Emperor of Arcane

Chapter 643 Evil Object-Ghost! (8000)

Elemental fusion engine!

On the surface, it is an indispensable source of energy for making legendary constructs.

Matthew had greater expectations for it.

After all, element fusion engines contain a variety of technologies and have very broad application prospects.

Among them, the elemental fusion technology that Matthew coveted the most was more attractive to him than the Mythra Core of the Netheril Empire.

After all, the application and debugging of the Mythra Core are deeply bound to the material plane.

Moreover, its cost is too high. Even if the Gulf Territory puts all its efforts, it will not be able to build a Mythra core in a year.

Therefore, Matthew naturally decided to retire and pursue the next best thing, choosing element fusion technology that was more adaptable and had more development prospects.

In addition to element fusion technology, the information and technology of metal materials that can withstand the erosion of this level of force are no less important than the former.

As understood in Matthew's original world.

The key to mastering nuclear fusion technology is the research and development of super-strong materials for nuclear fusion generators. Only by achieving key breakthroughs can we successfully master this leap-forward and powerful technology.

The problem of materials has also been plaguing the Gulf Territory.

Matthew also obtained a lot of information and technology from the previously captured diamond golem.

However, a considerable part of the technology has been unable to advance the production of golems in the Gulf Territory due to the difficulty of implementation and the lack of corresponding materials.

With the help of the power of destiny and the collaboration of digital display, as long as a sample of the elemental fusion engine can be found, it means that these technologies are available.

With the complement of these technologies, Gulf Territory can try to produce and research legendary-level constructs.

At that time, the Gulf Territory City with the legendary construct as its town will be able to fight against the natural disasters and crises that will spread in the future.

March 29th.

Desert of death.

clear.

call! call! call!

The closer you get to the center of the Death Desert, the stronger the roaring wind becomes.

The strong wind picked up tiny grains of sand, which made people's cheeks hurt.

The scorching sunshine was even more venomous, scorching the entire desert like a big furnace.

If you don't take good protection, your skin will get red from the sun as long as you stand for a few minutes.

As soon as the second day begins, the superficial skin will fall off, causing burning and stinging pain that will make you grin.

Looking around, the sand dunes are connected one after another, with no end in sight.

The dazzling burning sensation gives people a panic-stricken feeling.

Such a desolate place hides many dangerous and deadly predators.

Precisely because this place is deserted.

In order to increase the probability of hunting and survive and reproduce tenaciously, they have evolved various terrifying methods.

This is what happened to this sandworm that suddenly burst out of the ground!

"Roar……!"

A series of dark green corrosive liquid spewed out from his big mouth that roared in pain.

The highly acidic corrosive liquid fell on the sand and corroded deep pits the size of washbasins one after another.

The harsh "sizzling" sound and billowing gray-black smoke give people a very shuddering feeling of horror.

"No one dares to fight the sandworms head-on. These dangerous corrosive fluids alone are enough to dissuade any warrior."

"The reason is simple. The corrosive breath of sandworms is extremely effective on sand and soil. It is an extremely fatal threat to the weapons and equipment worn by adventurers and their slightly small size."

Fortunately, thanks to the perfect intelligence in the Gulf Territory, the strategy is detailed.

The adventurers who had been prepared had no intention of getting close.

Not only did he avoid the first killing move of the sandworm that pounced from the ground, but he also avoided the second round of attacks from the acid breath.

When the sandworms began to attack the clay golem, dense armor-piercing crossbow arrows quickly covered it.

Poof!

Click!

The huge sandworm was instantly transformed into a hedgehog by the crossbow arrows, and lost its movement in the blink of an eye.

It was roaring just now, but it didn't act like an extraordinary magical creature with tenacious vitality. It fell down before it could hold on for three seconds.

Two huge clay golems walked over, turning on the vibration mode, and pulled the huge sandworm out of the sand.

The huge sandworm was six or seven meters long, with a round body of more than 5 meters in diameter. It had become limp at this time.

The light green blood is absorbed by the sand, and the fine sand blown by the wind will soon cover it, covering up all traces of the existence of sandworms.

Click! Click! Click!

A huge hook hoisted the sandworm's corpse.

The butchers, who had been prepared, wielded their machetes to cut them.

Although dangerous and ugly, sandworms are one of the more popular supernatural magical creatures in the Dead Desert.

