68 THE RECOS

CHAPTER 68 THE RECOS The airship approached from the south, like some giant migratory bird. The ship was a sleek white triangle with a single dark window facing forward. Three identical robots stared out the window. The robots resembled Roz, but they were bigger and bulkier and shinier. The word RECO was lightly etched into each of their torsos, followed by their individual unit number. They were RECO 1, RECO 2, and RECO 3. The RECOs flew in a low circle around the island. They saw a smoking hill of ash. They saw mysterious

第六十八章侦察飞艇像一只巨大的候鸟从南方飞来。 这艘船是一个光滑的白色三角形，只有一扇朝前的深色窗户。 三个一模一样的机器人凝视着窗外。 机器人和罗兹很像，但它们更大、更笨重、更闪亮。 RECO这个词被轻轻地刻在他们每个人的躯干上，然后是他们各自的单位编号。 它们是RECO 1， RECO 2和RECO 3。 侦察机绕着岛屿低空飞行。 他们看到一座冒着烟的灰烬山。 他们看到了神秘

wooden domes. They saw four dead robots scattered across the shore. The airship hovered above the robot gravesite for a moment. Then it floated up over the island and lowered itself onto a small meadow at the foot of the mountain. The engines blasted air toward the ground, bending trees and tearing grass. Then the landing gear sank into the soil, the engines powered down, and all was quiet. A door hummed open, and out stepped the RECOs. They took several long strides into the meadow and stopped. A shadowy figure was lurking at the forest edge. The RECOs turned and faced it. They stood flush together like a sparkling wall. And then the shadowy figure began to move. Out from the trees walked some sort of two-legged creature. It was dusty and dirty. Butterflies flitted around the flowers that sprouted from its body. One of its feet was made of wood. And then the creature spoke. "Hello, my name is Roz."

木制的穹顶。他们看到四个死去的机器人散落在岸上。 飞艇在机器人墓地上方盘旋了一会儿。 然后它漂浮在岛上，降落在山脚下的一块小草地上。 发动机将空气吹向地面，使树木弯曲，草地撕裂。 然后起落架陷进土里，引擎熄火，一切归于平静。 一扇门嗡嗡地开了，侦察兵们走了出来。 他们大步走进草地，停了下来。 一个黑影潜伏在森林边缘。 侦察兵们转过身来面对着它。 他们站在一起，像一堵闪闪发光的墙。 然后那个影子开始动了起来。 从树林里走出来一种两条腿的生物。 它又脏又满是灰尘。蝴蝶在它身上发芽的花朵周围飞舞。 它的一只脚是木头做的。 然后那个生物说话了。 “你好，我叫罗兹。”