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Chapter 135 The clone and the original person

"I've seen something wrong with you a long time ago!"

Zhao Yu laughed and dodged the punch in an instant. Then, as if he had a clone, he appeared behind Yin Zhengyi and pressed on his head.

"Bang~~!"

There was a loud noise, and Yin Zhengyi's whole body was blown to pieces.

The battle in the transformation stage is so simple and unpretentious.

Zhao Yu took out the communication talisman, found Yin Zhengyi, and asked where he was.

"I'm in a small fishing village, and there's a big monster raging here. What's wrong?"

really!

Zhao Yu smiled slightly and replied: "Just now a guy pretended to be you and came to assassinate me, but I killed him!"

"Ah?" Yin Zhengyi looked confused, and then asked: "Are you okay?"

"certainly!"

When Zhao Yu saw Yin Zhengyi today, he saw through him and found that he was not himself, but someone pretending to be him.

I just don’t know which force sent this assassin in the early stages of becoming a god.

"There is a high probability that they are not the same group as last time..."

As early as ten years ago, someone came to assassinate him. He was also in the early stage of becoming a god, but he was killed quickly by Zhao Yu.

The man at that time, Zhao Yu, knew who was following. According to Yin Zhengyi, he should be a member of the Jin Dynasty Seizing Dragon Sect. He assassinated the Immortal Body, the Divine Body and the Holy Body at the same time, just to make things bigger.

Since they failed last time, it was impossible to send only people in the early stages of becoming gods, so the force responsible for the assassination this time was definitely not from the Dragon Seizing Sect.

"Who could have sent that?"

Zhao Yu frowned and was a little confused, but he soon felt relieved.

"I am a fairy on the surface. There are countless people who want to study me, and there will always be people who choose to take risks."

"However, now that my cultivation level is high, my enemies are getting stronger and stronger..."

Zhao Yu carefully calculated it, and it seemed that he could not keep up with him just relying on the energy provided by his five golden elixir-level women.

"Sun Lele..."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but talk about Sun Lele again. After all, this person was too high-level and provided a lot of energy.

But now, Sun Lele is out and doesn't know when he will come back, so he can only choose someone else.

"At the very least, it must be at the Nascent Soul stage or the Divine Transformation stage, so that it will be useful..."

After careful counting, Zhao Yu found that there were too few qualified people.



"I see!"

On the thirty-third floor of the sky, Sun Le optimistically rubbed a bell hanging above the sky, with a look of sudden enlightenment on his face.

"I didn't expect that Zhao Yu turned out to be..."

There was a hint of excitement and excitement on her face.

"He is still just a clone now. If I can make him grow up, he may be able to replace me..."

"No wonder he can't get a woman pregnant. His real body is suppressing him here. How can his clone get pregnant..."

Sun Lele was thoughtful and kept thinking in her mind. After a while, her eyes lit up and she thought of a way.



"You're back!"

Zhao Yu was a little stunned, and then he thought about Sun Lele, but he didn't expect that the other party would come back.

Didn't you come back just because you sensed his thoughts?

"Zhao Yu, do you want to know why you can't get a woman pregnant?"

"ah?"

Zhao Yu was stunned, he didn't expect Sun Lele to ask such a question.

In the early years, he actually didn't care much about whether he had any children.

But later, every time he saw Liu Wenxuan dejected because she could not give birth to a child for him, he felt very sad.

After experiencing so many women, he knew very well that infertility had nothing to do with them, it was purely his problem.

"Just tell me whether you want it or not!" Sun Lele urged.

"Of course!" Zhao Yu nodded, even for Liu Wenxuan, he had to think about it.

"good!"

Sun Lele nodded with satisfaction and said: "I have a way to restore you..."

"recover?"

Zhao Yu couldn't help but think of Sun Lele's purpose of leaving in the first place, and quickly said: "Do you know about me?"

"know a little!"

Sun Lele smiled slightly and said, "Do you know about the outer universe?"

Zhao Yu was shocked. Could it be that she also knew about the universe and the Milky Way?

Sun Lele, however, thought to himself: "We are here in the original continent, and there are many worlds like ours..."

"A long time ago, someone discovered the secret of immortality..."

"Through cultivation, you can live longer..."

