55 Captured

55 Captured The rest of the afternoon passed without incident, something that they were all thankful for. After a couple of hours, they arrived at a long, white wooden fence that ran in a perfectly straight line towards the centre of the city. The rolling hills, brimming with flowers, trees and crops, all stopped suddenly and with precision at the boundary. On the other side of the fence was water. A lot of water. A huge expanse, perfectly still, like a horizontal mirror. A few metres from them was a tall signpost, similar to the one that Peanut had seen back in the North Draw. Die Bruk?" shouted Little-Bit looking up at the sign. "What's a Die Bruk?"

55 被俘 下午剩下的时间一路平安，所有人都为此感激不已 几小时后，他们来到一道长长的白色木栅栏前，栅栏笔直地伸向城市中心 满是鲜花、树木和庄稼的起伏山丘，全都在边界处整齐地戛然而止 栅栏的另一边是水 一大片水 广阔的水面平静极了，就像一面平放的镜子 离他们几米远立着一块高高的路标，和花生之前在北洼地见过的那块很像 "迪布鲁克？"小不点抬头看着路标喊道 "迪布鲁克是什么呀？"

"You pronounce it "'Dee Brooker"," said Rockwell. "It's German for "The bridge"." "Great! Let's swim to the bridge then," said Little-Bit gleefully. Rockwell groaned. "I hate swimming. "We won't have to swim," said Peanut. "Look. To their left were several small, woodblock-print rowing boats tied to a jetty. They jumped over the fence and climbed into the first boat. Leave this to me. I did canoeing in the Cubs once," said Rockwell proudly. "Peanut, please would you unhitch the rope." After several failed attempts at launching (it took him a while to remember that the rower shouldn't be facing forwards), Rockwell eventually started pulling the boat through the water. The lake was huge, extending out past the city limits to their left, and almost as far as the Spire to their right. Peanut lifted her hand to shield her eyes from the bright red glow of the swirling, angry-looking sky. She noticed that

"你应该读作‘迪·布鲁克’，"罗克韦尔说 "这是德语，意思是"桥"。" "太棒了！ 那我们游去桥那边吧，"小不点开心地说 罗克韦尔叹了口气 "我最讨厌游泳。 "我们不用游泳，"花生说 "你看。 他们左侧的码头边拴着好几艘小小的木制划艇 他们翻过栅栏，跳进了第一艘船里 这事交给我 我以前在幼童军划过独木舟，"罗克韦尔骄傲地说 "花生，麻烦你把绳子解开。" 罗克韦尔试了好几次都没能把船划出去（他过了好一会儿才想起划手不该面朝前方），最终总算撑着船在水面前进了 这片湖非常大，左侧一直延伸到城市边界之外，右侧几乎延伸到尖塔脚下 花生抬起手遮住眼睛，躲开翻腾怒卷的天空透出的刺眼红光 她察觉到

she was shaking. She felt nervous, but wasn't sure why. They could see the bridge more clearly now: a simple structure interrupted by windowless double-height towers every hundred metres or so. At its left-hand end, a wide set of stairs led down to a small, grassy island, attached to which was another jetty. It's the beginning," said Peanut while scanning the area for their Resistance contact. "The beginning of the bridge that

她在发抖 她感到紧张，却不清楚为什么 现在他们能更清楚地看见桥了：这是一座构造简单的桥，每隔一百米左右就有一座没有窗户的双层塔楼 桥的左端有一段宽台阶，向下通往一座小小的草岛，岛上也建有一个码头 这就是起点了，"花生一边说，一边四处扫望寻找反抗军联系人 这座桥的起点，它

leads directly to the Spire." A couple of minutes later they arrived at the island and hitched the boat to a post. It was only when they walked up the stairs and were standing at the end of the bridge that they noticed that the towers weren't, in fact, entirely windowless. Each one had a small opening near the top, and a door at the bottom, facing back along the length of the bridge. And at each window stood a RAZER. The RAZER in the nearest tower was looking straight at the four new arrivals on the bridge. Its eyes instantly

直通尖塔。" 几分钟后，他们抵达小岛，把船拴在了柱子上 直到他们走上台阶、站在桥的尽头，才发现这些塔楼其实并不是完全没有窗户 每座塔楼顶部附近都有一个小开口，底部有一扇门，门朝向桥身的方向 每扇窗户边都站着一名剃刀机器人 最近那座塔楼里的剃刀机器人，正直直盯着桥上刚到来的四个新人 它的眼睛立刻

changed from green to red. Then, with alarming speed, it disappeared from the top window, reappeared at the door and zoomed silently towards them. Instinctively Peanut scooped up Little-Bit, and Rockwell grabbed Doodle, but before they had a chance to formulate a plan, the robot was upon them. "CODE RED! CODE RED! I HAVE LOCATED THE CONSPIRATORS!" it bellowed. As quick as a flash, two metal arms extended around either side of the group, forming a loop, which then rapidly contracted, pulling the foursome tight against the robot's body and lifting their feet off the floor. Then a little door opened up on its side and four thin cables shot out and attached themselves to the prisoners" ankles. They were well and truly captured. "RAZER 72 CALLING ALL UNITS. I HAVE THE

从绿色变成了红色 接着，它以惊人的速度从顶层窗户消失，又出现在门口，悄无声息地冲向他们 花生本能地抱起小不点，罗克韦尔抓住了嘟嘟，可他们还没来得及想出对策，机器人就已经冲到跟前了 "红色警报！ 红色警报！ 我找到阴谋者了！" 它大吼道 它闪电般伸出两条金属胳膊，在这群人身旁围成一圈，圈迅速收紧，把四个人牢牢挤在自己身上，还将他们抬离了地面 接着它侧面打开一扇小门，四根细电缆弹了出来，拴在了俘虏们的脚踝上 他们完完全全被俘了 "剃刀72呼叫所有单位。 我已经抓到

CONSPIRATORS. TRANSPORTING THEM TO SECTOR 1 IMMEDIATELY!" The robot then spun 180 degrees on the spot, and started to glide, at speed, along the bridge towards the Spire. "Er, what just happened?" said Rockwell, trying not to sound scared. "We blew it, that's what" Peanut sighed, glancing nervously up at the Spire. "After everything we've been through, we blew it. Little-Bit looked up at RAZER 72. "Hello, Mr Robot. Where are you taking us?" It didn't reply. It just kept hurtling along the bridge, past tower after tower. Peanut noticed two green lights in every window turn to red as they approached, and all of a sudden, her head started to ache. She put her hands to her temples and wondered how she'd got into this mess. This is it, she thought. I've let everybody down. She felt like screaming.

阴谋分子。 立刻押往一号区域！" 机器人原地转了一百八十度，接着沿着桥朝尖塔快速滑去 "呃，刚才发生了什么？"罗克韦尔问道，努力不让自己听上去很害怕 "我们搞砸了，就是这样"花生叹了口气，紧张地抬眼望向尖塔 "经历了那么多事，我们还是搞砸了 小不点抬头看向剃刀72 "你好，机器人先生。 你要带我们去哪里？" 它没有回答 只是一个劲沿着桥猛冲，经过一座又一座塔楼 花生发现，他们靠近的时候，每扇窗户里的两盏绿灯都变成了红灯，突然间，她的头开始疼了 她双手按住太阳穴，想不通自己怎么会陷入这样的境地 完了，她想 我让所有人都失望了 她真想放声大叫