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Chapter 116 The Existence Form of the Rainbow Magic Realm The Idea of Artificial Meta Realm
Chapter 116 The Existence Form of the Rainbow Magic Realm The Idea of Artificial Meta Realm
In 2008, mid-October.
Due to the influence of the cold current half a month ago, heavy snow fell in the middle of October in Hokkaido.
The lion's nose sea of trees is located close to Hokkaido, so it was naturally affected by the cold current, and it snowed.
The snow fell silently all night, covering the road and trees with a thick layer of snow.
"It's snowing." Shen Yun got out of the tent, looked at the white snow scene, and said with emotion.
After rubbing his hands together, Shen Yun took out the key and opened the door of the truck, took out the burner from the inside of the truck, and heated up hot water.
While waiting for the hot water to boil, Shen Yun began to clear the snow from the tent and camp.
Not long after, the snow around the camp was cleared away by Shen Yun.
At this time, the hot water also boiled.
Shen Yun took some hot water for washing, and the rest, Shen Yun planned to cook hot pot.
Although eating hot pot for breakfast is a bit strange, eating hot pot on a snowy day is the best match.
Shen Yun took out a sea bream from the refrigerator and sliced it into thin slices, then put the removed fish bones together with the fish head into a pot for stewing.
The soup base made from fish bones is perfect as a hot pot soup base.
In addition to the fish bones, Shen Yun also threw the peeled shrimp heads and shells into the pot for stewing.
Shen Yun sat by the stove, skimming off the foam with a spoon.
Seeing the soup boiling and changing color, Shen Yun threw in some seasonings such as green onions, ginger, garlic and salt.
After closing the lid, Shen Yun started to process the side dishes again.
Not long after, the curtain of the tent was lifted suddenly, and Karen bent down and walked out of the tent, seeing a snow-white color.
Looking at the snow-covered world, Kallen couldn't help exclaiming: "It's so beautiful!"
Although she has seen snow scenes before, this kind of scenery, the vast land, covered with snow, the north wind blowing, and the scenery of thousands of trees and silver flowers, will still give people a great shock.
Suddenly, the tip of her nose moved slightly, and a strong fragrance aroused Karen's greediness.
"It smells so good! Shen Jun, what is this cooking?" Karen stepped on the soft snow, came to Shen Yun, and asked.
"The soup base of the hot pot should be almost ready now." Shen Yun smiled, put down the kitchen knife in his hand, came to the iron pot, and lifted the lid.
A gust of hot air came along with the fragrant pavement.
"Grumble."
The soup base boiling in the pot was bubbling.
Shen Yun took a spoonful of it and tasted it, it tasted pretty good.
"Is it okay?" Kalian looked at Shen Yun eagerly.
"Don't worry." After Shen Yun comforted him, he took out the bottom ingredients such as fish bones and shrimp heads from the pot, threw them into the garbage bag, and put all the vegetables and seafood that had been prepared in the pot into the pot. He smiled and said, "After it's boiled, you can eat it."
"Hey~ Do you still have to wait?" Karen dragged out her tone, a little disappointed.
"I knew you would say that." Shen Yun gave Karen a funny look, served the side dishes that had been prepared a long time ago, and said:
"So, I purposely sliced these ingredients very thin, and they can be eaten after just rinsing."
With that said, Shen Yun picked up a piece of sea bream fillet and put it into the pot to rinse it.
Although the temperature of the soup base in the pot has dropped a lot, it is still no problem to cook the thin fish fillets.
Feeling that it was almost done, Shen Yun picked up the fish fillet and dipped it in some dipping sauce, then handed it to Kalian's mouth, saying:
"Try it."
"Ahhh." Kallen opened her mouth and bit into it.
The fish meat is smooth, tender and fragrant, refreshing and elastic, and paired with the salty and fragrant sauce, the taste is extremely delicious.
"good to eat!"
"Sit down, I'll get a pair of bowls and chopsticks." Shen Yun squeezed Kalian's face with a smile, then handed the bowls and chopsticks in his hand to Kallen, and he took another set of bowls and chopsticks himself, Sitting next to Karen, enjoying the steaming hot pot with the beautiful snow scene.