The seemingly soft leather has strong toughness, is light, comfortable, and flat, and has very good enchanting adaptability. It is a good material for making close-fitting enchanted leather armor.

Even if the upper body has a lot of holes, it can still be used for parts manufacturing.

Moreover, the body of the sandworm is large enough, even if only the lower body is considered, 5 to 6 sets of full-body leather armor can be cut out.

Even if they are just raw materials, their value is as high as eight or nine thousand gold coins, which is a pretty good income for the vanguard of Alice's adventure group.

Not to mention, this is only part of the reward.

Laura watched the butchers quickly cut up the body parts of the sandworms, and specially preserved some peculiar body tissues, and put them into the Bay Territory's unique preservation box, and asked curiously:

"Do these things need to be collected separately? What are their functions?"

Looking at the figure on the detector getting closer and closer, ignoring the faint stench in the air, the smiling Alice said slowly:

"The organs in the body of magical creatures hold many secrets."

"The Gulf Territory has a specialized research institute to collect and study these organs to explore their functions and uses."

"I heard from Commander Jifan that the Gulf Territory is already preparing to breed sandworms in the Death Desert."

"These guys have strong reproductive abilities and grow fast. If it weren't for food restrictions, they would have spread throughout the Death Desert."

Breeding sandworms?

Laura glanced at the ugly and ferocious giant sandworm, and the corners of her mouth twitched involuntarily.

If she had just come to the Gulf Territory, she would definitely not be able to understand this behavior, and would even wonder if the Gulf Territory was crazy.

How could we actively carry out large-scale breeding of such dangerous supernatural magical creatures when we should get rid of them as many as there are?

But as she gradually deepened her understanding of the Gulf Territory and saw the situation in other adventure areas of the Gulf Territory, Laura gradually understood the Gulf Territory's plan.

There are many “benefits” to raising sandworms!

Just look at the statistics of the loot value that Laura just saw.

The value of each sandworm can easily exceed 20,000 gold coins.

This is just the gold coin that reaches the adventurer!

When these materials fall into the hands of the Gulf Territory and undergo further processing and production, their value can be increased by at least 5 times, and maybe 10 times.

After all, Laura had also visited Gulf Territory's production factory in the desert town, and saw the production processes and pictures that shocked her.

Bay collar's use of various materials has far exceeded Laura's imagination.

Because of this, Laura, who was originally planning to return to the Elf Kingdom of Riel, chose to stay in the Gulf Territory temporarily, and with the help of Jifan, she joined the vanguard of Alice's adventure group.

She wanted to see the strength of the Gulf Territory and how productive these special technologies were.

Alice, who received Jiho's advice, smiled and explained to Laura:

"The output of a resource can be used and processed multiple times, which can provide many jobs and create more value."

"It is also through this method that the Gulf Territory can utilize its resources to the extreme, obtain greater profits, and at the same time have enough resources to supply the development of the Gulf Territory's technology and military."

Alice and Laura are talking about a concept.

A concept that even if the other party knows about it, there is no way to operate or change it.

In a world without the blessing of extraordinary power.

There are still many countries and organizations that are unable to implement such improvements and systems because of various vested interests.

If Laura really wants to return to her territory, or the country implements such a policy.

The Gulf Territory is a dream come true!

There are only two possibilities.

One is that Laura succeeded.

But if you want to develop the territory well, you need more resources and technology for development, and you need to order more supplies and goods from the Gulf Territory.

You will definitely not lose money!

Also, Laura failed!

The Gulf Territory can gain the allegiance of an extraordinary pinnacle professional.

Anyway, you make money!

Laura, who didn't understand the meaning, silently thought about what Alice said.

The land reclamation team moved forward.

The wind and sand kept blowing, but it could not stop the team's progress.

"Stop advancing, medium-sized enemies 150 meters underground, prepare to fight."

Alice's voice spread quickly, and the adventurers in white cloaks not only did not shrink from it, but also became excited.

Laura vaguely heard the discussion of several adventurers:

"Hey, it's our turn to take action."

"The medium-sized enemies should be sandworms and giant scorpions. Just use tactic No. 4. One group is ready to fight, and the second group is behind to provide support."

"Although it is unlikely, you still have to be careful of other types of magical creatures..."

