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Chapter 2488

Xuanyuan Hou taught Li Chuchen his life's skills without reservation.

After receiving the skills of Xuanyuan Hou, Li Chuchen's strength also climbed to the level of the earth immortal as he wished.

As for Xuanyuan Hou, after his complete output of his skills, he fell to the ground instantly.

By the time Li Chuchen opened his eyes to look, Xuanyuan Hou had completely lost his voice.

Xuanyuan Hou's body had already reached its limit, and he had lost the support of his skills and died instantly. This was also normal.

"senior……"

Li Chuchen looked at Xuanyuan Hou who had run out of oil and had a feeling of overturning the five flavor bottles.

"Senior, please rest assured. I will definitely live up to what I hope and will definitely protect this space in the secret realm for you."

Li Chuchen spent half a day dealing with the funeral aftermath for Xuanyuan Hou, and then prepared to leave.

However, before leaving, Li Chuchen remembered Xuanyuan Hou’s explanation, and Xuanyuan Hou told him to keep the secret formation.

When Xuanyuan Hou is alive, if there is a problem with the formation, Xuanyuan Hou will go to repair it in time.

Therefore, the illusion array that envelopes the secret realm has not had any major problems for hundreds of years.

Li Chuchen didn't know if it was Xuanyuan Hou who did not discover it or if Xuanyuan Hou could not repair the loopholes in this formation.

Anyway, Li Chuchen discovered last time that there were several places where the illusion array that enveloped the secret realm had serious problems.

If these problems are not solved in time, the loopholes will not be blocked in time.

In the future, this illusion array may collapse at any time.

The collapse of the illusion array means that the secret realm no longer exists, and the secret realm and the secular world will be integrated.

Once this situation occurs, it will be a disaster for the secular world.

Because people in the secret realm have lived a poor life all their lives.

If the secret realm and the secular world merge.

When these people in the secret realm arrive at the secular world of bright lights and wine, they will definitely not be able to withstand the temptation of the noisy city.

Just like the four great guardians in the secret realm.

In the secret realm, their identities are extraordinary, and they are the four great guardians around the realm master.

The realm master who is second only to the secret realm.

It's below one person and above countless people.

But even so, the four guardians of the secret realm cannot control themselves when they go to the secular world.

In the end, his life was ruined.

Even the four great guardians in the secret realm cannot control themselves. It is impossible to expect these people in the secret realm to manage themselves well.

Whether it is out of a promise to Xuanyuan Hou or being responsible to all living beings in the secular world, Li Chuchen must protect this formation in the secret realm.

He cannot let the formation collapse.

Therefore, before leaving the secret realm, Li Chuchen needs to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the illusion array that enveloped the secret realm.

He wants to find out all the vulnerabilities in this illusion array and fix all of them.

In this way, Li Chuchen can leave with confidence.

After calculating the time, it has been more than a month since Li Chuchen was taken to the secret realm by Xuanyuan Hou.

At the beginning, Li Chuchen was suddenly taken to the secret realm by Xuanyuan Hou on the way to the Prison Temple.

The process is very secretive, and even the satellites have not been photographed.

Moreover, Li Chuchen had no time to report to anyone.

It was still a few days later that Bai Ze could not contact Li Chuchen and called Sun Xinxin. Only then did he realize that their Prison God was probably missing.

Over the past month.

Everyone in the Prison Temple and Li Chuchen's family were all looking for Li Chuchen everywhere.

Never give up.

But everyone searched every corner of the world, and Bai Ze even used global satellites to find Li Chuchen again.

Unfortunately, they still couldn't find Li Chuchen.

Later, Bai Ze had a sudden inspiration and thought of the secret realm, because they only had no choice but to find the secret realm.

Bai Ze knew that the people in the secret realm were very powerful.

In terms of force, no matter whether it is the people in the Prison Temple or the top masters in the Yan Kingdom.

Except for Li Chuchen, no one can be the opponent of those in the secret realm.

Therefore, if you want to go to the secret realm to find someone, Bai Ze thought that they still had to use hot weapons like last time.

In addition, the large troops of the Yan Kingdom War Department need to be used.

To this end, Bai Ze contacted Gao Jianguo and put forward his request, hoping that Gao Jianguo could cooperate with the operation of the Prison Temple.

