Chapter 296 Paying debt with work

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It is so arrogant to hold the right to speak, and it is obvious that no matter how Xu Luo ravages these people, they are not qualified to resist.

After all, the resources, information, and power between the two parties are unequal. Naturally, the right to speak cannot be equal.

Following the orders issued by those councilors, people were now searching for Xu Luo in this base city with great fanfare.

It seems that this base city has a very large population, but when the people in power in this city want to find someone, it is not as difficult as imagined.

"Sir, please come with us, someone wants to see you."

While Xu Luo was still wandering around in this base city, a group of people had already surrounded Xu Luo.

Although these people spoke to him politely, in fact, it can be seen from their attitudes that they are very tough at this time. At this moment, whether Xu Luo is willing or not, they are He was to be taken away by force.

Seeing the looks of these people, Xu Luo just smiled and didn't say much.

He wanted to meet the people in power in this city, which was why he said those words before, just to make the other party notice his existence.

At this moment, the other party has come to his door. In fact, it is exactly what he wants to see.

So at this time, he did not resist, but followed this group of people honestly.

After seeing these guards appear, other people in the city quickly dodge, for fear that if they accidentally provoke these people, they will be dealt with by the other party without any place to go.

After following these guards, passing through streets and entering hidden passages, after passing through checkpoints one after another, Xu Luo was even blindfolded, and then in front of others Under the guidance, he turned left and right, and finally took off the cloth covering his face.

"Why do you treat our guests like this and why don't you apologize to them immediately!"

At this time, a scolding voice came.

Then the guards quickly apologized to Xu Luo.

"The way you invite guests is quite unique."

At this time, Xu Luo looked at the congressmen sitting solemnly in their respective seats and just smiled.

However, he did not make things difficult for the guards. The reason why the other party acted like this was just to obey orders. Under such circumstances, it was meaningless to argue with such ordinary people.

"I heard that sir came from the sky?"

After driving away the guards, each of the council members looked at Xu Luo and the others curiously, as if they were appreciating a precious commodity, and everyone's eyes looked extremely greedy.

They have already enjoyed the power and strength. Under such circumstances, what they want to do most at this time is to leave the cage of this world directly.

At this moment, they hope more than anyone else that Xu Luo really comes from outside the world, just as he said, traveling in this world, so that he can enter this world and leave this world. A world.

"Indeed, I come from another world."

Xu Luo raised his eyebrows and said nothing more in response to their inquiries. Instead, he nodded and acknowledged what he had said before.

"What does Tianwai look like?"

After hearing Xu Luo admit that he did come from another world, one after another the members couldn't wait to ask him what the world he came from was like.

However, at this time, they still had doubts in their hearts, so they did not rush to ask Xu Luo if he could take them out of this world.

After all, they have their own persistence in their hearts, and they also know in their hearts that if they act too eagerly at this time, they will definitely be manipulated by others. Therefore, they must correct their attitudes at this time and cannot Let Xu Luo see the urgency in his heart.

Because as people in power, they certainly understand that if they hand over the initiative to the other party at this time, it will be too passive for them.

"Tianwai, in fact, it's just like that. I heard that your world was also a place with highly developed technology before the great catastrophe. I just don't know if your world's technology could support you at that time. , fly out of this planet?”

At this time, Xu Luo casually pulled up a chair nearby, sat down next to them, then crossed his legs and looked at them casually.

Although these people have good power, and as the people in power in this city, in normal times, they can be said to be taking over life and death, and they have great power.

But for Xu Luo, that's all they are. What's more, Xu Luo is just a projection of himself here. Even if they want to do something to him, for Xu Luo, what is wrong with him is There is no loss of life at all.

"Beyond the planet?"

When hearing Xu Luo's words, these councilors looked at each other, wondering why Xu Luo would suddenly bring up this topic at this time.

"With our previous technology, it is indeed possible to support us to fly beyond the planet. However, when we used spacecraft to explore before, we found that except for our planet, the nearby area was completely inaccessible. Not like any other planet.”

Although I don’t know why Xu Luo suddenly texted them this, the Speaker still replied that it was not a particularly secret message anyway.

After hearing them say that they had developed a spaceship and could continue to fly beyond the planet, Xu Luo raised his eyebrows.

