Chapter 25
The complaint flashed through Shu Mo's mind, and then he was amazed at its effect.
This item really lives up to its name, the Master Ball - it has a 100% chance of conquering monsters below S-rank? 100% capture of some S-level monsters?
If the two words "part" were not added at the end, this item would truly be the summoner's number one artifact.
There is no need to weaken the monster through fighting first, and you have a 100% chance of capturing it!
You know, most of the S-level monsters are bosses. Although their strength cannot be compared with that of the dragon clan, they are still firmly at the top of the pyramid in this game. According to Mo Bai, the dragon clan that can transform into a human is considered a super S-level monster. Because of their great strength and human-like intelligence, many of them disdain to be compared with stupid monsters.
Since the game was launched, there have been only a handful of Super S-level monsters discovered by players, let alone killed. They are creatures that exist almost only in legends.
It is created as the ceiling of the game, waiting for players to challenge.
And obviously, just ten years is not enough for players to reach the ceiling of this game.
Shu Mo carefully put away the Master Ball.
It just so happens that Mo Bai will soon take her to find a monster suitable for delivering letters. She wonders if they will have the chance to encounter an S-level monster by then and let her try her hand at it?
Shu Mo waited for a while, and after finding that the system did not suddenly pop up again, he went to sleep with peace of mind.
After a busy day, although the body was very tired, the gains were so great that Shu Mo still had a smile on his lips until he fell asleep.
Have a good night.
At seven o'clock the next day, Shu Mo was woken up by the system on time and jumped out of bed. As a person who would die without an alarm clock, in this world without mobile phones, Shu Mo had asked the system to wake her up these days.
The system is not very intelligent and has no complaints about the tasks she assigns it, except that it is occasionally not on time, but these are minor problems that are not serious.
With her messy hair, she rushed to the women's bath in the cabin to wash up. This is how Shu Mo solved her hygiene problem these days. While brushing her teeth, she mechanically stirred the toothbrush and thought to herself that it was time to build a washroom in the dormitory building. I wonder how Mo Bai usually washes himself - by the way, do dragons need to brush their teeth?
In addition, a restroom should be built next to the restaurant.
The guests staying here yesterday all used the bathroom in their own rooms. When non-guests and she herself need to go to the toilet, they have to go into the bathroom that comes with the small indoor hot spring. It was not a solution to always use the toilet next to the dressing room. Even if the customers could tolerate it, Shu Mo himself could not...
It was okay during the day, but it was too painful to crawl into the cabin from the dormitory building in the dark in the middle of the night. I was so cold that I woke up from my sleepiness.
Shu Mo reflected deeply while brushing his teeth.
She was inexperienced and had not thought things through carefully enough, so the non-profit facilities had not yet been built. After the hotel officially opened for business for one day, these problems began to emerge one after another.
Fortunately, she is now well-off and can solve these problems one by one.
He spit out the white foam in his mouth, rinsed his mouth, washed his face, then Shu Mo grabbed a clean white towel to wipe the water droplets on his face, threw it into the recycling basket, and walked briskly back to the hall.
Mo Bai was already waiting for her behind the counter, looking refreshed, and said good morning to her.
"morning."
Shu Mo observed him quietly. There was no sign of washing, but he was not dirty and his skin was in good condition. Occasionally, when he got close to him, he could smell a pleasant scent emanating from him.
It was unlike any scent she had ever smelled before, nor was it the smell of the laundry detergent that came with the hotel's automatic cleaning function.
If I had to use a metaphor, it would remind me of the hot and brilliant breath of the summer sun.
Shu Mo greeted Mo Bai and asked him to look after the store while he went to the restaurant on the second floor.
As she went upstairs, she started to think: Could it be that dragons have pheromones or something?
Will the water dragons smell like the salty sea breeze? Grass-type (Aren’t water, fire, and grass the classic three starter Pokémons? There should also be a grass-type dragon, right?) Will it have the smell of a vast grassland full of flowers?
The more Shu Mo thought about it, the more interesting it became. She walked to the second floor and opened the restaurant panel before she came to her senses and decided to customize the menu starting today.
The luxurious menu for dinner yesterday was only available on the first day of business. We can’t be so extravagant after this. With ten dishes a day, it’s impossible to eat the same thing for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We need to plan well.
