Chapter 27

chapter twenty-seven The tree house rumbles beneath us as the Wormungulous races across Wakefield. Dirk—all Captain Masculine—managed to shove every barrel of Weed-B-Gone into our main room and out of sight. His toolbox is open as he works to mount three Super Soakers to the tree house railing. Every minute or so, the worm hits something, the

第二十七章虫屋在我们脚下隆隆作响，穿过韦克菲尔德。 德克——全是男子气概的船长——把每一桶大麻都塞进了我们的主室，消失了。 他的工具箱是打开的，他正在把三个超级浸泡器安装到树屋的栏杆上。 每隔一分钟，蠕虫就会碰到一些东西

entire tree house jerks, and Dirk bangs his head and shrieks. Finally— "Super Soakers attached!" Dirk shouts. "Garden hoses coming!" I call. June and I rush back and forth, running long coils of garden hose from the barrels to the Super Soakers. As soon as we squeeze those plastic Soaker triggers, oh man—Weed-B-Gone is going to blast out like a jet... a jet of tree-obliterating ooze. But it's all worthless if we don't get there in time to save Quint... Rover leads the way across Wakefield, and the Wormungulous follows, its tail end whipping back and forth, powering us. The Wormungulous's gigantic, thrashing teeth devour anything that threatens to slow us down. It chews through concrete and plows through barricades. We pass known zombie hangouts—zombie hangouts that are now empty. Our middle school, where we found June, months back. The zombies are no more. The grocery store, where we would grab food—not a single zombie.

整个树屋摇晃起来，德克撞着头尖叫。 最后——“超级浸泡者附身！”德克喊道。 “花园水管来了！”我的电话。 琼和我跑来跑去，把长长的花园软管从桶里拖到超级浸泡器上。 一旦我们按下那些塑料浸水器的触发器，哦，人-大麻- b - gone就会像喷气式飞机一样爆炸…… 一股摧毁树木的淤泥。 但如果我们不能及时赶到那里救昆特，这一切都毫无价值…… “漫游者”在威克菲尔德领路，“虫”号紧随其后，它的尾巴前后摆动，为我们提供动力。 蚯蚓的巨大的、猛烈的牙齿会吞噬任何可能减慢我们速度的东西。 它啃穿混凝土，冲破路障。 我们经过已知的僵尸聚集地——现在已经空无一人的僵尸聚集地。 我们的中学，几个月前我们发现琼的地方。 僵尸已经不复存在了。杂货店，我们会在那里买吃的——没有一个僵尸。

I soon spot a wall of trees in the distance. The forest looms ahead of us. It seems to be leaking darkness, like the place itself cannot stand light. Evil is in there. Evil, helping more evil to enter this world... The Wormungulous weaves around the thickest trees, leaving a trail of splintered wood and ragged earth in its wake. Branches whip against the tree house. Other trees are crushed. Snapped at the base. Ripped from the ground. In minutes, we travel miles—deep into the heart of the forest. Until far up ahead, I see a glowing light. The clearing. The shrieking Tree of Entry. Bardle grips the railing. "Slowly, slowly," he says. "We do not want to spook Thrull." I whistle. Rover slows to a trot, then stops. The worm grinds to a halt. June hears it first. She looks to me, her face pale with fear. Then Dirk. I hear it, too. Chanting.

我很快发现远处有一堵树墙。 森林隐约出现在我们面前。 它似乎在泄漏黑暗，就像这个地方本身经不起光一样。 邪恶就在那里。邪恶，帮助更多的邪恶进入这个世界… 蛔虫在最茂密的树木周围穿梭，身后留下了一串碎木和粗糙的泥土。 树枝抽打着树屋。 其他树木都被压碎了。啪的一声打在底座上。 从地上挖出来的。几分钟之内，我们就能深入森林深处数英里。 直到在前面很远的地方，我看到了一个发光的光。 清算。尖叫的入口树。 巴德尔抓住栏杆。“慢慢来，慢慢来，”他说。 “我们可不想吓到Thrull。” 我吹口哨。罗孚放慢了速度，然后停下来。 虫子嘎吱嘎吱停了下来。 琼先听到的。她看着我，脸色因恐惧而苍白。 德克。我也听到了。 喊着。

THE CEREMONY HAS BEGUN. THE DOOR IS FORMING. I dash up to the lookout for a better view. As I peer through the telescope, the thickness of the tangled forest almost blocks my view. Almost...

仪式开始了。门正在成形。 我冲到瞭望台，想看得更清楚些。 当我透过望远镜窥视时，茂密的纠结森林几乎挡住了我的视线。 几乎……

Oh no. Quint...

哦,不。五胞胎……