Chapter 3937: Old Hunter

Inside the Lord Train traveling on a rock high bridge that was only a few meters wide and a thousand meters high, it could be seen that the civilization of this world in the past had unique architectural knowledge. Relying only on ordinary rock, they built such a wonder. This rock high bridge spanned over ten kilometers long, connecting the disconnected continuous mountain peaks together.

Fenny looked at the scenery outside the window, Beini lying on her head. Originally, Fenny had refused, but a few hours ago, when she was about to throw Beini, who was lying in her arms, to the side, four pairs of eyes looked at her inadvertently, which made Fenny naturally put Beini back on her lap and gently stroke her twice.

The Great Canyon was already very close, and the train's speed was not fast. The scenery outside the train window was beautiful. Fenny appreciated it comfortably, secretly feeling the beauty of vehicle-type equipment. However, she didn't know that this was the last period of leisure and comfort for her in this world, and she would enter a high-energy stage of being on tenterhooks later.

Thud~

A slight impact sound came, the train doors opened, and a figure leaped into the train. Fenny heard the sound and looked over, discovering it was a little elf in locomotive attire.

Seeing it was the Little Elf Tribe, Fenny was overjoyed. As a healer, she had dealt with hundreds, if not thousands, of little elves. She loved the friendly and polite personality of the little elves too much, so she was just about to say hello.

"What are you looking at?"

The irritable little elf · Diagu glared at Fenny, which made Fenny's greeting words get stuck in her throat immediately.

"Look again and I'll poke your eyeballs out. Get out of the way, don't block the road."

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Fenny didn't react for a moment, causing the smile on her face to remain. Diagu looked at Fenny when passing by. That gaze was clearly feeling that Fenny didn't look very smart.

This couldn't be blamed on Fenny. 99.99999% of the members of the Little Elf Tribe were friendly and polite. The reason was that they were too close to nature. Looking at the history of the little elves in the last few hundred years, it seemed there were only two little elves whose quality wasn't very good: one was the irritable little elf · Diagu, and the other was the Holy Elf. Coincidentally, these were exactly all the little elves Su Xiao could summon.

Was it due to luck? This really couldn't let the Law-Extinguishing luck take the blame. Summoning with a charm attribute of -20 or lower, summoning these two was the reasonable situation.

"Boss, the intelligence has been gathered."

What the irritable little elf · Diagu said was "gathered" didn't mean rough information; it meant that all possible situations had been investigated.

Using one sentence to describe Diagu, it was: if you want character, he has ability; if you want quality, he has ability; if you want temperament, he has ability; if you want cultivation, he has ability.

After crossing the Heavenly Danger Bridge, a magnificent Great Canyon was displayed before their eyes. The slope of the mountains on both sides of the canyon was gentle, which made the width of the canyon reach several kilometers and the length at least tens of kilometers. Located below the canyon was a straight rock road. This rock road was a hundred meters wide, and each stone slab was 300x300 cm, revealing a sense of time in its neatness.

One could imagine how much manpower and material resources were spent to build this road. Compared to practical value, it was more likely for ritual purposes.

The subsequent material release point was on this ritual road. Su Xiao let Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and the irritable little elf · Diagu investigate the surrounding environment, while Baha and Amu were responsible for scouting the surrounding enemy situation. Fenny didn't need to leave. Even in subsequent battles, she would be in the Lord Train with strong defensive power, remotely giving Su Xiao buff states. For a healer, this train was simply a dream car, gathering comfort, high mobility, and high defensive shelter in one.

Sitting on the top of the train, Su Xiao crushed the crystal block in his hand. The images and text information contained in the irritable little elf · Diagu's message floated in front one after another.

This was detailed information on the six enemy teams. First was the Cain team of Death Paradise.

Captain Iron Demon Dragon · Cain. Let's put it this way: if Su Xiao was the representative figure of Samsara Paradise at the Absolute Strong level, and Demon Scythe · Teride was the representative figure of Holy Light Paradise at the Absolute Strong level, then the representative figure of Death Paradise at the Absolute Strong level must be Cain.

