Chapter 27

chapter twenty-seven Ghazt's body vibrates, and I get the same sensation in the Cosmic Hand. We're connected. Two puzzle pieces—separated by Skaelka's ax, rejoined in a living monster fortress. The world is weird, man. "BEAR WITNESS!" Ghazt roars. "BEAR WITNESS TO THE INDOMITABLE POWER OF A COSMIC TERROR!" Ghazt's body begins to shudder. Tiny sparks of electricity dance across his fur. I brace myself for the biggest, most epic display of interdimensional cosmic power in history as— Ghazt falls back to the slab with a thud.

第二十七章加斯特的身体在颤动，我在宇宙之手中也有同样的感觉。 我们的联系。被Skaelka的斧头分开的两个拼图碎片重新连接在一个活生生的怪物堡垒中。 这个世界很奇怪，伙计。“见证!”Ghazt怒吼。 “见证宇宙恐怖的不屈不挠的力量吧！”Ghazt的身体开始颤抖。 微小的电火花在他的皮毛上飞舞。 当Ghazt砰的一声倒在石板上时，我准备好迎接历史上最大的，最史诗般的跨次元宇宙力量展示。

Um, was that it? Did I bear witness? Because I bear witness to cooler stuff than that one time at the science fair, N0ah's Chance made a battery out of a potato char. I am. It's too weak. Rex houses foul surgery has shock me of my strength. Read man hour Power? What am I supposed to do? Ask if anyone has any spare AA batteries? I glance across the room. Dirk and Quint are on either side of the Mega- Sentinel, trying their best to give the beast the business. Probably using a bunch of cool attacks they worked out together during their buddy-buddy hero quest. But I'm not even jealous this time... even if they did become best friends with that break-dancing Drakkor guy.

嗯，就这样吗？我是见证人吗？ 因为我在科学展上见过比这更酷的东西，诺亚的机会用土豆焦做了一个电池。 我是。它太弱了。雷克斯家的犯规手术让我的力气都大了。 阅读人力资源？我该怎么办？ 问一下谁有备用的AA电池？ 我扫视了一下房间。德克和昆特分别站在超级哨兵的两边，尽他们最大的努力给这头野兽一笔生意。 可能是使用了他们在好友英雄任务中一起完成的一些很酷的攻击。 但这次我一点也不吃醋了…… 即使他们真的和那个跳霹雳舞的家伙成了好朋友。

But June's not with them. My eyes search the floor, and then I zero in on a figure soaring across the room. It's June, flailing in midair like a crumb that's been flicked by a monstrous finger. She bounces off the wall, her fall cushioned by her backpack. And inside that backpack— "June! The Fortress Breaker!" Despite her crash landing—the words "Fortress Breaker" quickly have her springing back to her feet. "We're gonna use it?" she asks. "Ooooh, YES!" She's not gonna like what I have to say next. "Give it to Ghazt." "Ooh, NOPE!" she responds. She eyes me like I'm not the Jack Sullivan she knows. And maybe I'm not anymore. But something in me says this is the only move. June scans the room, the destruction, the battle still waging, and then, reluctantly, she slides the backpack off her shoulder. Pulling the device out, she runs toward me and Ghazt. In a flash, June is by my side—plonking the Fortress Breaker down onto Ghazt's chest. He smirks. "Ha. Thrull. Perfect." "It's full of potential energy," June warns. "Detonating the bomb with all of us huddled around it would not be smart!"