Originally, although it was said that he knew the technology of this planet fairly well, to what extent it had reached, Xu Luo didn't actually know because he had no real contact with it.

Now it is confirmed that at their technological level, they understand that this should be the pre-nuclear era.

The so-called pre-nuclear era means that just like the level of science and technology in Xu Luo's previous life, every country uses nuclear weapons as its strongest means. At that time, spaceships and other things had just been developed and began to move beyond the planet. They are exploring, but at this moment they have not discovered that other planets are habitable, and they have not entered the era of interstellar immigration.

Naturally, it is impossible to directly enter the interstellar era like in the real world.

"It seems that you all look quite calm. When your world is about to fall into destruction, you can still think of being so calm at this time."

Looking at the congressmen who were all looking like old gods, Xu Luo secretly cursed each other as an old fox.

Under this situation, he was still holding it on his face, seemingly not panicking at all.

“It’s going to rain and my mother wants to get married, so what can I do?

Now that the world is about to fall into destruction, what can we, just ordinary mortals, do?

Rather than doing this, it is better to take advantage of the remaining time to eat and drink, so as to live a decent life. "

After hearing Xu Luo's words, the speaker looked at Xu Luo with deep meaning.

He has been in charge of this base city for decades, and before the catastrophe, he was a person in a high position, so later on, he was able to rely on his own strong personal prestige to directly establish this large-scale base city.

As a person matures with age, he has experienced countless things after so many years, so he naturally understands what Xu Luo did in the past.

It seems that in this matter, Xu Luo doesn't force anything, but if he really has no desires, he will not deliberately say those words in front of the battalion commander, and then follow Following the battalion commander, he entered the base city.

Although he still doesn't know what Xu Luo wants, he knows very well that the other party must have something in mind.

In fact, this speaker is not afraid of what the other party wants at all, because if the other party wants something, if they can meet the other party's needs, then the two parties will form cooperation, which is a win-win way.

What they fear the most is that the other party has no desires or needs, and they don’t need anything. However, if they ask for anything from others, they may break up directly. This is already a life-saving thing they have grasped now. Straw, at this time, I naturally take this matter very seriously.

"Elder, have a good heart!"

After hearing what the Speaker said, Xu Luo gave him a thumbs up with a smile on his face.

"I have traveled to many worlds, and I have also seen some worlds. After falling into the sinking state, the people above the world at that time had different attitudes. It was indeed a Shura scene.

Anyway, it is your world that makes me wonder. The world is on the verge of collapse, but these people in the cities are still living and working in peace and contentment, performing their duties. "

After hearing Xu Luo's praise, the members of the council were communicating with each other with their eyes. In fact, the reason why these people are so stable at this time is because they don't know at all that the world is about to To fall into a state of destruction.

Under such circumstances, for these ordinary people, they do not know the truth of the world. Therefore, although life is a little harder now, they can still fill their stomachs. Under such circumstances, it is natural not to There will be so much demand.

Because they don't know the truth about this world, they naturally don't have any other ideas.

"You said that you have traveled from world to world. I wonder what kind of worlds you have been to?"

At this time, the speaker suddenly asked a question.

"I have been to a lot of worlds, and they are of all types. For example, there are some worlds where there is no one, and some strange creatures are in charge there. There are also worlds where there is no one, but there is no one there. They were some monsters that once occupied the entire world.

In some worlds, technology is extremely advanced, and in some worlds, practitioners can fly into the sky and escape from the earth. They are omnipotent and reach out to pick up the sun, moon and stars. For them, it is just a matter of leisure, but they do not know that the elders want to understand. What kind of world? "

Xu Luo looked at him with a smile.

"I am more interested in the world you came from. After all, it should be a very interesting world that can cultivate outstanding talents like you."

When the speaker faced Xu Luo's smile, he looked at him with deep meaning. Without making a move, he had already told Xu Luo his needs.

Seeing that the other party was still able to keep his composure at this time, Xu Luo had to admire these people's Qi-nurturing skills.

The subtle expressions on their bodies clearly betrayed their mood, but at this time, at least on the surface, they still maintained a quite calm posture, as if they did not take this matter to heart.

"The world I live in is not as powerful as you think. However, in the interstellar era, everyone's life span has reached two hundred years. If you embark on the path of spiritual practice, you may be able to live longer. A little, other than that there's nothing special about it.

