8 Beep Boop

Chapter Eight Beep Boop The explorers all clambered into the stomach. There was Finn, dangling from the ceiling. And below him was an enormous computer. Its screen took up one whole wall of the stomach. Lights randomly blinked red, blue, green, and yellow across the screen. "Finn, are you okay?" yelled Elias. "Yeah," said Finn. "Except for the whole being trapped upside down, hanging from the ceiling thing." Elias looked closer at Finn. It wasn't a web surrounding him. It was paper. The computer had an enormous reel on one side of it. And the reel constantly spun a thin stream of paper onto the floor. "Interesting," said Elias, picking up a strip of the paper. "The stomach must have a defense

探险者们都爬进了胃里。 芬恩在天花板上晃来晃去。 在他下面是一台巨大的电脑。 它的屏幕占据了整个胃壁。 屏幕上的灯随机地闪烁着红色、蓝色、绿色和黄色。 “芬恩，你还好吗？” “是的，”芬恩说。“除了被倒挂在天花板上的整个过程。” 伊莱亚斯仔细看了看芬恩。 那不是一张围绕着他的网。 它是纸。计算机的一侧有一个巨大的卷轴。 卷轴不停地把一股细细的纸流卷到地板上。 “有意思，”伊莱亚斯说，拿起一张纸条。 “胃必须有防御

mechanism. It thought Finn was a threat, so it spun him up in a web of this paper." "Finn, I will be right up," shouted Foggy. He shot off toward the ceiling, but only made it halfway. Like a lasso, the supercomputer whipped paper around Foggy's legs and arms, until the robot was trapped in a paper cocoon. "Stop," said Jern. "I've heard of this before. Yeah, Saphrite swallowed this one world where everyone would go to play all sorts of games. A real arcade planetoid. I bet that's where this computer came from." Elias sat down. "I'm really not feeling so great," he said. "Okay, we need to get Elias out of here," said Abigail. "Actually, we need to get all of us out of here. Jern, how do we get Finn and Foggy down?" "I'm not sure," whispered Jern. "But look. A computer is kind of like a brain. Or a brain is kind of like a computer. And that zombie back at the shack said to look for brains." "So you think this thing can tell us how to get out of here?" asked Abigail. "Yeah," smiled Jern. "Or at least how to get to my friends."

机制。它认为芬恩是个威胁，所以把他卷进了这张纸的网里。” “芬恩，我马上就上来。”福吉喊道。 他冲向天花板，但只爬了一半。 这台超级计算机像套索一样，把纸绕在福吉的腿和胳膊上，直到机器人被困在一个纸茧里。 “停，”珍说。“我以前听说过这个。 是啊，蓝宝石吞下了这个所有人都能去玩各种游戏的世界。 一个真正的街机小行星。我打赌这台电脑就是这么来的。” 以利亚坐了下来。“我真的感觉不太好，”他说。 “好吧，我们得把以利亚弄出去。”阿比盖尔说。 “事实上，我们需要让我们所有人都离开这里。 珍，我们怎么把芬恩和福吉弄下来？”“我不确定。” “但看。电脑有点像大脑。 或者说，大脑就像一台电脑。 棚屋里的那个僵尸说要找大脑。” “所以你认为这个东西能告诉我们怎么离开这里？”阿比盖尔问。 “是啊，”简笑着说。“或者至少知道怎么找到我的朋友。”

The beetle took a confident stride toward the screen. "Hey, you!" he shouted. "Jamoke! Let go of our friends and tell us how to get to the prison tummy, wouldja?!" The computer shot out a small piece of paper. It landed at Abigail's feet. She picked it up and read it out loud. "It says, 'Where do astronaut computers hang out?'" "That makes no sense," said Jern. "Is it a riddle?" said Elias. "It kind of sounds like a joke," said Abigail. "But it's only half a joke," said Finn. "Maybe we need to come up with the punchline." "Oh great," said Vale. "I'm the funny one. I'll solve it." "We can all solve it together, Vale," said Abigail. "Yeah, but I'm the sergeant-at-arms," said Vale. "And this is a battle. This is my thing." "I got it!" said Finn. "Where do astronaut computers hang out? At the space bar." A million lights flared on the computer's screen, and bells and horns sounded. Finn had