"It has been passed down from generation to generation, and gradually there are exercises, cultivation systems, etc..."

"But when this road came to an end, people realized that there was no way ahead..."

"The end, what is the end?" Zhao Yu was a little curious. He was just a monk in the Hedao stage and had never even seen an immortal. What Sun Lele told him was too high-end.

"The end..."

Sun Lele explained: "In the beginning, the end of cultivation was the Great Emperor..."

"A lifespan of ten million years may seem like a long time, but for them, they cannot live forever and will die sooner or later..."

"Many people don't want to die, so they try every means..."

"For example, some people are studying how to make their souls immortal and reincarnate. However, no matter how they try to protect themselves, there is some interference from some power in the dark, making reincarnation extremely difficult. Even if they are reincarnated, they will be a new one.

people……"

Sun Lele shook his head and said: "These are not important..."

"The important thing is that a long time ago, there was someone who surpassed the realm of the Great Emperor and used some method to achieve immortality..."

She paused and said: "However, the price is also very high. From our point of view, this kind of eternal life has completely disappeared from the world, but it will remain in the world forever..."

She raised her hand, and a curtain of light flashed out, and a starry sky appeared before her eyes.

Zhao Yu was shocked. This was indeed the universe he knew before. Sure enough, Sun Lele even knew this.

In fact, during these years of cultivation, he has also been secretly investigating the universe, asking many people around and around, but he doesn't know the concept of the universe, only the continent.

"The first person to transcend the realm of the Great Emperor is named Pangu..."

"He created the outer universe..."

"It's equivalent to opening up a new world..."

"Then, an inexplicable force poured into his body, as if to thank him for what he had done, helping him break through the realm of the Great Emperor and finally achieve eternity..."

Sun Lele said with emotion: "After Pangu succeeded, he did not stay in the world for long, but turned into a greater existence and disappeared from the world..."

As if she was afraid that Zhao Yu wouldn't understand, she explained: "Can you understand? It is a state of coexisting with the world, and he will not die until the world is destroyed..."

Zhao Yu was confused when he heard this, "What do you mean, can we still see that Emperor Pangu?"

"I can't see you anymore!"

Sun Lele shook his head and said: "After he transcended the realm of the Great Emperor, he became eternal and disappeared completely, but everyone who experienced it could feel the eternal aura on his body..."

"Not only him, but also other creatures later followed Pangu's path..."

"For example, Nuwa, who created human beings, used this to break through the Great Emperor and prove eternity..."

Zhao Yu was surprised when he heard that many of the characters Sun Lele told appeared in the mythical stories of the earth, but the content was different.

Could it be that eternal life means this way?

Live forever in other people's imaginations?

Zhao Yu was a little confused. Is it necessary to ask for this kind of eternity?

According to Sun Lele, all people who have surpassed the realm of the Great Emperor are called saints because the Tao they have proven is beneficial to the world.

But after becoming saints, these saints all disappeared without a trace and have not appeared again for hundreds of millions of years.

"The early emperors used various methods to become saints and achieve eternal enlightenment. For example, some created cultivation systems, some established rules for mountains and rivers, etc..."

"But the further back you go, the more difficult it is to achieve enlightenment, because the path taken by the predecessors cannot be retraced by future generations..."

Sun Lele sighed with emotion: "So, later on, a group of people set their sights on these spiritually barren places in the outer universe..."

"Various rules have been created, and after various rules, rules have been continuously derived and added..."

"This has also caused the current outer universe to become larger and larger, more and more expanded, and correspondingly, the spiritual power is getting lower and lower..."

"After all, in our world, spiritual power is limited, and most of it is concentrated in the Primitive Continent..."

"The farther away you are from here, the weaker your spiritual power will be. Correspondingly, the difficulty of cultivation will be higher, and the life span will be shorter at the same level..."

According to Sun Lele's explanation, Zhao Yu suddenly realized.

I finally understand what the different cultivation systems in the world are all about.

It was obvious that the great emperors were trying to achieve eternity and create a new cultivation system that did not require spiritual power.

Maybe, some people have succeeded and have disappeared without a trace, while some people have not succeeded yet and are still experimenting.

Sun Lele showed the core area of ​​the Milky Way on the star map and pointed: "This is the location of our original continent..."