Other things aside, just look at the other four members in this team: the Origin Object holder · Water Brother, the couple Guang Yan and Ying Qin, and the Death Soul Girl (code name, real name unknown) who ranked in the top three in strength among the undead system at the Absolute Strong level.

This faction of Death Paradise was actually quite difficult to choose a captain for. Only Cain served as captain, and the other four members would have no opinion. This was not only because of the strength of Iron Demon Dragon · Cain, but also because of his deeds.

Cain had a famous talent ability, named "Late Bloomer."

"Late Bloomer (Growth Talent · S-level · Passive): You need to consume 3 free attribute points/real attribute points to improve 1 point of your own body attribute, and Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence are defaulted as your main attributes. You will be unable to improve one main attribute alone; you need to improve all four main attributes together. And your brand level growth speed has received extra notarization from Death Paradise due to this talent. Your brand level improvement progress is reduced by 90%."

Even more fatal was that this was Cain's initial talent, that is, he awakened it after returning to Death Paradise upon completing his first trial world. For a Tier 1 Qiyuezhe, this wasn't just a matter of being difficult; it was defaulting to purgatory difficulty from the start.

Ninety-nine percent of people would die in Tier 1 because of this, but he was Cain. Cain survived Tier 1 and stepped into Tier 2. At that time, he thought the so-called "Late Bloomer" should be the late-blooming stage by Tier 4 or 5. But when Cain was promoted to Tier 8, he found that things were not simple. The talent ability that had awakened to SSS level immediately performed a super doubling.

"Late Bloomer (Growth Talent · SSS-level · Passive): You need to consume 5 free attribute points/real attribute points to improve 1 point of your own body attribute, and Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence are defaulted as your main attributes. You will be unable to improve one main attribute alone..."

Other people's awakened talents meant their combat strength took off on the spot. Cain's meant the difficulty immediately doubled. But still, he was Cain. And Cain felt that Tier 9 should be the late-blooming stage. Gritting his teeth to survive this most difficult stage, everything would turn for the better. But until Cain began to save resources for promotion to Absolute Strong, the so-called late blooming never arrived.

Until Cain climbed to the very peak of Absolute Strong, his "Late Bloomer" talent finally activated. As a reward, he became the strongest at the Absolute Strong level in Death Paradise. This increase in combat strength didn't make anyone feel abrupt; even some would feel this was what Cain deserved, because his experience was like this:

Tier 1: Experienced 36 worlds in total.

Tier 2: Experienced 45 worlds in total.

Tier 3: Experienced 58 worlds in total.

Tier 4: Experienced 66 worlds in total.

Tier 5: Experienced 79 worlds in total.

Tier 6: Experienced 87 worlds in total.

Tier 7: Experienced 90 worlds in total.

Tier 8: Experienced 158 worlds in total.

Tier 9: Experienced 165 worlds in total.

Absolute Strong: Experienced 21 worlds in total.

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This was Cain, a powerful man who had experienced a total of 805 worlds so far, one who never gave up, even if he failed, he would continue to endure, enduring until the moment he soared into the sky. Soaring into the sky was not a metaphor; Cain was one of the very few powerhouses at the Absolute Strong level who dared to fly up in battle, because he had this qualification. He was a Steel Demon Dragon.

In this World Contest, the publicly recognized top three were Kukulun · Bai Ye, rule-breaker · Hao Chou, and Steel Demon Dragon · Cain.

Think this was the faction of this melee? No, it was much more exciting. The Demon Scythe team of Holy Light Paradise, that is, Demon Scythe · Teride, whose combat strength was unquestionable. The three factions that dealt with Abyss Breeding in the Second Era were Law-Extinguishing, Demon Scythe, and Roaming Hunter.

Even more critical was that Holy Light Paradise had two teams this time, totaling:

Demon Scythe Team: Demon Scythe · Teride (Captain), Old Priest (Traditional auxiliary buff system), Goddess (Healing buff system), Vivien (Attached state strong buff system), Luingard (Undead system, and has auxiliary ability, is an aura-type buff for friendly forces).