Gao Jianguo was also very anxious when he learned that Li Chuchen was missing.

When Gao Jianguo received a call from Bai Ze, he did not refuse at all, so he immediately began to make arrangements.

Gao Jianguo quickly gathered all the soldiers who followed Li Chuchen into the secret realm last time.

He handed these soldiers over to the commander of the Prison Temple.

Bai Ze originally wanted to go to the secret realm himself, but he did not know martial arts, and leading troops to fight was not Bai Ze's strength.

In the end, Queen Athena decided to take action herself, and she led the soldiers of the Prison Temple and the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom to enter the secret realm to find Li Chuchen.

The fully armed team soon drove to the entrance of the secret realm.

Except for Athena, the rest of the warriors were the ones who entered the secret realm last time.

When they appeared here again, the soldiers were not panicked or even excited.

Queen Athena did not hesitate. After leading the team here, she made a brief adjustment. Athena ordered the team to continue to move forward.

With the experience of the last time, the warriors had long known how to enter the secret realm.

With Athena's order, the soldiers drove their chariots and rushed into the secret realm in a mighty manner.

If nothing unexpected happens, after entering the secret realm, they will encounter guards guarding the entrances and exits.

The soldiers are ready.

When the guards in the secret realm jumped out, the warriors' muzzles had already locked them.

"Don't move. Whoever dares to move will blow someone into a scum."

Barrett, the hell messenger, stood in a chariot.

He held the Prison God Cannon and roared majesticly at the guards in the secret realm.

The guards in the secret realm have seen the power of the Prison God Cannon.

Even the supreme-level strong men can't withstand this kind of weapon or avoid it.

Not to mention that a few of them are just the level of War Lord.

Faced with the threat of death, several guards in the secret realm could only retreat obediently.

They dared not fight head-on with the team led by Athena.

When Barrett saw them admitting his conscience, he spoke again, "I'll ask you, has Lord Prison God come to the Secret Realm?"

Several guardians in the secret realm shook their heads after hearing Barrett's words.

The leader answered, "During this period, we have not seen anyone come from the secular world to the secret realm."

"Are you sure?" Barrett frowned and shouted angrily, "If you dare to lie, grandpa, I will treat you to bullets."

"I didn't lie. We are responsible for guarding the entrances and exits of the secret realm. Recently, no outsiders have come in, and no one from the secret realm has left."

Barrett remembered that Li Chuchen disappeared more than a month ago, and asked again, "What I am talking about is not now, nor the past few days, but more than a month ago."

"You think about it carefully for grandpa. Has Lord Prison God ever been to the secret realm more than a month ago?"

"No, absolutely not, I promise."

The guard in charge said with a serious look on his face, "We have been holding here all the time. If someone enters the secret realm, there is no reason not to discover it."

"Yes, it's impossible for someone to sneak in from under our noses. The Lord Prison God you mentioned is definitely not in the secret realm."

"Barrett, what are you talking about to them?" Taishan said impatiently at this time, "We have so many people, don't be afraid of them, just keep moving forward."

"The eldest brother has been missing for more than a month. If the eldest brother comes here, he will definitely be imprisoned by them."

"We have to find our elder brother as soon as possible and rescue our elder brother."

Taishan has always regarded Li Chuchen as his elder brother, and has never changed.

So he always called Li Chuchen the eldest brother.

Barrett was also impatient. He thought what Taishan said made sense. With their current situation, they could definitely suppress the people in the secret realm.

Just like the last time, it was useless for the eight supreme emperors from the secret realm to come in person, and they were also afraid of heat weapons.

But just as Athena was about to order the team to continue moving forward, an accident happened.

I saw Chen Tianyu, the master of the secret realm, come in person.

He used his light skills, landed on the top of a hill, and pulled out a flute from his waist.

Chen Tianyu quickly blew the flute.

As the melodious sound of the flute came, soldiers immediately found that something was wrong in the team led by Athena.

Because, at their feet, red spiders began to crawl out of the grass.

In addition to red spider, there are scorpions, centipedes, and some poisonous insects that cannot be named.

These little guys are all highly toxic.

If the soldiers are bitten by these little guys and do not receive timely treatment, they will die.

No one expected that the secret realm master would use this trick.