Well, maybe some people like to wander around in different worlds, just like me. It is quite interesting to travel in different worlds and experience the customs and customs of different worlds. "

It is said that after hearing the string song, one can know the elegant meaning.

Previously, the Speaker calmly revealed his thoughts. His so-called "I am only interested in the world you live in" was actually a subtle explanation that he wanted to move to Xuluo. in the world where you are.

At this time, Xu Luo also calmly explained some situations in his world. As for whether the other party can understand it, it depends on the other party's understanding.

Seeing Xu Luo and the speaker remain calm and quarrelsome, each of the members felt as if there were ants crawling in their hearts, feeling extremely distressed.

But at this moment, with the Speaker leading the matter, they couldn't say much. No matter how anxious they were, they could only sit quietly in front of the audience.

Although it is said that thirteen of them make up this parliament, in fact, in normal times, this parliament is basically dominated by the speaker.

Occasionally, some people would come out to take charge, but no matter what, the speaker was there quietly.

Usually, other members can come out to show off because the speaker doesn't want to stand out at that time, so he gives them a chance. Once he wants to do something, the others can only obey him honestly. His orders.

"My little friend is a wonderful person."

Silently, the two sides had actually had a secret confrontation. After discovering that Xu Luo was not as easy to deal with as he thought, the wrinkles on the speaker's face seemed to have all been squeezed together at once. Her smile is like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Since my little friend has seen that our world is about to enter a state of destruction, I wonder if there is a way to solve the current situation?"

"Since your world is about to be destroyed, the only way out is to relocate to other worlds. Otherwise, everything in this world will only follow the whole world into destruction. In this state, there is no other way.”

At this time, Xu Luo looked at these congressmen with a strange look on his face.

"Logically speaking, your world has fallen into a state of destruction. Logically speaking, when the world knows that it is going to be destroyed, it should be able to save itself. Why has your world not reached the end? What about the glorious stage? After all, even when a person is about to die, there will always be a flashback, let alone a world?"

After hearing Xu Luo's words, the expressions of each of the congressmen became extremely embarrassed.

Because they thought of everything they had done in the past. After all, if they had not blinded themselves because of temporary benefits, perhaps the situation in the world would be quite different now, but at this time , no matter how much they regretted it, it was of no use.

Just after seeing the expressions of these people, Xu Luo understood that they must have done something before, which caused the last hope of life in this world to be cut off by themselves.

But perhaps it is precisely because they did such a thing that they gave themselves a chance. Otherwise, when a world enters a situation of returning to the light, it will inevitably choose some ways to save itself, although it may not be able to solve it directly. The world is facing problems, but at least there is a high probability that this world can reach its final glory in the stage of recovery.

Although it is said that there are only flowers and brocade, and the fire is cooking oil.

The pinnacle of all this is just an illusion, but if at least such an illusion exists, people like them will die unconsciously.

At that time, if Xu Luo wants to do something in this world, he may not be able to do what he wants.

But now that the other party's last chance of life has been cut off by themselves, they have not even been able to reach their final glory. At this moment, they can only watch the world decline bit by bit. But nothing can be done.

"In the past, there were people like you who came from the sky. They claimed to be Skywalkers and wanted to save our world, but unfortunately, they did not succeed."

At this time, a congressman said lightly.

"Skywalker?"

Xu Luo looked at them with a half-smile.

"They should not come from other worlds, but from your world."

"Why did you say this?"

After hearing what Xu Luo said at this time, the expressions of each of the congressmen became very strange.

After all, when they came into contact with those Tianxing people before, they heard clearly that those Tianxing people themselves said that they came from other worlds. Under such circumstances, Xu Luo said that these people may not come from other worlds. This sentence is very scary when you think about it carefully.

"Your world is about to fall into destruction. Under such circumstances, your world will inevitably take measures to save itself, hoping to change its future fate. Under such circumstances, do you think , won’t it do something? Skywalker? It’s someone who acts on behalf of Heaven!”

"He who acts on behalf of Heaven."

After hearing Xu Luo's words, a flash of thunder suddenly seemed to flash in the hearts of each council member. They finally understood why they had that kind of feeling in their hearts when they encountered those Skywalkers before. Weird feeling.

