53 The Turn of the Tide

53 The Turn of the Tide The sky over the Rainbow Lake was filled with superheroes flying towards the Green Valley's battlefield. "I finally got through to them!" explained Table Guy. "At first, they thought that a city full of unhappy people would lead to higher crime rates, which would mean more hero work for us! But my fellow supers eventually agreed that losing the heart of the city we love is not a price worth paying! The final straw was when the Big Xs started to plough through the districts! That's when they agreed to join me in helping the Resistance! And that's why we're here tonight!" "Thank you," said Peanut. "So, who's that over there?" "That's Badger Boy!" said Table Guy. A good friend! He

53 形势逆转 彩虹湖的上空飞满了超级英雄，他们正朝着绿谷战场赶去 “我终于联系上他们啦！”桌子哥说道 “一开始他们觉得，要是一整座城市的人都不开心，犯罪率就会上升，那我们超级英雄不就有更多活干了！ 但其他超级英雄最后都同意，失去我们心爱的城市核心，这个代价我们付不起！ 大X军团开始大肆推平街区的时候，大家彻底忍无可忍了！ 就在那时候，他们答应跟我一起支援反抗军！ 所以我们今晚才会来到这里啊！” “谢谢你。”花生说道 “那站在那边的是谁呀？” “那是獾小子！”桌子哥说 是我的好朋友哦！ 他

was standing near me at the back of the queue on power- giving day! I think he overslept too! Admittedly, a badger is not the first animal whose powers you'd like to be able to harness, but wait until you see what he can do with those claws! Especially when he's working alongside his counterparts, Mole Chap and The Earthworm!" And what about her?" asked Peanut, pointing to a woman flying to their left, dressed in bright red, with a selection of giant, foldable metal tools behind her back, fanning out like metallic angel's wings. "That's Generic Multi-Functional Pocket Tool Girl!

授能日那天，他就站在我身后，排在队伍的末尾！ 我猜他那天也睡过头了！ 不得不说，你一般不会第一个想到要借用獾的能力，可你得看看他那爪子有多厉害！ 尤其是他和伙伴鼹鼠先生还有蚯蚓一起搭档的时候！” “那她是谁呀？”花生指着飞在他们左侧的女人问道，那女人身穿亮红色衣服，背后背着一堆可折叠的巨型金属工具，展开来就像金属天使的翅膀 “那就是通用多功能口袋工具妹！

"A powerful. ally in many" different ways! Particularly if the mission requires you to file your nails or open a bottle of wine!" Table Guy brought their flying coffee table to a stop and Jonathan Higginbottom pulled up next to them on his boardroom table. They watched as the heroes began to do their stuff. Badger Boy swooped down towards the Big X that was carving its way through the remaining Resistance convoy. He was closely followed by a tall, thin man in a reddish-brown, ribbed costume, and a much shorter figure dressed entirely in black, with enormous silver claws and a silver visor covering his eyes. The Earthworm and Mole Chap, Peanut assumed. Badger Boy led them towards the grass area just in front of the Big X and, instead of slowing down as they neared the ground, he accelerated, before disappearing, claws first, with an explosion of earth, into the grassy hillside. A few seconds later all three heroes burst back out, via another muddy explosion about thirty metres away. "What are they doing?" asked Jonathan Higginbottom.

“从好多方面来说，她都是个厉害的好盟友哦！” 尤其是要是任务需要锉指甲或者开红酒的话，她太好用啦！” 桌子哥把他会飞的咖啡桌停下，乔纳森·希金博腾也开着他的董事会议桌停在了旁边 他们眼看着英雄们开始大展身手 獾小子朝着那辆正在碾压残余反抗军车队的大X俯冲下去 紧跟在他身后的，是一个穿红棕色罗纹制服的高瘦男人，还有一个矮得多的人，全身黑衣，戴着超大银爪，眼睛被银色面罩遮住 花生心想，这肯定就是蚯蚓和鼹鼠先生了 獾小子带着两人冲到大X正前方的草地上，快靠近地面的时候他非但没减速，反而加速，爪子当先一头扎进草坡，随着一片泥土炸开没了踪影 几秒钟之后，三位英雄在三十米开外的地方再次炸开泥土，冲了出来 “他们这是在做什么呀？”乔纳森·希金博腾问道

