126 重返涡旋

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" Now what?" Zann stared at the wormhole, which had swirled open at their approach

"这下怎么办？"赞恩盯着虫洞，那洞口在他们靠近时旋转着打开了。

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" I guess the Directory was right," Darb said." Morb isn't in Magica."

"看来名录局说对了，"达布说。"莫布不在魔法国。"

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" Yet." Saffa reminded everyone

"还没到而已。"莎法提醒大家。

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" This could be our chance to find him and stop him before he gets here."

"这可能是我们找到他、在他到达这里之前阻止他的机会。"

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Fala nodded." We should tell Venna what's going on."

法拉点点头。"我们应该告诉芬娜现在的情况。"

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" Good idea," Saffa said

"好主意，"莎法说。

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" But this news is too important to entrust to a message moth. Someone might intercept it."

"但这消息太重要了，不能托付给传信飞蛾。可能会被人截获。"

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" You're right," Fala said." I'll go speak to Venna in person."

"你说得对，"法拉说。"我亲自去找芬娜说。"

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She rubbed her hands together and zapped away

她双手一搓，嗖地一下消失了。

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As the others waited, they heard shouts from the area near Wyssa's old hut

其他人等待时，听到维莎旧小屋那边传来叫喊声。

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There was a burst of magical energy

一股魔法能量爆发出来。

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People peeked out from nearby shelters to see what was going on

人们从附近的庇护所探出头来，想看看发生了什么。

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Saffa looked uneasy." I hope nobody starts wondering what we're doing by the wormhole."

莎法看起来不安。"我希望没人会开始好奇我们在虫洞旁边做什么。"

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Fala reappeared." Things are getting worse," she said breathlessly

法拉重新出现了。"情况越来越糟了，"她气喘吁吁地说。

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" I spoke to Venna. She's still safe — for now

"我和芬娜谈过了。她目前还安全——暂时没事。

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But the guards are looking for you, Saffa."

但守卫正在找你，莎法。"

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She turned." And you too, Zann."

她转过身。“还有你，赞恩。”

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Zann gulped. Then he glanced at Saffa

赞恩咽了口唾沫。然后他瞥了莎法一眼。

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" Sounds like it'll be safer for all of us in the vortex. We should go now."

“听起来我们所有人都进入虫洞会更安全。我们现在就该走。”

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" What about Zing and the goose?" Darb said

“那Zing和那只鹅怎么办？”达布说。

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" We can't abandon them in the hatch."

“我们不能把它们丢在舱里。”

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" I'll stay behind with them," Fala said

“我留下来陪着它们，”法拉说。

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" I can use the Remote Eye to keep an eye on things."

“我可以用‘遥感之眼’来留意情况。”

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Zann remembered the Remote Eye

赞恩想起了遥感之眼。

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It was an old-fashioned magical device that could be used to see long distances

那是一种老式的魔法装置，可以用来看到很远的地方。

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" Good idea," he said

“好主意，”他说。

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Another series of shouts and shrieks rang out from the huts

从小屋那边又传来一连串的喊叫声和尖叫声。

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" Let's not waste any more time," Saffa said anxiously

“我们别再浪费时间了，”莎法焦急地说。

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" Be careful." Fala patted Zann on the shoulder and then nodded to the others

“小心些。”法拉拍了拍扎恩的肩膀，又向其他人点了点头。

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" I'll see you when you return."

“等你们回来再见。”

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She zapped away. Saffa stepped toward the wormhole." Let's go."

她瞬移离开了。莎法朝着虫洞迈出一步。“我们走吧。”

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" Wait!" Perda said." Shouldn't we do a Shackle spell?"

“等等！”佩尔达说。“我们不应该施个束缚咒吗？”

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" Why?" Saffa looked confused

“为什么？”莎法一脸困惑。

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Zann and his friends looked at each other

扎恩和他的朋友们面面相觑。

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" Have you ever been in the vortex before?" Zann asked Saffa

“你以前进过涡流吗？”扎恩问莎法。

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She shrugged." I've read about it

她耸耸肩。“我在书上读到过。

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And of course I've discussed it with Nax and Asta and others."

