Everything has been settled. At this time, Xu Luo began to prepare for the upcoming conference of all races.
After all, this matter is actually the top priority for human beings today, and everything that happened before was just trivial.
He didn't take the so-called marriage to heart at all. This was just a negotiation between two forces. Anyway, in his words, he was only sixteen years old now, so there was no need to be so anxious about this matter.
Zhang Zhong told him to transfer directly to the Origin Star, but Xu Luo finally refused after thinking about it.
In his opinion, at this time in school, there is actually very little he can learn. In this case, in the continent of gods, he still has to rely more on his own efforts, so on the Ancestral Star It makes no difference to him whether it is a school or a school on the Origin Star.
Although the teachers in the school can provide him with experience and help, his development is fundamentally different from others. Other species may have similar predecessors for reference, but his Zerg does not need anyone at all. To dictate to yourself, you only need to direct the Zerg to continuously launch invasions. Therefore, any experience or the like is nothing more than a joke in front of the Zerg.
At this time in his own divine domain, Mercado has been studying goblin technology and wants to come up with more powerful engineering equipment. Although many things have detailed production drawings in his mind, these things When it comes to making it directly, it is actually far more difficult than imagined, and some of his engineering bugs have been helping him with Mercado and learning his production skills.
Under Mercado's training, these little things have now become his excellent assistants, not only capable of independent research, but also able to advance his entire research process.
As for the daily grinding of materials, or the construction and manufacturing of parts, all the trivial matters are left to these little things.
Many times, Merck only needs an order to have them place the finished product in front of him. During the research process, he is mainly responsible for a general direction, and all actual operations have been handed over to these little things. .
As the great magician of the Goblin Empire back then, he was actually very old. Especially for a mage, his body was really fragile. Therefore, these physical labors were actually a burden for such an old mage. It was quite a torment. Now that he could leave all this physical labor to the engineering bugs for research, he naturally liberated himself.
Xu Luo didn't care much about what happened between them. He only needed them to put the actual finished product in front of him.
He doesn't even care how much material they waste. After all, now that he has harvested a lot of benefits from various civilizations, the various materials in his hands are piled up like mountains. Let them squander it as much as they want, which is just for him. It's just a drop in the bucket.
Going on an expedition against foreigners is a big event, and Xu Luo knows very well that every year when fighting foreigners, there is a very high casualty rate.
What's more, this time the competition is extremely important, and each civilization attaches great importance to it. You can imagine how fierce the competition will be then.
So at this time, he kept directing his Zerg to attack cities and territories, allowing himself to accumulate more energy, speed up the tempering of the bones in his body, and slowly increase the upper limit of his energy and blood. At the same time, he also It is constantly summoning evolutionary crystals, ready to accumulate.
His idea is very simple. At this time, he should accumulate a large number of evolutionary crystals in advance. When he finally fights these aliens, he will summon the Zerg out. After using these evolutionary crystals, he can improve the strength of the Zerg. to a certain limit, and if we directly increase the strength of these Zerg now, even if we put them in the illusory portal, the consumption of energy will be very huge.
He was unwilling to pay this amount of consumption, so he might as well wait until afterwards to summon it directly.
After a shocking commotion, the entire Origin Star was almost turned upside down. Nowadays, every force is familiar with the name Xu Luo.
If their impression of Xu Luo at the beginning was that he was number one in the All-Civilization League, or the youngest six-star talent in history, then their current impression of him would have to add some prefixes to these names. , that is, you must not mess with the descendants of the Xu family!
There is a qualitative difference between a powerless civilian genius and a genius from a wealthy family.
However, Xu Luo didn't pay attention to these at all. He still went his own way and hid in the Tianjiao Hotel. He always lived in seclusion and did not appear in the public eye.
Except for those seed geniuses who could enter the Tianjiao Hotel and occasionally discuss with him, others could not even see him in person.
Of course, at this time, various forces, large and small, also used various names to send him gifts, and some people were even congratulating him and sending him gifts.
The name is to congratulate him for becoming a six-star seed genius, or for becoming the first in the all-civilization league. In their words, they didn't know where Xu Luo was before, but now they finally received it. news, so I gave him this gift to make up for it.
The purpose of these people doing these things is of course very simple, that is, they want to have a relationship with Xu Luo and make them look familiar to each other.