"Watch, citizen!" said Table Guy. Slowly, the ground between the heroes" entry, and exit points started to move. It was hard to spot at first, but then the mini-landslide became more and more widespread. All of a sudden, it collapsed in on itself creating a huge trench about three metres wide and ten metres deep. One of the Big X's strengths, it's gargantuan size, was also its weakness. It meant that changing direction was a very slow process. Consequently, there was nothing the RAZERs in the cockpit could do to avoid what happened next. The massive vehicle plunged teeth first into the trench, tipping forwards a full ninety degrees, leaving its giant treads whirring uselessly in the air. "YES!" yelled Peanut, as if she'd scored a goal at Wembley. "IN YOUR FACE, BIG x!" "Now it's time for Bucket Head to do his thing!" said Table Guy, pointing at another hero, whose head appeared to be a made of a large, slightly rusty bucket. "Watch him go!" The flying, bucket-headed man positioned himself directly over a particularly aggressive platoon of RAZERs who were outnumbering a cluster of archers by the fallen siege tower. He then proceeded to tip his head slowly forward. To Peanut and Jonathan Higginbottom's amazement, a huge torrent of water poured from his bucket, and splashed down on to the robots, causing them to instantly short-circuit. Bucket Head

“看好咯，市民！”桌子哥说 慢慢地，英雄们进出两点之间的地面开始动了起来 一开始很难看出来动静，可接着小型滑坡越来越明显，范围也越来越大 突然间地面向内塌陷，形成了一条宽约三米、深约十米的巨大壕沟 大X的一个优势，就是它庞大的体型，可这偏偏也是它的弱点 这就意味着它转弯的过程非常缓慢 因此，驾驶舱里的剃刀队员根本没办法避免接下来发生的事 巨型机械一头扎进壕沟，整个向前翻了整整九十度，巨大的履带在空中徒劳地空转，根本派不上用场 “好耶！”花生大喊，就像她在温布利球场进了球一样 “打你脸哦，大X！” “现在该桶头哥露一手了！”桌子哥说着，指向另一位英雄，这位英雄的头看起来就是一个大号的、有点生锈的铁桶做的 “看他发挥！” 这个会飞的桶头哥飞到一队特别嚣张的剃刀兵正上方，这些剃刀兵在倒下的攻城塔旁，人数远远超过了一队弓箭手 接着他慢慢把头往前倾 让花生和乔纳森惊讶的是，一大股水从他的桶头里涌出来，泼到机器人身上，瞬间就让它们短路失灵了 桶头哥

then tipped his head back, moved over to another platoon and did exactly the same thing. "He has an endless supply of water!" said Table Guy. "That's the thing with these heroes! Each has their own unique talent, and no matter how niche it might be, it's always useful and impressive if applied correctly!" The trio hovered above the action for another few minutes, watching some of the cooler-looking superheroes, the ones who must have been near the front of the superpower queue, do their thing. Captain Chill was particularly effective with her beautifully sculpted ice-statues of mermaids and unicorns

接着把头往后一仰，飞到另一队剃刀兵旁边，做了一模一样的事 “他的水源源不绝，用不完的！”桌子哥说 “这些超级英雄就是这点棒！ 每个人都有独一无二的天赋，不管本事多冷门，用对地方就又好用又厉害！” 三人在战场上空又悬停了几分钟，看着那些更酷的超级英雄大展身手，这些英雄应该当初都是超能力排队时站在前排的 酷冰队长的表现格外亮眼，她雕刻的美人鱼和独角兽冰雕精致又好用

that temporarily came to life and chased the RAZERs into the same trench that claimed the Big X, before melting away to nothing. The Silver Skater was a picture of cool nonchalance, as he kickflipped, board- slid and ollied several RAZERs into wide-eyed submission. Hammerhead, meanwhile, employed his shark-senses to sneak up on the robots and take a bite out of their circuit boards, while Nightingale used her very beautiful but very high-pitched singing voice to break the RAZERs" glass eye-panels so that they couldn't see what they were doing, which again resulted in them toppling into the trench. "I think," said Peanut, "that the tide is definitely turning in our favour." "Don't speak too soon," said Jonathan Higginbottom, pointing down and to the right with his tail. "Look!" The Big X that had been parked at the end of the North Draw was slowly making its way across into the Green Valleys to help out its fallen comrade. "The alligator is correct!" said Table Guy. And... a new danger arrives from the east, also!"

它突然活了过来，把锐泽机器人追进了当初吞噬大X的同一条壕沟，之后便消融得无影无踪。 银滑手一脸酷拽淡定，他用尖翻、滑板和豚跳，把好几个锐泽机器人打得瞠目结舌，乖乖投降。 与此同时，锤头鲨靠自己的鲨鱼感官悄悄摸到机器人身后，咬坏了它们的电路板；南丁格尔用她动听却极高亢的歌声震碎了锐泽机器人的玻璃目镜，让它们看不见东西，最后这群机器人也全都栽进了壕沟里。 “我觉得，”皮纳特说，“局势肯定已经转向对我们有利的一面了。” “别说太早哦，”乔纳森·希金博顿边说，边用尾巴指向右下方。 “快看！” 原本停在北洼地尽头的大X，正慢慢穿过绿谷，前去营救它落难的同伴。 “鳄鱼说得对！”桌哥说道。 而且……一股新的危险，也从东边来袭了！