Lingyu Douluo of the peerless Tangmen
Chapter 151 Escorting the Villagers
Chapter 151 Escorting the Villagers
The meeting room of Sea God Pavilion.
All the deans, vice deans, Mu Yunfeng, Yu Minggan and others in Shrek Academy were present, and the scene was extremely serious.
"Shaozhe, tell me about your plan." Elder Xuan looked at Yan Shaozhe and said softly.
"Yes, Elder Xuan."
After Yan Shaozhe responded respectfully, he took a deep breath and continued: "That's right, after Brother Yunfeng's analysis of Yu Tianlong's martial soul, I suspect that the other party's purpose for doing this is not just It's as simple as taking a blame for Shrek. Perhaps, their purpose is to lure the snake out of its hole!"
Elder Xuan suddenly asked in surprise, "You mean Yu Tianlong?"
Yan Shaozhe nodded and said, "That's right. If Yu Tianlong is really a big threat to them, then I guess, if Yu Tianlong doesn't appear in their sight, they will still make a comeback! "
"Then what do you plan to do in these three days?" Mu Yunfeng asked in a deep voice.
Yan Shaozhe smiled slightly, and said: "It's simple. Let's test it out first, using the replica made by Mu Qianxue to see if their goal is Yu Tianlong. If it is true that Yu Tianlong is the target... , we will use our tricks, and in turn draw out the snake that the other party hides in the dark."
"However, the promise I made to the villagers was too hasty! If their purpose is only to discredit Shrek Academy, so if they don't show up again, within three days, we will lose our promise to the villagers!"
"Don't worry! They won't fail to come out. Because their target is Yu Tianlong!"
At this time, an old voice came from the door of the meeting room.Everyone turned their heads to look, just in time to see Qian Yuansheng walking from the door.
"Mr. Qian? How did you know?" Yan Shaozhe asked in confusion.
Qian Yuansheng said solemnly: "Two days ago when I withdrew from Qiuhu Village to go to Shrek, I encountered a group of evil soul masters on the way. So I followed them quietly and discovered their plan. However, this operation We have to be very careful, because in the other party's conversation, they participated in the operation of the evil soul masters, and many of them have the existence of Limit Douluo!"
"It seems that the old fellows of our Sea God Pavilion will dispatch a few more this time!" Elder Xuan sighed and said faintly.
Yan Shaozhe nodded and said, "Okay, early tomorrow morning, let Mu Qianxue make a copy of Yu Tianlong and use it as bait. Then all the members of the inspection team who returned from the mission were dispatched to escort the villagers back to the village. In addition, Elder Xuan, Elder Song, and Elder Lin, this time, I hope the three elders will make a move!"
"No, it won't take that much!" Qian Yuansheng shook his head and said, "Yunfeng and I will also participate in this mission. Therefore, only Lao Xuan is enough!"
Yan Shaozhe said: "Okay. At that time, you will be among the villagers, and Brother Minggan and I will appear in the open as the team leader!"
At noon the next day, some of the members of the inspection team who returned from the college's trip were all assembled.After Yan Shaozhe brought all the villagers to the Shrek Square, Qian Yuansheng, Mu Yunfeng, and Elder Xuan were wearing the clothes of ordinary villagers, and the three unwittingly blended into the crowd.
After Yan Shaozhe made sure that the three of them were mixed in the crowd, he and Yu Mingqian led the members of the inspection team to escort the villagers and set off in a grandiose manner.And the copy of Yu Tianlong made by Mu Qianxue was right next to Yan Shaozhe, and set off with the team swaggeringly.
Due to the existence of many ordinary villagers in this operation, the time for traveling was infinitely extended, and it was not until two days later that everyone arrived at the first village.A team of members of the monitoring team was left to protect the village, and the rest continued to lead other villagers on their way.
In the field, Yan Shaozhe looked at the sun above his head, then turned around and said to everyone, "Okay, let's all rest here. Before the sun sets in the afternoon, we should be able to reach the second destination."
After hearing Yan Shaozhe's words, everyone started to get busy, starting to cook with the help of everyone in the monitoring team.
"Hey, wait a minute!"
At this time, Mu Yunfeng, who was standing next to Qian Yuansheng and talking to Elder Xuan, suddenly pulled a member of the inspection team passing by to speak.