Although many people really want Xu Luo to accept their endorsement, Xu Luo has been unable to make money, so he can only let it go.
There were other thoughts before, but now that I know that he is a descendant of the Xu family, all these thoughts have disappeared. As for those who want to win him over to join their own forces, they no longer have any thoughts at this time. Next, who are the descendants of the Xu family that they can win over?
At this time, the people from the forces who had come into contact with Xu Luo couldn't help but smile bitterly. They even complained in their hearts that Xu Luo was obviously a descendant of the Xu family, but when faced with being wooed by people like himself, They had been keeping calm all this time. If they had known this, they wouldn't have joined in the fun.
But soon, all the turmoil disappeared, and everyone's attention was attracted by another thing.
A meeting of all races.
After waiting for a long time, the final start date has finally been determined. The Ten Thousand Races Conference will be held on January 10th, and contestants from all civilizations will attend.
At the beginning, Xu Luo thought that those participating in the Ten Thousand Races Conference would go to a certain place to gather and compete.
But later I learned that their true bodies would not go to a certain designated location, but could participate in it on the planet of their own civilization, because what would pass by then would be their spiritual bodies.
But don't think that just because you are a spiritual body, you can sit back and relax, because when the time comes during the Great Conference of Ten Thousand Races, if they die in the illusory world and they die in the real world, they will die.
And the reason why most people's attention is attracted by this incident at this time is that ordinary people just have a good show attitude towards this incident, and at the same time wish their own civilization to achieve good results in this conference. , to win more benefits for them when dividing interests.
In this case, human beings' strength will improve significantly in the future, and the attention of various forces at this time will be on related and derivative matters.
Because they have to participate in the Ten Thousand Races Conference, at this time, all the contestants are crazy about buying all kinds of things that can improve their strength, or can save their lives, or various consumables that can restore injuries, and the things on the market have been replaced by them. After frantically searching, the value of things naturally began to increase crazily.
And those people involved in related industries, after seeing such business opportunities, naturally began to mobilize. Compared with making money, all kinds of gossip can be gossiped with the people next to you when you have nothing to do, but of course now is the time to make money. Your own business is still the most important thing.
Although Xu Luo himself did not mobilize, how could Xu Xian, Zhang Zhong and others remain indifferent at this time? I had already prepared everything for him and delivered it to him.
Although he had never met his grandfather, Xu Luo was still very grateful for the old man's kindness. He did not refuse and accepted everything.
At this time, he was also thinking about whether the evolutionary crystals in his hands could be used on humans.
After all, Xu Luo also knew very well that Xu Xian had always been troubled by his injuries.
If the evolutionary crystal can really be eaten by humans, there is a high probability that it can heal his injuries.
Because when used by people of other races, the evolutionary crystal can purify their blood and make up for their shortcomings, allowing them to move towards a more perfect level. In this way, if used by Xu Xian, he The injuries on his body, as his physical flaws, can naturally be made up for.
But Xu Luo didn't have any psychological burden when using it for others or people from other races. Even if something happened to those people, they were just tools that he could throw away at will.
But Xu Xian is his own grandfather, so of course he has to be very cautious in this matter.
Therefore, he just took this matter to heart and thought about conducting many trials in the next time. After there were no problems, he would give him things to use. Otherwise, he would let the Zerg race in various different places. The world helped him find various top-notch elixirs or medicinal materials that could prolong life or treat injuries, but he still didn't believe it. With the Zerg in hand, he couldn't solve Xu Xian's problems.
At this time, there was actually another thing in Xu Luo's heart that was more important to him, and that was Zhang Zhong sending him a message saying that Xu Zhen and Li Yan were on their way to the Origin Star.
The reason why these two people came at this juncture was not only to celebrate Xu Xian's birthday, but also because Xu Luo was on the Origin Star at this time and was attacked one after another. Therefore, the two people Can't sit still anymore.
Xu Luo could imagine how they were rushing here in a hurry, and he felt warm in his heart but did not say anything. Although it had been a year since he traveled to this world, he had never had any relationship with his biological parents. We have never met each other, and we usually only have the opportunity to communicate with each other every few months.
At first, he really thought that these two people were just ordinary soldiers who had been performing missions to explore the planet, but later he found out that they were actually the commander and wife of the famous Pioneer Legion. , Xu Luo was speechless.