Shu Mo quickly created a new menu and chose "Category by week" as the classification method. This classification method requires a total of seven days of customized menus, and then the dishes will be automatically served on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... every seven days. It is very convenient as it saves you the effort of thinking about the menu every day.
The created menu can also be printed out and posted on the restaurant wall, making it convenient for customers to choose a day when their favorite dishes are available.
Today happened to be a Monday. Shu Mo created a new menu, marked [Monday], and then began to think about what she wanted to eat today with confidence.
The original intention of building the restaurant was to let her eat and drink well. Before Shu Mo has money to open another restaurant, let the customers accommodate her taste.
After a moment, Shu Mo quickly decided on the menu.
There was still some time before the store opened, and she couldn't wait any longer, so she went downstairs and put a small blackboard on the counter that read "The hot spring will resume business at 8:30, please go to the second floor for dinner", and then she took Mo Bai upstairs to eat.
"Is this okay?" Mo Bai looked back at the card.
"You should rest well when it's time to rest!" said Shu Mo.
Mo Bai looked at her in surprise.
Shu Mo: "...Why do you look as if your boss has suddenly become a different person overnight?"
After she finished speaking, she sighed herself.
The reason for the change in attitude was that Shu Mo suddenly discovered a very serious problem.
——Her current working hours seem to be 807!
Working sixteen hours a day, seven days a week, all year round, this is even more excessive than her working hours before her sudden death.
Shu Mo recalled the time when he was controlling the little man Liu Erqi in Star Valley, and suddenly realized that he had a big misunderstanding - who said that business simulation games are not hard to play? It’s obvious that business simulation games are the most demanding!
Hiring, hiring now!
Shu Mo clenched his fist and said, "After dinner, you can accompany me to find that... Bai Rongrong."
Mo Bai looked at her and nodded, "Okay."
*
At eight o'clock, the restaurant opened on time and customers who had been waiting outside came in one after another.
They had been here once yesterday and walked to the corner where the food was placed with familiarity. Zhao Yu had sharp eyes and immediately spotted Shu Mo and Mo Bai sitting by the window, so he turned a corner and came to them.
"Good morning, boss!" The little girl came over and greeted with a smile, "It's a nice day today!"
Shu Mo had been in constant contact with Zhao Yu since the first day he arrived. After a few days, he and Zhao Yu had become very familiar with each other. Because of Zhao Yu's many proactive actions to improve her favorability, she also had a good impression of this girl who should still be in high school in her original world. Hearing this, she smiled and responded, "Good morning, why don't you go and queue up?"
"Xiao He has already reserved a seat, so there's no need to fight for it. The food is unlimited anyway, right? Compared to that, it's more important to say hello to the boss." Zhao Yu said, pointing towards the center of the restaurant.
Shu Mo looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, he saw the pastor Xiao He from Chen Hui's team, who was tightly pursing his lips and occupying a large round table with the momentum of a single man blocking a thousand.
Shu Mo: "Is it so hard to get a seat?"
Zhao Yu nodded seriously, "Yes, boss. My motivation for working now is to eat the food in your restaurant. Those who have eaten it once will never forget the taste. It won't be long before this restaurant becomes very popular. By then, it will be too late to expand."
Shu Mo laughed.
Zhao Yu saw the faint smile on her face, and her mouth opened into a round O shape: No matter how many times I have seen her, the boss is still very beautiful!
She wanted to say something else when her nose suddenly moved and she smelled a sweet scent.
"By the way, boss, what's for breakfast today?" She looked down curiously, only to see an empty bowl in front of Shu Mo. There was only light yellow soup in it, with a thin layer of oil and chopped green onions floating on top, giving off a fresh fragrance.
But that wasn't what she just smelled.
When Zhao Yu turned around, he saw Mo Bai, a new employee of the hotel, sitting opposite Shu Mo. There were two bowls in front of him. He was chewing something with his cheeks puffed up.
Zhao Yu stared at the spoon in his hand, on which was a white, round dumpling.
What I had for breakfast today was actually glutinous rice balls!
Mo Bai was confused by the stare. He faced Zhao Yu's intense gaze and hesitantly put the dumpling into his mouth.