Witch Team: Witch · Lilia (Captain, divination ultra-long-range buff system), Black Eye (Cost buff system, while buffing, it will bring other debuffs), Curse Warlock (Curse buff system, paying a price to gain buffs), Witch Priest (Cost buff system), Greed · Utrow (Cost buff system).

These two teams totaled 9 buff-type members and 1 combat-type member. In this situation, the strength of Demon Scythe · Teride's combat strength could be imagined. The key lay in those four cost-type buff systems. Their buff intensity was generally 45%–50% higher than traditional buff systems, and some outrageous cost-type buffs were even several times the difference. But there was one point: one must never say that cost-type buff systems were stronger than traditional buff systems in comprehensive ability.

Holy Light Paradise having this faction was not surprising. The fact that Holy Light Paradise had many healers and buff-type members was gradually reflected from the Tier 2 and Tier 3 World Contests.

Besides these strong enemies, the Priest team could not be ignored, even if this team only had the Priest alone.

If this were a full-member team, it would actually be more reassuring. If there was only the Priest alone, then there must be some conspiracy later. And, don't ignore the Priest's combat strength.

This old fox was very strong. He was symbiotic with the "Origin Object · Golden Holy Grail." Drinking the wine in the Golden Holy Grail could increase God Source Blood. The price was that his own mysterious luck would become stronger and stronger, and the strange existences he encountered would also be stronger.

If it were someone else, they would have died long ago, but the Priest himself was a gradually absurd strangeness. Encountering strange existences for him belonged to "old friends meeting old friends."

The Priest was a human-shaped Ancient God, and the "Origin Object · Golden Holy Grail" effect was too compatible with the Priest. Although the danger level of this Origin Object was 80, there was a qualitative difference from the 100 of the big daddy level, but this was still an Origin Object.

Because of this, although this old guy looked like he was not showing his mountains or water, and was in the appearance of winning only by conspiracies and strange means, in fact, this old guy's comprehensive strength might exceed everyone's imagination.

Besides the Priest, the newly entered Gentleman Team was also a trouble. The situation of this team was: Captain · Gargoyle, members: Sea Crocodile, Blood Count, Giant Eating Demon Ghost, Curse Master.

Using one sentence to describe these rule-breakers was very appropriate: none of them looked like humans.

Interestingly, Su Xiao and the other five, and these five from the Gentleman Team, formed a sharp contrast. Su Xiao, Hao Chou, Teride, Cain, and the Priest, these five were all in human form, but their combat strength was very inhuman. Gargoyle, Sea Crocodile, Blood Count, Giant Eating Demon Ghost, and Curse Master, these five, none of them looked like humans, but their combat strength was relatively "human."

The images before Su Xiao dissipated. Besides these opponents, he also knew the situation of the friendly team, the Zeli team. Captain Zelina didn't need an introduction; she was the top tier in elegant pretending.

The Zeli team was different from other teams. These five were originally teammates, and Su Xiao had met three of them last time he went to Apocalypse Paradise, namely the skinny man, the short-haired glasses girl, and the formal smiling man. Among these three, the skinny man's code name was relatively sloppy, named Assassin Man, which fit his somewhat gloomy temperament.

The short-haired glasses girl was named Shui Fu, a water-system Battle Angel. Her strength was massive water summoning, which could submerge an area of thousands of kilometers in a short time. She was also proficient in water-system precision control, shaping, granting, and eating.

The formal smiling man was a Soul Master. This was a genuine Soul Healer who could treat soul damage. Of course, he could also severely damage souls. The consequences of being injured by him were very serious.

The last member was named Tank · Hamdi, famous for his strong physique, tall figure, and high HP limit.

The Zeli team was a friendly faction team, but when contesting other resources besides "Broken Origins," they still had to be distinct from each other. Added to this, the intensity of this material release was so great that the Zeli team would definitely show up.

The sky darkened unknowingly. Plant Kingdom · Yagowa had three moons, one of which was broken, one emitted a beautiful pale blue, and the last one was a wheel silver moon.

Drip~

A drop of water dripped from Su Xiao's fingertip. The night wind was getting cold. He broke away from the meditation state, controlled the train beneath him to lock, and entered the highest authority defense state. This startled Fenny and Beini, who were in the train, awake.