"What's the matter? Is there any problem?" Elder Xuan and Qian Yuansheng both looked at Mu Yunfeng with puzzled expressions and asked.
"Turn around and look up at me." Mu Yunfeng didn't answer the questions of the old and Xuan, his gaze was fixed on the member of the monitoring group who was being held by him.
Seeing Mu Yunfeng staring at each other, Elder Xuan and Qian Yuansheng couldn't help but feel their hearts sink, and hurriedly made preparations to strike at any time.
The member of the monitoring team paused for a while, then slowly turned his head, took off the dark green mask on his face, revealed a delicate pretty face, forced a smile with difficulty, and said: "Hehe !What, Dad, Grandpa Shi, and Elder Xuan, good afternoon!"
"Mu Qianxue? Why are you here?" Elder Xuan exclaimed in surprise, but then he asked again with a puzzled face: "Wait, what did you call them just now? Are you Yunfeng's daughter?"
"Sorry, Elder Xuan, this girl has caused you trouble!" Mu Yunfeng said with a helpless sigh.
Seeing that Mu Yunfeng didn't deny it, Elder Xuan chuckled and said, "Hey, what's the trouble? This kid is an eight-ring Soul Douluo, and he can already stand alone."
"That's right, Dad won't let me come anyway! Slightly..." Mu Qianxue broke away from Mu Yunfeng's arm, hid behind Elder Xuan and stuck out her tongue at him.
"What do you know? Do you know what kind of opponent we might encounter this time?" Mu Yunfeng frowned and scolded.
"Tch, most of the other members of the monitoring team are not as advanced as I am! Why can they come? Dad, you can't do this, it's not fair to others, and I will be looked down upon by others! Say yes, Elder Xuan." After Mu Qianxue finished speaking, she kept shaking Elder Xuan's arm, and stared at Elder Xuan with a begging look.
"Uh... this, this, makes sense... hey, no... cough cough, hey, I'm old, and my eyesight is bad. Hey, who is this classmate? Why is he holding on to the old man's arm? Hey, no, I'm hungry, it's time to eat. As for whether this classmate will stay or stay, I'll leave it up to you guys to decide! Let's eat."
While talking, Elder Xuan took away Mu Qianxue's hands that were holding her arms tightly, walked to the side of the open space and sat down, took out chicken legs and fine wine, and began to eat and drink happily.
"Hey? Elder Xuan, can I stay?" Mu Qianxue shouted anxiously.Then he took a step forward and was about to run towards Elder Xuan.But before he ran two steps, he was grabbed by Mu Yunfeng.
"Where do you want to go?" Mu Yunfeng's flat voice came from behind her.
"Okay, Xiaofeng, let go! The child has grown up." Qian Yuansheng dissuaded Mu Yunfeng with a smile.
"But, teacher..."
"Ah~" Qian Yuansheng stretched out his right palm and pushed forward to interrupt Mu Yunfeng's words, then turned his head to look in Mu Qianxue's direction and continued: "The little girl has grown so big, come on, Grandpa Shi Come here, I didn't reveal anything before you didn't recognize each other, but now, I have to let Grandpa take a good look."
"Great! Thank you, Master!" Mu Qianxue excitedly ran to Qian Yuansheng and said gratefully.Seeing Qian Yuansheng's appearance, she immediately knew that she could definitely stay.
"Oh." Seeing this, Mu Yunfeng just shook his head and sighed, but didn't say anything else.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, everyone had eaten and rested for a while before setting off again to the next village.
The road was calm and nothing happened at all, which made everyone in Shrek Academy wonder if the evil soul master hadn't targeted Yu Tianlong at all.
In this way, the people of Shrek Academy safely sent the second batch of villagers back to the village before dark.After resting in the village for one night, a team of members of the monitoring team was left to guard, and the rest set off again to the next village.
Walking on the tree-lined path in the forest, Yan Shaozhe, who was at the front of the team, asked Yu Minggan beside him with some doubts: "Do you think we are all overthinking it? Will the other party simply ask?" Didn't you take Yu Tianlong as the target? Otherwise, why haven't those guys appeared yet? Or maybe, Yu Tianlong's copy body has passed through the gang?"