"Actually, there are thousands of primitive continents like ours. These primitive continents were all originally together and were called Pangea..."

"Sage Pangu was the first to open up the outer universe. Originally, all celestial bodies in the outer universe revolved around an original world..."

"However, later someone suddenly learned and used a certain method to broaden the channels for creating the world. They cut a continent from Pangea and used it as a new core to build one galaxy after another..."

"Our galaxy, or our original continent, was created when Sage Hongjun carved a continent from Pangea..."

Sun Lele materialized another spaceship, shook his head and said: "This is a tool created by an emperor named Science. It can span the outer universe and allow mortals to make long voyages..."

"That great emperor can be regarded as creating a school..."

"As a result, many great emperors followed the path of science, created various rules, and achieved many saints..."

"It's a pity that during these tens of billions of years, too many people have walked this road. The rules of creation are cumbersome and complex, layer upon layer. As far as I know, for example, in our human body, the smallest things are the pores, but

In fact, they were divided into cells, electrons, molecules, etc...."

"Our original continent has not accumulated much, so it is impossible to get around at all, or it is too difficult..."

Zhao Yu was shocked. It turned out that the science developed by humans was actually the rules created by a group of great emperors?

Is the purpose just to attain enlightenment and become a saint?

And that great emperor named Science was the first person to develop this theoretical system and enlighten it?

So, the various disciplines they have now were actually created by those great emperors?

What brain cells, what neurons, etc., are all new rules created by the emperors?

"You mean, maybe, in the early days of humankind, there was no blood or even the need to breathe?" Zhao Yu

"That's for sure!" Sun Lele looked like a child who could be taught, and said: "During the Pangu Continent, all living things were born naturally..."

"It was only after Nuwa that humans were created..."

"After that, other people imitated Nuwa and created various such creatures. Unfortunately, these creatures were created by latecomers after all. No matter how hard they try, they cannot surpass humans in intelligence..."

"Later, Pangea was divided into pieces and became the core of one galaxy after another. The spiritual power was forced to disperse to various places, which also made it more and more difficult for natural creatures to be born..."

"The final result is that the active intelligent life in the entire universe is basically human. If you want to see other naturally born creatures, you may have to look for them in the core area of ​​​​the outer universe, Pangea..."

Zhao Yu thought thoughtfully, "So, for every saint who has successfully achieved enlightenment, their Tao, or rules, will remain in this world and become a part of this world?"

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Sun Lele praised: "If future generations want to continue to enlighten, they need to make innovations and breakthroughs under the existing world rules..."

"Of course, there are too many and complicated rules now. Even the Great Emperor cannot study them all thoroughly in his limited life..."

"So, you can only choose a direction that you like or are good at, and study it in order to find new rules that can be created..."

Zhao Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, "This is like patching up loopholes. The great emperors find loopholes in the world and fill them up. Will it be considered a successful enlightenment?"

"Your statement is quite appropriate!" Sun Lele nodded, "However, I feel more like a painting that has been graffitied by countless people. It is a mess..."

Hearing what she said, Zhao Yu suddenly thought of what he had seen on the Internet. What programmers call a mountain of code is that they are constantly patched and become longer and longer. This also makes it difficult for latecomers to see the entire code.

"In this primitive continent of ours, there are not many great emperors..."

"Currently there is only one..."

Sun Lele looked at Zhao Yu and said with enthusiasm: "He is your true body!"

"My true body?!"

Zhao Yu was stunned and couldn't help but think of the ontology on the earth, but the ontology was just a college student at the beginning.

Soon, he realized that the body on earth might not be the body, but just a clone.

"Could there be a mistake?!" Zhao Yu was a little worried.

"There is no mistake, the energy aura on your body is exactly the same as that of the great emperor, but it is not as strong as that of the great emperor..."

Sun Lele said excitedly: "That great emperor fell asleep millions of years ago. It is said that he was studying ways to become a saint..."

"Now it seems that you are one of the methods he studies to become a saint..."

She had already thought of a lot of things and said directly: "Now let's look at the method that the emperor is studying on you..."

"If you let a woman fall in love with you, you can generate energy and supply you with improvement..."

"As for the condition for the birth of an heir, according to my speculation, it should be the degree of love..."