Amu, who boarded the train before it locked, had red light in its eyes in the dark train. Blood-red tentacles clung to the Bloodthirsty Battle Axe in its hand, clinging to its right arm. In this encounter, it was responsible for protecting the healer and Beini the young lady.

It seemed only Amu was there, but Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who had integrated into the environment, was also a trump card. Since having the Lord Train, Xiang Bubu's technological creations had a carrier. Mechanical bees flew out quietly. Don't underestimate the power of these mechanical bees; all of them had built-in compressed liquid Apollo. The explosion range was not large, but the power was terrifying. This type of liquid Apollo was the main material for the next generation of "Sun Holy Sword."

On top of the train, Baha landed on Su Xiao's shoulder: "Boss, conservatively estimated there are four, not Hao Chou, Priest, and the others."

"Five."

Su Xiao's fingertips dripped water more severely, and even his hair tips began to drip water. This was a water-system ability user creating a high-humidity environment to facilitate subsequent battles.

Just at this moment, Su Xiao's right hand lifted slightly. A kilometer away, the Sea Crocodile, who had been preparing to dash over at super-high speed and bite off Su Xiao's head in his Shark-Diving state, suddenly stopped. He saw the man sitting casually on the roof of the train, with the full moon behind him appearing to transform into a blood moon, and a faint red light seemingly emanating from the man's eyes. This scene was a masterpiece, yet it also made the Sea Crocodile's hair stand on end.

The Sea Crocodile retreated and left suddenly. The voice of Blood Count came from the earphone: "Is your brain flooded? Hurry up and ambush, right now!"

"Whoever wants to go, go. I'm not going."

The Sea Crocodile's voice had a dull feeling, making people feel like they were also drowning in water.

"Heh, who said just now that you could bite off that Hunter's head by yourself."

Blood Count's mocking tone was undisguised.

"I farted just now, can't I?"

"Alright, tonight's ambush ends here..."

The voice of Captain · Gargoyle came from the channel.

"No need, you can continue."

It should have been the Curse Master's communication band, but Su Xiao's voice came through. This made the communication channel immediately silent.

On the mountain peak where the wind was howling, Su Xiao held a communicator in one hand and held the hair of a man who only had his upper body left in the other. The man's internal organs with a corrupt temperament flowed out from the broken opening. A choking blood sound came from the man's slashed throat. This was exactly one of the five rule-breakers of the Gentleman Team, the Curse Master.

"Where is the Priest?"

In the howling wind, Su Xiao spoke.

"Really... ridiculous, you think I would be... the Priest's dog..."

Before the Curse Master could finish his words, Su Xiao threw him up a bit and smashed him with a hand blade.

【You have killed rule-breaker No. 15***82.】

【You have gained Honor Badge × 6.】

【You have gained Hunter Coin × 65.】

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Different from killing rule-breakers in the past, this time, the Paradise to which the rule-breaker belonged was displayed directly before the number. It wasn't that the prompt rule had changed; it was that Su Xiao's authority was higher, which was why this prompt change appeared.

Having struggled in the Paradise faction until now, Su Xiao recognized the representative symbols of the Tree of Void and each Paradise faction.

The gains this time were very good, especially the "Hunter Coin." With this thing, one could open the Hunter Shop notarized simultaneously by Samsara Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Death Paradise, and Holy Light Paradise through the "Old Hunter" title.

Under the cover of the black clouds, the moon reappeared. In the silver moonlight, Baha flew over and landed on Su Xiao's shoulder: "Boss, locked onto one, want to chase?"

"Which one?"

"Count."

The Count Baha mentioned was the Blood Count, one of the five rule-breakers of the Gentleman Team. If it were that water shark, Su Xiao would be interested in hunting him down. As for the Count, he was relatively difficult to catch. Material contest would be held tomorrow morning, so he decisively gave up after weighing the pros and cons.

Leaping down from the mountain peak and landing on the train top on the wind-sheltered slope of the hillside, after lifting the train's defense, he returned to the train and saw Fenny yawning. It had to be said that Fenny's mentality had clearly grown. Before joining the Bai Ye team, although she wouldn't panic when encountering this situation, she definitely wouldn't have a mentality good enough to yawn lazily.

