a... larva- sac? There's fluid inside—and floating in the fluid is

的目录。再过一会儿我就有微弱的信号了，应该就能完全锁定了。 昆特沉默了，心车向下俯冲，“救命！”我哭着从座位上被甩了出来。 “不能帮助!我们被扔了，太……了！”6月大喊。 我在空中悬了很长一段时间，我的胃翻腾着，然后——砰！我落在马车后面的站台上，把脸埋进一个感觉像是塞满骨头的豆袋椅里。 往后一看，我看到了一个…… 幼虫囊?里面有液体，漂浮在液体里