His teeth sank into the soft glutinous rice and easily bit through the outer skin of the glutinous rice ball, and a ball of sweet black filling immediately flowed out. Mo Bai quickly slurped the entire glutinous rice ball together with the bit of hot filling that leaked out into his mouth.
The outer skin is soft and chewy yet tough, with the slightly sweet rice aroma mixed with the fragrant black sesame and peanut filling, leaving a lingering fragrance in your mouth when you chew it.
Yu Guangzhong's gaze became even more intense.
Shu Mo then spoke up, "Didn't you see the sign at the door?"
She pointed in the direction of the door and said, "The daily menu will be updated there from now on."
The original plan was to directly post the menu for the previous week, but Shu Mo was too lazy to think of so many dishes at once, so he temporarily changed it to daily updates.
After a week has passed, use this week's menu to customize a seven-day menu.
Zhao Yu turned his head and saw a plastic plate with words printed on it on the wall next to the door.
A few people who had just entered the restaurant stopped under the sign, looked at it for a moment, and then hurried over to the table in the corner.
Zhao Yu suddenly realized, "I'll go and see now! Boss, take your time eating——"
She ran away rashly.
【Today's menu (Monday)】:
Breakfast: Chicken soup wontons, peanut and black sesame dumplings
Lunch: Salt and pepper chicken wings, crispy lotus root dumplings, mapo tofu, rice, barley tea
Dinner: Salt and pepper chicken wings, shredded cabbage, meatball soup, rice, barley tea, mango glutinous rice cakes
Zhao Yu was dumbfounded.
“Is this some kind of paradise on earth…?”
Her arm was suddenly hit.
"What are you daydreaming about? Go and line up." Song Wei said helplessly, standing behind her with a tray in her hand.
Zhao Yu woke up from her dream and said, "I'll go right away."
Chen Hui and the others had already sat down. When Song Wei walked to the table, she saw Chen Hui staring at the bowl of steaming chicken wonton soup in front of him.
He has been so absent-minded these past two days. Song Wei glanced at her and saw the female team member who shared the room with her staring at the menu on the wall. When she noticed Song Wei's gaze, she came back to her senses and smiled shyly, "I see there's mango sticky rice dumplings tonight. How about we camp nearby for another night?"
Chen Hui's team did not renew their reservation, so they had to check out at noon.
"Sister Wang, don't you dislike sweets?" Song Wei said, remembering that she had also bought two egg tarts last night, but she didn't touch them at all. Instead, she carefully put them into her backpack. She was startled, then understood, "Are you bringing them for the children?"
"Yeah." The female team member named Wang stared at Jiang Qing's family not far away with an envious expression.
If conditions permit, who wouldn’t want to bring their children over to play?
However, their strength is only above average among ordinary players, and they dare to venture into this advanced area only if they form a team. Although you can ask your teammates to help escort your family members over for a visit, it is difficult to ensure everyone's safety if you bring too many people at once, so you will have to split up into several groups. After so many times, some single team members or those who are the only one at home will inevitably have opinions.
Sister Wang discussed it with Chen Hui last night, and after much thought, the two of them couldn't come up with any good solution.
So I could only bury my envy and regret deep in my heart, and secretly decided to bring back some more snacks for my family as compensation when I go back.
After listening to her, Song Wei was also a little absent-minded.
She was not married, but she thought of her parents when she heard this.
In the ten years since the game started, they have never set foot outside of Guangming Town.
At first, Song Wei's level was still low, and her parents could only earn some pocket money as living players by relying on their skills. The family couldn't afford to buy a house, so they had to find an empty corner of the town to set up a tent. After living in the open for more than a year, they finally moved into a small house of only a dozen square meters.
I can only eat cold canned food and wash my body with cold water every day. Song Wei had seen her mother more than once, hunched over, sewing and mending until late at night under the dim light of the glowing crystal, her hands already covered with frostbite.
I think there are many players in the game who have been trapped in a safe area for ten years like this.
Song Wei looked at the clean and bright restaurant in front of her and the steaming chicken wonton soup in her hand, and felt a little sour in her heart.
If only there was some way to bring them to this hot spring hotel...
——————
Because the boss had something "urgent to do", the restaurant's breakfast was only served for one hour today. Just after nine o'clock, Shu Mo quickly closed the restaurant.