"Place the bait first, then arrange the clay golem..."

"Brothers, you have done your work, and the gold coins are delivered to your door!"

"Cheer up, as long as we complete the task, we can get another house..."

"Hehe, renting it to adventurers is the most cost-effective, especially those who are new. They can recover their capital in two months."

"Tch, just in time, the territory has already said that the house is not valuable and will not allow trading. Anyway, everyone has a fortune..."

"No, we do, but some people don't..."

"..."

Although the adventurers' attitudes toward battle were a little light-hearted, they were not ambiguous at all when they took action.

Under Laura's gaze, a sandworm larger than before came out.

The big mouth filled with hundreds of sharp fangs directly swallowed the lamb leg as bait.

Of course, the moment it emerged, two dragon-hunting crossbow arrows had already flown past.

Poof!

Its waist and abdomen were accurately hit, with a barbed dragon-hunting crossbow attached, and an iron chain as thick as a wrist connected to the tail, holding the ferocious monster tightly.

The stinging sandworm struggled wildly.

It subconsciously attacked the clay golem that rushed over.

The rough-skinned clay golem will naturally not suffer much damage.

The adventurers, who had been prepared, pulled the trigger with a grin.

The battle was over, no different from the previous battle.

The combat effectiveness of the Gulf Leaders was not seen, but the strength of Alice's Adventure Team Vanguard was enough to frighten Laura.

There are currently 105 members in the Alice Adventure Team Vanguard.

Each one possesses the strength of a high-level adventurer.

The whole body is covered with enchanted equipment shining with magical aura.

Each person has two rare space equipment.

Laura couldn't help but compare with them, and found that the quality and practicality of the magic equipment she wore were not even as good as theirs.

The combat ability is also excellent. For example, the ambush of sandworms just solved was only a 20-man squad of the vanguard.

From making noises to laying traps.

Use clay golems as bait to attract sandworms to attack.

Finally, use the extremely lethal enchanted crossbow to perform extremely precise and deadly concentrated fire shots.

The entire battle lasted less than a minute.

Not only did they not suffer any casualties, even their victory expressions were very dull.

Laura knew their current situation, which was the confidence and calmness of the battle process.

Laura saw their detailed layout with her own eyes, as well as their battle arrangements and mutual cooperation, which were very sophisticated and exquisite.

Laura looked back at all the adventure groups in her memory and found that only one or two could rival her.

Well, those rare and powerful teams of extraordinary and even legendary adventurers.

What shocked Laura even more was Alice, who was tall and exuded a powerful aura.

This obviously young human ranger not only accepted the dragon warrior transformation, but also wore a set of thunder magic armor.

This revealed a lot of information and showed the deep connection between Alice's adventure group and the Gulf Territory.

At the same time, Laura could vaguely guess that this was a bait used by the Gulf Territory to attract adventurers to work harder to complete the mission.

But even if it is a bright bait!

There are still countless adventurers willing to take the bait!

Even Laura herself was very moved by Alice's situation!

As I gradually deepen my understanding of the Dragon Warrior, I know that even if the Dragon Warrior undergoes surgery, he can still continue to train and continue to become stronger.

Regarding this special strengthening surgery, Laura has changed from original curiosity to expectation and yearning.

The former is for the country and nation.

The latter is naturally for himself.

Laura has been at the pinnacle of transcendence for more than 10 years.

Although she worked very hard and experienced many dangers and life and death tests.

But as for breaking through the shackles of extraordinary rank and stepping into the legend, it is like a mess, and there is still no clue.

Now, any obvious improvement can bring more insights and opportunities to Laura!

Therefore, Laura naturally wanted to try to see if she could get the dragon warrior transformation from the Gulf Territory.

I believe that many high-level and even extraordinary adventurers who are coming one after another have similar considerations.

Of course, if you want to achieve such a transformation, Bayland has also given a clear method.

The first is to join partners with the Gulf Territory.

In the long queue, waiting for sporadic transformation spots.

The second type is also difficult, but it is much less difficult than the first type.

That is to become an adventurer in the Gulf Territory.

The merit level is increased to 100,000, and the Gulf Territory has been adventured for 3 years.

You can spend the internal price of 1 million gold coins to complete the first phase of the Dragon Warrior transformation.

Type 3 is the "simplest".