After Yan Shaozhe finished speaking, he looked carefully at the replica next to him, and then said again: "It doesn't make sense? Even I can't see the flaw! As long as you don't fight with the replica, you shouldn't be discovered ah?"
After thinking for a moment, Yu Minggan said: "It should appear. After all, senior Qian Yuansheng has already received the exact information. Before that, we'd better be careful."
The time came to noon again, and when everyone was about to rest in place, a sudden change occurred.
"Shua, Shua, Shua..."
There was a sound of breaking through the air, but in the blink of an eye, dense black shadows appeared in front of everyone, blocking the way of everyone's progress, and there were no less than five hundred people.
"Hahahaha, originally I just wanted to lure out Huo Yuhao and his group including Yu Tianlong, but I didn't expect to attract a big fish! Yan Shaozhe, hehe, today is your death day!"
One of the men in black took a few steps forward, took off the hat on his head and laughed wildly.
"Duan Hanxuan! It really is you!" Mu Qianxue looked at the person who came and couldn't help but angrily said.
"That's right, it's me! How is it? These old friends of yours are doing well, right?" Duan Hanxuan clapped his hands while talking, and five figures came out of the crowd immediately behind him. It was the puppets of Mu Qianxue and the others.
"Ah? This... These are the murderers! How... how come they are exactly the same as those from Shrek Academy?"
"We misunderstood them..."
Seeing the appearance of the five puppets, the rest of the villagers couldn't help being surprised, and at the same time, there was a deep sense of guilt on their faces.
"Hmph, let me see where you can go this time!" Duan Hanxuan said coldly.
"okay!"
At this time, the man in black headed by the central government interrupted in a cold voice: "Stop talking nonsense here! Let's all go up together, kill them all, and let everyone have a good meal."
On the other side, Yan Shaozhe commanded to the people behind him with a solemn expression: "The members of the Shrek monitoring team listened to the order, and immediately sent out a team to escort the villagers out of this place, and the rest of them will defend against the enemy with me!"
After finishing speaking, Yan Shaozhe turned his eyes to the evil soul master who spoke just now again, and said coldly: "This time, we must catch you all!"
"Oh?"
The man in black said disdainfully: "It's up to you?"
As soon as the words fell, the man was full of momentum, two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red.Nine soul rings emerged instantly.At the same time, his body also changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A body of blue-black fur instantly covered the whole body, a pair of sharp horns sprouted from the top of the head, and the muscles of the whole body swelled up, instantly propping up the loose black clothes.It looks like a humanoid black bull.
"What is this? I have no impression. It seems that he is not a well-known guy in the Book of Mountains and Seas." Looking at the changes in the man in black, Mu Qianxue couldn't help feeling puzzled.
"Level 96 Super Douluo? Hehe, you evil soul masters are really willing to let you out to die." Yan Shaozhe sneered.
"Oh? Is that really the case? Let's do it, two brothers."
As soon as the man in black finished speaking, two people stood up beside him again, releasing their martial spirits at the same time.
A dark green light flashed on the person on the left, and nine soul rings with four purples, three blacks, and two reds immediately rose up.At the same time, his hair instantly turned white, and he gave birth to a pair of horns that were also white, but his two eyes fused into one strangely.The whole body is covered with brown fur, except for one head which is white.A snake tail also extended from behind.
And the man in black on the right has also changed a lot.It also produces horns like No.1, but there are two pairs.The eyes retain the characteristics of human eyes, but the ears have become very large, like pig ears.There was no hair growing on the whole body, but the skin turned into an incomparably pitch-black color.The soul ring ratio is three purples, three blacks, and three reds.
"This... this is the strange beast, and the strange beast's arms! Sure enough... it's these things!" Mu Qianxue said with a look of shock.After hearing Mu Yunfeng's description before, Mu Qianxue already had some guesses in her heart, but after seeing it with her own eyes, the shock that the other party gave her was still very big.
"No, one is level 98 and the other is level 99!" Elder Xuan, who was hidden in the crowd, said in shock.
"Unexpectedly, for this kid Yu Tianlong, these evil soul masters really paid enough attention! They actually sent a powerhouse of the limit Douluo level!" Qian Yuansheng said with an ugly face.
"Dean Yan and the others can't stop them! Let's go too!" After Mu Yunfeng finished speaking, he disappeared in a flash and rushed straight to the evil soul master opposite.
