Chapter 5

chapter five BIG SKULKER. MY AXE FINGER IS EXTRA ITCHY. SURPRISE ROOF ARRIVAL. "June!" Quint happily exclaims. "You had backup waiting?!" June grins. "Sure did."

第五章大狐儿。我拿斧子的手指特别痒。 意外到达屋顶。“6月!”昆特高兴地喊道。 “你们有后援在等着？！”6月笑着说。 “当然了。”

I frown. "Was your backup plan code word 'JACK, IT APPEARS YOUR PLAN HAS FAILED?'" June shrugs. "It worked, didn't it?" "That is so messed up. But also I'm good with it 'cause it means I was not bluffing. YOU HEAR THAT, EVIE? I wasn't bluffing!" Evie just glares and leaps back. A thin layer of water is trickling up through the floor. Biggun's meteor-like landing weakened the ground. Ghazt descends from his disgusting throne. Bits of hardened cheese and melted chocolate stick to his fur. He snarls, "Seize them!" and his tail WHIP-CRACKS in the air. Instantly, the blue-robed zombies close in! "Dudes," I say. "I'm going for the tail! You keep the zombies busy!" "Happily!" Skaelka says. Biggun just grunts and begins hurling zombies right and left. June and Quint are back-to-back, battling the Cabal of the Cosmic. CRACK!

我皱眉。“你的备用计划的暗号是不是‘杰克，看来你的计划失败了？’”琼耸耸肩。 “它起作用了，不是吗？”“这太糟糕了。 但我也很擅长，因为这意味着我不是在虚张声势。 你听到了吗，伊薇？我不是在虚张声势！”伊薇只是瞪了一眼，然后跳了回去。 一层薄薄的水从地板上滴落下来。 Biggun流星般的着陆削弱了地面。 Ghazt从他恶心的宝座上下来。 一些变硬的奶酪和融化的巧克力粘在它的皮毛上。 他咆哮道：“抓住他们！”尾巴在空中噼啪作响。 立刻，蓝袍僵尸逼近了！“伙计们，”我说。 “我要打尾巴！”你让僵尸们忙得不可开交！”“幸福!”Skaelka说。 大枪只是咕噜了一声，开始向左右投掷僵尸。 琼和昆特背靠背，与宇宙阴谋集团作战。 裂缝!

Ghazt's tail smacks me, and I'm hurled across the room. I land against a half-inflated pile of bowling lane bumpers. Ghazt strides toward me, wading through his battling zombie horde. He darts forward and slashes his fat claw in my direction. "Yikes!" I dodge the attack by ungracefully flopping to the floor. His gnarled nails slice open big blue bumpers. There's a loud hiss, then an angry snarl as Ghazt claws his way through shredded rubber.

Ghazt的尾巴打了我一下，我被甩出了房间。 我落在一堆半充气的保龄球道保险杠上。 加斯特大步向我走来，艰难地穿过他那群正在战斗的僵尸。 他向前冲去，朝我的方向挥动着他的肥爪。 “呀! !”我笨拙地扑倒在地躲避攻击。 他那粗糙的指甲削开了蓝色的保险杠。 先是一声响亮的嘶嘶声，然后是一声愤怒的咆哮，Ghazt用爪子从碎橡胶中挤出一条路来。

YOU'VE SEEN WHAT I CAN DO. YOU KNOW MY POWER? And I know something else. I know this scares you. I jab the slicer, and Ghazt inches back. His whiskers twitch. His nose wrinkles. And a smile crosses his hideous face... "You know, Jack, during the horribly botched transference that brought me to your dimension, I adopted some of the rat's

你已经见识过我的能耐了。 你知道我的能力吗？我还知道一件事。 我知道这让你害怕。我戳了一下切片机，Ghazt后退了几英寸。 他的胡须抽搐着。他的鼻子起皱了。 他丑陋的脸上掠过一丝微笑…… “你知道吗，杰克，在把我带到你的次元的那次糟糕透顶的转移中，我收养了一些老鼠

qualities. Including smell; and I smell the fear on you now, boy." Just then, his beady eyes dart to the side— and his tail snaps. His powers seize a nearby zombie, and it's suddenly zipping across the room. But not toward me. Toward Quint. The zombie's feet skim the ground and its outstretched arms thrash. Its broken jaw snaps menacingly. "Murrrr!" "Quint!" I call out, but it's too late for any warning cries. The zombie is nearly upon my best buddy. A horrifying bolt of cold fear explodes inside my brain: the image of Quint being bitten, being zombified. I don't think. I simply act. I swing the Louisville Slicer toward the zombie, leaving a dark streak of energy in the air. And then—

品质。包括气味;我现在嗅到你的恐惧了，孩子。” 就在这时，它的大眼睛迅速转向一边——尾巴啪地一声折断了。 他的力量抓住了附近的一个僵尸，它突然在房间里飞快地移动。 但不是冲着我。五胞胎。 僵尸的脚掠过地面，伸出的手臂拍打着地面。 它断了的下巴凶狠地劈啪作响。 “Murrrr !”“五胞胎!”我大声呼喊，但已经来不及发出任何警告。 僵尸快咬到我最好的朋友了。 一阵可怕的冷恐惧在我的脑海中爆炸：昆特被咬的画面，被僵尸化的画面。 我不这么认为。我只是行动。 我把路易斯维尔切片机挥向僵尸，在空中留下一道黑暗的能量。 然后,

I feel the Slicer catch—like the blade and the zombie are connected by some strange magnetism. And all around, it's like someone hit the PAUSE button on this battle. Everyone's looking at me. My arms are unsteady and there's a zombie, frozen, braced to pounce....

我感觉切片机就像刀刃和僵尸被某种奇怪的磁力连接在一起。 就像有人在这场战斗中按下了暂停键。 每个人都在看着我。我的手臂不稳，有一个僵尸，冻结，准备扑....