但琼没有和他们在一起。我的眼睛扫视着地板，然后我瞄准了一个在房间里翱翔的身影。 现在是六月，在半空中摇摆，就像被一只可怕的手指轻弹过的面包屑。 她从墙上弹起，她的背包缓冲了她的跌落。 在背包里——“琼！堡垒破坏者！”尽管她迫降了，但“堡垒破坏者”这个词很快让她重新站了起来。 “我们要用它吗？”她问。 “唔,是的!”她不会喜欢我接下来要说的话。 “把它交给Ghazt。”“哦，不！”她回答。 她看着我，好像我不是她认识的杰克·沙利文了。 也许我已经不是了。 但我内心告诉我，这是唯一的办法。 琼扫视了一下房间，满目疮痍，战斗仍在进行，然后，她不情愿地把背包从肩上滑了下来。 她拔出装置，向我和加斯特跑去。 一瞬间，琼就在我身边，把堡垒破坏者扔到加兹特的胸前。 他笑了起来。“哈。Thrull。完美。” “它充满了潜在的能量，”琼警告说。 “在我们大家挤在一起的情况下引爆炸弹可不明智！”

Ghazt chuckles. "Oh, there was a time when nothing would have delighted me more. But not now. I will be the bomb's conduit—and together, Jack, you and I will send a beacon to the world. You will understand, Jack—after it is done. You will truly appreciate what it is to be a general." I stand at the end of the table, the Cosmic Hand wrapped around Ghazt's nub. June stands to his left. She no longer looks eager. Rover is between us. "BEAR WITNESS—" Ghazt starts. "JUST GET ON WITH IT! WE KNOW WE'RE BEARING WITNESS TO SOME EPIC OTHER DIMENSIONAL GOD STUFF!" I shout. Ghazt glares. "So do it," he says. June and I lock eyes. Her finger hovers over the detonator affixed to Blasty. I nod. Here we go... GRAB

Ghazt笑着说。“啊，曾经有一段时间，没有什么比这更让我高兴的了。 但不是现在。我将成为炸弹的管道，杰克，你和我将一起向世界发送一个灯塔。 你会明白的，杰克——等事情办完了。 你会真正体会到当将军的滋味。” 我站在桌子的尽头，宇宙之手裹着Ghazt的小脑瓜。 琼站在他的左边。她看上去不再那么急切了。 罗孚在我们之间。“作证——”加斯特开始说。 “继续干吧！”我们知道我们正在见证一些史诗般的异次元神的东西！”我喊。 Ghazt怒视。“那就去做吧，”他说。 琼和我对视。她的手指悬停在布莱德身上的雷管上。 我点头。我们开始吧……抓住

Clack Rover buries his head between his paws. June leaps back. I want to join her, but I can't—I couldn't let go of Ghazt's tail-nub even if I wanted to. It's like holding on to a live wire. But the explosion is small—quickly contained and absorbed by Ghazt.

克拉克·罗孚把头埋在爪子之间。 琼跳了回来。我想加入她，但我不能——即使我想，我也不能放开加斯特的尾巴。 就像抓着一根带电的电线。 但爆炸规模很小——很快就被Ghazt控制和吸收了。

Rays of light flood from the Fortress Breaker, like a disco ball. Two beams blast through the Thrull stuffie's eyes—then through every part of him, until he has melted away to nothing. And that same light begins to pour from Ghazt's body as the power and energy of the Fortress Breaker is funneled through him. Ghazt's back arches violently—but his arms stay wrapped, python-tight, around the Fortress Breaker. And my hand's grip on Ghazt's tail-nub is unbreakable—even as my feet lift off the floor. The full power of the Cosmic Terror drives through me. I feel like I'm being turned inside out! It's like my entire being—every molecule, every atom—is being pulled apart. And then—

“堡垒破坏者”像迪斯科球一样射出光芒。 两束光束穿过瑟鲁的眼睛，然后穿过他的每一个部分，直到他融化成什么都没有。 当堡垒破坏者的力量和能量通过他的身体时，同样的光开始从加斯特的身体中倾泻而出。 加斯特的背部猛烈地拱起，但他的手臂像蟒蛇一样紧紧地包裹着堡垒破坏者。 我的手紧紧抓住Ghazt的尾巴，即使我的脚离开地板，我的手也是牢不可破的。 宇宙恐怖的全部力量在我体内涌动。 我觉得我被彻底颠覆了！就像我的整个生命——每一个分子，每一个原子——都被拉开了。 然后,