当然，我也和纳克斯、阿斯塔还有其他人讨论过。”

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Zann winced. He remembered how overwhelming the vortex was during his first adventure through it

扎恩皱了下眉。他还记得第一次穿越涡流时那种难以承受的感觉。

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But then again, Saffa was a Magic Master. Maybe it would be easy for her

可转念一想，莎法是魔法大师。也许这对她来说轻而易举。

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" We always use a Shackle spell in the vortex," Zann explained

“我们在涡流里总是会用束缚咒，”扎恩解释道。

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" That way we're sure to stay together."

“这样我们才能确保待在一起。”

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Once they were shackled, they dived into the wormhole with Saffa leading the way

他们绑好束缚咒后，便由莎法领头，一起跃入了虫洞。

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" Whoa!" she cried as soon as they were in the vortex

他们一进入漩涡，她就叫了起来：“哇啊！”

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She waved her arms, which sent the whole group spinning wildly

她挥舞着手臂，结果让整队人疯狂地旋转起来。

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" Stop that!" Gliss called." Just let it pull you along."

“别乱动！”格利斯喊道。“顺着它的力量走就行了。”

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" I — I can't!" Saffa sounded breathless and scared

“我——我做不到！”莎法的声音听起来喘不过气，还带着害怕。

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Zann glanced at his friends." Maybe we'd better stop for a rest."

扎恩瞥了朋友们一眼。“也许我们最好停一下，休息一会儿。”

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Perda nodded

佩尔达点了点头。

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Zann grabbed the edge of the next wormhole

扎恩抓住了下一个虫洞的边缘。

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The world they were passing looked safe, so he pulled the group through

他们正在经过的那个世界看起来很安全，于是他拉着大家穿了过去。

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After landing on solid ground, he undid the Shackle spell

在坚实的土地上着陆后，他解开了束缚咒。

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Saffa took a few deep breaths and then sat up. She looked around

莎法深吸了几口气，然后坐了起来。她环顾四周。

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" Oh my! Look, there are five suns. This must be Illumos

“哦，天哪！看，有五个太阳。这里一定是伊卢莫斯。

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Apparently the multiple suns have a multiplying effect on the magic here. Let's try it!"

显然，多个太阳会让这里的魔法产生倍增效应。咱们来试试吧！”

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She rubbed her fingers together

她搓了搓手指。

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A second later a hat appeared, followed by several more!

片刻后，一顶帽子凭空出现，紧接着又是好几顶！

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Saffa laughed with delight

莎法高兴地笑了。

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" It's just as Nax and Asta said!" she exclaimed

"果然和纳克斯跟阿丝塔说的一模一样！"她大声说道。

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" Oh, this is marvelous! I can't believe I'm really here."

"哦，这太奇妙了！真不敢相信我真的在这里。"

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She clapped her hands." I wonder if we could find Chronos next?

她拍了拍手。"不知道我们接下来能不能找到克罗诺斯呢？

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I've always wanted to see that world. It sounds so relaxing."

我一直想去那个世界看看。听起来好放松。"

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Zann glanced anxiously at his friends." Shouldn't we focus on finding Morb?"

扎恩不安地看了看他的朋友们。"我们不是应该专注于找到莫布吗？"

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Saffa's smile faded." You're right, Zann. Sorry for getting distracted."

莎法的笑容消失了。"你说得对，扎恩。抱歉我分心了。"

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" It's okay." Darb grinned

"没关系。"达布咧嘴笑了。

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" We all got kind of distracted our first time visiting new worlds."

