ED :: Volume #5

#60: Road back


Chapter 964 road back 第964章回头路 Everyone in battlefield by the Beirrogo atrocity was shocked, perhaps, they have not thought that unexpectedly some people will have this and other demented ideas, and he also is really capable of achieving these. 战场上的每个人都被伯洛戈的暴行所震撼,又或许,他们也没有想过,居然有人会有这等癫狂的想法,并且他还真的有能力做到这些。 When several people shock the moment, Palmer held this instance, the cyclone gathered in the under foot, such as shell leaping up day. 趁着几人震撼之余的片刻,帕尔默抓住了这个瞬间,气旋在脚下汇聚,如炮弹般蹿天而起。 Participates in several sublimation attempts of surrounding pursuing Palmer, but they do not have the flying ability, do not say that disregarded the terrain to pursue, can only touch off the trigger unproductive, whatever the bullet and Palmer brushed past. 参与包围的几名凝华者尝试追击帕尔默,但他们没有飞行能力,更不要说无视地形追击了,只能徒劳地扣动扳机,任由子弹与帕尔默擦肩而过。 Only then that empty spirit school of thought sublimation, relies on secret to be able the advantage, the mind to Palmer releases to hit hard continuously, intense pain intent spreads in the nerve, Palmer feels is dizzy at present, eye pupil hyperemia, dry incomparable. 只有那位虚灵学派凝华者,凭借着秘能的优势,对帕尔默的心神连续释放重击,强烈的痛意蔓延在神经之中,帕尔默觉得眼前天旋地转,眼瞳充血,干涩无比。 The condition is somewhat bad, but Palmer successfully ran out surrounded, and with the avalanche of vault, Palmer from the scar of that fierce crevice, smelled the aura of cool breeze. 状态有些糟,但帕尔默成功冲出包围了,并且随着穹顶的崩塌,帕尔默从那狰狞裂隙的疤痕中,嗅到了清风的气息。 An inexplicable feeling of freedom multiplies from Palmer's heart, Kelaikesi family member on the deep love freedom, likes that absolute spacious inborn, any hindrance, imprisons their things, will make them feel anxious and angry. 一股莫名的自由感从帕尔默的心底滋生,克莱克斯家人天生就热爱自由,喜爱那绝对的空旷,任何阻碍、囚禁他们的东西,都会令他们感到不安与愤怒。 This underground world again how huge, to Palmer, is only the big point prisoner's cages. 这地下世界再怎么庞大,对于帕尔默而言,都只是大一点的囚笼。 Wind, you were free.” “风啊,你自由了。” Palmer stares at the slit that the sunlight is dropping affectionately, exhausts puts out a hand full power, summoning. 帕尔默深情凝望着阳光落下的缝隙,用尽全力地伸出手,呼唤着。 The magnanimous ether gathered the past toward Palmer, secret can the obligation with the influence of external environment, Palmer tried to result in the large-scale reality distortion, traded to do ordinarily, Palmer can be the lead in battlefield absolutely, but now, has another two monsters in life-and-death to fight. 海量的以太朝着帕尔默汇聚过去,秘能的驱使与外部环境的影响下,帕尔默试图引发大规模的现实扭曲,换做平常,帕尔默绝对会是战场上的主角,可现在,有另外两头怪物在殊死搏斗。 Their momenta are so vast, has covered Palmer's ether response directly. 他们的声势是如此浩大,直接将帕尔默的以太反应掩过。 Is witnessing the Beirrogo atrocity, honor is roaring hysteric, the worthy people of former times parliament big taking the trouble strength, sends many high rank sublimation, before the fight starts controls Bureau of Order one group, for avoids battling in the native place. 目睹着伯洛戈的暴行,荣光者歇斯底里地怒吼着,先贤议会之所以大费心力,派遣诸多的高阶凝华者,在战斗打响前控制住秩序局一行人,为的就是避免在本土作战。 Once among sublimation is unable to kill the opposite party in a short time, the complementary waves of fight overthrow these tall tower sufficiently, the fireworks grows thickly, overburning land. 凝华者之间一旦短时间内无法杀死对方,战斗的余波就足以将这一座座高塔推翻,焰火丛生,烧毁大地。 Under this day god strength, myriad things, only then destroys a way. 