42 The Giant X

Chapter 42 The Giant X It felt like they were witnessing an eclipse. The huge, black shape moved quietly and smoothly across the sky, gradually blocking out any light attempting to complete its journey from the sun to the face of the earth. "What is that?" asked Rockwell. Josephine didn't seem to be able to hear him. Her mouth was open, but she didn't respond. it can't be," she finally said. "I knew White was thinking about it, but... he can't have built it." "Built what?" asked Rockwell. The massive object continued to drift through the sky. Its near-silence made it seem even more sinister.

第42章 巨型X 他们感觉自己正亲眼目睹一场日食。 一个巨大的黑影悄然平稳地划过天空，渐渐挡住了所有从太阳抵达地面的光芒。 "那是什么？"罗克韦尔问道。 约瑟芬似乎根本没听见他的话。 她张着嘴，却没有给出回应。 这不可能啊，"她终于开口道。 "我知道怀特一直在琢磨这件事，可是…… 他不可能真的造出来的。" "造出了什么？"罗克韦尔问道。 这个巨型物体继续在空中飘移。 近乎彻底的安静反倒让它看起来更加阴森可怖。

"The Giant X," whispered Josephine. "White's airship." "The Giant X?" said Rockwell. "Well, that was the project's codename back in the day. "The Big X was bad enough," said Rockwell, remembering his encounter with Mr White's monstrous land-based vehicle on the snowfields of the North Draw. "I don't think I have the stomach for a giant one!" Eventually, the back end of the airship moved into view, bedecked with a large number of quietly whirring propellors. The underside of the massive black vehicle was emblazoned with a huge white "X'. Suspended beneath that was a small gondola containing a platoon of red-eyed RAZERs. The enormous airship was now filling the entire sky above

"巨型X，"约瑟芬低声说。 "怀特的飞艇。" "巨型X？"罗克韦尔说道。 哦，那是这个项目当年的代号。 "之前那个大X就够糟糕了，"罗克韦尔说着，想起了自己在北坳雪原遭遇怀特先生那台陆地巨型载具的经历。 "我可没胆子再应付一个巨型的了！" 终于，飞艇的尾部出现在视野中，上面布满了大量静静转动的螺旋桨。 这台巨型黑色载具的底部，印着一个硕大的白色"X"。 "X"的下方悬着一个小小的吊舱，里面站着一队红眼睛的利刃兵团。 这艘巨型飞艇此刻已经占满了头顶的整片天空

the lake. Rockwell realised that the crowd had fallen silent. Every single citizen and Resistance operative was looking up, open-mouthed, at the monstrous vessel floating above them. "I've just remembered Mr White's original reason for building this thing," said Josephine. "And I've got a very bad feeling that 67 is carrying out those plans." "And those plans were...?" asked Rockwell, not really wanting to know the answer. "I think we're about to find out. Twelve nozzles on the bottom of the airship suddenly opened, and each one began to release a large quantity of a pale, grey liquid. The liquid poured down into the lake between the steel cables, splashing onto the crowd below "Oh no, I was right," whispered Josephine. "What is it?" asked Rockwell. "It's plaster of Paris," she replied. "67 is about to turn the citizens of Chroma—including the entire Resistance—into one enormous statue!"

湖面。 罗克韦尔发现人群已经彻底安静了下来。 每一位市民、每一名抵抗组织成员都大张着嘴，抬头望着漂浮在他们上空的这头怪物般的飞船。 "我刚想起怀特先生造这个东西最初的目的，"约瑟芬说。 "我有种非常不好的预感，67正在执行他的计划。" "那计划究竟是……？"罗克韦尔问道，其实他根本不想知道答案。 "我想我们马上就要知道了。" 飞艇底部的十二个喷嘴突然打开，每个喷嘴都喷出了大量浅灰色的液体。 液体顺着钢缆之间落入湖中，溅到了下方的人群身上。"哦不，我猜对了，"约瑟芬低声说。 "这是什么东西？"罗克韦尔问道。 "是熟石膏，"她回答道。 "67打算把克罗玛的所有市民——包括整个抵抗组织——都变成一尊巨大的雕像！"