35 Warholia

Part Three in which Peanut is involved in an actual, real-life battle.

第三部分 花生在这里卷入了一场真实发生的现实对决。

Chapter 35 Warholia Rockwell shut the door on New York City, and turned around to find himself standing in a vast, slightly scruffy warehouse. Eight concrete columns held up the high ceiling, which was crawling with exposed, snake-like pipework, huge sheets of silver foil, and photographic spotlights hanging from the rafters. Peanut and Little-Bit were standing at the far end of the room admiring several large canvases that were leaning up against the wall. They all featured the same screen-printed picture of

第35章 沃霍尔·洛克威尔关上通往纽约市的门，转身发现自己站在一间宽敞、略显破旧的仓库里。 八根混凝土柱子支撑着高耸的天花板，天花板上布满裸露在外、状如长蛇的管道，还有大块银箔，以及从椽木垂下的摄影聚光灯。 花生和小不点站在房间尽头，欣赏着几幅靠在墙边的大画布。 所有画布上都是同一张丝网印刷的图案，内容是

flowers, but each employed a different colourway. "Hi, guys," said Rockwell, walking up to them. "Long time no see. I hate to ask again, but, er, where on God's green earth are we now?" "Judging by these paintings, I'd say we're in Warholia," replied Peanut. Little-Bit nodded her agreement. "The district named after the famous American pop artist Andy Warhol." "Peanut, why does your sister know literally everything in the world?" said Rockwell, turning away from the painting. "It's really weird and, frankly, quite annoy—" He froze mid-word, his mouth agape. "What's wrong?" asked Peanut, turning to see what her friend was staring at. On the other side of the warehouse, blocking the large floor-to-ceiling doorway, were seven tall, silver robots. They were totally still, floating about thirty centimetres above the floor and staring menacingly back at the children. "P-P-Peanut," stammered a terrified Rockwell, who was frozen to the spot, "R-R-RAZERs!" "OK, be calm," said Peanut, reaching for Little Tail and looking around the room for possible exits. "I-I'll think of something." Little-Bit, meanwhile, was looking at the RAZERs and frowning. She started walking towards them.

花朵，但每一幅用的配色都各不相同。 “嗨，伙计们，”洛克威尔边说边朝他们走去。 “好久不见。 我真不想再问一遍，可，呃，我们现在到底在哪儿啊？” “看这些画我猜我们现在在沃霍利亚，”花生回答道。 小不点点头赞同她的说法。 “这片区域是以美国著名波普艺术家安迪·沃霍尔命名的。” “花生，为什么你妹妹知道天底下所有的事儿啊？”洛克威尔说着从画前转过身来。 “这真的太奇怪了，说实话，有点讨——”他话到一半僵住，嘴巴大张着合不上。 “出什么事了？”花生问道，转过身去看朋友在盯着什么看。 仓库另一头的落地大入口被七个高大的银色机器人堵住了。 它们一动不动，飘在离地三十厘米左右的空中，不怀好意地盯着几个孩子。 “花、花、花生，”吓坏的洛克威尔钉在原地结结巴巴，“是、是、拉泽机器人！” “好了，冷静点，”花生说着，伸手摸向小尾巴，同时环顾房间寻找可能的出口。 “我、我会想办法的。” 与此同时，小不点正皱着眉打量这些拉泽机器人。 她抬脚朝它们走了过去。

"LB, what are you doing? COME BACK HERE!" shouted Peanut. "lt's OK," said Little-Bit, approaching the RAZER with the number 105 stencilled on to its torso and staring up at its face. "Yes. Just as I thought "Wh-wh-wh-what?" shouted Rockwell, who was slowly backing away. "Wh-what's just as you thought?" "They're not working. Look. Their eyes aren't lit up." She was right. Usually, the RAZERs" eyes glowed either red or green, but these ones were totally dark. "It's like... they've been deactivated," whispered Peanut, and she walked over and gently kicked the base of one with her boot. "They're not getting any power. It's as if someone's turned them off. How strange. I wonder what's going on. Meanwhile, Rockwell had slowly made his way over to the warehouse door, careful to give the robots a wide berth. Something large and bright red had caught his eye just outside the doorway. "What's this?" he said. "It looks like a giant can of Coke."

“小不点，你干什么？ 快回来！” 花生大声喊道。 “没事的，”小不点一边说，一边走到躯干印着105编号的拉泽机器人跟前，抬头盯着它的脸。 “没错。 果然和我想的一样。”“什、什、什么事？”慢慢后退的洛克威尔喊道。 “怎、怎么就和你想的一样了？” “它们没在运行。 你看。 它们的眼睛没亮。” 她说得没错。 一般来说，拉泽机器人的眼睛要么发红光要么发绿光，可这几个的眼睛全都是黑的。 “这就好像……它们被停用了，”花生小声说，她走过去，用靴子轻轻踹了踹一个机器人的底座。 “它们没有通电。 就好像有人把它们关掉了一样。 太奇怪了。 我想知道这里到底出了什么事。 这时候，洛克威尔已经慢慢挪到了仓库门口，小心地和机器人保持了很远的距离。 门口外一个又大又鲜红的东西吸引了他的注意。 “这是什么？” 他说道。 “看起来像一罐巨型可乐。”

Sure enough, an enormous soft-drink can, about five metres tall, was standing on the pavement. It was perfectly detailed, right down to the great big price sticker near the top, and a small dent carefully sculpted into the side to make it look like the can had, at some point, been dropped. "Wow!" said Peanut. "It's some kind of art installation. Isn't it magnificent!" "Look," said Little-Bit. "There are more of them." It was true. A whole row of giant Coke cans lined the street. The effect was mesmerising. "It feels like we've been shrunk and put on a supermarket shelf," whispered Peanut. The second-to-last can had been made to look like it had fallen over and spilt its contents on to the pavement. It was so convincing that Peanut was surprised to see several children splashing around in the sticky spillage. But as they got closer, she realised that it was actually a paddling pool full of coloured water carefully made to look like a puddle of cola.

果然没错，人行道上立着一个差不多五米高的巨型汽水罐。 它细节做得十分逼真，顶部贴了大大的价格标签，罐身还特意做了一个小凹痕，看起来就像这个罐子曾经被摔过一样。 “哇哦！”花生说道。 “这是一种艺术装置。 是不是太壮观了！” “你看，”小不点说道。 “这儿还有好多呢。” 她说得没错。 街道边排了整整一长排巨型可乐罐。 眼前的景象让人看得入迷。 “感觉就像我们被缩小了，放到超市货架上了一样，”花生小声说。 倒数第二个罐子被做成了歪倒在地、可乐洒在人行道上的样子。 它做得太逼真了，花生看到好几个孩子在黏糊糊的可乐 spill 里踩水玩，都惊呆了。 可等他们走近，她才发现那其实是一个装着彩色水的戏水池，只是被精心做得像一摊洒出来的可乐罢了。