在这天神般的力量下,万物只有毁灭一途。 The demented illusion makes, the innumerable metals seem like the water vapor that in the upper air congeals, they separate out baseless, pile up saying that then inclines high-speed. 癫狂的幻造下,无数的金属像是高空中凝结的水汽,它们凭空析出,堆积成云,而后高速倾斜。 Suddenly, Beirrogo seemed like by tens of thousands of arrow arrows is locked, he had no space of circumvention completely, can only hard anti- this strike, and he also maintained the stance of highly controlling, the land of torn top of the head. 一时间,伯洛戈像是被成千上万的箭矢锁定了般,他完全没有任何规避的空间,只能硬抗这一击,并且他还保持着高度统驭的姿态,撕扯的头顶的大地。 Is good because, keeping one eye on to Beirrogo is not very difficult, at least dealt with the present situation to be enough. 好在,一心二用对伯洛戈不是很难,至少应对眼下的情况足够了。 The group snake that winds to patrol stopped to killing of honor, controls the crude showdown between thing, to honor has few impact, the group snake is surrounding Beirrogo in turn, is preventing the arrow arrow of speeding along by the snake body for him. 蜿蜒游弋的群蛇停止了对荣光者的扑杀,统驭物之间的粗暴对决,对荣光者的影响微乎其微,群蛇反过来环绕着伯洛戈,以蛇身替他阻挡着飞驰的箭矢。 Dingdong the impact noise is unceasing, the snake body disruption reorganizes, the spark of sputtering continuously, in the air also had/left some irritating the nose tastes of burn much. 叮叮当当的撞击声不断,蛇身碎裂又重组,溅射的火花连续不断,空气中也多出了些许烧焦的刺鼻味。 Some Beirrogo doubts, at the strength of honor, such offensive some were too rather weak, Beirrogo notices, the first goals of these arrow arrows at all are not oneself, but is honor. 伯洛戈有些疑惑,以荣光者的力量来讲,这样的攻势未免有些太弱了,紧接着伯洛戈注意到,这些箭矢的第一目标根本不是自己,而是荣光者。 They make imaginary, speeds along, but, from beginning to end the goals of these metals are honor, Beirrogo exactly in their flying routes. 它们幻造而出,飞驰而至,至始至终这些金属的目标都是荣光者,伯洛戈只是恰好地处于它们的飞行路线上。 Sees only a ton steel to adhere to stick cohere on the body of honor, in several seconds, Beirrogo could not have seen clearly his human form outline, some are only the iron balls that one group covers entirely sharply punctures suddenly. 只见成吨的钢铁附着在荣光者的身上,数秒内,伯洛戈就已经看不清他的人形轮廓了,有的只是一团布满锋利突刺的铁球。 The steel grows thickly, like onion-like, the innumerable rugged steel build mutually, packages him layer upon layer, recklessly growth. 钢铁丛生,如同洋葱般,无数嶙峋的钢铁互相堆砌,将他层层包裹,肆意增长。 Casts a steel giant who made one be awed at the sight. 铸就出一位令人望而生畏的钢铁巨人。 The pupil contraction of Beirrogo, cannot believe looks at this, in several time of breath, a hundred meters high steel giant stands erect in own at present. 伯洛戈的瞳孔紧缩,不可置信地看着这一幕,几个呼吸的时间里,一位百米高的钢铁巨人就这么屹立在自己的眼前。 The shape of steel varies, some are sharp, some are rough, some distortions, they combine in together, changing to the armor, muscle and skeleton...... each steel is part of his body, in each tree like forest is a part of land. 钢铁的形状各异,有的锋利,有的粗糙,有的扭曲,它们组合在一起,化作了盔甲、肌肉、骨骼……每一块钢铁都是他身体的一部分,如同森林中的每一棵树都是大地的一部分。 Myriad steel casting. 万千钢铁熔铸而成。 The Beirrogo god several seconds, then revealed the wild with joy color. 伯洛戈愣神了数秒,而后露出狂喜之色。 This also almost.” “这还差不多嘛。” He is bellowing, raises the hand, the five fingers makes the movement that grips tightly, might hold top of the head that to shiver baseless the broken land incessantly, was summoning it falls like the meteor, crashes this like the mountain giant. 