Obviously those people were hesitant and said that they came from other worlds, but when they asked these people in detail, they couldn't tell a reason at all.

Moreover, they also asked these people before if there was a way to leave this world. What those people said at that time was that they also came to this era unknowingly, so they themselves did not know how they came to this world. Those who came here naturally don’t know how to go back.

“Back then, they were talking about the times.”

At this time, the speaker murmured to himself. At that time, they all regarded the words spoken by the other party as the world, and did not think too much about it. But when they think about it now, those people What they all say is that they don’t know how they came to this era.

It seems that there is not much difference between not knowing how to come to this world and not knowing how to come to this era. But at this moment, when making a detailed comparison, it can actually be seen that the meaning of this sentence The difference is huge.

"It seems that you should have understood that those people should have come from different periods of your world and were brought to your era by your world. However, it seems that you have not been able to seize the last opportunity. .”

After seeing the expressions of these people, Xu Luo naturally understood that these congressmen must have done something before, and then cut off their last hope.

However, these high-ranking people are very suspicious in their hearts. When facing those who have strength or perform unusually well, what they need to do is naturally for their own benefit. So it's not surprising what he did.

"But why didn't they say it at that time?"

At this time, a congressman murmured to himself.

After all, in his opinion, if these people at that time said that they came to their era from the future or other eras, they would definitely make different choices by then. But at that time, these people were hesitant. But I have never been able to tell the reason for the situation, but it made them very angry. They just thought that the other party was unwilling to tell them the truth of the matter, so they directly killed the other party and then captured them. the power of.

Although they also obtained part of the memories of those people at that time, they only obtained some fragments in the memories of those people, and they did not find anything about the other senior sister, so that they The final harvest was actually not as great as imagined.

"Coming from the future to the modern world is a huge change from the past. Under such circumstances, do you think they can casually say that they have traveled through time?"

Xu Luo smiled.

In fact, there was another thing he didn't say in his heart. Even if those people told them at that time that they were from the future, would these high-ranking people trust them at that time? If so, it is still an unknown number.

"Is it really possible in this world to allow people from the future to go back to the past?"

At this time, the speaker frowned and looked in Xu Luo's direction.

In the past, he had some vague feelings in his heart, but at that time, he was not sure, so he suppressed all these thoughts. But now, he just wants Xu Luo to reveal Just opened this last fig leaf.

In the past, they could safely regard these Tianxing people as outsiders. Then they directly seized the opponent's power and took care of each of their base cities, saving countless people from death. destiny.

In their opinion, these people have made great achievements.

But now when they heard Xu Luo say that they had cut off the last hope of life in their world, they naturally felt extremely regretful.

But at this time, when things have reached this point, no matter how much regret it is, it is of no use. At this time, he is thinking in his heart that the people Xu Luo mentioned before were from Coming from the future.

So if these people can go back to the past from the future, can they also be able to go back to that era from now and prevent them from persecuting those who are walking in heaven? Does this count as a change? era.

"It is true, and haven't you already done this? But what will the final result be like?"

Xu Luo looked at them with a smile.

"What did you say we did this and when did we do this?"

After hearing Xu Luo's words, all the members seemed a little surprised at this time, wondering what Xu Luo meant by what he said at this time.

"Where do you think those Tianxing people come from?"

At this time, Xu Luo just looked at them indifferently.

Those who can be chosen by this world to go back in time and save this world must not be ordinary people. Under such circumstances, they must be the most outstanding human beings in the world.

But now that the world is about to fall into a state of destruction, there are actually not many options to choose from.

Therefore, Xu Luo boldly guessed at this time that those people who were sent to the past before may be people here. Even if they are not there, they may be people they know or know.

After all, now that time is running out, it is even possible that the person was selected by them, or that the decision was made by them.

To be able to become the person in power in such a large base city, none of these people are fools. Although Xu Luo said it more obscurely, they soon realized that the people Xu Luo mentioned were the people of heaven. It could be them.

After all, if those Tianxing people really return to the past from the future, is it possible that it is because they want to change the destiny of the past, so with the help of the world, from Traveling from the future to the past and trying to change everything at that time?

But precisely because at that time, some of them took matters into their own hands and killed the Tianxing people who came from the future, so that all this was just a failure.

"My little friend sees things thoroughly."

At this time, the Speaker sighed.

