27 The Room with the Doors

Chapter 27 The Room with the Doors They hey emerged into a dimly lit, circular room with a very high ceiling that rose in a tall, thin cone shape to a central peak fifteen metres above their heads. Are we in a giant wigwam?" said Rockwell. "If we are, it's a very high-tech one," said Peanut, walking over to the massive console opposite the door they'd come through. The three-metre-wide desk resembled the ones she'd seen in photographs of famous rock stars in their recording studios. It was Jam-packed with switches, levers, dials, sliders, flashing diodes, small LCD displays and illuminated buttons. And the vast majority of the buttons were glowing

第27章 满是门的房间 他们走出来，进到一间灯光昏暗的圆形房间，房间天花板很高，呈细长锥形向上收拢，最高点在他们头顶十五米处。 "我们是在一个巨大的帐篷里吗？"洛克威尔说。 "就算是，那也是一顶超高配的帐篷呀，"花生一边说，一边走到他们进来那扇门对面的巨型控制台前。 这张三米宽的桌子，和她之前在照片里看到的著名摇滚歌手录音室里的桌子很像。 上面密密麻麻摆满了开关、操纵杆、刻度盘、滑块、闪光二极管、小型液晶显示屏和发光按钮。 而且绝大多数按钮都发着光

green, casting an eerie light across the faces of the children. "Ooh, it's like the flight deck of the Millennium Falcon," said Rockwell, smiling. "I've always wanted to be a starpilot. He then proceeded to press as many of the green buttons as he could, delighting in the fact that they turned red as he did so. "Careful, flyboy," said Peanut. "We don't want to get captured by Darth Vader. So, what's with the screens?" On the wall behind the console was a grid of video monitors, each one displaying grainy, black-and-white security- camera footage of streets, fields, buildings and bridges. Each one had letters printed just above it. "Hmmm. ND, IL), S, LD, VF, DB, W..." said Little-Bit as she read. "Ah, got it! They're the districts of Chroma! North Draw, Ink District, Strip, Light District, Vincent Fields, Die Brücke, Warholia... "Of course!" said Peanut. "We must be back in the Illustrated City. And this must be some sort of... observation room?" "Wait a second," said Little-Bit, looking up at the high, pointed ceiling. "You don't think we're in a room right at the top of— "The Spire!" shouted Peanut. "Yes! I think we might be. "Well, it would certainly make sense for Mr White to draw a portal that would lead straight back to his headquarters," replied Little-Bit.

绿光，在孩子们的脸上投下了诡异的光亮。 "哇，这就像千年隼号的驾驶舱呀，"洛克威尔笑着说。 "我一直都想当星际飞行员。 接着他就不停按那些绿色按钮，看着按钮被按下去就变成红色，玩得开心极了。 "小心点哦，飞行员小子，"花生说。 "我们可不想被达斯·维达抓住哦。 话说这些屏幕是干什么的？" 控制台后方的墙上有一整排监控屏幕，每一块都显示着模糊的黑白监控画面，拍的是街道、田野、建筑和桥梁。 每块屏幕的上方都印着字母。 "嗯。 ND、IL、S、LD、VF、DB、W……"小丽特一边看一边念。 "啊，我知道了！ 这些是克罗玛城的各个区呀！ 北德鲁区、墨水区、条纹区、灯光区、文森特原野、迪布鲁克区、沃霍尔区…… "当然啦！"花生说。 "我们肯定已经回到插画城了。 这里该不会是某种……观察室吧？" "等一下，"小丽特抬头看向高高的尖顶天花板，说道。 "你说我们该不会刚好在—— "尖塔！"花生大喊道。 "没错！ 我觉得我们就是在这儿。 "嗯，怀特先生画一扇直接回他总部的传送门，确实说得通，"小丽特回答道。

"So what are those, then?" said Rockwell, looking at the wall behind them. Surrounding the open portal that they'd just stepped through were eleven other doors, crudely drawn in pencil and, again, with different initials written above each one. "I would guess they are other portals that he's drawn,"