他大吼着,高举起手,五指做出紧握的动作,像是要凭空抓住头顶那颤抖不止的残破大地,号召着它如流星般坠下,压垮这如高山般的巨人。 The steel giant also sends out one distantly bang the angry roaring sound, the sound is so loud and clear, it formed the transparent ripples, has swept the floor the world under like the shock-wave. 钢铁巨人也发出一阵悠远轰隆的怒吼声,声音是如此洪亮,以至于它形成了透明的涟漪,如同冲击波般扫过地下世界。 The closed door is shivering fiercely, the frail glass window disrupts accordingly, the dust and fragments fly upwards, each was involved in this slaughters the mortals, can only cover the ear unproductive, is praying and praying unceasingly. 紧闭的房门剧烈颤抖着,脆弱的玻璃窗应声碎裂,尘埃与碎屑飞扬,每个被卷入这场厮杀中的凡人们,只能徒劳地捂住耳朵,不断地祈祷、祈祷着。 Beirrogo saw. 伯洛戈看见了。 Steel and iron giant both hands make to grasp the movement of sword, therefore in spacious void between its both hands, the huge ether congealment, has present, after the influence of Alchemy Matrix, starts the further distortion to the reality. 钢铁巨人双手作出握剑的动作,于是在它双手间的空旷的虚空中,庞大的以太凝结、具现化,经过炼金矩阵的影响,对现实开始进一步的扭曲。 Then, innumerable iron concise, they pieced together in one, molded the rough sword embryo, the ether glow ignites the fireworks, they circled, collide and burn on the sword blade, seems deducting a grand dance. 接着,无数的铁质凝练而成,它们拼凑在了一起,塑造出粗糙的剑胚,以太的辉光燃起焰火,它们在剑身上盘旋、碰撞、燃烧,仿佛在演绎出一场壮丽的舞蹈。 The illusory hammer hits the sound to be unceasing, makes the movement that brandishes along with the steel giant, in the hand a about hundred meters great sword also becomes even more clear, its silver is all over the body black, is sending out the chilling brilliance, touches and goes the air, sends out deafeningly humming sound sound. 虚幻的锤打声不断,伴随着钢铁巨人作出挥舞的动作,手中近百米长的巨剑也变得越发清晰,它通体银黑,散发着冷硬的光辉,擦过空气,发出震耳欲聋的嗡嗡声。 This is not cutting in conventional significance struck, simply like having the washer mine pounded toward oneself. 这已经不是常规意义上的斩击了,简直就像有座铁矿山朝着自己砸了过来。 Beirrogo nowhere gives way to traffic, is unable to reduce and solve greatly this strikes, his strength of controlling is unable to break through honor incompatibly the ether with the moment soul critical, put up innumerable defenses, will disintegrate under this mountain range great sword. 伯洛戈无处避让,更无法化解这宏大的一击,他的统驭之力无法突破荣光者的以太互斥与矩魂临界,搭起的无数防御,也将在这山峦般的巨剑下分崩离析。 But Beirrogo faces directly that to cut open cutting of city to strike sufficiently, under the five fingers draws, earth-shattering. 伯洛戈还是直面着那足以切开城市的斩击,五指下拉,天崩地裂。 The scary vibration from the top of the head vault continuously, a fearsome earthquake raided to curl the earth of secret probably, like cultivation room by Alchemy Matrix complete coverage, the earth of secret, although because of the hugeness of region, has not achieved that degree, but in its land, construction, was still proliferating massive Alchemy Matrix. 骇人的震动从头顶穹顶接连不断,像是一场可怖的地震袭卷了隐秘之土,如同垦室被炼金矩阵完全覆盖了般,隐秘之土虽然因区域的巨大,没有做到那种程度,可它的土地内、建筑中,仍遍布着大量的炼金矩阵 Was good because of involves the main force of enemy because of anti- Sanier, the road of aurora stopped energizing to the region, then in addition held on many sublimation, nowadays, earth of stern fortress secret, changing self-satisfied outside area is frail. 好在因耐萨尼尔牵扯了敌人的主力,极光之路停止对区域供能,转而加持在诸多的凝华者身上,现如今,隐秘之土这座森严的堡垒,变得意外地脆弱。 After consuming massive ether, Beirrogo successfully infiltrated Alchemy Matrix, invaded in the side land of top of the head. 