Chapter 1

The last kids on Earth. Quintin AND Dirk's, hero Quest by Max Brower. Read for you by Robbie David. Oh, hello out there, everyone. Dirk, do you want to explain what's going on right now? Sure, do, Quint, old buddy. Not a big deal, but we are just kind of hanging out here in our very own book, right? Can you believe it? About dang time. Still not over June getting her own book first. Hmm, I suppose this is the point where we would usually need a recap. Holy cow, dude, we can do our own recap, do me the honor and narrate this thing. But okay, very quickly, we were headed to the tower to defeat Thrall using Drer, a source of endless ultra slime Der rules. There was a whole thing where he got kidnapped, but we sorted all that out. But we ended up in a giant shopping mall, which was atop agiant. giant We monster known as the mollusk. You know, apretty typical occur rence could happen to anyone, really There. We crossed paths with some old adversaries. Jack ran for mayor of the mall against its incumbent Go, a giant action figure. Rat cost is an inter-dimensional cosmic general again, all just boring, normal stuff. Love us. Fear us both. Love and fear us. Jack was being all emo and feeling guilty, so he ended his campaign for mayor and told them all citizens some harsh truths. He spoke with incredible elegance, blah, blah, blah, blah. Get out of here before you all die. Oh darn. We are all in big trouble and Quintin dirt step in and do courageous stuff just then tho. And his skeleton army attacked the mall. A third party candidate was declared mayor. You shall not take our Citadel, Thl. I may elect Johnny Steve have spoken. Dirk and I concocted a plan. Hold off to all skeleton soldiers so the mall citizens could escape. It was a live to fight another day thing. There was a huge epic battle. Dirk and I were magnificent to behold. Wait, a rocket. Quint, thanks, June. But then this horrific bone howler thing showed up. It went speeding toward the parking garage to stop our monster friends from escaping. Only the bravest heroes could save the day. Thus, Durk and I set off to stop the bone howler, and with that two very popular series regulars were left absent from that book's grand finale. We have no idea what happened next, but I heard the book and on some huge cliffhanger. I wonder what it was? Hopefully it was some very exciting setup for our book, But wow, that must have been a frustrating experience to have to wait so long to find out what we were up to. Sorry about that. Well, this is as good a time as any sidequest body's adventure. Here we come. By the bye. Thanks for helping me build this conjurer's cane .Ul. any time, toots.

地球上最后的孩子。昆汀和德克的，英雄的任务由马克斯·布劳尔。 罗比·大卫为你朗读。 哦，大家好。 德克，你想解释一下现在的情况吗？ 当然，昆特，老朋友。 没什么大不了的，但我们只是在我们自己的书里闲逛，对吧？ 你能相信吗？是时候了。 但琼还是先出了自己的书。 嗯，我想这是我们通常需要回顾一下的地方。 天哪，伙计，我们可以自己做回顾，给我个机会，叙述一下这件事。 但是，好吧，很快，我们前往塔击败萨尔使用德瑞尔，一个无尽的超粘液规则的来源。 他被绑架的整件事，我们都解决了。 但我们最后来到了一个巨大的购物中心，它在一个巨大的购物中心上。 我们被称为软体动物的怪物。 你知道，很典型的事情可能发生在任何人身上，真的。 我们遇到了一些老对手。 杰克竞选购物中心的市长，对手是现任的巨型人偶Go。 老鼠成本是一个跨次元的宇宙将军，都是无聊的，正常的东西。 爱我们。害怕我们两个。爱我们，又怕我们。 杰克表现得很情绪化，感到内疚，所以他结束了市长竞选，告诉所有市民一些残酷的事实。 他说话非常优雅，诸如此类。 在你们死之前赶紧离开这里。 哦,该死。我们都遇到了大麻烦，昆汀·土就在那时介入，做一些勇敢的事情。 他的骷髅军袭击了商场。 第三党候选人被宣布为市长。 你不能占领我们的城堡，Thl。 我可能会选约翰尼·史蒂夫。 德克和我制定了一个计划。 抵挡住所有的骷髅兵，好让商场里的居民逃跑。 这是一种改天再战的方式。 这是一场巨大的史诗般的战斗。 德克和我真是太棒了。 等等，火箭。昆特，谢谢你，琼。 但后来出现了可怕的骨吼病。 为了阻止我们的怪物朋友逃跑，它向停车场疾驰而去。 只有最勇敢的英雄才能拯救世界。 因此，德克和我出发去阻止这部骨骸小说，就这样，两位非常受欢迎的剧集常客就没有出现在这本书的大结局中了。 我们不知道接下来发生了什么，但我听到了这本书，还有一些巨大的悬念。 我想知道那是什么？希望这是为我们的书做的一些令人兴奋的准备，但是，等这么长时间才知道我们在做什么，这一定是一个令人沮丧的经历。 很抱歉。好吧，这是一个和任何支线探险一样的好时机。 我们来了。顺便问一下。谢谢你帮我造了这根魔术师手杖。 随时奉陪，宝贝儿。