But after all, these were white lies, so he didn't say anything else.
It may be a good thing to be able to reunite as a family at this time.
As for Zhang Zhong who has been urging him to meet his fiancée, Xu Luo has been putting it off. He is still resisting this sudden fiancée in his heart. He doesn't know what kind of person she is. I understand, so let nature take its course.
The time has come. At the end of December, heavy snow fell in the sky above the Origin Star.
Xu Luo was actually looking forward to the upcoming trip to the illusory world for the Ten Thousand Races Conference.
He is very curious about what kind of battle it will be like, whether it will be a one-on-one decisive battle in the ring, or whether they will all be thrown into a certain world, just like the last time in the All-Civilization League. Fight with people from other worlds.
But no matter what, Xu Jingjing's words before were still vivid in his mind. After those foreigners killed the Xu family's children, they showed off these people everywhere as their military exploits.
No matter what, these people are my brothers and sisters. If there is a chance, we must make a break with these people when we meet.
"Meet you in the lobby on the first floor of Tianjiao Hotel at seven o'clock tonight!"
Just as Xu Luo was looking at the heavy snow falling outside the window, the personal assistant in his hand moved, and then a message popped up.
After seeing that the person who sent the message was Zhang Xinya, Xu Luo raised his eyebrows.
He didn't know why the other party was looking for him at this juncture, but anyway, he had nothing to do at this time, and he didn't need to go out at all, so he didn't resist too much.
Anyway, if you go down and take a look then you will know what the other party's intentions are.
Ever since his identity as a member of the Xu family was revealed, the attitude of the person in the Tianjiao Hotel next to him had changed dramatically. Xu Luo could only smile bitterly in response to all this.
In the past, the attitude of these people when getting along with themselves had not changed much, but now that the identity of the Xu family was added to the front, those people could no longer remain calm.
Among them, Li Qingquan and Jiang Yi are the most obvious.
The reason why these two people had such obvious changes was because Jiang Yi told Li Qingquan that he felt that Xu Luo's expression was very strange when facing Xu Jingjing, but at that time. His judgment was affected by Li Qingquan. Now that he knew that Xu Luo was also a descendant of the Xu family, he could finally understand why his expression looked like that when he heard about what happened to those descendants of the Xu family.
After all, those people are his brothers and sisters. How can a cold-blooded person remain calm when he hears the deeds of these people?
"It's rare that you actually come to me on your own initiative!"
After arriving at the lobby on the first floor of Tianjiao Hotel, Xu Luo greeted Zhang Xinya with a smile when he saw Zhang Xinya sitting on the sofa, bored and wandering around.
"It should be said that you, a busy person, don't leave the door twice, so it's easy for people to find a meal!"
After hearing what Xu Luo said, Zhang Xinya rolled her eyes. After all, compared to what she said, Xu Luo had never taken the initiative to find anyone. Every time, Zhang Xinya took the initiative to come to her door.
"No, this is for you!"
After standing up, although Zhang Xinya's expression was not very good, she still threw something to Xu Luo.
There had actually been no contact between her and Xu Luo for several months. She had been training in a different world and fighting against people from other races.
It wasn't until they came out some time ago that they discovered that Xu Luo had actually done such an earth-shattering thing on the Origin Star, which made them all surprised.
But although she was surprised, Zhang Xinya accepted it quickly. Anyway, no matter what this guy did, he would not be surprised.
"what?"
Xu Luo was puzzled when he saw the beautifully packaged thing in his hand.
"Just take it, don't die!"
Zhang Xinya didn't explain, she just lowered her face and gave instructions.
"I don't really have many friends, so I really hope that you can come back safely from the battle with the aliens. This thing is what I got when I was in the alien world this time. I think it will be good for you in the future. It will help you in your next battle!"
"Okay, I will definitely survive!"
After hearing what she said, Xu Luo smiled and nodded. He didn't ask what the thing was, but calmly collected it.
"Speaking of which, I didn't expect that you would get engaged so soon!"
After seeing Xu Luo accept his gift, Zhang Xinya laughed and teased him.
Speaking of which, in addition to the upcoming start of the Ten Thousand Races Conference, the hottest thing in their circle right now is that Xu Luo is causing trouble on the Origin Star, and another thing is that he and Jiang Ying are engaged.