The other council members didn't know, but as the city's most powerful person, he knew it very well. Previously, he had some discussions with other people in power in large base cities.

Therefore, I did have a vague idea to find some way to save this world.

In the previous time, it was precisely because a person with the ability to travel back in time was discovered in Base City No. 1, so in the previous time, they were discussing whether they could find a way to send people from the future back to the past. era, thus changing everything we are facing today before this catastrophe occurs.

If that happens, will their world take a different direction?

Even if it cannot change the state of the world that is about to be destroyed, if the layout has been started decades ago, will it make their situation better? Perhaps with a large population Among them, if we fight for a longer time in the future, we will cultivate more powerful helpers.

Just because no one knows to what extent a person with the ability to travel back in time can achieve maximum effectiveness, this plan is still on hold, and a final plan has not been negotiated between them. Come.

But at this time, when Xu Luo said that these Tianxing people might be themselves, he had already understood. Perhaps what Xu Luo said was that one day in the future, he and some other large-scale The people in power in the base city finally made the final decision among themselves, trying to use the time-traveling ability to send people back to the past from the present era.

At the beginning of the Cataclysm, I hoped to change everything, but the end result was the same.

"The past is doomed, no matter how we move forward, it cannot be changed."

Seeing that the speaker's face changed drastically and he seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, Xu Luo said lightly.

"The past has been determined, so no matter how many things you do, it cannot be changed. Under such circumstances, all you can do at this time is to look to the future, and choose when the future is not yet fixed. A path that is most suitable for you, otherwise, if you continue to wait like this, one day, your world will directly perish."

"Let me tell you straight, little friend, you came to our world and saw that our world is about to be destroyed. What do you have in mind? You need us to give it to you, and then you are willing to agree to help us and take us out of this world. ?”

After hearing what Xu Luo said, the speaker sighed and then changed the topic bluntly.

At the beginning, he could continue to play riddles with Xu Luo, but now that all his details were in front of Xu Luo, he knew that he had no confidence to continue bargaining with Xu Luo like this.

After all, nowadays, with the world situation being very complicated, they don't have that much time to continue playing around.

In contrast, Xu Luo had enough confidence, so all he could do at this time was to pay a certain price and get Xu Luo to agree to take them away.

"What did I see? To be honest, I have traveled to many worlds, but in your world, there is nothing that attracts me.

After all, your world has neither powerful cultivation techniques nor powerful cultivation systems, and its technology is still in the pre-Henuclear era.

There are no natural treasures that can directly enhance a person's strength after being eaten. Under such circumstances, what do you think is there in your world that can attract me? "

Xu Luo looked at them with a smile, and directly took off the last fig leaf of their world.

Just like what he said, if it weren't for the interaction between these people and the power of heaven and humans, and everyone's cultivation talents have been enhanced, in fact, given the situation in this world, there would be nothing that could attract people to stay. The place.

After listening to what he said, all the members suddenly looked at each other.

At the beginning, they felt that Xu Luo had done such things in their world because he had seen something, so he went to such trouble. But at this time, as Xu Luo spoke, they Only then did he realize that his world seemed really unattractive to Xu Luo.

"If the population of all the base cities in our world is added up, there are more than 300 million people."

At this time, the Speaker spoke calmly.

"With more than 300 million people, you should know very well that this is a huge force."

“In the world I live in, we humans own hundreds of planets, and we control hundreds of billions or trillions of people. Under such circumstances, there is no shortage of labor.

What's more, in my era, all operations were basically mechanized production, and there was no need for people to perform free and cheap labor. Not to mention a population of 300 million. It does seem to be a very large labor force, but the problem is that 300 million people The number of people eating, drinking and having diarrhea is not a small number. Do you think, for me, are you giving me help or putting pressure on me? "

After hearing Xu Luo's outspoken words, all the members suddenly fell silent. They had originally heard the speaker mention the population advantage, but now they heard Xu Luo wanted to say that their era no longer needed population as a cheap tool. Given the situation of the labor force, it is indeed completely hopeless.

After all, Xu Luo had already said before that they had entered the interstellar era. Under such circumstances, many things were already mechanized production, and there was indeed no need for people to act as free labor.