(End of this chapter)
The meeting room of Sea God Pavilion.
All the deans, vice deans, Mu Yunfeng, Yu Minggan and others in Shrek Academy were present, and the scene was extremely serious.
"Shaozhe, tell me about your plan." Elder Xuan looked at Yan Shaozhe and said softly.
"Yes, Elder Xuan."
After Yan Shaozhe responded respectfully, he took a deep breath and continued: "That's right, after Brother Yunfeng's analysis of Yu Tianlong's martial soul, I suspect that the other party's purpose for doing this is not just It's as simple as taking a blame for Shrek. Perhaps, their purpose is to lure the snake out of its hole!"
Elder Xuan suddenly asked in surprise, "You mean Yu Tianlong?"
Yan Shaozhe nodded and said, "That's right. If Yu Tianlong is really a big threat to them, then I guess, if Yu Tianlong doesn't appear in their sight, they will still make a comeback! "
"Then what do you plan to do in these three days?" Mu Yunfeng asked in a deep voice.
Yan Shaozhe smiled slightly, and said: "It's simple. Let's test it out first, using the replica made by Mu Qianxue to see if their goal is Yu Tianlong. If it is true that Yu Tianlong is the target... , we will use our tricks, and in turn draw out the snake that the other party hides in the dark."
"However, the promise I made to the villagers was too hasty! If their purpose is only to discredit Shrek Academy, so if they don't show up again, within three days, we will lose our promise to the villagers!"
"Don't worry! They won't fail to come out. Because their target is Yu Tianlong!"
At this time, an old voice came from the door of the meeting room.Everyone turned their heads to look, just in time to see Qian Yuansheng walking from the door.
"Mr. Qian? How did you know?" Yan Shaozhe asked in confusion.
Qian Yuansheng said solemnly: "Two days ago when I withdrew from Qiuhu Village to go to Shrek, I encountered a group of evil soul masters on the way. So I followed them quietly and discovered their plan. However, this operation We have to be very careful, because in the other party's conversation, they participated in the operation of the evil soul masters, and many of them have the existence of Limit Douluo!"
"It seems that the old fellows of our Sea God Pavilion will dispatch a few more this time!" Elder Xuan sighed and said faintly.
Yan Shaozhe nodded and said, "Okay, early tomorrow morning, let Mu Qianxue make a copy of Yu Tianlong and use it as bait. Then all the members of the inspection team who returned from the mission were dispatched to escort the villagers back to the village. In addition, Elder Xuan, Elder Song, and Elder Lin, this time, I hope the three elders will make a move!"
"No, it won't take that much!" Qian Yuansheng shook his head and said, "Yunfeng and I will also participate in this mission. Therefore, only Lao Xuan is enough!"
Yan Shaozhe said: "Okay. At that time, you will be among the villagers, and Brother Minggan and I will appear in the open as the team leader!"
At noon the next day, some of the members of the inspection team who returned from the college's trip were all assembled.After Yan Shaozhe brought all the villagers to the Shrek Square, Qian Yuansheng, Mu Yunfeng, and Elder Xuan were wearing the clothes of ordinary villagers, and the three unwittingly blended into the crowd.
After Yan Shaozhe made sure that the three of them were mixed in the crowd, he and Yu Mingqian led the members of the inspection team to escort the villagers and set off in a grandiose manner.And the copy of Yu Tianlong made by Mu Qianxue was right next to Yan Shaozhe, and set off with the team swaggeringly.
Due to the existence of many ordinary villagers in this operation, the time for traveling was infinitely extended, and it was not until two days later that everyone arrived at the first village.A team of members of the monitoring team was left to protect the village, and the rest continued to lead other villagers on their way.
In the field, Yan Shaozhe looked at the sun above his head, then turned around and said to everyone, "Okay, let's all rest here. Before the sun sets in the afternoon, we should be able to reach the second destination."
After hearing Yan Shaozhe's words, everyone started to get busy, starting to cook with the help of everyone in the monitoring team.
"Hey, wait a minute!"
At this time, Mu Yunfeng, who was standing next to Qian Yuansheng and talking to Elder Xuan, suddenly pulled a member of the inspection team passing by to speak.