Of course, they were not actually engaged at this time, but the elders of both parties had already agreed, and even Ying Man, the pillar of the Human Federation, personally blessed them.
Everyone knows that this matter is a certainty. Although the two parties have not met yet, the impact on the circle is indeed very profound.
"Speaking of this, I'm also surprised. After all, we haven't really met each other yet. The sudden addition of a fiancée also caused a lot of trouble to me."
Xu Luo couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. Now he has not been able to truly accept that he has an extra fiancée. This is why he and Jiang Ying have not really met each other yet.
If he really accepted this matter, how could he have been hiding in Tianjiao Hotel for such a long time?
"You took advantage of it, okay?"
After hearing Xu Luo's words, Zhang Xinya couldn't help but roll her eyes, as if you were taking advantage and being good.
"Yingzi is such a beautiful girl, and you know what her family background is like. Why are you dissatisfied with such a big dowry for you? You don't know how many people in the circle are envious of you now." Lucky for you, after Yingzi marries you, can you imagine how terrifying the power your two families will be together?"
"Isn't that what those people want to see?"
Xu Luo smiled.
"But if you want to be truly together with Yingzi, it's not as easy as you think. I heard that Yingzi's grandfather gave you a test. You need to pass it before the marriage can be real. come true, otherwise, even if the two of you are together, you won’t get much benefit by then.”
Suddenly, Zhang Xinya spoke to Xu Luo mysteriously, as if I have some gossip here, please come and beg me.
"Oh, what does it matter? If we don't get married, we won't get married. Anyway, now the two parties have a bond. There is no need to continue fighting like this. After that, this marriage will not be so important."
Xu Luo knew very well that Xu Xian was just using this marriage as a link to untie Liang Zi with Jiang Ying's grandfather, and he didn't want to continue fighting like this with the other party.
"Do you think this marriage can be impure if you don't want to get married now? Once that old gentleman Yingman opens his mouth, this affair must go on, and no one can stop you two from being together!"
After Zhang Xinya heard Xu Luo's words, she looked at him seriously.
"You must not think that this matter is a joke. You may not know who this old gentleman is, Yingman. Let me tell you this. There are several people in our human federation who are among the world of gods. They possess god-king level strength, and this old gentleman is one of them.
Ying Yingluo, you know, wasn't she with you when you were attacked some time ago? And this old gentleman is her great-grandfather. Strictly speaking, he is also considered the strongest among us humans! "
After hearing Zhang Xinya's words, Xu Luo couldn't help but wonder. After all, in his opinion, how could the marriage between himself and Jiang Ying involve a strong man like Ying Man?
"Don't think that the union between you two is just your own business. Nowadays, many people want to see the entire human federation become monolithic, and you two serve as such a link. When the Jiang family and Xu After the two forces of the family are truly combined, the current three-legged situation in the federation will be resolved, and then they can be unanimously exposed to the outside world. Therefore, the intention of the old God King Yingman is to do his best to promote this matter.
When his will takes the lead here, no one can resist, because this matter is not just his intention, but the god kings in the human federation all have the same will! "
Xu Luo smiled bitterly when he heard this, but couldn't say any more words. He didn't expect that there were so many things involved behind a simple marriage incident.
"Sure enough, these things are not for me to consider. I should just cultivate myself honestly."
"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. In addition to giving you this thing, the more important thing I want to come here to tell you is that this time at your Ten Thousand Races Conference, the rules seem to be the same as last year. "
After seeing Xu Luo's wry smile, Zhang Xinya did not continue on this topic. Instead, she began to tell him about the gossip she had received.
"Is it the same as last year? Do you mean to let us people directly enter the False God Realm to fight?"
After hearing her words, Xu Luo couldn't help but frown.
Because if they were to fight directly in the Void God Realm, then for them, the casualties would be extremely tragic.
After all, the fighting in the Virtual God Realm last year was only participated by a few civilizations near them, but now it is on the entire interstellar, and countless civilizations will participate. The top of the eighth-level and ninth-level civilizations Genius will also show up when the time comes!
With so many civilizations all concentrated in a certain area, the fighting would be so terrifying.
“This matter is still under discussion, and I heard about it when they were discussing it in the circle.
