70 THE HUNT BEGINS

CHAPTER 70 THE HUNT BEGINS While his flock distracted the RECOs, Brightbill darted around behind them and desperately searched for buttons. He had once shut down his own mother with a click, and now he would do the same thing to the intruders. But he found no buttons on these robots, only smooth surfaces. Clearly, the RECOs were not designed to be shut down so easily. Giant hands swung through the air, and the geese were swatted away. Loudwing was plucked by her foot and flung to the ground. She crawled into the weeds as the others scrambled up and over the trees. A quick scan by the robots revealed that Roz was gone. The three RECOs turned and marched back to the airship. The door hummed open and the robots disappeared inside. And when they stepped back into the meadow, each was holding a silver rifle in his hands. The hunt for Roz was on.

当他的羊群分散侦察员的注意力时，布莱特比尔跑到他们后面，拼命地寻找钮扣。 他曾经用咔哒一声关掉了自己的母亲，现在他会对闯入者做同样的事情。 但他发现这些机器人上没有按钮，只有光滑的表面。 显然，RECOs的设计并不是那么容易关闭的。 巨人的手在空中挥舞着，鹅被拍走了。 响亮的翅膀被她的脚抓住，扔在地上。 当其他人爬上树时，她爬进了杂草中。 机器人快速扫描后发现罗兹不见了。 三个侦察兵转身向飞艇走去。 门嗡嗡地开了，机器人消失在里面。 当他们回到草地上时，每人手里都拿着一把银色的来复枪。 追捕罗兹的行动开始了。

Without speaking, the RECOs marched away from one another, fanning out in their standard search pattern. RECO 1 marched straight toward the southern tip of the island. RECO 2 marched straight up the mountainside. And RECO 3 marched straight into the forest.

RECOs一言不发地离开了另一个，以他们的标准搜索模式散开。 侦察队1号径直向岛的南端行进。 侦察队2号直接向山腰挺进。 RECO 3直奔森林。