Join the Gulf Territory, pass the assessment, and become a soldier.

As long as it's not malicious or burdened with sin.

Gulf Territory generally welcomes people of almost all races.

Even now the difficulty of becoming a soldier has been raised to level 3 professional.

Of course, joining the Gulf Territory, becoming a soldier, and undergoing dragon warrior transformation requires at least 20 years of service.

For those eager to undergo the Dragon Warrior transformation.

These are only the most trivial conditions.

Because their gains are almost beyond the reach of most people.

The strength will be greatly improved, at least to the level of high-level professionals.

Life expectancy is increased by at least 100 years.

According to Laura's speculation, there must be many more transformations for the Dragon Warrior, and the Gulf Territory has not announced the effects...

Laura almost perfectly meets the second condition.

She has merit.

And as ghost monsters are hunted in large numbers by adventurers, even if they spend part of their money to buy extraordinary-level weapons and equipment, they are still becoming more and more numerous.

She has money.

Not counting birth and savings, the income from adventures over the years, as well as the follow-up mission rewards given by the Gulf Territory, have exceeded 1 million gold coins.

The only condition restricting her from accepting the dragon warrior transformation.

Instead, it is "three years of adventure for the Gulf Territory" that is the easiest thing to achieve for others.

In fact, as long as Laura completes 12 (one level lower than herself) high-level professional tasks for the Gulf Territory every year, she will be able to gain free time.

Even if they leave the Gulf Territory, the Gulf Territory will still choose to admit it.

However, Laura was not willing to waste time. She also wanted to get to know the Gulf Territory better and carry out the exploration and adventure she loved.

Just as Laura was thinking, a clear and loud roar sounded in the distance.

A red firework bloomed in the distance.

Alice glanced at the magic watch, flashes of lightning flashed all over her body, and shouted in a clear voice:

"A large number of ghost monsters are found ahead, everyone is ready to fight!"

"Activate the defensive formation, activate the steel golem, and prepare the purification barrier!"

Found a lot of ghost monsters?

How dare they appear during the day? what's the situation?

The adventurers of Alice's Pioneer Team couldn't help but have such doubts flashing through their minds, but they soon became excited.

"Why, two days ago I was still talking about how great it would be if the ghost monster came out in broad daylight."

"Haha, isn't it a coincidence? We bumped into each other today!"

"This is a good opportunity to make a fortune. Don't miss it."

"I don't believe you. I said the same thing the last time I hunted a giant scorpion."

"Pfft, I can't tell you this..."

"..."

Laura carefully observed the status of these adventurers and found that they did not appear too nervous. Instead, they were all confident.

While feeling amazed in her heart, Laura was also ready to fight.

She knew the ghost monsters very well and was indeed curious about them coming out in broad daylight.

After all, the opponent is a soul-type monster such as a resentful soul.

Under the sun's rays, you will continue to be damaged, and your combat effectiveness will also be reduced.

A great time to kill them indeed!

However, due to their instinctive aversion to the sun, ghost monsters generally do not appear during the day, let alone appear on such a large scale as now.

In the end what happened?

While the Gulf Territory land reclamation team was preparing to face the enemy, on the desolate sand dunes in the distance, gray-black mist spread like a sandstorm.

The terrifying ghosts in the smoke were roaring with "sharp" teeth and claws.

The adventurers who had been smiling playfully just now were immediately stunned.

I thought these ghosts were "naked" and came to die.

Unexpectedly, he came to kill me with all his teeth and claws!

"This is really fatal!"

Some helpless mutterings secretly reached Laura's ears.

She thought these adventurers had lost confidence, but Alice, who was originally calm, suddenly became excited:

"Artillery preparation, fire!!"

artillery?

What kind of military branch is that?

Before Laura could react, one after another roaring sounds sounded from behind.

Several arcs entwined with fire flew past and landed accurately in the spreading gray-black smoke.

As a result, the "booming" explosion spread, and the rolling flames spread in all directions.

The terrifying impact instantly blew away the large gray smoke.

The ghost monster hiding inside did not receive the physical impact of the cannonball.

But the spreading flames clung deeply to their bodies, burning out bursts of "sizzling" sparks!

The scorching sunlight shone down again, like a deadly sword, pricking one gap after another in their bodies.