"Although there is nothing in our world that can attract a great being like you, there are so many people in our world after all. If we don't take action, when the world collapses, everyone in it will also collapse. They will all die. Under such circumstances, it is a great merit for you to save their lives!"

With no benefits to attract Xu Luo, all the Speaker and others could think of was playing the emotional card.

"The world is destroyed. People in this world were once supported by the world. Birth, old age, illness and death are very normal things. Under such circumstances, this world gave birth to you and supported you. After the death of the world, you people will be buried with the world. It’s all about giving back to the world. I’ve seen a lot of destroyed worlds. This is not unusual.”

Xu Luo shook his head gently. If these people asked him and he agreed directly, how could they think that Xu Luo had done them a huge favor at this time. How could he owe Xu Luo a favor?

Seeing Xu Luo's helpless appearance, all the congressmen were also having a headache at this time.

Some congressmen even began to look fierce at this time and had other calculations in their minds.

Since Xu Luo was unwilling to do anything for them at this time, they were wondering if they could directly take down Xu Luo's entire body and then directly force him to leave this world.

"I advise you not to make any small moves at this time. The person in this world is not my true body. Even if you want to do something to me, it will not have any impact on me."

Xu Luo saw through the Xiao Jiujiu in the hearts of these councilors, but he just smiled at this time. At this time, Xu Luo did not hide himself anymore. He was still a normal person at first, but at this time he It has just become an illusory image.

This is his original appearance. In the past, the reason why he made himself look like a normal person was just to facilitate communication with other people. Now there is no need to continue to cover up.

"What do you want to do before you are willing to help us and leave this world?"

Seeing Xu Luo reveal his original appearance, and after knowing that Xu Luo's real body was not in this world, each of the congressmen finally lowered their high heads.

At the beginning, they placed themselves on Xu Luo's equal side. In their opinion, at this time, the relationship between them and Xu Luo was just a cooperative relationship.

But at this moment, they figured out that at this time, they were not qualified to continue bargaining with Xu Luo.

Under such circumstances, they can only lower their heads and negotiate at a low point.

Because the dominance of the topic at this time is not in their hands at all. The life and death of everyone in their entire world is in the hands of Xu Luo alone. How can they still be qualified to perform in front of Xu Luo? What about those who are superior?

"It seems you finally understand."

At this time, when I saw these members of the parliament, Xu Luo smiled.

This is a normal negotiation. After all, when they face Xu Luo, they have no capital. In this case, what qualifications do they have to bargain with Xu Luo?

Now, after the low -headed head, Xu Luo controls the dominance. Under such circumstances, the two sides need to continue to talk about it.

"Your world is going to be destroyed. Under such circumstances, your only way out is to evacuate everyone into another world, but so many people in this world, in this case, you, you, you, you, you It should be clear that at this time to send you into another world, you need to pay a lot of costs. Under such circumstances, you are sure that you have enough capital to send people into another world of another world. Is it middle? "

"What do you need? If we can get it, we will definitely give you all the time, no words!"

At this time, after putting down his high posture, this speaker put his position very low. At this time, what you said, what I said.

"Those gold and silver jewelry in this world, in the interstellar era, all of them are some tattered stuffs. In that era, if you want gold and silver, you can go to other worlds to excavate at will.

So these things have no value, so as I said before, there is nothing to attract me in your world.

But after all, there are so many people. In such a situation, I can help you once, but help you, so many people need to pay interstellar immigrants at one time, it will need to pay a huge price.

Under such circumstances, for a long time, you have to work to repay the debt, and because of the high cost, it is estimated that in the next many years, you will not be able to have this debt. Your own children and grandchildren come back to repay, are you willing? "

When Xu Luo said that the gold and silver in this world was worthless, there were some strange members of the members at this time.

But thinking that it is two different worlds. In their world, gold and silver are valuable. Perhaps after the world of Xu Luo, others don't look at gold and silver.

This is indeed understandable, but when Xu Luo said that they need to pay a lot of money to immigrate to them. When they need to pay debt repayment, they immediately let them have some hesitation.

In this world, as those in power, wealth is basically all of them under the case of their dominance, and naturally there is no claim to repay debts.

But they also know that so many people in the world. In such a situation, if you want to relocate, you must pay a great price, but let them work in their lifetime to repay their debts. Let their children and grandchildren be repaid together, so they have some unacceptable.

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