As for why, it was really because the cognitive impact of these two days was too great, and she had been added too much strange knowledge. She was a bit numb, and her mentality was naturally more stable.

The train door closed, and the wind outside disappeared. Su Xiao sat on the single sofa. The quiet environment allowed him to better adjust his state to welcome the melee tomorrow morning.

Taking out a "Hunter Coin," this coin was black-iron colored, the hand feel was heavy, and the back was a ψ mark. This was undoubtedly good news. With the Tree of Void as the largest notarizing party, the volume of the Hunter Shop was definitely not small.

【You have paid 1 Hunter Coin.】

【You can choose one from the following Hunter Shops.】

【Warning: You can open at most one type of Hunter Shop, and after choosing, it cannot be changed permanently.】

【Hunter Shop · Title.】

【Hunter Shop · Weapon.】

【Hunter Shop · Potion.】

【You have chosen Hunter Shop · Title.】

【Hunter Shop has been opened.】

【You currently possess 64 Hunter Coins (This coin can be traded, but only between owners of the Old Hunter title and titles of the same type as the Old Hunter, for trading and transfer).】

【You can purchase the following items through Hunter Coins.】

1. Title Treasure Chest (★).

Usage Effect: After opening, you can gain 1 one-star title with a specified characteristic (can specify type, such as combat system, growth system, perception/meditation buff system, devouring system, etc.).

Inventory Quantity: -- (No limit on exchange quantity for now; when inventory is less than a certain amount, corresponding restrictions will appear).

Exchange Price: 1 Hunter Coin.

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2. Title Treasure Chest (★★).

Usage Effect: After opening, you can gain 1 one-star to nine-star title with a specified characteristic (can specify type...).

Inventory Quantity: -- (No limit on exchange quantity).

Exchange Price: 2 Hunter Coins.

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3. Title Treasure Chest (★★★).

Usage Effect: After opening, you can gain 1 nine-star title with a specified characteristic.

Inventory Quantity: -- (No limit on exchange quantity).

Exchange Price: 300 Hunter Coins.

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4. Title Treasure Chest (★★★★).

Usage Effect: After opening, you can gain 1 one-star title with a specified characteristic (this is a high-potential title).

Inventory Quantity: 65.

Exchange Price: 1,800 Hunter Coins.

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5. Title Treasure Chest (★★★★★).

Usage Effect: After opening, you can gain 1 one-star title with a specified characteristic (this is a full-potential title).

Inventory Quantity: 8 (No limit on exchange quantity).

Exchange Price: 500,000 Hunter Coins.

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Five types of title treasure chests. First look at the first two: 【Title Treasure Chest (★)】 is 1 Hunter Coin each, can only open a specified type of one-star title. And the 【Title Treasure Chest (★★)】 which only needs 2 Hunter Coins, can open a specified type of one-star to nine-star title.

At first glance, it's definitely more cost-effective to buy 【Title Treasure Chest (★★)】. Not to mention opening a nine-star title, even opening an eight-star or seven-star title is much more profitable than opening a one-star title with 【Title Treasure Chest (★)】.

But in Su Xiao's view, 【Title Treasure Chest (★★)】 is simply a blood loss. To look at things, one must ignore their gorgeous appearance and look at the essence. The essential difference between 【Title Treasure Chest (★★)】 and 【Title Treasure Chest (★)】 is that 【Title Treasure Chest (★★)】 buys 1 one-star title for 2 Hunter Coins, while 【Title Treasure Chest (★)】 buys 1 one-star title for 1 Hunter Coin.

Calculated this way, buying 【Title Treasure Chest (★)】 is equivalent to earning double.

And when it comes to 【Title Treasure Chest (★★★)】, the required Hunter Coin price skyrockets. After all, it can directly open a specified type of nine-star title. But there is a problem: the title potential opened this way depends entirely on luck.

Just like Su Xiao's existing titles, except for 【Abyss Shadow】 which is 100% full potential, none of the others exceed 75%.