The severely injured ghost monster let out a silent scream, and strange invisible sound waves spread to the surroundings.

Some ghosts ran forward crazily.

Under the baptism of the sun, it melts and bursts like a bubble!

There are still some who have the remaining survival instincts and flee into the surrounding gray fog in embarrassment.

The gray mist that tore a huge gap healed quickly like a living creature, covering these severely injured ghosts again.

What's interesting is that the ghost monster, which was severely injured just now, quickly recovered under the gray mist.

However, their will-o'-the-wisp eyes became brighter and brighter, while their remaining consciousness and emotions became increasingly hollow.

Seeing this scene, Alice subconsciously raised her eyebrows and shouted to Morak on the side without hesitation:

"Drive and dig a trench out."

Morak, who had a big shiny gold chain hanging on his chest, couldn't wait to cheer, and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom amidst the equally excited cheers from Begao around him.

The plow truck with a tapered bumper on the front roared and rushed out.

The shiny cone-shaped impact angle tilted upward slightly under the high-speed operation and plunged into the gravel.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

When the plow truck rushed past everyone's eyes.

A deep trench was "bumped" out alive.

Morak and Bigao, who were shouting, had no intention of stopping and instead continued to gallop in front of the defensive formation.

Ashes, with a calm expression, waved to the goblin engineers behind him.

These little guys decisively manipulated the exoskeleton armor and opened the already laid pipes.

Gray-brown fire oil rolled out, filling the newly dug trench at an alarming speed.

The fierce fire oil is much more viscous than water. After being absorbed by the gravel, it will become a stronger whole, which invisibly prevents the loss of the fierce fire oil from spreading to the surrounding areas.

Seeing the defense arrangement gradually taking shape, Alice felt a little relieved. She noticed Laura looking at the fierce fire oil, her eyes passing over her pointed ears, and she whispered in a calm tone:

"This is a special desert model of fierce fire oil. It can be stored in the sand for a longer period of time and burn more fully, ensuring sufficient deterrence and lethality."

"The Fuel Research Institute is developing them further to increase their lethality."

"In several valleys in the dark forest, adventurers have discovered rich fire oil deposits."

"The Gulf Territory is preparing to develop there, but the trolls there are more troublesome."

"If you are interested in seeing it, you can set off with us after the mission in the Death Desert is completed."

"..."

No matter how slow Laura was, she realized that there was something in Alice's words, but before she could think about it carefully, the gray mist moving in the distance had already surged over.

Laura, who had excellent eyesight, saw the ghost monster with its teeth and claws in the gray fog at a glance, and was horrified.

"Why are they so fast!"

Generally speaking, because there is no entity, the movement of ghost monsters is slower than that of normal people.

It's just that when many ordinary people see ghost monsters, they are usually scared to the point of weakness, so they are chased by them.

The best way to encounter these ghost monsters is to turn around and run immediately. As long as you are not particularly unlucky and surrounded, you can basically escape the opponent's pursuit.

However, these ghost monsters enveloped in gray mist are completely different.

Their moving speed is no different from ordinary people, but seems to be faster.

Laura subconsciously held the long bow. Alice shook her head gently at her and said in a calm and confident tone:

"Now, it's not time for combatants to take action!"

Before Laura could react, Morak, who kept shouting, leaned half of his body out of the plow truck.

He threw away the cigarette in his hand, looked at the rising fire, hugged him, and screamed strangely:

"Better than high!!!"

Seeing the flames chasing Bi Gao from the rearview mirror, I felt my heart beating so fast. I reached out and slapped the red button directly, shouting in a sharp and excited voice:

"Come on!"

"Yo ho!!"

Whoops!

A large cloud of thick water vapor spurted out from the rear of the plow truck, and two balls of scorching flame came out with an impact like an explosion.

The huge thrust caused the slightly bloated plow truck to fly out.

Seeing that they had managed to escape the "pursuit" of the wall of flames, the big guys in the adventure group laughed out loud and praised the two of them for their desperate behavior.

The roiling flames, 7-8 meters high, stood before everyone's eyes like several real walls of fire.

Sizzle!

The surging gray mist, after hitting the rushing flames, seemed to be ignited as well, exuding green flames.

The ghostly monster hiding within, the Howler, rushes into the flames.