"What's the matter? Is there any problem?" Elder Xuan and Qian Yuansheng both looked at Mu Yunfeng with puzzled expressions and asked.
"Turn around and look up at me." Mu Yunfeng didn't answer the questions of the old and Xuan, his gaze was fixed on the member of the monitoring group who was being held by him.
Seeing Mu Yunfeng staring at each other, Elder Xuan and Qian Yuansheng couldn't help but feel their hearts sink, and hurriedly made preparations to strike at any time.
The member of the monitoring team paused for a while, then slowly turned his head, took off the dark green mask on his face, revealed a delicate pretty face, forced a smile with difficulty, and said: "Hehe !What, Dad, Grandpa Shi, and Elder Xuan, good afternoon!"
"Mu Qianxue? Why are you here?" Elder Xuan exclaimed in surprise, but then he asked again with a puzzled face: "Wait, what did you call them just now? Are you Yunfeng's daughter?"
"Sorry, Elder Xuan, this girl has caused you trouble!" Mu Yunfeng said with a helpless sigh.
Seeing that Mu Yunfeng didn't deny it, Elder Xuan chuckled and said, "Hey, what's the trouble? This kid is an eight-ring Soul Douluo, and he can already stand alone."
"That's right, Dad won't let me come anyway! Slightly..." Mu Qianxue broke away from Mu Yunfeng's arm, hid behind Elder Xuan and stuck out her tongue at him.
"What do you know? Do you know what kind of opponent we might encounter this time?" Mu Yunfeng frowned and scolded.
"Tch, most of the other members of the monitoring team are not as advanced as I am! Why can they come? Dad, you can't do this, it's not fair to others, and I will be looked down upon by others! Say yes, Elder Xuan." After Mu Qianxue finished speaking, she kept shaking Elder Xuan's arm, and stared at Elder Xuan with a begging look.
"Uh... this, this, makes sense... hey, no... cough cough, hey, I'm old, and my eyesight is bad. Hey, who is this classmate? Why is he holding on to the old man's arm? Hey, no, I'm hungry, it's time to eat. As for whether this classmate will stay or stay, I'll leave it up to you guys to decide! Let's eat."
While talking, Elder Xuan took away Mu Qianxue's hands that were holding her arms tightly, walked to the side of the open space and sat down, took out chicken legs and fine wine, and began to eat and drink happily.
"Hey? Elder Xuan, can I stay?" Mu Qianxue shouted anxiously.Then he took a step forward and was about to run towards Elder Xuan.But before he ran two steps, he was grabbed by Mu Yunfeng.
"Where do you want to go?" Mu Yunfeng's flat voice came from behind her.
"Okay, Xiaofeng, let go! The child has grown up." Qian Yuansheng dissuaded Mu Yunfeng with a smile.
"But, teacher..."
"Ah~" Qian Yuansheng stretched out his right palm and pushed forward to interrupt Mu Yunfeng's words, then turned his head to look in Mu Qianxue's direction and continued: "The little girl has grown so big, come on, Grandpa Shi Come here, I didn't reveal anything before you didn't recognize each other, but now, I have to let Grandpa take a good look."
"Great! Thank you, Master!" Mu Qianxue excitedly ran to Qian Yuansheng and said gratefully.Seeing Qian Yuansheng's appearance, she immediately knew that she could definitely stay.
"Oh." Seeing this, Mu Yunfeng just shook his head and sighed, but didn't say anything else.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, everyone had eaten and rested for a while before setting off again to the next village.
The road was calm and nothing happened at all, which made everyone in Shrek Academy wonder if the evil soul master hadn't targeted Yu Tianlong at all.
In this way, the people of Shrek Academy safely sent the second batch of villagers back to the village before dark.After resting in the village for one night, a team of members of the monitoring team was left to guard, and the rest set off again to the next village.
Walking on the tree-lined path in the forest, Yan Shaozhe, who was at the front of the team, asked Yu Minggan beside him with some doubts: "Do you think we are all overthinking it? Will the other party simply ask?" Didn't you take Yu Tianlong as the target? Otherwise, why haven't those guys appeared yet? Or maybe, Yu Tianlong's copy body has passed through the gang?"
After Yan Shaozhe finished speaking, he looked carefully at the replica next to him, and then said again: "It doesn't make sense? Even I can't see the flaw! As long as you don't fight with the replica, you shouldn't be discovered ah?"
