65 THE RESCUE

CHAPTER 65 THE RESCUE George nervously peered down from the balcony and said, "I'm going to trust you, Roz. I hope I don't regret this." "Do not worry, George. I will be very careful." Very carefully, Roz picked up the man. She held him securely. And then she leaped off the balcony. George screamed wildly as they plummeted toward a lower rooftop. But the robot's legs absorbed the impact, and the landing was surprisingly gentle. "That wasn't so bad," said George, with a smile. A moment later, he was screaming again as they leaped over flaming wreckage and dropped to a safe corner of the main platform. "I will be right back," said Roz, helping the man to his feet. Then she leaped away, vanishing into the smoke-filled sky. She came flying back down a minute later, carrying Vivian, the technology manager. Then she brought down the engineer, and then the mechanic, and then the electrician, and finally the station manager. The crew members huddled together in the cold

第六十五章营救乔治从阳台上紧张地往下看，说：“我相信你，罗兹。 我希望我不会后悔。” “别担心，乔治。我会非常小心的。” 罗兹小心翼翼地抱起那个人。 她紧紧地抱着他。然后她从阳台上跳下去了。 乔治疯狂地尖叫着，他们朝较低的屋顶坠落。 但机器人的腿吸收了冲击力，着陆时出奇地轻柔。 “还不错，”乔治笑着说。 过了一会儿，当他们跳过燃烧的残骸，降落在主平台的一个安全角落时，他又尖叫起来。 “我马上就回来，”罗兹说着，扶那人站了起来。 然后她跳开了，消失在烟雾弥漫的天空中。 一分钟后，她带着技术经理薇薇安飞了下来。 然后是工程师，然后是机械师，然后是电工，最后是站长。 船员们在寒冷中挤成一团

evening air, wondering what would happen next. Their eyes kept peeking over the edge of the platform. The station was slowly sinking, and the ocean surface was getting closer all the time. There was a sudden spray of mist, and everyone turned to see a pod of whales arriving. The whales breathed noisy gusts of air through their blowholes as

傍晚的空气，想知道接下来会发生什么。 他们的眼睛不停地从站台边缘往外偷看。 空间站正在慢慢下沉，海面一直在靠近。 突然出现了一阵雾气，每个人都转过身来，看到一群鲸鱼来了。 鲸鱼通过它们的气孔呼吸着嘈杂的气流

they lined up along the platform. "These are your life rafts," said Roz. "You expect us to ride whales?" said George. "An hour ago, they wanted to kill us!" "The whales did not want to kill you," explained Roz. "They wanted to stop the poison tide. Now they want to take you back to land. I have ridden on a whale myself. I promise, they will keep you safe." With no other choice, the crew began climbing onto the whales. They crawled around blowholes and dorsal fins, and soon each human was sitting on the back of their very own whale. Despite what the humans had been through, they couldn't help feeling awestruck by those magnificent animals. When everyone was seated, Akiko looked up at Roz on the platform and said, "I'm sorry to tell you this, but the poison tide is still flowing because the mining robot is still working, and he'll keep working until his task is complete. He's a giant machine designed to demolish deep-sea mountains. You can't stop him, Roz, and he won't take orders from you. Please go home. We'll send an entire fleet of cleanup robots to shut down the mining site and remove the poison tide from the ocean. It'll take time, but it'll get done. And I'll make sure the poison tide never happens again. You have my word." A deep groan rumbled up from the biggest whale. It was his way of saying, "We should leave while the

他们沿着站台站成一排。 “这些是你的救生筏，”罗兹说。 “你想让我们骑鲸鱼？”乔治说。 “一小时前，他们还想杀了我们！”“鲸鱼并不想杀你，”罗兹解释说。 “他们想要阻止毒潮。 现在他们想把你带回陆地。 我自己也骑过鲸鱼。 我保证，他们会保护你的安全。” 没有其他选择，船员们开始爬上鲸鱼。 他们在喷水孔和背鳍周围爬行，很快每个人都坐在了自己的鲸鱼背上。 尽管人类经历了这些，但他们还是忍不住对这些宏伟的动物感到敬畏。 大家落座后，明子抬头看着台上的罗兹说：“我很抱歉地告诉你，毒潮还在涌动，因为采矿机器人还在工作，他会继续工作，直到完成任务。” 他是一个巨大的机器，被设计用来摧毁深海山脉。 你阻止不了他，罗兹，他也不会听你的命令。 请回家吧。我们会派一整支清理机器人舰队去关闭采矿点清除海洋中的毒潮。 这需要时间，但会完成的。 我保证毒潮不会再发生。 我向你保证。”最大的那条鲸发出一声低沉的呻吟。 这是他表达的方式，“我们应该离开，趁……

water is calm." So the whales pushed off and started ferrying the humans to shore.

水是平静的。”于是鲸鱼离开了，开始把人类送到岸边。