"Only when I love you to the extreme will I get pregnant with your child..."

She held her chin and thought for a moment, then added: "I even suspect that once someone gets pregnant for you or even gives birth to an heir, you will gain even greater energy..."

Zhao Yu was silent. After a long time, he looked at Sun Lele seriously and asked: "Then you know this, what is your purpose now?"

"I?"

Sun Lele suddenly smiled, very brightly.

"Whether it's becoming a saint or becoming an emperor, they are too far away from me, and I don't want to be like this..."

"I have only one purpose, which is revenge..."

Revenge again!

Zhao Yu was speechless. The Fu sisters approached him for revenge. Now Sun Lele also wants revenge?

"My enemy is in the sky. You don't need to know it yet, but I believe that sooner or later, you will be stronger than him..." Sun Lele seemed to be alive again at this moment, extremely excited.

This also allowed Zhao Yu to gain energy twice in a row, so that the accumulated energy could directly promote him to the late stage of Hedao.

too exaggerated.

This is the realm of Hedao. It only takes two mood swings to cross the realm casually.

Sun Lele's physical cultivation level is probably not low, and he is also the best among the immortals.

"So, let's make an agreement. Before you grow up, I will help you grow up as quickly as possible, but when you are strong enough, you will help me take revenge, how about it?!" Sun Lele said anxiously.

"good!"

Zhao Yu agreed directly without any hesitation.

Anyway, it’s a promise that won’t be fulfilled until the future, so let your future self think about it.

"Um!"

Sun Lele nodded, "Now, I sense that your two...five women?"

She was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect that Zhao Yu would have three more women after being out for just a few decades.

However, she didn't think much about it and instead praised: "Yes, there are five women providing you with energy..."

"The five women you have now are all at the Golden Core stage, but the one who provides the most energy is Liu Wenxuan..."

"I feel that it won't be long before she can give birth to an heir for you..."

Sun Lele held her chin in her hand, thought for a while, and then said: "So, next, you have to focus on Liu Wenxuan and find a way to make her love you even more, to the extreme..."

"I want to know how much energy you can get by giving birth to an heir..."

Zhao Yu scratched his head. He was trying to be a good man every day, accompanying the five women one by one, racking his brains to treat them well.

With Liu Wenxuan, he felt that he had gone to the extreme, and even the other party was willing to die for him. How could he make her love him more?!

As if he saw Zhao Yu's dilemma, Sun Lele continued: "Of course, I don't know how long this road is. You have to try it yourself..."

"Right now, the most important thing is to find more women for you, ones with high cultivation and strong potential..."

Then, she closed her eyes, as if sensing something.

After a moment, Sun Lele opened her eyes and said: "There are a few Hedao-stage women here in the Four Sects who meet the requirements..."

Zhao Yu suddenly became extremely ashamed. He chose during the Nascent Soul stage. If he switched to Sun Lele, he would directly start picking at the Hedao stage.

No, is there really a woman who is still single during her marriage period?

Can a woman in this state still fall in love with him?

Zhao Yu is more doubtful about this.

He said: "What do you think of Yaochi Saint Qin Yao?"

"Qin Yao?"

Sun Lele scanned it and frowned: "A late-stage Nascent Soul..."

"However, she has a divine body and grows very fast, so it's not impossible..."

Swish!

Zhao Yu once again harvested Sun Lele's energy, but this time he could only break through to the late stage of Hedao. It seemed that he was still a little short of crossing the immortal realm.

"Are you getting energy from me again?"

Sun Lele was stunned.

Zhao Yu quickly explained: "This is not under my control, it is passive. Moreover, I feel that you are more likely to have mood swings when you come back this time..."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Really?"

Sun Lele thought for a while, and it seemed that this was really the case. After discovering that Zhao Yu was the clone of the great emperor, her silent heart became hot again.

"It's because of hope..."

Before, she had no hope, so nothing mattered.

Now, after having hope, there will be emotional fluctuations in my heart.

In fact, Zhao Yu wanted to say, as long as you become my woman, won't the energy come bang bang?

But he didn't dare, fearing that Sun Lele would break his bones and turn him into ashes.

If Sun Lele didn't mention this kind of thing, he wouldn't dare to talk nonsense.