After thinking for a moment, Yu Minggan said: "It should appear. After all, senior Qian Yuansheng has already received the exact information. Before that, we'd better be careful."
The time came to noon again, and when everyone was about to rest in place, a sudden change occurred.
"Shua, Shua, Shua..."
There was a sound of breaking through the air, but in the blink of an eye, dense black shadows appeared in front of everyone, blocking the way of everyone's progress, and there were no less than five hundred people.
"Hahahaha, originally I just wanted to lure out Huo Yuhao and his group including Yu Tianlong, but I didn't expect to attract a big fish! Yan Shaozhe, hehe, today is your death day!"
One of the men in black took a few steps forward, took off the hat on his head and laughed wildly.
"Duan Hanxuan! It really is you!" Mu Qianxue looked at the person who came and couldn't help but angrily said.
"That's right, it's me! How is it? These old friends of yours are doing well, right?" Duan Hanxuan clapped his hands while talking, and five figures came out of the crowd immediately behind him. It was the puppets of Mu Qianxue and the others.
"Ah? This... These are the murderers! How... how come they are exactly the same as those from Shrek Academy?"
"We misunderstood them..."
Seeing the appearance of the five puppets, the rest of the villagers couldn't help being surprised, and at the same time, there was a deep sense of guilt on their faces.
"Hmph, let me see where you can go this time!" Duan Hanxuan said coldly.
"okay!"
At this time, the man in black headed by the central government interrupted in a cold voice: "Stop talking nonsense here! Let's all go up together, kill them all, and let everyone have a good meal."
On the other side, Yan Shaozhe commanded to the people behind him with a solemn expression: "The members of the Shrek monitoring team listened to the order, and immediately sent out a team to escort the villagers out of this place, and the rest of them will defend against the enemy with me!"
After finishing speaking, Yan Shaozhe turned his eyes to the evil soul master who spoke just now again, and said coldly: "This time, we must catch you all!"
"Oh?"
The man in black said disdainfully: "It's up to you?"
As soon as the words fell, the man was full of momentum, two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red.Nine soul rings emerged instantly.At the same time, his body also changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A body of blue-black fur instantly covered the whole body, a pair of sharp horns sprouted from the top of the head, and the muscles of the whole body swelled up, instantly propping up the loose black clothes.It looks like a humanoid black bull.
"What is this? I have no impression. It seems that he is not a well-known guy in the Book of Mountains and Seas." Looking at the changes in the man in black, Mu Qianxue couldn't help feeling puzzled.
"Level 96 Super Douluo? Hehe, you evil soul masters are really willing to let you out to die." Yan Shaozhe sneered.
"Oh? Is that really the case? Let's do it, two brothers."
As soon as the man in black finished speaking, two people stood up beside him again, releasing their martial spirits at the same time.
A dark green light flashed on the person on the left, and nine soul rings with four purples, three blacks, and two reds immediately rose up.At the same time, his hair instantly turned white, and he gave birth to a pair of horns that were also white, but his two eyes fused into one strangely.The whole body is covered with brown fur, except for one head which is white.A snake tail also extended from behind.
And the man in black on the right has also changed a lot.It also produces horns like No.1, but there are two pairs.The eyes retain the characteristics of human eyes, but the ears have become very large, like pig ears.There was no hair growing on the whole body, but the skin turned into an incomparably pitch-black color.The soul ring ratio is three purples, three blacks, and three reds.
"This... this is the strange beast, and the strange beast's arms! Sure enough... it's these things!" Mu Qianxue said with a look of shock.After hearing Mu Yunfeng's description before, Mu Qianxue already had some guesses in her heart, but after seeing it with her own eyes, the shock that the other party gave her was still very big.
"No, one is level 98 and the other is level 99!" Elder Xuan, who was hidden in the crowd, said in shock.
"Unexpectedly, for this kid Yu Tianlong, these evil soul masters really paid enough attention! They actually sent a powerhouse of the limit Douluo level!" Qian Yuansheng said with an ugly face.
"Dean Yan and the others can't stop them! Let's go too!" After Mu Yunfeng finished speaking, he disappeared in a flash and rushed straight to the evil soul master opposite.
(End of this chapter)
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