"Damn it, retreat quickly!"

Athena could not let the 30,000 soldiers of the Yanguo War Department be destroyed here, so after discovering that the situation was wrong, Athena immediately ordered the team to withdraw first.

However, the realm leader Chen Tianyu had already prepared something. Can he let the team led by Athena successfully withdraw from the secret realm?

Chen Tianyu's eyes were cold, and he continued to blow the flute.

The melodious sound of the flute was like magic. Soon, a large number of poisonous snakes rushed from all directions to the team led by Athena.

"Start fire, fire quickly, and eliminate these ghost things." Athena was so anxious that she could only order the soldiers to open fire and defend themselves.

Otherwise, the soldiers would be in danger if they were approached by these poisons.

"Da da da da da da da da da da da da da!"

The soldiers also know that these poisons will pose a great threat to everyone.

When the soldiers heard Athena's words, they immediately pulled the trigger without any hesitation.

The bullet poured out like money, but the poisonous objects crawling on the ground were too small.

Even though bullets were scattered, there were still many fish that had escaped the net crawling under the team's chariot.

These toxic little things quickly climbed onto the chariot, posing a huge threat to the lives of the soldiers.

The originally orderly team was also affected by these poisons and became in chaos in an instant.

Chen Tianyu had a gloomy face. Seizing this opportunity, Chen Tianyu used his light skills again and rushed towards the team led by Athena.

Chen Tianyu is a god-level master, and among the team led by Athena, the strongest one is the War Venerable Powerful One.

The other warriors, even ordinary warriors, have average strength.

In front of god-level masters like Chen Tianyu, the soldiers are as small as ants.

Chen Tianyu is full of confidence in himself.

As long as he can get close to the team led by Athena, Chen Tianyu will be sure to destroy this team.

Thinking that his son Chen Nan was deposed by these people, Chen Tianyu's eyes became even colder.

He wants to kill all the people in front of him and avenge his son Chen Nan.

"Don't let him get close to us..." Athena saw Chen Tianyu running towards him using his light skills.

She wanted to order to use firepower to force Chen Tianyu to retreat, but unfortunately it was too late, and Chen Tianyu was too fast.

In a blink of an eye, Chen Tianyu had already rushed into the team led by Athena.

"Go to die!"

As a god-level master, Chen Tianyu has terrifying lethality in every move he makes.

With a random punch, hundreds of soldiers were immediately knocked away by him.

The few soldiers who were at the forefront of the brunt were even directly blown up and turned into a blood mist.

"Retreat, hurry, withdraw..."

Athena couldn't bear to let the soldiers of the Yanguo War Department lose their place, so she hurriedly ordered a retreat.

However, Chen Tianyu has already entered the team, and it will be difficult for this team to withdraw from the secret realm.

"If you destroy my son's martial arts, I will kill all of you and die for me!"

Chen Tianyu roared murderously, his eyes turned bloody and filled with flames of hatred.

After a punch was shot out, Chen Tianyu immediately slapped it again, and the power was not diminished. More than a hundred warriors were lifted out by his powerful palm force.

"Damn, I'll fight you!"

When Taishan saw that the team lost more than 200 soldiers in an instant, his temper rose to his mind.

He roared and then ran towards Chen Tianyu.

"Tarzan, come back!"

Seeing this, Athena hurriedly called out loudly, but Mount Tai seemed to have not heard it.

He also wanted to rush up and fight to the death with Chen Tianyu.

But in Chen Tianyu's eyes, Taishan's strength was not enough, and Chen Tianyu did not take Taishan seriously at all.

When Taishan approached, Chen Tianyu took action and punched Taishan.

Chen Tianyu is very confident in himself.

His punch used 80% of his strength and could definitely blow Taishan's body into a blood mist.

Taishan's strength is considered a top presence in the team.

Chen Tianyu wanted to use Mount Tai to shock everyone in the team and let them put down their weapons and surrender.

When facing Chen Tianyu's punch, Taishan only had one feeling.

Strong, his opponent is too strong!

A god-level master is indeed not a powerful war-level war master who can provoke at will.

"It's over!"

The breath of death enveloped Taishan, and Taishan had already realized that he was going to die.

"Brother, goodbye!"