You guy obviously has the authority of the Six-Star Collection, but you never care about this information. Otherwise, you should be better informed than me! "
When she said this, Zhang Xinya couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Xu Luo is good at everything, but he is a bit too homely. He hides in his room all the time on weekdays. He practices alone and has no contact with others. The news is naturally much behind that of others. .
Otherwise, relying on the various permissions he possesses, he should be the most well-informed among the current geniuses in mankind. If there is any trouble above, he should have got the information as soon as possible. .
Hearing Zhang Xinya's complaints, Xu Luo smiled bitterly, but did not interrupt.
At this time, he could understand why Zhang Xinya said this was hearsay. It was actually speculation among the geniuses in the circle, which meant that it had not been confirmed yet, and if it was confirmed, no matter how little he paid attention to it, Regarding the information, there will still be news pushed to him. Then he will naturally understand what kind of selection method will be used during the Ten Thousand Races Conference.
"Why do we care so much? No matter what method we use, it will just be the soldiers coming to block the water and the soil. As long as we use our strength as much as possible in this process, not to mention I only It’s just a substitute, and I may not be needed to play when the time comes.”
Thinking that no matter how much they cared about this related matter, it didn't matter, so Xu Luo felt relieved, smiled freely and then turned around to comfort Zhang Xinya.
"I'm really not in a hurry like an emperor or a eunuch. You, the client, are not in a hurry. Why should I be in a hurry?"
After seeing Xu Luo's attitude, Zhang Xinya sighed and said nothing more. Just like Xu Luo said, he was a substitute, and he was the last substitute.
If he wants to play, he can only have all nine substitutes in front of him come on the field. In this case, when his last substitute comes on the field, you can imagine what kind of difficulties human civilization will face, so It's best not to happen.
"You are right, so the best way is for you not to play, which means our situation is not that bad, and your life will not be in danger!"
"I'd like to lend you some good words."
Hearing Zhang Xinya's blessing, Xu Luo smiled.
After the two sat down on the sofa, they stood opposite each other, and then began to talk about some spiritual matters.
Although Xu Luo has been working alone behind closed doors, he is indeed talented in cultivation. Otherwise, it would not be so easy to reach the peak of Silver level just by having sufficient resources.
Although Zhang Xinya has now been promoted to freshman, her strength is at the peak of Silver level, so the two of them have a lot in common when communicating. After all, they are both about to face the threshold of Gold level.
For humans, the gold level threshold means that they have reached the third level among the seven heavenly levels.
However, in contrast, Zhang Xinya was actually cleaning up her marrow at this time and was already preparing to make a golden breakthrough.
Although Xu Luo is also at the peak of the silver level, he has been suppressing himself and wants to temper himself many times, so he will enter the gold level for a while.
After all, if possible, if you practice for a while at this time, increase your foundation, and reach the gold level, you will get greater benefits.
Zhang Xinya just stayed in this realm for a long time and could no longer get any improvement, so she had no choice but to enter the gold level in advance.
If possible, everyone wants to increase their basic energy and blood as much as possible at the silver level.
After the basic qi and blood are increased, the increase will be greater when you reach the gold level. The more basic qi and blood you get to a higher level, the more enhancements you will get.
After all, Qi and blood are not only related to the gold level, but even when you reach the legendary realm, it also means that your foundation will be deeper.
Although at the legendary level, the more important thing is to see one's understanding of the law, but the law is equivalent to an expander, releasing one's own energy and blood in multiples, and if one's basic energy and blood Without it, even if the amplifier of the law can bring out one's own energy and blood to a greater extent, when there is an absolute gap between two people, this amplifier will have no effect.
The two people were constantly communicating on the path of cultivation, talking about some of the problems they had encountered, and then continued to discuss and solve each other's doubts. Each of them gained a lot.
After all, Xu Luo has been practicing alone. He rarely discusses this path with others, and no one can teach him. If he hadn't read other people's practice notes, he wouldn't know. How many wrong paths do you have to take?
In contrast, after all, Zhang Xinya has a family background. She has been taught by her elders since she was a child, so her basic knowledge is more solid, so she gave Xu Luo a lot of help during the mutual discussion.
As the two of them continued to discuss, time passed very quickly, and soon it was night. When Zhang Xinya saw the sky outside, she began to say goodbye to Xu Luo.
This time she came here mainly to deliver the box to Xu Luo, and the rest was just a chat between the two of them.