I have to say that snow and hot pot really go well together.
After eating hot pot, the whole body becomes warm.
"Half a month has passed before I knew it." Shen Yun sat in front of the fire, holding hot tea, looking at the snow scene, and said with emotion.
Although I have been living in the wild camping for half a month, this kind of life is unexpectedly good.
very relaxing.
This kind of life can be regarded as life.
However, this kind of life can only be enjoyed by a few people.
The life of most people can only be said to be living, not living.
Shen Yun flipped through the data recorded in the past half a month, and sighed: "The data is still too little, it would be great if I could get in."
In the past half a month, Shen Yun changed several camps and observed the sea of trees with lion's nose in different places.
He has seen rainbows appear several times.
But each rainbow appears at a different time.
Sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon.
Sometimes it disappears after a while, and sometimes it can exist for more than 10 minutes.
In addition, the intervals between rainbows are also different.
Sometimes it's a day, sometimes it's seven days.
There is no pattern at all, and it is full of uncertainty.
Therefore, Shen Yun did not enter the Demon Realm for testing, but just conducted a series of testing outside.
He was afraid that if he went in, he wouldn't be able to get out.
"However, there are still opportunities." Shen Yun still remembered the plot.
He remembered that there was a family of four who came out the next day after entering the Demon Realm.
And this is his opportunity to study the Demon Realm.
Although there are monsters in the Demon Territory, Shen Yun feels that this risk can be taken.
"Anyway, just sit back and wait, it should only be these two days." Shen Yun was very patient.
Time passed slowly, around one o'clock in the afternoon.
After a while, he looked up at Shen Yun above the lion-nosed sea of trees, and found a rainbow appearing above the sea of trees.
"It appeared again, only two days after the last appearance..."
Shen Yun didn't think too much, gathered the little maza, and shouted at Karen: "Karin, the rainbow has appeared again, pack it up, let's drive there."
"Understood." Karen skillfully got into the driving seat, dropped the tent, and drove towards the rainbow.
This kind of thing has happened many times in the past two weeks.
Shen Yun sat in the carriage, adjusting the instruments placed in the carriage, recording various data and analysis.
Karen drove the car and stopped at the extra forest path again.
Shen Yun tied the detection device in his hand with a rope and threw it into the forest path that suddenly appeared, and then returned to the carriage to watch the data fed back.
"Every time a rainbow appears, the magnetic field will increase inexplicably... If the magnetic field can be stabilized at this peak value, will the passage from the Lion's Nose Tree Sea to the Demon Realm be stabilized?" Shen Yunsi asked.
"However, today's rainbow lasted for a very long time. It has almost broken through 10 minutes." Shen Yun pulled the rope, retracted the detection device, and looked up at the rainbow over the sea of trees in surprise.
The duration of this time has almost exceeded the longest time he has observed.
At this time, a black van came from a distant road and drove straight into this forest path.
When the car passed in front of him, Shen Yun clearly saw the family of four sitting in the van.
After Shen Yun saw the family of four, he reacted, and the plot began.
He knew very well that this was the only chance.
"Karen, let's follow."
"Understood." Karen quickly got into the car.
Before Shen Yun got into the car, he hid his PDI by the side of the road, and there was a scheduled email in it.
This was something he had prepared a long time ago, and there was a message about the Rainbow Demon Realm written on it, as well as the existence of monsters.
When the time is up, the email will be sent.
After Shen Yun hid the PDI, he boarded the carriage.
Karen drove the minivan and followed into the magic realm.
The truck entered the magic realm, and Shen Yun saw ripples like water waves spreading.
Then, the spacious road disappeared and was replaced by endless woods.
"This kind of fluctuation... feels like Wang Xiaoming's dimensional wall." Shen Yun looked at the calm space and muttered.
He has analyzed Menyashi's ability, and he can also use props to use the Aurora Curtain.
He has crossed the dimensional wall a lot, and is very sensitive to the fluctuations of the dimensional wall.
"Karen, it's alright, there's no need to move forward, just stop here." Shen Yun said.