"那这些又是什么东西呀？"洛克威尔看着他们身后的墙，问道。 他们刚走出来的那扇开着的传送门周围，还有十一扇别的门，都是用铅笔草草画出来的，每扇门的上方也都写着不同的首字母。 "我猜这些都是他画出来的其他传送门，"

said Peanut. "Maybe he always draws a new one to travel home through. And they all lead back here." "His own private collection of gateways between the worlds, that nobody else knows about..." whispered Little-Bit. Rockwell, who had walked around the console and was standing a few metres to the girls" left, was looking down

花生说道。 "说不定他每次回家都会重新画一扇新的。 所有传送门都通到这儿。" "这是他私人藏起来的跨世界通道，没有其他人知道……"小丽特轻声说。 洛克威尔绕着控制台走了一圈，站在两个女孩左侧几米远的地方，正低头看向

at the floor. "What's this trapdoor?" Sure enough, there was a large, wooden hatch, set into the middle of one of the concrete flagstones. "Only one way to find out," said Peanut, running to join him. "Let's open it." The two of them pulled the iron handle as hard as they could and lifted one of the doors. "Is that... a swimming pool?" said Peanut, looking inside. "Yes," replied Rockwell. And it looks as if it's full of rainbow-coloured water. She nodded. "It does. White must have been stealing water from the Rainbow Lake! What on earth is he up to?" "Er, Peanut. You might want to come over here." Little-Bit was now on the far side of the room, staring at a collection of large objects propped up against the curved wall. "Is that

地面。 "这扇活板门是干什么的？" 果然，一块混凝土石板的中间，嵌着一扇大大的木质活板门。 "只有打开看看才知道，"花生说着，跑过去和他会合。 "我们把它打开吧。" 两人使出全身力气拉动铁把手，掀开了活板门。 "这里该不会是……游泳池吧？"花生朝里面看了看，说道。 "没错，"洛克威尔回答。 而且池子里的水看起来是彩虹色的。 花生点了点头。 "确实是。 怀特肯定偷了彩虹湖的水！ 他到底在打什么鬼主意呀？" "呃，花生。 你最好过来这边看看。" 小丽特现在在房间的另一头，正盯着靠在弧形墙上的一堆大件物品。 "这难道是

"The Mona Lisa," said Little-Bit. "Yes. And look, there's a painting that looks like the sky in Vincent Fields. And here's a really expensive-looking golden trophy of some sort." "Er, that's the Jinou Yonggu Cup! I drew a picture of it when I was at Melody High. It's the priceless work of art from China that disintegrated a few weeks ago! And these are the other "missing" pieces from the galleries around the world!" cried Peanut. "The ones that supposedly turned to dust. That's the Dali self-portrait, that sculpture is the Henry Moore, and unless I'm mistaken, this one—" she folded back the end of a large roll of canvas, at least three and a half metres tall, that was propped up against the wall—'is Guernica by Picasso. The one that disappeared this morning!" "So we have proof!" said Little-Bit. "Mr White is stealing them and replacing them with fakes!" Guys. Forget about priceless works of art, said Rockwell. "I've just found something much more valuable." The two girls rushed back to the console. And there, sitting snugly in a small groove at the far end of the desk, was an old yellow pencil.

《蒙娜丽莎》呀，"小丽特说。 "没错。 你看，这儿有一幅画，看起来和文森特原野的天空一模一样。 还有这里，有一个看起来就价值不菲的金奖杯之类的东西。" "呃，这是金瓯永固杯呀！ 我在旋律高中上学的时候还画过它呢。 这就是几周前损毁的那件来自中国的无价艺术品呀！ 这些就是全世界美术馆里丢失的其他艺术品！" 花生大喊道。 "就是那些据说化成灰的失踪艺术品呀。 这是达利的自画像，这个雕塑是亨利·摩尔的作品，我没看错的话，这一件——"她把靠在墙上那卷至少三米半高的大画布的末端掀开，"是毕加索的《格尔尼卡》。 就是今天早上失踪的那幅！" "所以我们找到证据了！"小丽特说。 "怀特先生偷走真品，再把假货放回去！" "伙计们。 别管什么无价艺术品了，"洛克威尔说。 "我刚找到一件比这些值钱多了的东西。" 两个女孩赶紧跑回控制台。 桌子最尽头的一个小凹槽里，稳稳放着一支旧的黄色铅笔。