"We can't be brothers in this life. If there is still a next life, you will still be my elder brother..."

Just as Mount Tai felt desperate, a familiar voice rang in everyone's ears: "Chen Tianyu, if you dare to kill my people, you are looking for death!"

Everyone who heard this voice was instantly overjoyed.

Because everyone knows that the owner of this voice is the Lord Prison God they are looking for.

Li Chuchen was still looking for the shortcomings of the formation and repaired and strengthened the formation.

I want to make this formation more stable.

Just now, Li Chuchen suddenly heard the gunshots and realized that it was people from the secular world who had entered the secret realm.

Li Chuchen hurried over and happened to see the scene where Chen Tianyu was about to kill Mount Tai.

Taishan has always called Li Chuchen Brother, and Li Chuchen also regards Taishan as his brother.

Now, Chen Tianyu is going to kill Li Chuchen's brother, how can Li Chuchen not be angry?

While roaring, Li Chuchen opened his speed and appeared in front of Mount Tai in a blink of an eye.

"Get out!" Li Chuchen raised his hand and slapped it, meeting Chen Tianyu's fist.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the god-level master Chen Tianyu was instantly knocked out by Li Chuchen's casual palm.

Everyone who saw this scene was shocked!

Whether it was the warriors led by Athena or the masters in the secret realm, everyone's eyes widened.

Especially those masters in the secret realm, they all know that Chen Tianyu is a god-level master and a top-notch existence.

And in their eyes, the top strong man was actually slapped out by Li Chuchen.

Moreover, one of Chen Tianyu's arm was blown up and seriously injured.

"Incredible, this, this is incredible!"

"The realm master is not the opponent of the young man. What kind of strength does he have to do?"

"He... could he be a earth immortal?"

"Earth...Earth Immortal, how is this possible?"

"As far as I know, the earth immortal has only appeared in front of hundreds of people. Moreover, every earth immortal has to go through hundreds of years of cultivation to reach the realm of the earth immortal. He is still so young, shouldn't he be able to become a earth immortal, right?"

"The realm master is a god-level master. If the other party is not a ground immortal, the realm master will not be knocked away by him."

"It seems that there is a little reason. Oh my god, he is already a earth immortal at such a young age. How powerful is this background?"

"Big, brother, is it you?" After Taishan was rescued, he could not accept this fact for the time being.

Although he knew that Li Chuchen was very strong, Taishan never expected that Li Chuchen could be so powerful that he could knock a god-level master out with one slap.

"Well, you're not dreaming, it's me."

Li Chuchen responded casually, then turned to look at Athena, "Athena, you take everyone out of here first. I will go out after dealing with the secret realm."

"good."

Athena did not ask much. After agreeing, she immediately led the remaining soldiers of the team to withdraw from the secret realm.

When he arrived outside the secret territory, Athena immediately organized everyone to rescue the wounded.

Especially those soldiers who are bitten by poisonous drugs, they must detoxify them in time to ensure that they are not in danger of their lives.

After watching the team leave, Li Chuchen turned to look at Chen Tianyu and said in a cold tone:

"Chen Tianyu, you are not worthy of being the realm master of the secret realm anymore. Now, I will give you two choices."

"One, I will destroy my martial arts, and then take your waste son Chen Nan and get out of the secret realm."

"Second, I will destroy your martial arts and then drive you father and son out of the secret realm."

"Of course, as long as you want, there is a third option."

"If you think this is a life of silence, if you don't want to live such a life, you can also make a break by yourself. Don't worry, I will definitely not stop you."

"You, why are you so strong?" Chen Tianyu struggled to stand up.

He looked at Li Chuchen in surprise.

More than a month ago, Li Chuchen's strength was still at the supreme level.

But it has only been more than a month.

Li Chuchen actually transformed from the supreme level and turned into an earth immortal.

Chen Tianyu couldn't believe it was true.

But the problem is that the facts are right in front of him, and he can't help but believe it.

Li Chuchen did not answer Chen Tianyu's question.

He looked at Chen Tianyu with indifferent eyes and said coldly: "Chen Tianyu, I will only give you thirty seconds to consider. How to choose, you must make a decision within ten seconds."

"I'll start counting down now. Ten seconds have passed. If you haven't made a decision yet, let me decide for you!"