chapter one "Hey QUIRT When you said your staff-thing would keep Jack and June safe,-what did you mean exactly? Don't know. Actually, I was just feeling myself in the moment. It was heat-to-the-battle talk. Also-it's not a staff thing. It's a conjuror's cane. But what did you actually learn from Yursl?" Dirk asks as he vaults over a crushed sunglasses kiosk and dodges a fallen VOTE FOR GHAZT banner. "It was mostly... conceptual," Quint says. "The big ideas. You see, the conjuring done by those from the monster dimension is not all that different from science in our dimension." "That conceptual junk better be good for fighting, 'cause fighting is about to happen..." Dirk says. Then he shuts up so he can just run.

第一章“嘿，奎特，你说你的魔杖能保证杰克和琼的安全，你到底是什么意思？” 不知道。事实上，我只是感觉自己在那一刻。 这是一场激烈的战斗。 这也不是员工的事。 这是魔术师的手杖。但你从尤尔斯身上到底学到了什么呢？”德克问道，他跳过一个被压碎的太阳镜售货亭，躲开掉在地上的“为GHAZT投票”横幅。 “主要是……概念性的，”昆特说。 “大创意。你看，来自怪物维度的人的魔法和我们维度的科学并没有什么不同。” “那些概念上的垃圾最好是用来打架的，因为打架就要发生了……” 德克说。然后他就闭嘴，跑路了。

At this moment, Quint and Dirk are speeding through the Millennium Super Mall. Their destination? The parking garage. Why? Because that's where the Bone Howler, loyal servant of the villainous Thrull, is headed. A battle awaits. And it's crucial the battle goes well, because the Bone Howler's goal is a vile one: stop the mall's monster residents from escaping—by any means necessary. Yup. The Bone Howler is bad news... SKREE

此时此刻，昆特和德克正快速穿过千禧超级购物中心。 他们的目的地吗?停车场。 为什么?因为那就是骨嚎者，邪恶的Thrull的忠实仆人，要去的地方。 一场战斗正在等待。战斗顺利进行是至关重要的，因为骨嚎者的目标是一个卑鄙的目标：阻止商场里的怪物居民逃跑——不惜一切代价。 是的。《骨嚎》是个坏消息…… SKREE

"We gotta hurry!" Dirk barks as he catches a flash of movement outside. Through a gash torn in the mall's side, he spots the charging Bone Howler. "It's gonna be at the parking garage soon! Quint, please tell me Yursl gave you, like, a tutorial for how to beat this dude?" "Maybe..." Quint says nervously. "Possibly." Reader, she did not. Dirk races up a broken escalator, taking the steps three at a time, and Quint follows. Their sneakers squeak and squeal as they speed inside a Lids store. There, a broken window gives them a view of the parking garage and the fractured pavement and train track graveyard beyond. "Carapaces!" Quint cheers, pointing to the garage. "The evacuation is underway." Sure enough, three of the crab-like creatures scurry out of the garage's exit tunnel. Atop each carapace is a car or truck—the carapace's shell—and inside each shell-vehicle are monsters: the residents of Mallusk City. Soon, another carapace scuttles out of the tunnel. Then another, and another, until dozens are marching out of the garage, out onto a hunk of uprooted parking lot concrete. It looks like the world's most bizarre homecoming parade.