She went back downstairs, erased the sentence she had left on the blackboard, and replaced it with a new one:
[The boss is out. Today's rooms are full and no check-in is available. The hot spring and dining area are temporarily closed until ——. The outdoor foot hot spring is open as usual (food delivery service is suspended). 】
After putting it away, she turned around and asked Mo Bai, "How long will it take us to go back and forth?"
"It's on the nearby snow-capped mountains. Three hours is enough for a round trip." Mo Bai answered simply.
Looks like I'll be back just in time for lunch.
Shu Mo filled in the empty space on the sign with [12:00].
Putting down the chalk, Shu Mo patted the white ash on his hands and said, "Okay, let's go."
When she comes back from the mountain, there are still a lot of things waiting for her to do, such as building a toilet.
She put on thick winter clothes, pulled up her hat, and let the wide brim drop down, instantly covering most of her face, leaving only a small, fair chin exposed.
Mo Bai was also forced to wear a winter coat by her - even though he tried his best to say that he didn't need it, Shu Mo still half-forced him to wear it.
People who don't wear winter clothes in this world will attract as much attention as people running naked, and Shu Mo doesn't want to bring about extra trouble.
The two of them wrapped themselves tightly and left the hotel, and Shu Mo followed Mo Bai all the way towards the snow-capped mountains.
She usually feels like she is living at the foot of a mountain, but when she really starts traveling, she understands what it means to run a horse to death while looking at the mountain. After walking for nearly half an hour, the hotel and the tents were long gone. Shu Mo looked up at the towering mountains that finally seemed to be getting closer, and had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Mo Bai, I hope I remembered it wrong..." She swallowed dryly, "But didn't you say before that Bai Rongrong lived 'on' the snowy mountain?"
Mo Bai always walked in front of her at a steady pace, his breathing as steady as a robot. When he heard Shu Mo's question, he answered cheerfully, "Yes."
Shu Mo: “…”
Her voice trembled a little. "Do we have to climb the mountain after we get there?"
Mo Bai hummed briskly again.
Shu Mo: "...What misunderstanding do you have about me?"
She was afraid she wouldn’t even be able to climb halfway up the mountain in three hours!
Feeling that the person behind him suddenly stopped, Mo Bai turned around in confusion and met Shu Mo's subtle expression.
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He belatedly realized that something was wrong.
There was silence all around, only the snowflakes falling quietly. Mo Bai blinked and said hesitantly, "... maybe I can carry you on my back while you crawl?"
Shu Mo's expression instantly changed from gloomy to bright, "Okay, okay!"
The next second, she felt the light in front of her eyes dim, and Mo Bai had turned back to his original form.
——The true prototype.
The giant dragon was dozens of meters long. When its wings spread, they covered the sky and the sun. Shu Mo held his breath unconsciously.
This was not the first time she had seen Mo Bai's true form, but every time she saw such a huge and elegant legendary creature, she would still feel shocked involuntarily.
The long tail swung lazily behind her, and the seemingly casual movement made a loud explosion. When the tail fell, it hit a huge rock. The next moment, Shu Mo watched helplessly as the huge rock, which was taller than her, exploded with a bang.
The debris fluttered down like a sudden snowfall.
Such a powerful beast was lying beside her, and even its breath could make people feel a strong sense of threat. The edges of its wings were so sharp that it seemed that it could easily cut the mountain while flying at high speed. Shu Mo's breathing quickened, his nerves subconsciously tensed, but Mo Bai lowered his left wing at this moment.
"Step on it to get up."
Shu Mo stepped on it as he was told, and the soft feeling under his feet was wonderful.
Climbing up the dragon's spine along the left wing, which was as wide as the deck of a ship, Shu Mo randomly found a protruding spike to grab and glanced around.
Mo Bai's right wing was bent at a strange angle. Shu Mo's gaze stayed there and he hissed softly.
Was this caused by her barrier?
It looks like it hurts a lot.
She patted the scales beneath her body guiltily, "Sorry."
The dragon turned its head and roared, and the air currents swept away the snow on the ground.
Since he had been discovered by Shu Mo, Mo Bai simply folded his wings. The folded wings were pressed against the back, just enough to protect Shu Mo and block the cold wind from blowing in her face.
