75 THE LAST RIFLE

CHAPTER 75 THE LAST RIFLE With the target deactivated, RECO 1 calmly moved on to the next phase of his mission. He limped through the gravesite and began collecting every single robot part. He splashed into the shallows and returned with a foot. He shook the sand from a cracked torso. He pulled a head out from a tide pool. Each part was then piled around Roz's lifeless body. Brightbill watched in horror as his mother slowly disappeared under a pile of parts. Roz looked just like the dead robots. But she wasn't dead—she had simply been shut down. "Don't do it, Brightbill!" The flock tried to stop their leader. "It's too dangerous!" But the goose was determined to bring his poor mother back to life. Brightbill crouched low to the ground and slowly moved toward the pile of robots. And when RECO 1 limped away to collect another part, Brightbill sprinted over the rocks, pushed past

第75章最后的步枪随着目标的解除，侦察员1号平静地进入了任务的下一阶段。 他一瘸一拐地穿过墓地，开始收集机器人的每一个部件。 他扑通一声跳入浅水区，然后用一只脚划了回来。 他抖了抖龟裂的躯干上的沙子。 他从潮池里捞出一个人头。 然后，每一块碎片都堆在罗兹毫无生气的身体周围。 布莱特比尔惊恐地看着他的母亲慢慢地消失在一堆零件下面。 罗兹看起来就像死去的机器人。 但她并没有死——她只是被关闭了。 “别这样，布莱特比尔！”羊群试图阻止他们的领袖。 “太危险了！”但是母鹅决心要让他可怜的妈妈起死回生。 布莱特比尔蹲下身子，慢慢地向那堆机器人走去。 当RECO 1一瘸一拐地去收集另一部分时，Brightbill冲过岩石，推了过去

arms and legs, and squeezed into the pile. Click. A muffled voice echoed across the shore. "Hello, I am ROZZUM unit 7134, but you may call me Roz." Brightbill hugged his mother's face as her computer brain rebooted. "Mama, wake up!" "What happened?" she said finally. "Where is the RECO?" "He's coming this way!" "What were you thinking, Brightbill? You must leave now before he kills us both!" "I was scared, Mama!" cried the goose. "I didn't know what to do!" Heavy footsteps stomped toward them. Robot parts were knocked aside. And then RECO 1 looked down with his glowing eyes. Brightbill tried to squirm away, but thick fingers locked around him like a cage. "Mama, help!" cried Brightbill as he was pulled up from the pile. "Please do not hurt my son!" begged Roz. "He is harmless!" RECO 1 paid no attention to Roz. He just held up the goose in his giant hand, ready to crush the life out

胳膊和腿，挤进了一堆。 点击。一个低沉的声音在对岸回响。 “你好，我是ROZZUM 7134单元，但你可以叫我Roz。” 布莱特比尔抱着母亲的脸，她的电脑大脑重新启动了。 “妈妈，醒醒！”“发生什么事了？”她最后问道。 “RECO在哪里？”“他往这边来了！”“你在想什么呢，布莱特比尔？” 你现在必须离开，免得他把我们俩都杀了！”“我很害怕，妈妈！”母鹅叫道。 “我不知道该怎么办！”沉重的脚步声向他们走来。 机器人的零件被敲到了一边。 然后RECO 1用他发光的眼睛向下看。 布莱特比尔想挣脱，但粗壮的手指像笼子一样锁住了他。 “妈妈，救命！”布莱特比尔被从垃圾堆里拉出来时叫道。 “请不要伤害我的儿子！”罗兹恳求道。 “他是无害的！”侦察1队没有注意到罗兹。 他只是用他的大手举起那只鹅，准备把它捏死

of him. Mist swirled in the breeze. Waves sloshed against the rocks. Seagulls circled above. No, not seagulls. Vultures. And one of them clutched something silver in his talons. The vultures spiraled down, and RECO 3's rifle clattered onto the shore. Geese and otters quickly surrounded the rifle. They squawked and squeaked and fumbled with the weapon, trying to aim the clunky thing. The hunter was confused. How had those animals gotten a rifle? And could they possibly know how to fire it? They did know. The geese had seen a trigger pressed before. A beam of light briefly flashed through the gloom. At first it seemed as if nothing had happened. But a moment later, RECO 1's chest began glowing a brilliant orange, and then it was melting and oozing down his front, and soon there was a wide, gaping hole in the middle of his torso. His hand suddenly unclenched, and Brightbill fluttered away. Seawater sprayed over the gravesite, and steam hissed up from the RECO's scorching-hot guts. He shook and

他的。薄雾在微风中旋转。 海浪拍打着岩石。 海鸥在上空盘旋。不，不是海鸥。 秃鹰。其中一个爪子里抓着银色的东西。 秃鹰盘旋而下，侦察组3的步枪轰隆一声落在岸上。 鹅和水獭迅速包围了步枪。 他们不停地吱吱叫着，摸索着武器，试图瞄准那笨重的东西。 猎人很困惑。那些畜生怎么会有来复枪？ 他们可能知道怎么发射吗？ 他们确实知道。鹅们以前见过有人按下扳机。 一束光在黑暗中闪过。 起初，好像什么事也没发生。 但过了一会儿，RECO 1的胸部开始发出明亮的橙色光芒，然后融化并从他的胸前渗出，很快在他的躯干中间出现了一个很大的洞。 他的手突然松开，布莱特比尔拍着翅膀飞走了。 海水溅到墓地上，蒸汽从RECO灼热的内脏里嘶嘶地冒出来。 他抖了抖

twitched and collapsed beside Roz.

他抽搐了一下，瘫倒在罗兹身边。

RECO 1 turned his face to Roz and spoke in a quiet, garbled voice. "Mmmore RRRECOs will c-ccome for you. And if you d-d-destroy them, still mmmore will c-c-come. The Mmmakers will not rrrest until all missing robots have b-b-been rrretrieved." "When? When will they come?" said Roz. "How long do we have?" "You c-c-can ssstill be fixed, Rrroz. Go tooo the airship. B-b-bring all of the robot parts wwwith you. The ship knows wwwhat tooooo dooooooooooooooooooo—" His voice went silent. His eyes went dark. RECO 1 was dead.

侦察兵1把脸转向罗兹，用一种平静而含糊的声音说。 “会有更多的RRRECOs来找你。 如果你毁了他们，还会有更多。 在找回所有失踪的机器人之前，制造商不会罢休。” “什么时候?他们什么时候来？”罗兹说。 “我们还有多少时间？”“你——你——你还是可以被治好的，罗兹。 去飞艇那边。把所有的机器人部件都带上。 这艘船知道什么——太——太——太——太——太——”他的声音消失了。 他的眼睛变黑了。侦察1号已经死了。