61 The Storm

Chapter 61 The Storm lightning lit up the entire room for a fraction of a second, and then the ear-splitting sound of thunder rolled around the conical walls. It was louder than anything Peanut, Rockwell and Little-Bit had ever heard in their lives. "Ow!" shouted Little-Bit. "My ears are ringing!" "It's because we're so close to it," shouted Rockwell. "We need to keep going and climb through the cloud before..." He didn't finish his sentence. A huge bolt of lightning

第61章 暴风雨 刹那间，闪电照亮了整间屋子，震耳欲聋的雷声在圆锥形岩壁间轰隆隆滚过。 这比花生、罗克韦尔和小不点这辈子听过的任何声音都要响亮。 “哎哟！”小不点喊道。 “我的耳朵嗡嗡响！” “那是因为我们离雷电太近啦！”罗克韦尔喊道。 “我们得继续走，要在……之前爬出这片云……” 他没把话说完。 一道粗大的闪电

shot through the air, missing them by no more than a couple of metres. It was accompanied by another deafening cracking noise that sounded like a bomb going off. "Oh no," shouted Rockwell. "We're in the centre of the storm! We need to hurry!" "I want to go back down, Peanut," said Little-Bit. "I'm scared!" "I'm afraid we can't, LB," said Peanut. "We have to keep going. Everyone is counting on us. I know you're scared, but take my hand. We can do this together. They continued running up the stairs as the rain began to fall in huge, black, inky drops. A violent headwind began to whip around them, slowing their climb. Suddenly, another bright fork of electricity split the room, and the deafening noise that came with it nearly toppled Peanut off the edge of the staircase. Luckily, Rockwell was there to grab her arm and stop her from falling. Maybe LB's right," shouted Peanut as Rockwell hauled her back onto the staircase. Her face was white. "It's too dangerous. Maybe we should go back down!" Rockwell frowned.

划破长空，离他们只有短短几米，差一点就击中了他们。 紧接着又是一声震耳欲聋的爆裂声，听着就像炸弹炸开一样。 “哦不！”罗克韦尔大喊。 “我们跑到风暴中心来了！ 我们得快点！” “花生，我想下山回去，”小不点说。 “我好害怕！” “小不点，恐怕我们不能回去了，”花生说。 “我们必须继续往前走。 所有人都指望着我们呢。 我知道你害怕，来拉住我的手。 我们一起能闯过去的。 他们接着往楼梯上方跑，这时雨落了下来，掉下一颗颗又大又黑的墨汁雨滴。 猛烈的逆风在他们身边呼啸打转，拖慢了他们爬楼梯的速度。 突然，又一道亮眼的闪电劈开了空间，随之而来的轰鸣差点把花生掀下楼梯边缘。 幸好罗克韦尔及时抓住她的胳膊，拦住了她，没让她掉下去。 “说不定小不点是对的，”罗克韦尔把花生拉回楼梯时，花生大喊道。 她的脸吓得惨白。 “太危险了。 我们还是下山回去吧！” 罗克韦尔皱起了眉头。

Little-Bit turned to look at him. She recognised his brainwave face and smiled. He smiled back. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" he asked. "Let's make a lightning conductor," she replied. "Yes!" said Rockwell. "Pass me a pen. As quickly as he could, Rockwell drew a long, straight line with a small ball at its tip. He then drew another line perpendicular to the first, making an enormous and unwieldy L shape. Right, we need to attach this to the wall!" All three of them moved the drawing into position so that it stuck out from the wall and extended horizontally over the void below them. The end with the ball at the top pointed straight up at the dark cloud above them. "Brilliant, Rocky," said an ink-streaked Little-Bit. "Hopefully that'll intercept the next lightning bolt and channel all of that voltage into the walls of the Spire and safely down into the ground. "I still think that maybe we should go back down," Peanut said, unconvinced. "Don't give up now, Peanut!" shouted somebody just behind them. It was Dad! He had caught up with them, along with Mum and a limping Leo.