"Hold on tight."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shu Mo felt his whole body shake, and the giant dragon under him began to run quickly.
Although the fire dragon is not the fastest monster in the world, it is a relative of the wind dragon. It is very fast and reached the foot of the mountain in the blink of an eye, then jumped up.
The pair of thick scaly claws tightly clung to the raised rocks, and it could walk on the steep rock walls as if it were flat ground, and instantly leapt to a height of hundreds of meters. The injured right wing opened from time to time to maintain balance, while the intact left wing always carefully protected Shu Mo to prevent her from being thrown off.
——The summoned beast and its master live and die together. If Shu Mo falls down, it will be two lives.
So he didn't dare to be careless at all. The soft membrane on the wings pressed tightly against Shu Mo's back, giving him a sense of security.
It took only a few breaths to reach the top of the mountain. He let Shu Mo climb down first, and then he changed back into human form.
This is the highest mountain, with its peak towering into the clouds. Shu Mo bravely walked to the edge and looked down, only to see a vast expanse of white.
A strong wind blew, and she felt dizzy. Her heart beat faster and she quickly retracted her head.
Mo Bai was standing not far from her, looking at her.
"Where is the monster you mentioned?" Shu Mo patted his chest and asked.
She remembered the Master Ball in her backpack.
After she subdues the monster that sent her credit, if she has time, she would like to find a second fighting helper for herself, so she must fight quickly.
"Come with me."
After Mo Bai finished speaking, he took the lead and walked in one direction.
Shu Mo followed closely.
According to the normal routine of RPG games, these sparsely populated mountains are generally not simple. Either it hides a surprise or a threat.
Shu Mo just hoped it wasn't the latter.
Mo Bai walked towards a certain direction with a clear goal. "Bai Rongrong is a kind and peaceful light-type elf. They like to live in the mountains. The higher the altitude, the more sunshine there is, and the more elves there will be."
Shu Mo understood: "That's why you chose the highest mountain around here."
Mo Bai said, "Hmm," This is more cost-effective."
Good value?
A hint of doubt flashed through Shu Mo's heart.
She only needs to capture one white fluffy creature to deliver the message, so what does the number of the group have to do with her? Why go to all the trouble to come here?
Shu Mo was not used to keeping the problem in her heart, so she asked directly.
"Because taming one white furry creature is equivalent to taming a group of them..." Mo Bai's voice suddenly stopped. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Shu Mo T, pulling her to hide behind a huge rock.
"???"
"Shh." Mo Bai raised his index finger to his lips, motioning Shu Mo to look behind the boulder, "Found it."
Shu Mo stood on tiptoe and curiously showed half of his head.
The sunlight shone through the thick clouds and fell on an open space not far ahead. I saw countless palm-sized, snow-white fluff balls floating in the sky. The sunlight gave their soft fur a layer of warm golden edges, and they floated lightly like dandelions in the sky.
At a glance, there were hundreds of them.
Shu Mo blinked.
grass (a type of plant),
This thing actually looks exactly like the stick figure drawing that Mo Bai drew yesterday!
She was shocked.
I thought it was a children's sketch, but I didn't expect it to be realistic!
"Bai Rongrong likes places with plenty of light. Today is cloudy, and this is the only place on the top of the mountain that can get sunlight, so it's right to go this way." Mo Bai and her squatted behind a rock stealthily, explaining in a low voice, "When you subdue Bai Rongrong, you must move quickly, because light-type monsters are particularly good at escaping."
"What did you mean by taming one is equivalent to taming a group?" Shu Mo couldn't stop thinking about it.
She looked at the group of white fluff and narrowed her eyes.
After seeing it with her own eyes, her previous opinion remained unchanged. These little things look like the backpack pendants wholesaled in Yiwu, and they don’t look very strong at all.
"Because a group of white furries share one brain, or in other words, one soul." Mo Bai said patiently.
He motioned Shu Mo to observe carefully, "Only one white fluff is different, that's where their spirit core is. White fluff is born in places exposed to sunlight. The stronger the sunlight is when they are born, the more white fluff there will be, and the stronger the group will be. When that white fluff is in danger, the spirit core will switch to other white fluffs in the group, so they are difficult to kill."
Shu Mo looked carefully and saw a snow-white ball with a faint glow high up.
