經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第32章3

Near them on the floor lay several rather ugly men who had been hit about the head with some heavy design awards.
Half a mile away, four figures pounded up a corridor looking for a way out. They emerged into a wide open-plan computer bay. They glanced about wildly.
"Which way do you reckon Zaphod?" said Ford.
"At a wild guess, I'd say down here," said Zaphod, running off down to the right between a computer bank and the wall. As the others started after him he was brought up short by a Kill-O-Zap energy bolt that cracked through the air inches in front of him and fried a small section of adjacent wall.
A voice on a loud hailer said, "OK Beeblebrox, hold it right there. We've got you covered."
"Cops!" hissed Zaphod, and span around in a crouch. "You want to try a guess at all, Ford?"
"OK, this way," said Ford, and the four of them ran down a gangway between two computer banks.
At the end of the gangway appeared a heavily armoured and space-suited figure waving a vicious Kill-O-Zap gun.
"We don't want to shoot you, Beeblebrox!" shouted the figure.
"Suits me fine!" shouted Zaphod back and dived down a wide gap between two data process units.
The others swerved in behind him.

在他們附近的地板上躺着幾個相當醜陋的人，都是被沉重的設計獎獎狀擊中了頭部。
半英里之外，四個人正在一條走廊裏尋找出路。他們來到了一個寬敞的開放式電腦港裏，狂亂的四下打量着這個地方。
“你估計出路在哪兒，贊福德？”福特問。
“胡猜一把，我說在下面。”贊福德說着，從一排電腦和牆之間鑽了下去。其他人正要跟上，他應被一道強度可從“擊斃”或“擊暈”之間選擇的能量閃光擋了回來，能量閃光在他身前幾英寸的空氣中噼啪作響，附近一小塊牆面都被烤焦了。
一個聲音通過手提式擴音器傳來：
“好了，畢博布魯克斯，呆在那兒別動。你已經被我們包圍了。”
“警察！”贊福德悄聲說，蹲伏著轉過身來，“你想猜一把嗎，福特？”“好吧，走這邊。”福特說。於是四個人沿着兩排電腦中間的過道前進。
過道盡頭出現了一個穿着重裝甲和太空服的人，，手裏揮舞着一支樣子嚇人的攻擊能量槍。
“我們不想向你開槍，畢博布魯克斯！”那人喊道。
“正合我意！”贊福德也喊道，同時一低頭衝進兩臺數據處理器之間的大空隙裏。
其他人也跟在他後面突然改變了方向。