在消耗了大量的以太后,伯洛戈成功渗透了炼金矩阵,侵入了头顶的一方大地中。 First is the earthquake, then vault collapsing. 先是地震,接着穹顶垮塌。 The fierce vibration looks like a giant invisible axe, the hard earth's crust will break out, creates the large-scale stratum break, these breaks transverse delivers in person to appear a fierce appearance, seems the skin of land is torn, reveals the following complex skeleton. 剧烈的震动像一把巨大的无形斧头,将坚硬的地壳劈开,造成大规模的地层断裂,这些断裂的横截面呈现出一种狰狞的面貌,仿佛是大地的皮肤被撕裂,露出下面复杂的骨骼。 The dust and crushed stone fly upwards, the fragment of bulk crashes, strokes heavily on the body of steel giant, but also the somewhat brandished great sword breaks out, changes to the exquisite fragment powder to fly upwards. 尘土与碎石飞扬,大块大块的碎片坠落下来,沉重地击打在钢铁巨人的身上,还有些被挥舞的巨剑劈开,化作细腻的齑粉飞扬。 Many rays sprinkled, thus made one see the stratum rough uneven lateral section, it seemed like after the ancient stone of wind and frost, seemed like the silt river bed of natural erosion. 更多的光芒洒了进来,从而令人看到了地层粗糙不平的横截面,它像是历经风霜的古老石块,又像是自然侵蚀的淤泥河床。 Break edge sharp like blade, in lateral section, but can also see the pipeline and copper-cored cable that therefore break, they cut off just like the bloodlines of land, becoming is badly-damaged, shows their being incapable in such fierce way frailly with. 断裂的边缘锋利如刀,横截面中,还能看到因此断裂的管道与线缆,它们宛如大地的血脉被割断,变得残破不堪,以这样狰狞的方式展现出他们的无力和脆弱。 Whom compares to be quicker.” “来比比谁更快吧。” Beirrogo is staring at that say/way heavy great sword, it is seemingly slow, the speed fast, will not be actually clear it to take the lead to cut itself, the stratum that oneself will tear off, will first pound this standing tall and erect giant. 伯洛戈紧盯着那道沉重的巨剑,它看似迟缓,实则速度飞快,不清楚它会率先斩中自己,还是自己扯下的地层,先砸垮这位高耸的巨人。 This is a unrestrained gambling, but the Beirrogo slight pressure, has not instead been wild with joy. 这是一场豪赌,但伯洛戈没有丝毫的压力,反而欣喜若狂。 Beirrogo is anticipating, therefore after several instantaneous, the collision happened. 伯洛戈期待着,于是几个瞬间后,碰撞发生了。 The stratum of collapsing disintegrates in the crash process, they like the meteor shower group, have the incomparable might and destructiveness, the direct impact on the steel giant. 垮塌的地层在坠落过程中解体,它们如同流星雨群般,带着无比的威力和破坏性,直冲向钢铁巨人。 Both collided to have the deafening loud sound, the rock became the innumerable blocks shatter, looks like the fireworks that exploded instantaneously, the fragment of scattering has the powerful kinetic energy, is attacking the surrounding air, formed a piece of short airing. 两者碰撞发出了震耳欲聋的巨响,山石破碎成无数块,就像是瞬间爆炸的烟花,四溅的碎片带着强大的动能,冲击着周围的空气,形成了一片短暂的气爆。 Heavy mail-armor and helmet under the impact of rock rapid hollow, looks like the ripples on water surface , the trace and scale on mail-armor and helmet by the instantaneous extrusion deformation, were lost the original gloss and vigor. 沉重的甲胄在山石的冲击下迅速凹陷,就像是水面上的涟漪,层层迭迭,甲胄上的纹路和鳞片被瞬间挤压变形,失去了原本的光泽和活力。 The physique of giant stagnates, unexpectedly leans toward one side unbalancedly, the great sword is cutting the path that strikes also to happen changed, but the next second, it consolidated oneself stance forcefully, the great sword returned to the right track, toward Beirrogo sped away, but. 巨人的身姿一滞,居然失衡地向一侧倾斜,连带着巨剑斩击的轨迹也发生了变向,可下一秒,它硬生生地稳固住了自己的姿态,巨剑重归正轨,朝着伯洛戈疾驰而至。 