"Because light magic can illuminate, humans often try to capture them alive, but those white fluffs that are separated from the group will disappear after a while. Even if a few of them are killed, as long as the spirit core is still there, they will slowly recover to their original number. They are a very magical creature. As far as I know, there are only a handful of summoners who have successfully subdued white fluffs."
Mo Bai looked at Shu Mo, "You said you wanted powerful monsters to prevent them from being killed while delivering the letter, right? Although Bai Rongrong's strength is not that strong, his ability to escape is among the best among all monsters."
Shu Mo's eyes lit up.
But there is one more thing that needs to be confirmed.
"What about their speed?" Shu Mo looked uncertainly at the group of small fluff balls floating around comfortably. Although there were no faces on the fluff balls, she could somehow see the happy expressions of freedom on their faces. "Are they moving by floating?"
"Yes..." Mo Bai looked at Shu Mo's eyes that suddenly widened, and quickly added, "But as I just said, light-type monsters are particularly good at escaping."
"How do you escape?" Shu Mo asked suspiciously.
Could it be that a strong wind blew them away?
Mo Bai spat out two words, "Teleport."
Shu Mo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became excited, "Could it be possible that they can teleport directly to Guangming Town? Can this spell carry people?"
If ordinary players could also teleport back and forth between Guangming Town and Nuannuan Hot Spring, wouldn't her customer source problem be solved directly?
"No. The longer the teleportation distance and the greater the mass of the teleported object, the more mana is consumed. In the game, whether it is a player or a monster, the mana is limited within a certain period of time. After it is used up, it can only be restored slowly. The total time may be slower than if you walked there yourself." Mo Bai ruthlessly punctured Shu Mo's fantasy.
Shu Mo: “…”
As expected, he is still that straight Xiaolong.
"but……"
Hearing that there was a "but", Shu Mo pricked up his ears instantly, "What?"
"But the good news is that the mass of the white fluff itself is very light, and the mana consumed by teleporting is almost negligible. It can be recovered with a short rest. And this mountain is the tallest one nearby, with plenty of sunshine. The white fluff born on the top of this mountain is close to S-level monsters with strong mana. In other words..." Mo Bai paused, "They can completely rely on teleporting all the way to Guangming Town."
"——Including the rest time, I think the round trip should not take more than an hour."
Shu Mo: “!!!”
This time she was not only surprised, but completely shocked by Mo Bai.
She gave him a test paper, originally expecting him to just pass, but Mo Bai handed in a perfect answer sheet that was comparable to the reference answers. How could Shu Mo not be surprised?
After she calmed down a bit, she realized an important problem, "According to what you said, to subdue Bai Rongrong, we have to subdue the one with the spirit core, right?" She saw Mo Bai nod, and then asked, "Then, if the spirit core can switch carriers at will and can teleport at any time, how can I subdue it?"
When Shu Mo saw Mo Bai's expression, he knew that he had already prepared the answer in his heart.
The corners of Mo Bai's lips curled slightly, and he suddenly revealed a bit of the unrestrained and uninhibited youth. He had just said so much, but only now did his tone reveal a hint of smugness that he had failed to conceal.
"Dragon Roar, a dragon race innate skill, ignoring the number and level, stuns the target for three seconds."
Mo Bai tilted his head to look at Shu Mo, a smile on his lips, "In the dizzy state, the target can't resist. Three seconds should be enough for you to use your subjugation skill on that white fluffy creature."
Shu Mo was completely speechless.
If she wasn't afraid of disturbing Bai Rongrong with the noise, she would have wanted to applaud.
"When you are ready, I will transform back into my original form and release my skills." Mo Bai reminded.
Shu Mo didn't respond for a long time.
She seemed to be stunned for a moment, and Mo Bai frowned and looked at her, a little worried, "What's wrong?"
Shu Mo came back to his senses, "It's okay."
The dragon roar has no damaging power, and its main purpose is to catch the opponent by surprise. Is it really okay to tell her the detailed effects of the skill?
Shu Mo even suspected that he might be the first person in the world to know the description of this skill.
She felt somewhat complicated.
Shu Mo shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He quickly adjusted his state and looked at the snow-white fluff balls all over the sky with his bright eyes.
"bring it on."
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