Sun Lele nodded slightly and said: "Then you start with Qin Yao first!"

"How to do it?!" Zhao Yutou said: "She is the Saint of Yaochi. It is too difficult to make her fall in love with me..."

Sun Lele frowned, "Wouldn't it be better if you just kidnap her and treat her the same way you treat other women?"

"ah?"

Zhao Yu was stunned, how to do this?

Unexpectedly, Sun Lele suddenly released a scene.

It was a clip from when he and Zhao Ling'er were playing together.

"When you were with Zhao Ling'er, didn't her energy towards you increase within a few days?"

After Zhao Yu heard this, he looked helpless, "Sister, Zhao Ling'er has no choice. Only by following me can you have a greater future. I can provide her with resources, so I have preliminary acceptance..."

"But what about Qin Yao?"

"She is the Saint of Yaochi, and she has a divine body. She has no shortage of resources. What can I do if I bring her here?!"

Sun Lele curled her lips, "This is your business. I can't replace you and let other women fall in love with me, right?"

She said casually: "Since you don't dare to touch those with high realms for the time being, let's change the quality with quantity. From other Nascent Soul stages, collect as many as possible..."

"All right!"

Zhao Yu nodded, not daring to go against Sun Lele's wishes.

In the following time, while Zhao Yu was looking for a suitable partner, he also increased the time he spent with Liu Wenxuan, hoping to let her break through that limit as soon as possible.

In addition, Zhao Yu would go out to find Qin Yao from time to time to compete with each other.

Of course, the main purpose is to close the relationship with Qin Yao.

With his state in the late stage of becoming a god, he would suppress his cultivation and compete with Qin Yao without letting the other party see it.

Therefore, Zhao Yu won easily every time, which made Qin Yao feel frustrated.

"I didn't expect you to be so strong, but I won't admit defeat. Let's fight again in the divine transformation stage!"

After Qin Yao finished speaking, she turned around and left.

She plans to break through the stage of becoming a god.

Because she realized that she couldn't defeat Zhao Yu at all in the Nascent Soul stage.

Little did they know that Zhao Yu had already transformed into a god.

After so many days of sparring and fighting, the two of them became familiar with each other.

Zhao Yu discovered that Qin Yao's occasional mood swings could also create twice as much energy for him.

This means that Qin Yao already has the conditions to conquer.

However, he was not in a hurry.

At this moment, Zhao Yu's energy was all focused on Liu Wenxuan.

He originally thought that twenty times the energy supply would be the limit, but who knew that during this period of companionship, Liu Wenxuan actually made the breakthrough to fifty times.

But after working hard for many times, Liu Wenxuan's stomach still didn't move.

Zhao Yu understood that fifty times was not the limit, so he accompanied Liu Wenxuan even more.

In this way, ten years flew by.

Qin Yao has already broken through to the stage of becoming a god, and has gained a great reputation.

However, no matter how powerful she was, she could not defeat Zhao Yu, and she also suffered the most severe emotional fluctuations towards Zhao Yu.

Later, it even reached twice the level.

As everyone knows, Zhao Yu has already quietly broken through to the late stage of Hedao.

"Will you be my woman?"

On this day, as soon as the two of them finished their discussion, Zhao Yu directly asked what he wanted to ask.

Qin Yao was startled for a moment, then blushed, "What did you say?"

Looking at her shy look, Zhao Yu couldn't help but feel moved when he thought about the rumors that Qin Yao was the Bingqing Fairy.

Seeing this, he stopped pretending and stepped aside, coming to Qin Yao's side and hugging her waist.

"what are you doing?"

Qin Yao struggled slightly and then gave up the resistance. However, she still said harshly: "You already have five women, and yet..."

"Is it wrong to fall in love with someone?" Zhao Yu said affectionately.

These words made Qin Yao drunk, and her bones felt soft.

In this world that only values ​​strength, talent and background, there are really not many people like Zhao Yu who talk about love, but they are also very fascinating to women.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu did not hesitate and directly took Qin Yao back to Zhao Mansion.

After saying simple love words, Zhao Yu got to the point.

Three days later, when Qin Yao accompanied Zhao Yu and walked around the Zhao mansion, everyone in the mansion was shocked.