“我们得快点了！”德克看到外面有动静，便叫了起来。 透过商场一侧被撕开的一道口子，他发现了正在冲过来的骨嚎。 “它很快就会出现在停车场！”昆特，请告诉我，你给了你一个如何打败这家伙的教程？”“也许……” 昆特紧张地说。“可能。” 读者，她没有。德克跑上了一个坏掉的自动扶梯，一步三个台阶，昆特紧随其后。 他们的运动鞋吱吱作响，当他们快速进入一家Lids商店。 在那里，一扇破碎的窗户让他们看到了停车场、破碎的人行道和远处的火车轨道墓地。 “背!”昆特欢呼着，指着车库。 “撤离正在进行中。” 果然，三个螃蟹状的生物从车库的出口隧道里窜了出来。 每个壳子上都有一辆汽车或卡车——壳子的外壳——在每个壳子车里都有怪物：马鲁斯克城的居民。 很快，另一个甲壳冲出了隧道。 然后一个又一个，直到几十人走出车库，来到一大块连根拔起的停车场混凝土上。 这看起来像是世界上最奇怪的返校节游行。

"And look who's leading the getaway..." Dirk says, grinning. Johnny Steve, the newly elected mayor of Mallusk City, hurries alongside the carapace caravan, directing the escape. Or... attemping to... this way. Citizens I, your mayor will lead you to safety. You're pointing to a brick wall. Johnny Steve Right now, Quint and Dirk are clueless to the state of the battle raging inside the mall. They only know their best friends, Jack and June, are locked in a

“看看是谁在领头逃跑……” 德克咧嘴笑着说。新当选的马卢斯克市市长约翰尼·史蒂夫（Johnny Steve）匆匆跟随在“外壳大篷车”旁边，指挥他们逃跑。 还是……尝试……这种方式。 市民们，我，你们的市长会带你们去安全的地方。 你指着一堵砖墙。 现在，昆特和德克对商场内激烈的战斗一无所知。 他们只知道他们最好的朋友，杰克和琼，被关在一个

desperate battle with Thrull. But here, at least, everything is going according to plan. Until— PSHOOM! PSHOOM! The sound of bone crashing against concrete— pounding hooves. "Here it comes..." Quint says, and then— The Bone Howler explodes into view! The evil beast is a nightmare of vine and skeleton. "All right then," Dirk says, drawing his sword. "No matter what, we don't let that thing reach the carapaces. We're too close to victory." Quint replies, "I'm not certain that fleeing in fear counts as victory." "We're fighting an other-dimensional skeleton army," Dirk says. "I count another ten seconds of breathing as a win." "Let's aim for fifteen," Quint says. And with that, Dirk cries, "HANG ON, DROOLER!" and jumps. He hits the ground hard, landing squarely in the path of the charging Bone Howler. Dirk's hand flashes, and his sword, dripping with Ultra-Slime, slashes upward.

与Thrull的殊死搏斗。 但至少在这里，一切都在按计划进行。 直到——PSHOOM !PSHOOM !骨头撞击混凝土蹄子的声音。 “它来了……”昆特说，然后——《骨吼》突然出现了！那恶兽是藤蔓和骷髅的梦魇。 “那好吧，”德克说着抽出了他的剑。 “无论如何，我们都不能让那东西碰到甲壳。 我们离胜利太近了。” 昆特回答说：“我不确定在恐惧中逃跑算不算胜利。” “我们正在与另一个维度的骷髅军团作战，”德克说。 “我把再呼吸十秒钟算作胜利。” “我们的目标是15个，”昆特说。 说完，德克喊道：“坚持住，流口水！”然后跳了起来。 他重重地摔在地上，正好落在冲过来的骨嚎的路上。 德克的手一闪，他的剑，滴着超级黏液，向上猛砍。