Even if were beaten by the rock, the steel giant must before dropping down, swing one group of blood fog by this sword handle Beirrogo. 就算是被山石击垮,钢铁巨人也要在倒下前,凭借这一剑把伯洛戈荡成一团血雾。 The critical moment, the gust of wind gets up suddenly. 关键时刻,疾风骤起。 Arrives like the storm, the sea tide air current from an corner/horn of collapsing floods into, they blew off the mist and dust and crushed stone, pestered in one, turned into a azure arrow arrow, has the cone-shape cloud -like tail flame, it in a flash. 如同风暴降临般,海潮般的气流从垮塌的一角内涌入,它们吹散了烟尘与碎石,纠缠在了一起,变成了一道青色的箭矢,带着锥形云般的尾焰,它转瞬即至。 The Beirrogo field of vision first is a confusion, immediately a fierce pain intent spreads from the five main internal organs (entrails), he thought that oneself seemed to be hit to fly by a truck directly, in fact he was also truly hit to fly. 伯洛戈的视野先是一阵混乱,随即一股剧烈的痛意从五脏六腑中蔓延开来,他觉得自己似乎被一辆卡车正面撞飞了,事实上他也确实是被撞飞了。 The azure arrow arrow coerced Beirrogo to avoid that fatal cutting to strike at the limiting velocity, passed through everywhere rolling-stone, was almost suddenly, they passed through the most city, until declined rapidly, the air current diverged. 青色的箭矢裹挟着伯洛戈以极限速度避开了那致命的斩击,也穿过了漫天的坠石,几乎是在眨眼间,他们就穿过了大半的城区,直到急速衰退,气流散去。 Two forms in tandem appear from the air mass, threw down layer on layer/heavily in the jet black streets and alleys, Beirrogo tumbled several in the hard ground, until the hit under the corner, he stopped. 两个身影一前一后地从气团中显现,重重地摔倒在了漆黑的街巷里,伯洛戈在坚硬的地面上翻滚了数圈,直到撞击在了墙角下,他才停了下来。 Beirrogo felt that own head was stirred the starch, stomach turned wells up, almost felt nauseated. 伯洛戈感觉自己的脑袋被搅成了浆糊,胃部一阵翻涌,几乎要吐了出来。 He bore, but another person could not bear. 他忍住了,但另一个人没忍住。 Vomits...... vomits......” “呕……呕……” Palmer held the wall to stand difficultly, has not waited for him to endure the ache that on the body hit to bring, he then bends the waist to retch. 帕尔默扶着墙壁艰难地站了起来,还不等他忍受躯体上撞击带来的疼痛,他便弯下腰干呕了起来。 Scratched the corners of the mouth, Palmer swallows the saliva, compared the thumb to Beirrogo. 擦了擦嘴角,帕尔默又咽了咽口水,冲伯洛戈比了个大拇指。 Beirrogo routinely is responding to a thumb, this is some of two worlds its is wonderfully tacit. 伯洛戈习惯性地回应着一个大拇指,这已经算是两人间的某种其妙默契了。 Meanwhile, remote deep thundering arrives slowly. 与此同时,遥远深沉的轰鸣缓缓抵临。 Beirrogo dismantled the corner of vault, this corner/horn avalanche subsided, pounds the steel giant most body , the original structure avalanche was stave, what awfully was, these metal materials were the imaginary divine creative force, needed the magnanimous ether to maintain. 伯洛戈的拆下了穹顶的一角,这一角崩塌沉降,砸垮了钢铁巨人大半的躯体,原本的结构崩塌破碎,更要命的是,这些金属物质都是幻造物,需要海量的以太维系。 After this heavy losses, honor is unable to maintain existence of steel giant obviously, therefore these false divine creative force evaporate one by one, quick, the steel giant underwent flying of a lot of years of time probably, the metal of body surface dissipated unceasingly, the probably rotten body, only remained the big ruggedness. 经过这番重创,荣光者显然无法维系钢铁巨人的存在,因此这些虚假的造物逐一蒸发,很快,钢铁巨人像是经受了千百年时光的飞逝,体表的金属不断消逝,像是腐烂的躯体,只剩高大的嶙峋。 But this, honor is not willing to give up even as before, the steel giant holds up the great sword, is brandishing carelessly, is venting own anger, he also wants to continue to pursue, the destruction that but Beirrogo triggers caused a series of disasters. 