"This is Fairy Bingqing..."

"It seems that the master has captured him..."

"Master is so awesome..."

All the little maids were extremely envious and worshipful.

But Zhao Yu's other five women were also shocked.

"Even Fairy Bingqing..."

"She is in the Divine Transformation stage..."

The Fu sisters were shocked. They did not expect that their sixth sister would be Fairy Bingqing with a divine body.

This also means that it is getting easier and easier for the two sisters to avenge themselves.

"Sister Xuan, what's wrong with you?"

Suddenly, the other four girls noticed that Liu Wenxuan was crying. They were startled and quickly stepped forward to comfort her.

"No, I am happy..."

"Xiaoyu, he..."

She originally wanted to say that this kind of woman is what Zhao Yu should have.

But after thinking about it, I realized that it was inappropriate to say this in front of four other women.

Liu Wenxuan has never forgotten her origins and her humble past.

She always felt that she had delayed Zhao Yu.

I have always felt that Zhao Yu should have a better woman and a better Taoist companion.

When she was still in the Qi training period, she felt that Mo Cai'er was the most suitable.

But later, when she arrived at the Zhao Mansion, she herself was already at the Golden Core stage, and even Zhao Yu was at the Nascent Soul stage, and there were even rumors of an immortal body.

She somewhat looked down on Mo Cai'er.

As for Zhao Ling'er, in her heart, she was just a concubine who slept with Zhao Yu.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Fu sisters originally had a decent family background, but now they are just people with no background and are looked down upon by Liu Wenxuan.

Now, the appearance of Qin Yao made her burst into tears, feeling that such a woman was worthy of Zhao Yu.

The other women didn't understand the reason and even defended Liu Wenxuan.

"Sister, I will give you my time..."

"Sister, I will give you my time. Let Brother Yu spend the next few days with you..."

Liu Wenxuan couldn't express her true thoughts, so she could only nod in agreement.

On the other side, Zhao Yu, who was accompanying Qin Yao, suddenly discovered that Liu Wenxuan's energy had exceeded a hundred times.

He couldn't help being shocked.

How did he break through Liu Wenxuan's energy when he slept with Qin Yao for several days?

Could it be that Liu Wenxuan has some kind of quirk?!

Zhao Yu didn't know what Liu Wenxuan was thinking, so he naturally misunderstood her.

"Your woman seems to be crying..."

After all, Qin Yao is in the stage of becoming a god. Not to mention Zhao Mansion, even the entire Luofeng City can be shrouded in spiritual consciousness, so he naturally discovered the situation there.

"Brother Yu, go and accompany them..."

"It's okay, I'll take you to meet the sisters!"

Zhao Yu smiled and took Qin Yao to get to know the girls.

Among the women present, except for Qin Yao, whose power had just been raised from two times to five times, the others were all above ten times. Naturally, they were completely devoted to Zhao Yuai.

Therefore, Qin Yao's appearance did not make the atmosphere awkward. In fact, they were afraid that fighting each other would make Zhao Yu uncomfortable, so they deliberately pretended to be friendly.

"Sister Xuan is crying so sadly, why don't you stay with her!" After Qin Yao sent a message to Zhao Yu, she said that she was new here and hoped that some sisters could accompany her.

The other women naturally agreed and said that Liu Wenxuan was not feeling well and asked Zhao Yu to accompany her back to her room.

Zhao Yu received Qin Yao's message and sensed a hundredfold change in energy. Naturally, he wanted to know what was going on with Liu Wenxuan. He said goodbye to the girls and then pulled Liu Wenxuan into the room.

When he learned from Liu Wenxuan that she felt that only Qin Yao was worthy of him, Zhao Yu suddenly realized that he understood Liu Wenxuan's feelings and why she had broken through a hundred times.

This also made him love Liu Wenxuan even more, and he immediately rewarded her with three days and three nights.

Unexpectedly, something happened that shocked Zhao Yu even more.

"Xiaoyu, I...I seem to be pregnant!"

Three days later, before dawn, Liu Wenxuan excitedly pushed Zhao Yu awake.

Zhao Yu was startled and quickly released his spiritual sense to check. Sure enough, he discovered that Liu Wenxuan was pregnant with a little life.

"I'm really pregnant!"


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