40 The Facility Room

40 The Facility Room As soon as 67, Alan, 19 and 33 disappeared with Nerys through the southern door of the Spire, the RAZERs forming the two lines filed back through the opening in the crayon fence and returned to their positions at the edge of the lake. "We have to be quick," said Josephine. "Right now, the three of us are the only free Resistance operatives in Chroma. Whether they know it or not, everyone is relying on us." "No pressure, then," said Rockwell, gulping. "So, what are we going to do?" "I'm not sure," replied Josephine, wiping the red paint from her eyes. "I need to think." "Follow me, Josephine Engelberger and Rockwell Riley."

40 设施室 67号艾伦、19号和33号跟着内里斯从尖塔南门消失后，排成两列的剃刃队员顺着蜡笔围栏的缺口退回，回到了湖边原本的位置。 “我们得抓紧时间，”约瑟芬说。 “现在，克罗玛能自由行动的抵抗组织成员就剩我们三个了。 不管他们自己知不知道，所有人都指望着我们呢。” “那这下压力可大了，”罗克韦尔咽了口唾沫说道。 “那我们接下来该怎么做？” “我还没想好，”约瑟芬一边回答，一边擦去眼睛上的红颜料。 “我得好好想一想。” “跟我来，约瑟芬·恩格尔伯格，还有罗克韦尔·莱利。”

said 72, suddenly. "I can facilitate a means for you to get into the lake. Once there, we can liberate the Jones family. According to my calculations, they are the Resistance operatives best placed to help right now." Josephine and Rockwell followed the robot to the Spire, creeping in through the southern door. They were pleased to see that the lobby was empty. "They must have already gone up in the lift," said Josephine. "Affirmative," said 72. "But we will go this way. The RAZER led them through the door marked STAIRS. "Oh no, not again," groaned Rockwell, whose thighs were still burning from his ninety-nine-floor descent earlier that morning. "Don't worry," said a surprisingly sprightly Josephine. "If I'm right about where 72 is taking us, it's only a few flights down." When they got to level Minus Three, 72 led them to a door marked COLOUR CORRECTION- FACILITY ROOM. "We have arrived," said the robot, holding the door for Rockwell and Josephine. "Oh," said the boy. "I've been here before. I recognise that little round pool. "Affirmative," said 72. "This is where you would have ended up after you swam across the Rainbow Lake. You came in

72号突然开口说道。 “我能帮你们找到进入湖中的方法。 到了那里，我们就能救出琼斯一家人。 根据我的计算，他们现在是最能帮上忙的抵抗组织成员了。” 约瑟芬和罗克韦尔跟着机器人前往尖塔，悄悄从南门溜了进去。 看到大厅空无一人，他俩都很高兴。 “他们肯定已经坐电梯上去了，”约瑟芬说。 “没错，”72号说。 “不过我们走这边。 剃刃队员带着他们走进了标有“楼梯”字样的门。 “哦天，怎么又是楼梯，”罗克韦尔哀嚎道，今早他刚从九十九层楼跑下来，大腿现在还酸痛发烫呢。 “别担心，”状态意外轻快的约瑟芬说道。 “如果我没猜错72号带我们去的地方，我们只往下走几层就到了。” 他们走到负三层后，72号领着二人来到一扇门前，门上标着“校色——设施室”。 “我们到了，”机器人说着，帮罗克韦尔和约瑟芬扶住了门。 “哦，”男孩说道。 “我之前来过这里。 我认得那个小圆水池。 “没错，”72号说。 “这就是你游过彩虹湖之后会到达的地方。 你就是从这儿进来

through the access point for the colour-correction filter. Immediately after I... I..." "Immediately after you sacrificed yourself to help us get into the Spire," said Rockwell. "Yes," said 72. "To this day, it remains the bravest thing I have ever seen, said Rockwell. "And I've jumped off the top of the Empire State Building wearing an illustrated jetpack, so that is quite a big statement!" "72," said Josephine, "does the chute at the bottom of this pool lead directly to the Rainbow Lake?" "Affirmative," replied 72. "The chute is usually full of water, but obviously that is no longer the case. You will have to crawl through it." "And what about you?" asked Rockwell. "My dimensions preclude me from travelling through the chute," they answered. "I shall, however, be waiting for you when you reach the opening in the lake. When you get there, look up. "Look up?" asked a confused Rockwell. Affirmative," replied 72. "Look up." Right then," said Josephine. "There's no time to lose! Let's get going. See you on the other side, 72." And with that, the two humans climbed into the empty pool.

从校色过滤器的入口进来的。 “在我…我…之后” “在你牺牲自己帮我们进入尖塔之后，”罗克韦尔接过话说道。 “没错，”72号说。 “直到今天，那仍是我见过最勇敢的事，”罗克韦尔说。 “我还背着彩绘喷气背包从帝国大厦顶端跳下来过呢，所以我这话可分量十足哦！” “72号，”约瑟芬问道，“这个水池底部的通道是不是直接通向彩虹湖？” “没错，”72号回答。 “通道里平常都是满水的，但现在显然已经没水了。 你们得爬着过去。” “那你怎么办呢？”罗克韦尔问道。 “我的尺寸没法从通道过去，”它回答道。 不过我会在湖边的出口等你们。 你们到了之后，抬头往上看。 “抬头看？”罗克韦尔一脸困惑地问道。 “没错，”72号回答。 “抬头往上看。” “好了，”约瑟芬说。 没时间耽误了！ 我们出发吧。 72号，我们对岸见。” 说完，这两个人类就爬进了空荡荡的水池里。