After Li Chuchen finished speaking, he started counting down, "Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...three, two, one."

Li Chuchen has already finished counting down.

However, Chen Tianyu has not made a choice yet.

Li Chuchen will not waste too much time on Chen Tianyu.

This bastard killed hundreds of soldiers from the Yan Kingdom, and Li Chuchen would never be able to spare him.

Otherwise, Li Chuchen would not be able to explain to the Yanguo War Ministry.

Li Chuchen wants to destroy Chen Tianyu's martial arts and turn Chen Tianyu into a disabled person.

"Time is up!"

"Chen Tianyu, since you can't make a choice, let me decide for you."

Li Chuchen took action as soon as he finished speaking.

He flashed, and before Chen Tianyu could even see Li Chuchen's movements clearly, Li Chuchen had already come to him.

"Bang!"

Before Chen Tianyu could react, Li Chuchen's fist had already landed in Chen Tianyu's dantian.

Chen Tianyu only felt a huge force surge.

A severe pain came from the Dantian. The next second, Chen Tianyu's whole person was knocked out by this huge force.

"puff……"

Chen Tianyu was still in the air, and he couldn't help but open his mouth and spew out a large amount of blood mist.

Li Chuchen's punch was extremely powerful.

Even if a god-level master, Chen Tianyu was punched, his dantian was instantly blown out.

The skill quickly dissipated, and Chen Tianyu immediately became an ordinary person.

He became extremely old after falling to the ground, like an old man on the verge of death.

"You, have you ruined my martial arts?"

As soon as Chen Tianyu spoke, his injuries were affected. After saying a few words, he couldn't help but open his mouth and start vomiting blood.

Li Chuchen had no sympathy for him.

"Chen Tianyu, I'm already very kind of mercy when I didn't kill you. To ruin you is the lightest punishment."

Li Chuchen said coldly, "With what you do, you are no longer worthy of being the master of the secret realm."

"Get out, take your bastard son out of the secret realm, otherwise, don't blame me for killing you father and son."

Li Chuchen did not kill Chen Tianyu directly, not because he was ruthless and could not bear to kill people.

Chen Tianyu just killed hundreds of soldiers from the Yan Kingdom War Department.

In the eyes of the soldiers of the Yanguo War Department, this is an irreconcilable hatred.

They will not let their comrades die in vain.

As long as Chen Tianyu walked out of the secret realm, the soldiers of the Yanguo War Department would definitely pick up weapons and avenge their comrades.

This is why Li Chuchen kept Chen Tianyu's life.

Unfortunately, Chen Tianyu didn't think of this at all.

Chen Tianyu thought that as long as he was still alive, he would have hope, and as long as he was alive, he would make a comeback.

He secretly glad that Li Chuchen did not kill him directly.

After a brief hesitation, Chen Tianyu immediately supported his injured body and staggered towards the exit of the secret realm.

When his life was threatened, Chen Tianyu even ignored his son Chen Nan.

Anyway, Chen Nan is also a waste now.

In order to save his life, Chen Tianyu chose to give up his son and escape alone.

However, when he ran out of the secret realm and saw the formation in front of him, Chen Tianyu was stunned.

I saw a row of chariots parked here outside the exit of the secret realm.

On the chariot, countless soldiers were holding the Prison God Cannon, and their muzzles were aimed at the exit of the secret realm.

As soon as Chen Tianyu walked out, he was immediately locked by countless guns, and his hair was standing upside down.

A strong sense of death crisis appeared in Chen Tianyu's heart.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Tianyu's throat rolled up and down, and he swallowed with difficulty.

The next second, an angry soldier cursed: "Bastard, you killed hundreds of our comrades, and I want to avenge my comrades."

"Queen Athena, please give orders to let us kill this bastard and avenge our comrades."

"It would be too cheap to kill him by guns!"

Athena said in a cold voice, "Don't he like to summon poisons?"

"Since he likes to use poison so much, we will inject him poison. Well, inject him as much poison as there is, so that he can taste the poison."

Athena's proposal was soon approved by the soldiers.

However, Barrett, the hell messenger, raised objections, and he shouted: "This bastard just exploded our comrades and could not even find the body."

"It's too cheap for him to just inject poison."

