70 THE LIE

CHAPTER 70 THE LIE Once again, Roz marched into the light. Crusher watched her approach. But before he could fire his sound cannon, our robot called out to him. "I misspoke earlier," said Roz. "I actually was sent here by the Juggernaut." Roz was lying. She needed to distract Crusher from his work, and her plan was to confuse him with lies. Reader, I don't recommend lying. Telling a lie will almost always lead to more lies, which will lead to more lies, and pretty soon you can't keep track of them all, and then the truth comes out and everybody knows you lied and you feel horrible. Telling the truth makes life much simpler. However, this was one of those rare occasions when lying really was the best course of action. "The station is completely fine," Roz lied. "But it is having communication problems. I was sent here to deliver your new orders. Crusher, you have been ordered to stop all mining activity and await further instructions."

第七十章谎言罗兹又一次走向光明。 克劳谢尔看着她走近。 但在他发射声炮之前，我们的机器人向他喊道。 “我之前说错了，”罗兹说。 “我其实是被神像派来的。” 罗兹在撒谎。她需要分散克拉希尔的注意力，她的计划就是用谎言迷惑他。 读者们，我不建议说谎。 撒一个谎几乎总是会导致更多的谎言，而更多的谎言又会导致更多的谎言，很快你就无法记住所有的谎言，然后真相大白，所有人都知道你撒了谎，你感觉很糟糕。 说实话使生活简单得多。 然而，这是一个罕见的场合，撒谎真的是最好的行动方案。 “车站完全没问题，”罗兹撒谎道。 “但它存在沟通问题。 我是被派来交付你的新订单的。 粉碎机，我命令你停止所有采矿活动，等待进一步指示。”

The lie seemed believable enough, and Roz felt something like pride in her scheme—until Crusher's voice rumbled, "What is your command code?" Roz didn't have a command code. She didn't even know how to lie about a command code. How many numbers were in such a code? Or would it be made up of letters? Our robot scrolled through her computer brain but found no helpful information. So she stalled for time. "What is my command code?" she said. "That is an excellent question. I am very glad you asked. I definitely have one. But I am under strict orders not to tell you my command code until you tell me your command code." Crusher was losing his patience. He said, "You have ten seconds to state your command code." "As I explained," said Roz, "if you state yours, I will state mine." "You have five seconds to state your command code." "I am curious," said Roz. "What will happen if I do not provide a code?" Crusher had lost his patience. He lunged at Roz and snatched at her with both claws. As you know, our robot had recently discovered that she could fight, and when Crusher attacked, she defended herself with force, swinging her fists and kicking her feet in a blur of

这个谎言似乎足够可信，罗兹对自己的计划感到有点自豪——直到克拉希尔的声音隆隆地响起：“你的命令密码是什么？”罗兹没有命令代码。 她甚至不知道如何在命令代码上撒谎。 这样的密码里有多少个数字？ 还是由字母组成？ 我们的机器人浏览了她的电脑大脑，但没有找到有用的信息。 所以她拖延时间。“我的命令代码是什么？”她说。 “这是一个很好的问题。 我很高兴你问了。我肯定有一个。 但是我受到严格的命令，除非你告诉我你的命令密码，否则我不能告诉你我的命令密码。” 克拉希尔失去了耐心。 他说：“你有十秒钟说出你的命令代码。” “正如我解释过的，”罗兹说，“如果你陈述你的，我就陈述我的。” “你有五秒钟的时间说出你的命令代码。” “我很好奇，”罗兹说。“如果我不提供代码会怎么样？”克拉希尔失去了耐心。 他扑向罗兹，用两只爪子抓住她。 如你所知，我们的机器人最近发现她会打架，当Crusher攻击时，她用武力保护自己，挥舞着拳头，踢着脚，模糊地

speed and strength. She pounded the claws with a rapid clang! clang! clang!—but Crusher was just too big. He easily grabbed our robot with one of his giant claws, and then he held her tight. Roz didn't bother trying to break free. She knew the claw wouldn't budge.

速度和力量。她猛烈地敲打着爪子！铿锵声!铿锵声!但是Crusher太大了。 它用一只巨大的爪子轻松地抓住了我们的机器人，然后紧紧地抱住了她。 罗兹并没有试图挣脱。 她知道爪子是不会动的。