Their immunity to physical damage is quite high, but they are not that comfortable when faced with the burning of fierce fire oil.

When they passed through the obstruction of three or four walls of fire and rushed towards the position under the scorching sun, their bodies were already mutilated and riddled with holes.

Facing such a weak ghost monster, the adventurers showed no mercy at all. They fired their triggers one after another, shot crossbows wildly, and beat up the drowned dogs.

Laura glanced at the pipeline that continuously transported the fierce oil, felt the scorching heat waves hitting her cheeks, and couldn't help but asked curiously:

"Why is there a section of sand covering the front?"

Alice glanced at her and did not answer directly. She just replied with a solemn expression:

"You will understand why when you actually go to the Gulf Territory and receive training and education from adventurers."

"Now, we have to be careful, something is targeting us."

After hearing this, Laura looked at the wall of fire not far away with vigilance. She noticed the activated lightning of Alice's thunder magic armor and frowned subconsciously.

Is there any danger?

No feeling at all?

Just as Laura was carefully observing her surroundings, the gray mist coming in from the distance suddenly set off a huge wave.

The gray mist more than 10 meters high suddenly rushed out, directly "crossed" the surging wall of fire, and rushed past a large number of people.

Although the gray mist hit the second wall of fire, they repeated their old tricks and "crossed" the obstacle quite easily.

Seeing the gray fog getting closer and closer, Laura couldn't help but draw the arrow.

Facing this scene, Alice did not panic. Instead, he continued to issue attack orders step by step:

"The artillery extended its fire backwards and fired freely without interruption."

"The purification barrier is activated, melee personnel guard the entrance and exit, and long-range personnel focus fire."

"As long as you hold on for 15 minutes, the support from the territory's flying dragon cavalry will arrive!"

The big guy who heard this immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the gray mist in front of them is strange, it is definitely no match for the flying dragon knights.

The reason is very simple, Lord Lord and Lord Yaya will definitely take action!

More than a dozen goblin engineers assisted five or six dwarf artillerymen to maintain the operation of the artillery on the carriage.

The gray fog had already rushed over, and the firelight from the cannonballs was quickly lost in the smoke.

Although they could not see the effect of the shell bombardment at all, they were still faithfully executing the orders.

As the dazzling golden light filled the air, a layer of golden enchantment enveloped the entire vanguard.

The gray mist, which was like a living thing, suddenly rushed up and completely engulfed the purification barrier with a radius of twenty to thirty meters.

The twisted ghost monster appeared, waving its claws wildly or opening its mouth, constantly attacking the golden purification barrier.

The surface of the barrier continued to outline ripples, and the dazzling light emitted was steadily causing damage to the ghost monsters that came close to attack.

The harder the ghost monsters attack, the more damage they take.

Until their entire bodies were burned by the golden purifying light and shattered into pieces. They could no longer be repaired by the gray mist, and then disappeared without a trace.

It was confirmed that the purification barrier was quite stable, and only a handful of three or four ghost monsters could get in through the entrance and exit.

The adventurers in the vanguard started fighting very simply.

Several thick-skinned and powerful ogres and gray dwarf thunder warriors blocked the front of the cave entrance, while a large number of crossbowmen behind them took turns shooting arrows.

Even though the ghost monster has a relatively high degree of immunity to physical damage, it is not immune to the destructive effects of fighting spirit, and it faces such a concentrated and powerful attack.

The ghosts that rush into the entrance can only last for two or three seconds at most before they turn into ashes or leave one or two soul crystals for the adventurers.

The damage caused by the ghost monster to these guys was actually very average.

Heavily armored warriors wearing purification enchanted armor would have a hard time breaking through with these ghost monsters alone.

Although the battle was fierce, the situation was relatively stable.

Although the adventurers couldn't be killed, the ghost monsters couldn't rush in either.

Until a huge gray-black figure, with an unspeakable terrifying shadow, emerged from the confused gray fog.

It raised its claws high and slapped the top of the purification barrier hard.

Bang!

The purification barrier that was very strong just now suddenly caused ripples of violent turmoil, and the light flickered.

Feeling the fatal threat emerging from the bottom of her heart, Laura forced herself to calm down and opened her bow to aim at the terrifying monster, but she heard Alice's calm voice in her ears:

"The ghost has appeared, and the arrest operation has begun!"

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