"I have a better note, that is, fill his stomach with gasoline and give him another bullet."

Barrett's idea was even more amazing.

If they pour gasoline into Chen Tianyu's stomach and shoot, the gasoline in Chen Tianyu's stomach will be ignited and an explosion will definitely occur.

In this way, Chen Tianyu's entire person would be blown to pieces and his corpse would be gone.

After hearing Barrett's proposal, the soldiers applauded.

After listening to everyone's discussion, Chen Tianyu suddenly felt a cold sweat as big as beans rolling down his forehead.

He was once a god-level master, and never thought in his life that anyone could dominate his life and death.

However, this happened.

Especially now, when discussing how to kill him, it is still a group of plop warriors.

They didn't even reach the level of the God of War.

But such a group of people have mastered Chen Tianyu's life and death, and even had the power to choose how to let Chen Tianyu die.

Those soldiers who have been lingering on the battlefield all year round can put life and death aside.

Because on the battlefield, no one can dominate his own destiny and he may die in battle at any time.

These soldiers are all prepared, so they are not afraid of death.

On the contrary, people like Chen Tianyu, because they are extremely powerful, never thought they would die.

Before the god of death came, they were not afraid of death because they always thought they would not die.

But it is people like them who are threatened when their lives are threatened and the god of death is about to come.

Instead, they were very scared, afraid that they would die. Chen Tianyu is like this now.

Because he never thought he would die.

At this moment, when he heard the soldiers discuss his way of death and realized that he would be executed soon.

Chen Tianyu was extremely scared and kept sweating from his forehead.

Chen Tianyu knew that if he wanted to survive, he could no longer stand and do nothing. He had to rely on himself to fight for it.

So, before Athena and the others made a decision, Chen Tianyu bent his knees and knelt on the ground with a plop.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. Dear sirs, please let me go and treat me as a fart."

"Please, for the sake of my loss of martial arts, I will give me a way out. Thank you."

"Haha, now you know how to beg us?" Barrett, the hell messenger, sneered, "Stop dreaming, you killed hundreds of our soldiers and let you go. How do you tell us to the sacrificed soldiers?"

"Yes, you have to die."

"Queen Athena, please order us to kill this bastard and avenge our comrades."

"Everyone, listen to me," Athena waved her hand and told everyone not to be excited, and then said to everyone, "Barrett's proposal is good."

"If everyone has no objection, we can adopt Barrett's proposal and pour gasoline into Chen Tianyu's body."

"We have no objection and support Queen Athena's decision." The soldiers said in unison.

"Okay, since everyone agrees, then do it!" Athena made a decision quickly.

Barrett was so happy that his proposal was adopted by Queen Athena for the first time.

In the past, although Barrett also made some suggestions to the Prison Temple, none of them were adopted.

This time Queen Athena finally adopted his proposal, which made Barrett regain his confidence.

With the approval of Queen Athena, Barrett was the first to jump out of the car and pulled out some gasoline from the tank's fuel tank.

The soldiers also got out of the car, pulled out some gasoline from their respective tanks, and then walked towards Chen Tianyu.

Chen Tianyu's dantian has been broken, and now he is just an ordinary person.

Let’s not talk about Barrett being a powerful war master.

Even the soldiers from the Yanguo War Department could subdue Chen Tianyu if they could go forward.

The soldiers took the gasoline and pressed Chen Tianyu to the ground, poured gasoline directly into Chen Tianyu's mouth.

Chen Tianyu wanted to struggle, but the soldiers pressed him to the ground, and no matter how hard he struggled, it was useless.

If he really couldn't pour gasoline into Chen Tianyu's stomach, Athena thought of a solution.

She asked someone to take a disposable syringe and inject gasoline into Chen Tianyu's body with the syringe.

After a few minutes of busy work, Chen Tianyu already had enough gasoline in his body.

Barret looked at Chen Tianyu proudly and said coldly: "The Master of the Secret Realm, aren't you very powerful?"

"Haha, you are so powerful, why fly for me?"

"If you can't fly, we'll be rude to you."

Barrett stepped back after saying that.

At this time, the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom War Department had already pointed their guns at Chen Tianyu. As long as Athena gave the order, the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom War Department would shoot.

They want to avenge their sacrificed comrades.
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