Chapter 25

chapter twenty-five Dozens of crab-creatures wearing vehicular shells stampede toward us. Hundreds of neon green goo-slime canisters glow like fireflies. Skaelka's leading the charge in her own souped-up Carapace. "We'll catch a ride with these dudes!" I say. But Skaelka must have a different idea, because she's not slowing down. Instead, she ducks inside the Carapace and— FLING! The vehicle shell flips off—and we see the body beneath it. It's slimy and crab-like. Skaelka lies atop it, holding tight, as the Carapace's tiny, agile legs scurry forward at breakneck speed. June looks out the back window. "Is Skaelka gonna stop, or...?"

第二十五章几十只戴着车壳的螃蟹向我们跑来。 数以百计的霓虹绿色黏液罐像萤火虫一样发光。 斯卡卡驾驶着她的加强型甲壳车在冲锋。 “我们要搭这些家伙的车！”我说。 但斯卡卡肯定有不同的想法，因为她没有放慢脚步。 相反，她躲进甲壳里，然后——嗖！车壳弹起，我们看到车壳下的尸体。 它黏糊糊的，像螃蟹一样。斯卡卡躺在它上面，紧紧地抓着它，而甲壳的小而敏捷的腿则以惊人的速度向前疾驰。 琼从后窗往外看。 “斯卡卡会停止吗，还是……？”

"NOT STOPPING!" Skaelka shouts. "BATTLE WAITS FOR NO MONSTER!" Just moments before hitting us, the Carapace dips its head and gets close to the ground. Skaelka leans forward, hugging the creature tight. "Brace yourselves!" I shout. The Carapace slips beneath Big Mama, lifting it up. June dives into the backseat as Skaelka pops up, pulling herself through the twisted metal and into the driver's seat.

“不能阻止!”Skaelka喊道。 “战斗不等怪物！”就在撞到我们之前的片刻，甲壳低下头靠近地面。 斯卡卡倾身向前，紧紧地拥抱着这只生物。 “坚持住!”我喊。 甲壳滑到“大妈妈”身下，把它抬了起来。 当斯卡卡跳出来的时候，琼跳进了后座，穿过扭曲的金属，坐在了驾驶座上。

Hello, do you mind if I drive? "FOLLOW THAT TENDRILL!" Quint barks, pointing ahead. Skaelka steers Big Mama down the boardwalk, dodging rubble and jutting wooden planks. She has a crazed grin on her face as she spins the wheel back and forth. "Um, Skaelka," I ask, leaning forward. "The wheel doesn't actually do anything, right? The car is just a shell."

你好，介意我开车吗？ “跟着那棵藤蔓！”昆特叫道，指着前方。 Skaelka驾驶着“大妈妈”沿着木板路，避开碎石和突出的木板。 当她来回旋转转轮时，脸上露出疯狂的笑容。 “嗯，斯卡卡，”我问，身体前倾。 “轮子实际上什么也没做，对吧？” 这辆车只是一个空壳。”

"The wheel is only for looking cool," she replies. "But the pedals give us speed!" I glance down—Big Mama has no floor—it's like something from The Flintstones. Skaelka stomps her foot on the pedal, pushing it down into the creature's fleshy back. The Carapace YELPS and speeds forward.... "Well, that works," June says. Up ahead, Thrull is watching. He scowls and swings his war hammer, bringing it crashing into a huge HONKY-TONK HAMBURGERS sign and— SMASH! It pounds the boardwalk, metal shattering, giant plastic burger exploding! "We're gonna hit it!" I shout, but Skaelka jerks the gear shift, stomps the gas pedal, and—

“轮子只是为了看起来很酷，”她回答说。 “但是踏板给了我们速度！”我往下看了一眼，“大妈妈”没有地板——就像《摩登原始人》里的场景。 Skaelka把脚踩在踏板上，踩在怪物肉质的背部。 外壳尖叫着加速前进.... “嗯，这很有效，”琼说。 在前方，Thrull正在观看。 他皱着眉头，挥舞着他的战锤，把它撞到一个巨大的“HONKY-TONK burgers”招牌上——砰！它撞击木板路，金属碎了，巨大的塑料汉堡爆炸了！“我们要击中它！”我大喊一声，但斯卡卡猛换档，踩油门，然后

SLEEP We sail over the rubble, then—WHOOMP! We hit the ground hard, and the Carapace's lower body picks up little pieces of splintered wood, which, man—that has gotta hurt, but it presses forward, catching up to the Tendrill. "I need to get up there," I say.

我们在废墟上航行，然后，哇！我们重重地撞在地上，甲壳的下身捡起了小块的木头碎片，这肯定很疼，但它向前推进，追上了藤钻。 “我得上去，”我说。

do it for Bartle. I can direct the assault from here. You know, while not so drives. Yes, not so. That is me. "OK, time to get our zombies back..." I say in my coolest action hero voice, 'cause I'm about to do cool action hero stuff— YANK! Thrull's tail-arm grabs hold of me, and I'm plucked from the passenger seat so hard that I actually tear through the seat belt. I spin in the air and flop down the mossy green Tendrill. The zombies are all embedded within the Tendrill's pulsating, moving form. One gnarled

为了巴特尔。我可以从这里指挥进攻。 你知道的，虽然不是很开车。 是的，不是这样。那就是我。“好了，是时候把我们的僵尸带回来了……” 我用我最酷的动作英雄的声音说，因为我要做很酷的动作英雄的东西-扬！Thrull的尾臂抓住了我，我从副驾驶座位上被用力拉了出来，甚至把安全带都扯断了。 我在空中旋转，扑通一声落在长满苔藓的绿色藤钻上。 僵尸都嵌在腾钻跳动、移动的身体里。 一个粗糙的