甲虫自信地朝屏幕大步走去。 “嘿，你！”“咖啡茶!放开我们的朋友，告诉我们怎么去监狱的肚子，好吗？！”电脑弹出一张小纸条。 它落在阿比盖尔的脚边。 她拿起信，大声读了出来。 “上面写着，‘宇航员的电脑在哪里？’”“这说不通，”杰恩说。 “这是个谜语吗？” “这听起来有点像笑话。”阿比盖尔说。 “但这只是半个玩笑，”芬恩说。 “也许我们需要想出点睛之笔。” “哦，太好了，”瓦尔说。“我才是有趣的那个。 我会解决的。”“我们可以一起解决这个问题，维尔。”阿比盖尔说。 “是的，但我是警卫，"维尔说。 “这是一场战斗。这是我的专长。” “我知道了！”芬恩说。“宇航员的电脑都挂在哪里？” 按空格键。”电脑屏幕上闪烁着百万盏灯，铃声和喇叭响起。 芬恩了

obviously guessed the correct punchline. Another piece of paper shot out and landed at Abigail's feet. "Okay, awesome," said Abigail. "This one says, 'What does a robot use to find its keys?'" "Easy, a flashlight," said Vale. "It needs a light to find the keys, flash drives are... like... a thing that computers use. Flashlight! Final answer!" The computer screen lit up entirely in red and buzzed loudly. The paper web around Finn and Foggy tightened. Another piece of paper fell to the ground. "The answer is: search engine." "Not as good as mine," mumbled Vale. "Ow!" said Finn. "Okay, now we know what happens if we get one wrong."

显然猜到了正确的笑点。 又一张纸飞了出来，落在阿比盖尔的脚边。 “好，太棒了。”阿比盖尔说。 “这个说，‘机器人用什么来找钥匙？“简单，手电筒，”维尔说。 “它需要一盏灯才能找到钥匙，闪存盘…… 喜欢……计算机使用的东西。 手电筒!最终答案!”电脑屏幕完全亮起了红色，嗡嗡作响。 芬恩和福吉周围的纸网绷紧了。 又一张纸掉到了地上。 “答案是：搜索引擎。” “不如我的好。” “噢！”芬恩说。“好了，现在我们知道错了一个会发生什么了。”

"Don't just shout it out, Vale," said Elias. "We need to work together." The computer spit out another piece of paper. "I'll read it," said Vale. He grabbed it before Abigail said anything. "Okay, it says, 'Why couldn't the computer find its home?' I know, I won't answer it. It doesn't even make sense, really—" "Because it had lost its keys," said Elias. Again, the computer lit up in a rainbow. Bells and chimes filled the cavern. "That doesn't make sense," said Vale. "Sure it does," said Elias. "Every keyboard has a home key. The computer couldn't find its home, because it had lost its keys. Its home key. Or maybe not. I don't know. Guys, I'm really dizzy." "You jamokes need to speed this up," said Jern. "Unless you want the computer to squeeze your friends harder than an aunt at Thanksgiving." "Okay, fine," said Vale. "I didn't know there was a dad-joke stomach in Saphrite." The computer buzzed and another piece of paper landed at Abigail's feet. Both she and Vale grabbed it. They began tugging it back and forth.

“别大声喊出来，瓦莱，”伊莱亚斯说。 “我们需要共同努力。” 电脑又输出了一张纸。 “我来读，”维尔说。 阿比盖尔还没说话，他就抓住了。 “好吧，它说，‘为什么电脑找不到它的家？我知道，我不会接的。 这根本说不通，真的——”“因为钥匙丢了，”伊莱亚斯说。 电脑再次亮起了彩虹。 山洞里充满了钟声和钟声。 “这说不通，”瓦尔说。 “当然有，”伊莱亚斯说。 “每个键盘都有home键。 这台电脑找不到它的家，因为它把钥匙丢了。 这是主钥匙。也许不是。 我不知道。伙计们，我真的头晕。” “你们这些笨蛋需要加快速度，”杰恩说。 “除非你想让电脑把你的朋友挤得比感恩节阿姨还紧。” “好吧，好吧，”维尔说。“我不知道《蓝宝石》里还有爸爸开玩笑的胃。” 电脑嗡嗡作响，另一张纸落在了阿比盖尔的脚边。 她和维尔都抓住了它。 他们开始来回地拉着它。