可即便这样,荣光者依旧不愿放弃,钢铁巨人举起巨剑,胡乱地挥舞着,发泄着自己的愤怒,他还想继续追击,但伯洛戈引发的毁灭引发了一连串的灾难。 Takes the vault shatter corner as the outset, more fissures to spread in all directions, the crushed stone flakes one after another, as if entire vault must collapse. 以穹顶破碎的一角为起始,更多的裂痕向是四面八方蔓延,碎石一块接一块地剥落,仿佛整个穹顶都要崩溃。 This on behalf of incessantly is the destruction of underground world, is demise of ground world, this civil war only continued less than several hours, the earth of secret had presented the situation of destruction unexpectedly. 这代表的不止是地下世界的毁灭,更是地上世界的灭亡,这场内战只持续了不到几个小时而已,隐秘之土居然就已经呈现了毁灭的事态。 In order to restrain this situation, twines in many sublimation aurora is defeated and dispersed in abundance, they rise into in the air, gathers in together, weaves the road of aurora, drills into the stratum. 为了扼制这一情况,缠绕在诸多凝华者身上的极光纷纷溃散,它们重新升入空中,汇聚在一起,编织成极光之路,钻入地层之中。 The ether belongs to the land, made the situation of destruction be under the control. 以太重新归于大地,也令毁灭的事态得到了控制。 Is feeling in within the body unceasingly stripped strength, in the wreckage of rapid decomposition, sent out an unwilling low roar, but that scary honor ether responded, one and dropped to defend building. 感受着体内不断被剥离的力量,迅速裂解的残骸里,发出了一声不甘的低吼,而那骇人的荣光者以太反应,也一并跌落回了守垒者。 We reduced and solved their pursuit evidently.” “看样子我们化解了他们的追击。” Beirrogo puts out several glow silver the souls, dug in within the body directly, with supplement ether that just consumed fiercely. 伯洛戈拿出几支芒银的灵魂,直接扎入了体内,用以补充刚刚剧烈消耗的以太。 Bad news is, we should cause their comprehensive vigilantly,” Palmer worries saying that was found next time again, walks, should be true honor.” “坏消息是,我们应该引起了他们的全面警惕,”帕尔默担忧道,“下一次再被发现,找上门的,应该就是真正的荣光者了。” True honor......” “真正的荣光者吗……” Beirrogo is thinking, while throws to Palmer the souls of remaining several glow silver. 伯洛戈一边思索着,一边把剩下的几支芒银的灵魂抛给帕尔默。 This fellow is only lost/carrying power, the ether consumption many that Beirrogo is fiercer, let alone, in the necessary condition, Beirrogo also has divine protection sucks the soul to usurp the mortal form to restore, to the demand of military supplies is not very important. 这家伙只是负权者,以太的消耗量比伯洛戈剧烈的多,更何况,必要情况下,伯洛戈还有着加护・吮魂篡魄来进行恢复,对补给品的需求不是很重要。 Therefore we also do want to continue?” Palmer also asked. “所以我们还要继续吗?”帕尔默又问道。 You thought that also has the road back?” Beirrogo is asking back. “你觉得还有回头路吗?”伯洛戈反问着。 Palmer looked up the ground of highest sage hub, such a fought, two people left unexpectedly near there many, could be close at hand. 帕尔默抬头看了看至圣枢纽的地基,这么一番战斗下来,两人居然离那里近了不少,算得上近在眼前。 No,” Palmer shakes the head, absolutely does not have, since that moment that since we begin, here can only have a result.” “没有,”帕尔默摇摇头,“完全没有,从我们动手的那一刻起,这里就只能有一个结局。” Was has a consciousness?” Beirrogo smiled. “算是有所觉悟了吗?”伯洛戈笑了起来。 No, but accepted the present situation,” Palmer shook dust, helpless said, this lives, except for accepting, what means but can also have?” “不,只是接受了现状,”帕尔默抖了都身上的灰尘,无奈道,“这就是生活,除了接受,还能有什么办法呢?” Palmer just said, the shadow creeping motion of not far away, the Olivet three people appeared. 帕尔默刚说完,身后不远处的阴影蠕动,奥莉薇亚三人显现了出来。 Beirrogo sees this neutral tone saying that was just good.” 伯洛戈见这一幕轻声道,“刚刚好。” () ()
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