Xu Luo got up and sent her out of Tianjiao Hotel. Then he saw heavy snow falling outside. After standing at the door for a while, he got up and returned to his room.
After returning to his room, he took out the box and carefully unpacked the outer packaging. He saw a porcelain bottle lying quietly inside, and on top of the porcelain bottle there was a red note that said wash. Marrow pills!
After seeing this name, Xu Luo's eyes narrowed. He did not expect that Zhang Xinya gave him this thing.
In the process of practicing, Xu Luo has always relied on the original power of the world to practice. He does not use various auxiliary materials for practice, but it does not mean that various auxiliary props are ineffective for him.
Just like this marrow-washing pill, it can ease the menstrual flow and cut down the marrow, greatly improving a person's practice efficiency. By using the marrow-washing pill, the impurities contained in one's body can be expelled. In this way, during practice, When you get up, your efficiency will naturally increase greatly and your energy absorption rate will increase.
For many people, after increasing their energy absorption efficiency, they reduce their consumption of resources in disguise, which is actually a very good thing.
After all, in today's real world, cultivation resources are scarce, and energy requires them to go to other worlds to continuously fight. After reducing the cost of cultivation, the remaining energy can be used to impact towards higher levels. .
It's just that the effect of this effect on Xu Luo is not very obvious.
But it can also make his cultivation path smoother. After there are no impurities in his body, he can strengthen his efficiency in bone tempering, so that energy can run more smoothly in his body.
In this case, even though the energy-saving effect is useless, it does not mean that he cannot accelerate the tempering effect on his own meridians during the operation.
And after one's own meridians have been tempered many times, they can become more tenacious and able to withstand more violent energy impacts.
When the meridians become tougher and can withstand more violent energy impacts, it means that he can use more energy at a time, and the tempering effect on his own bones will be more obvious.
Looking at the porcelain bottle in front of him, Xu Luo's expression couldn't help but be dull for a moment. He didn't expect that Zhang Xinya would give him this thing. This gesture was really too big.
"What a huge favor!"
Xu Luo can naturally buy Marrow Cleansing Pills, but when purchasing this thing, he does not use credit points or star coins. He either uses precious cultivation resources to exchange for it, or relies on points to go to the military or military headquarters. Important departments such as the Ministry of Education carry out exchanges, and when exchanging this thing, there are certain requirements for one's own merit level, etc., and each person also has a quantity limit during the exchange process.
In fact, strictly speaking, Zhang Xinya needs this marrow-cleansing pill more than Xu Luo himself at this time.
She is undergoing marrow washing and blood transfusion. After using the marrow washing pills, she can remove the impurities from her body, and the process of marrow washing and blood transfusion will be smoother.
But because she was worried about her own safety, she gave this precious thing to herself without hesitation. Obviously, she wanted to greatly improve her strength and enhance her hope of survival before entering the conference of all races.
And this is what makes Xu Luo embarrassed. He obviously doesn't need the Marrow Cleansing Pills at all, but since he has accepted the gift, it is naturally impossible for him to return it at this time, and he doesn't want to return it now. It would be a great insult to Zhang Xinya to go to the military headquarters to exchange for a marrow-cleansing pill and then send it to her.
"Forget it, just take it and give her something else when the time comes!"
Shaking his head and putting the things down, Xu Luo could only think that he would exchange other items with similar effects from the military department and send them to her, so that she could get through this difficulty and speed up the process of marrow washing and blood transfusion. , promoted to the gold level.
After putting aside the marrow-cleansing pills, Xu Luo entered a state of cultivation.
He was seizing every moment and tempering his bones all the time, hoping to complete the second bone tempering as soon as possible.
If he can complete the second tempering, his strength will be significantly improved, and at this time, he also wants to try whether he can impact and temper for the third time.
If you can complete the third tempering, your foundation will be greatly enhanced. By then, it will even be possible for you to be able to fight against those weak gold-level ones even if you are only at the peak of silver level, and break the shackles of rank.
This is a very important attempt, and Xu Luo is willing to make this decision for such an opportunity.
After all, practice is a very personal matter. In the process of practice, it is often not necessary to make a breakthrough in advance in order to reach a certain state. After all, the speed of practice in the past does not mean that it can still be consistent in the future. As usual, rapid progress.
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