Chapter 12

Chapter Twelve Atlantic Supermarket is about a mile from the Town Square, but it's worth the journey because the shopping carts are enormous. I'm following one of our usual The Streets Are Lava routes. I make quick progress, moving from the Taco Bell to the bank, then swinging from Dandelion's Ice Cream to the post office. Usually me and my buds would all work together to make it across—but now I'm playing solo. And that's good—it's important I learn to do things alone, since once that radio starts doing radio things, who knows what the future holds? I might be doing a lot of things by myself. Things like swinging from lampposts and landing totally awesomely like Spider-Man...

第十二章大西洋超市离镇广场大约一英里，但值得去一趟，因为购物车很大。 我在走我们的“街道是熔岩”路线。 我进步很快，从塔可钟（Taco Bell）到银行，然后从蒲公英冰淇淋（Dandelion’s Ice Cream）到邮局。 通常我和我的朋友们会一起过河，但现在我是一个人玩。 这很好——学会独立做事对我来说很重要，因为一旦收音机开始做广播的事情，谁知道未来会怎样？ 我可能要自己做很多事。 比如在灯柱上荡来荡去，然后像蜘蛛侠一样可怕地着陆……

I make it—painfully—to the roof of Atlantic Supermarket. I glance over the side and see zombies galore pawing at the doors. No problem—I'll grab the carts, leave out the back, and speed all the way home. I snap open the roof's access panel and slip inside like a post-apocalyptic cat burglar. The store has been picked over. The aisles are littered with microwave popcorn kernels and rotting fruit, and the store stinks of spoiled milk. The odor is overpowering—thankfully, I quickly find two shopping carts. I'm pushing them toward a rear exit when I pass a towering shelf loaded with Capri Sun. Capri Sun is just what I've been craving since my first radio panic moment. At the very top is my favorite flavor: Pacific Cooler. I scramble up, unable to resist. But as I leap down, there's a sudden SNAP! I tumble back—the huge shelf is falling! It topples into the next, like dominos, one by one, until the final shelf CRASHES through the front doors. Oh no. Not good.

我痛苦地爬上了大西洋超市的屋顶。 我瞥了一眼，看到一群僵尸在门上乱抓。 没问题——我去拿车，离开后门，一路飞奔回家。 我猛地打开屋顶的入口板，像个末日飞贼一样溜了进去。 这家商店已被人翻遍了。 过道上到处都是微波爆米花仁和腐烂的水果，店里散发着变质牛奶的臭味。 气味太难闻了——谢天谢地，我很快就找到了两个购物车。 我把他们推到后面的出口，这时我经过一个高耸的架子，架子上摆满了Capri Sun。 卡普里太阳正是我从第一次电台恐慌时刻起就一直渴望的东西。 最上面的是我最喜欢的口味：太平洋冷饮。 我爬上去，无法抗拒。 但当我跳下去的时候，突然传来“啪”的一声！我向后摔倒了——巨大的架子要倒了！它像多米诺骨牌一样，一个接一个地倒下，直到最后一个架子撞进前门。 哦,不。不好的。

The front door was keeping the zombies out. And I just put a shelf through the front door! There's a tremendous howl as a hundred undead mouths open wide. The horde lurches and shambles through the door. Snarling, hands raised, charging toward me.

前门把僵尸挡在外面了。 我刚在前门放了个架子！一声巨大的嚎叫，上百个不死生物张开了嘴巴。 一大群人跌跌撞撞地走进门来。 咆哮着，举起双手，向我冲来。

I swallow hard and pull out the Louisville Slicer. It will be just me against hundreds of rotting monsters, but at least I'll go down fighting. But then I hear the thunderclap. The beating of wings. The King Wretch. With one massive, snapping chomp, the King Wretch devours a dozen zombies. A simple swallow, sucking them down. He grabs another dozen, chomping them like a T. rex, then swinging his neck and hurling them through the door. Wait ...Is he ...Is he saving me? The heavy stench of evil in the air sends the remaining zombies shuffling away in fear. The King Wretch squeezes into the store. Bony wings shred the ceiling as the monster stomps toward me. But this time, the King Wretch doesn't just stare at me.. ..His talons punch me square in the chest. I hit the cold floor and the claws tighten, digging into my shoulders. Hot saliva drips from the King Wretch's fangs and splashes against my cheek. The monster's eyes are swirling pits of darkness, and they draw me

我使劲咽了咽，拿出了路易斯维尔切片机。 只有我一个人对抗数百只腐烂的怪物，但至少我还能战斗下去。 但是我听到了雷声。 翅膀拍打的声音。可怜的国王。 随着一个巨大的，快速的咀嚼，可怜虫王吞噬了一打僵尸。 一只简单的燕子，把它们吸下去。 他又抓了一打，狼吞虎咽地嚼着。 雷克斯，然后摆动他的脖子，把他们扔出了门。 等待……他是…他在救我吗？ 空气中弥漫着邪恶的恶臭，剩下的僵尸在恐惧中蹒跚而行。 可怜的国王挤进了商店。 当怪物向我走来时，瘦骨嶙峋的翅膀撕碎了天花板。 但这一次，可怜的国王不只是盯着我看…… ．．他的爪子正对着我的胸口。 我撞在冰冷的地板上，它的爪子紧了起来，扎进了我的肩膀。 滚烫的唾液从恶王的尖牙里滴下来，溅在我的脸颊上。 怪物的眼睛是旋转的黑暗深渊，它们吸引着我

in. I can almost hear some goofy hypnotist saying, "You're getting very sleepy...." Because that's what's happening. All sound fades. The eyes. The eyes of the King Wretch are snapping and flashing like lightning—and I can't pull myself away. I hear one sound. A sound inside my head: a BOOM, and I'm suddenly transported.

在。我几乎可以听到一些愚蠢的催眠师说：“你变得很困....” 因为这就是正在发生的。 所有的声音都会消失。眼睛。 可怜虫王的眼睛像闪电一样噼噼啪地闪着——我无法挣脱。 我听到一个声音。一个声音在我的脑海里响起：砰的一声，我突然被转移了。

I'm in the Town Square, again. The air stinks of evil and foulness. I taste something tart on my tongue, like milk gone

我又在镇广场了。 空气中弥漫着邪恶和污秽的气味。 我的舌头上有酸涩的味道，好像牛奶没了