1. Hunter God · Nine-Star · Extreme Smelting · 1 time (71.6%).

2. Old Hunter · Nine-Star · Extreme Smelting · 2 times (70.2%).

3. Origin Scholar · Nine-Star · Extreme Smelting · 1 time (70.1%).

Because of this, the 【Title Treasure Chest (★★★★)】 which can only open one-star titles, has its price skyrocketed to 1,800 Hunter Coins each, just because this title treasure chest can open high-potential titles.

What is title potential? Let's make a simple analogy. If a title's potential is 50%, its strength at one star is about 1 point. By the time it reaches nine stars, the title strength is about 270 points. After five subsequent "Extreme Smeltings," the final limit strength can reach 8,640 points.

But if a title's potential is 100%, its strength at one star is also 1 point, but all the way to nine stars, the strength reached is 1,781 points. Then, after five "Extreme Smeltings," the final limit strength can reach 432,783 points.

The reason it's so outrageous is that for titles with less than 99% potential, when they reach nine stars and have the qualification for five "Extreme Smeltings," it's current strength × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = final strength.

And for 100% potential titles, when performing these five "Extreme Smeltings," they can exert their true power, which is current strength × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 = final strength.

Don't underestimate the difference; the gap is too large, so much so that the strength of the two is one in the four digits, and the other kills into the six digits.

Because of this, the 【Title Treasure Chest (★★★★★)】 which can open full-potential one-star titles, needs 500,000 Hunter Coins each.

Su Xiao certainly wouldn't save up so many Hunter Coins. After he performed "Extreme Smelting" 5 times on 【Abyss Shadow】, he achieved the "Achievement Mission · Strongest Title Creator," which unlocked the "New Authority · Title Reforging."

Generally speaking, this authority is to help Qiyuezhe obtain high-potential titles. The problem lies in the success/failure mechanism of "Title Reforging."

"Title Reforging: After activating this authority, you can place the title that needs reforging in the smelting position and perform one reforging. After successful reforging, the title will be upgraded to one-star level ·??? potential (title potential will be determined by your luck)."

After "Title Reforging" + "Law-Extinguishing Luck," a powerful yet weak combination appeared. With Su Xiao's massive amount of luck, he would either "reforge failure" or 100% reforge a full-potential title.

Saving 500,000 Hunter Coins versus trying once for 1 Hunter Coin, the latter is clearly more reliable. Even if Su Xiao's "reforge failure" probability is 99.99%, there are ways to temporarily raise this probability, such as under the bonus of 【Fate Master】's "Luck Power," he still has a certain possibility of "reforge success" within the next 20 minutes. Once successful, it is immediately equivalent to earning 500,000 Hunter Coins.

Combat-type titles have 【Abyss Shadow】. Su Xiao needs a meditation title, and potion blending assistance. He decided to start with the latter, exchanging the remaining 64 Hunter Coins for 64 【Title Treasure Chests (★)】. When attempting to open them, a prompt appeared.

【You must first choose the title type before you can perform one-star title random extraction.】

【Already chosen, Auxiliary Title · Potionology Branch.】

【You have gained the following titles...】

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One title after another appeared in Su Xiao's title list, all of which were titles that buffed potion blending after being worn. Some buffed blending success rate, some buffed quality limit, such as the 【Miracle Maker (Nine-Star)】 he currently possessed.

He didn't check the detailed attributes of these titles one by one but chose to perform automatic "Title Reforging" with his current authority.

While the smelting disk was manifested in front of him, stones of the same material as the smelting disk appeared. These dark brown stones were full of magma patterns and gathered together, forming a forging hammer that was outrageously large.

Bang!

The process of "Title Reforging" was especially fast. One hammer blow was enough, either shattering or leaving only the essence, tempered like rebirth. It was a pity that the first title shattered on the spot.

"Title Reforging" continued. Unknowingly, the sky had brightened. When the sun climbed up, the teams of other factions had all arrived. Except for the Hao Chou team, other teams had not appeared yet.

【Prompt: Contest · First Round · Final Stage Material Contest will open in 30 seconds.】

【First round release materials are: Soul Crystal Essence × 30

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