“我们第一次去新世界的时候，都有点分心。”

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After a short rest, Perda redid the Shackle spell

短暂休息后，佩尔达重新施了束缚咒。

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Saffa handed the glowing ring to Zann

莎法把发光的戒指交给扎恩。

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" Maybe you'd better handle this," she said

“也许你来拿着这个更好。”她说。

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" You have much more experience in the vortex than I do."

“你比我更熟悉虫洞里的情况。”

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" Thanks," Zann said." But actually, Perda is better with that kind of stuff than I am."

“谢谢，”扎恩说，“但其实这种事儿，佩尔达比我更在行。”

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He handed over the ring

他把戒指递了过去。

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Perda slipped it onto her finger." Okay, let's go!"

佩尔达把戒指戴在自己手指上。“好，我们走！”

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This time Saffa was between Zann and Perda

这次，莎法站在扎恩和佩尔达中间。

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That seemed to help her stay calm as they flew through the vortex

当他们飞过虫洞时，这似乎能帮她保持镇定。

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Zann glanced forward at Perda, who was leading the way

扎恩向前瞥了一眼前方带路的佩尔达。

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" Is the Tracking spell working?" he called

“追踪咒生效了吗？”他喊道。

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" Yes," Perda replied." It's leading us this way!"

“是的，”佩尔达回答，“它正带我们往这边走！”

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They sped past several wormholes without slowing

他们毫不减速地快速飞过了好几个虫洞。

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Then Zann felt the ring pulling them toward a wormhole up ahead

接着，扎恩感到戒指将他们拉向前方的一个虫洞。

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" This must be where Morb is!" Gliss exclaimed

“这一定是莫布在的地方！”格丽斯惊呼。

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" Hold on, everyone!" Perda cried

“大家抓紧了！”佩尔达喊道。

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Zann didn't have time to look at the world before being sucked through the wormhole

扎恩还没来得及看一眼这个世界，就被吸进了虫洞。

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" Oof!" Zann grunted as he landed hard

“哎哟！”扎恩重重地摔在地上，闷哼了一声。

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Perda stood up and looked at all the trees

佩尔达站起身，看了看四周的树木。

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" Whew!" she said." At least we're not in Fardark."

“呼！”她说，“至少我们不是在法达克。”

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Zann grinned." I was thinking the same thing."

扎恩咧嘴一笑：“我刚才也在想同样的事。”

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" Where are we?" Gliss asked as she unshackled everyone

“我们在哪儿？”格丽斯边问边给大家解开环扣。

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Zann didn't recognize the world. But he could feel magic energy snapping through the air

扎恩认不出这个世界。但他能感觉到空气中噼啪作响的魔法能量。

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" I recognize those trees from the books," Saffa said

“我从书本上认出了那些树，”莎法说。

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" I think we're in Atmo."

“我想我们是在阿特莫。”

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Zann remembered that his parents had mentioned Atmo

扎恩想起他的父母曾提起过阿特莫。

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Suddenly he noticed that Perda was several dozen strides away and moving fast

突然，他注意到佩尔达已在几十步开外，而且走得很快。

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" Hey, Perda, wait up!"

“嘿，佩尔达，等等！”

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" I can't!" she called breathlessly." The spell is really strong here!"

“我停不下来！”她上气不接下气地喊道，“这里的咒语力量太强了！”

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Everyone rushed after her

大家都急忙追赶她。

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They nearly crashed into her when she abruptly stopped near an enormous tree

当她在一棵巨树旁猛然停下时，众人差点撞到她身上。

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" Careful!" Saffa whispered." Morb must be nearby."

“小心！”莎法低声说，“莫布一定就在附近。”

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A cloaked figure stepped out from behind the tree

一个披着斗篷的身影从树后走了出来。

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" What in all the worlds are you doing here?" an irritated voice asked

“你们到底在这里做什么？”一个恼怒的声音问道。

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The figure threw back its hood

那人掀开了兜帽。

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Zann gasped." Wyssa!"

扎恩倒吸一口气：“维萨！”