小不点转过头看向他。 她认出了他想出好点子时的表情，于是笑了。 他也笑了。 “你是不是和我想一块儿去了？”他问。 “我们来做一个避雷针，”她回答。 “没错！”罗克韦尔说。 “递我一支笔。 罗克韦尔飞快地画了一条长长的直线，线的顶端画了一个小圆球。 接着他又画了一条和第一条线垂直的线，拼成了一个大大的、不规则的L形。 好了，我们得把这个固定在墙上！” 三个人一起把画挪到合适的位置，让它从墙里伸出来，横在他们脚下的空洞上方。 顶端带小球的那一头，直直指向上方的乌云。 “太聪明啦，洛克，”脸上沾了墨渍的小不点说。 “希望它能接住下一道闪电，把所有电流都导进尖塔的墙里，安全传到地下去。 “我还是觉得我们该下山回去，”花生不太信服地说。 “别现在放弃呀，花生！” 他们身后传来一声大喊。 是爸爸！ 他追上他们了，一起来的还有妈妈，和一瘸一拐的里奥。

"Listen! We have a chance to put an end to this whole thing, once and for all," he yelled as the wind blew his curly, red hair straight. "We must stop Nerys! The whole world is depending on us! Creativity is depending on us!" "But... the lightning..." shouted Peanut. "It's too much..." "You have weathered bigger storms than this one, my little artist," Dad said, smiling. "I know all about your adventures in Chroma, Peanut. You're the bravest one out of all of us. If anyone can do this, it's you. Come on! One more push! One last adventure! And this time, we'll be right there with you. CRACK! Another lightning bolt flew from the cloud, but this time it hit the conductor, which instantly fizzed with energy. The whole group watched as the electricity travelled along Rockwell's drawing and disappeared harmlessly into the wall. "It worked!" shouted LB. "Rocky, it worked! Go science!" "Brilliant, Rockwell," shouted Dad. "Just brilliant!" Peanut smiled. She could feel her courage returning.

“听着！ 我们有机会彻底了结这一切，一劳永逸，”风把他的红卷发吹得直直的，他大声喊道。 “我们必须阻止内里斯！ 整个世界都指望着我们呢！ 创造力都指望着我们呢！” “可是……闪电……太吓人了……”花生喊道。 “太可怕了……” “我的小艺术家，你经历过比这难得多的考验呀，”爸爸笑着说。 “我知道你在克罗玛的所有冒险，花生。 你是我们所有人里最勇敢的那个。 如果有人能做到，那一定是你。 来吧！ 再冲一把！ 最后一次冒险！ 而且这一次，我们都会陪在你身边。 咔嚓！ 又一道闪电从云中劈下来，但这次它击中了避雷针，避雷针瞬间滋滋迸出了电流。 所有人都看着电流沿着罗克韦尔的画流走，最后平安无事地钻进了墙里。 “成功了！” 小不点大喊。 “洛克，成功了！ 科学万岁！” “太棒了，罗克韦尔，”爸爸大喊。 “真是太厉害啦！” 花生笑了。 她能感觉到勇气重新回到了自己身上。

She wiped the black, inky rain from her face and remembered everything her dad had been through to get to this point. She thought about the sacrifices he'd made. Then she looked at the faces of all her favourite people: Dad, Mum, Little-Bit, Leo and Rockwell. Nerys had said that love was her greatest weakness, but she'd been wrong. Love was Peanut's greatest strength. "You're right, Dad," she said. "Let's finish this. together!"

她擦去脸上黑乎乎的墨汁雨，想起爸爸一路走来历经多少艰辛才到这里。 她想起了爸爸做出的所有牺牲。 接着她看向所有她最爱的人的脸：爸爸、妈妈、小不点、里奥还有罗克韦尔。 内里斯说爱是她最大的弱点，但内里斯错了。 爱才是花生最强大的力量。 “你说得对，爸爸，”她说。 “我们来结束这一切。 一起出发！”