"Okay." Karen stepped on the brakes, and the truck stopped on the road.
Shen Yun got down from the carriage, took the detection instrument, and inspected the surrounding magnetic field and space.
"It seems that this is a subspace." Shen Yun looked at the data fed back by the instrument in his hand, and said.
Shen Yun conducted a comprehensive inspection of this subspace.
Soon, Shen Yun discovered that in this subspace, except that the temperature here was slightly lower than outside, other aspects were basically the same as the outside world.
Even if it snows outside, it will snow inside.
Shen Yun looked at the various data displayed on the detection equipment in the carriage, and said excitedly: "So that's it, I understand!"
"Eh? Shen Jun, what do you understand?" Karen came to Shen Yun's side and asked curiously.
"The existence form of this subspace." Shen Yun said.
"Existing form?"
"That's right." Shen Yun nodded and explained: "Rainbow Demon Realm is not an independent subspace, but a subspace opened up by some kind of creature using magnetic field, and it exists attached to the magnetic field of Lion's Nose Sea of Trees. Simple From a practical point of view, the Rainbow Demon Realm is a projection of reality, existing in reality, but parallel to reality."
"Oh~" Karen nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Shen Jun means that what happened in the Lion's Nose Tree Sea in reality will affect this Rainbow Demon Realm. But no matter what happens in this Rainbow Demon Territory, Will it affect the real space?"
"That's right." Shen Yun smiled and nodded.
This rainbow magic land gave him some inspiration. If a temporary subspace can be artificially opened up, monsters can be housed in the subspace, and then the Victory Team and Tiga can enter the subspace to fight the monsters.
In this way, the damage caused by monsters will also be greatly reduced.
"Meta Domain..." Shen Yun touched his chin.
Although the form is similar to Nexus' Meta Field, the form of expression is much worse.
Shen Yun was communicating with Karen when the noise of car engines and tires rubbing against the ground suddenly came from behind them.
Shen Yun and Karen looked back.
This is exactly the van carrying a family of four.
The other party seemed to come back again.
The family of four in the car was also dumbfounded when they saw the minivan parked on the side of the road.
"Isn't this the truck that came in with us just now? Why did they run ahead of us?" The man who was driving asked strangely when he saw the truck parked by the side of the road.
Hao Tai said: "Dad, you don't know how to go around in circles, do you?"
Huili looked at the woods outside the window and said, "It seems like we have been here just now."
"The roads here are very similar."
"Honey, why don't we ask for directions?" Mom Sang who was sitting in the back said.
"Alright." The man stopped insisting, and parked the car in front of Shen Yun and Karen.
The man was cautious and only rolled down a third of the window.
"Sir, may I ask how to get out, we seem to have lost our way."
"If you can't get out, this is the rainbow magic realm. Before the rainbow comes out, no one can leave here." Shen Yun said.
"Evil Realm? This joke is not funny at all..." the man laughed dryly.
"I'm not joking with you. If you don't believe me, you can move on. Also, save some fuel." Shen Yun was too lazy to say, anyway, it's still early, so if you don't believe me, go around two more times.
The man frowned slightly, rolled up the window, and drove away without saying a word.
"I remembered!" Haotai who was sitting in the co-pilot suddenly said, startling everyone else.
"Why are you so surprised?" Huili said dissatisfied.
"That big brother talked about the devil's realm. I've read it in the book. The book said that once you reach the devil's realm, you will run out until you die." Hao Tai ignored his sister, but looked at the man driving, and said.
"Don't talk nonsense! I think you read too many science fiction novels!" The man reprimanded, feeling a little flustered in his heart.
But he is very clear that at this time, he, the head of the family, cannot panic.
Soon, they saw the truck parked on the side of the road again.
Needless to say, all of them now knew they were running in circles.
"We are really going in circles, what should we do now?" Mama-san, who was sitting in the back seat, said worriedly.
"I can only ask them, they must know something." The man drove to the side of the truck.
"That..." The man didn't speak yet.
Shen Yun, who was sitting in the co-pilot of the truck, said lightly, "Follow me."
"Oh, oh." The man nodded, and hurriedly drove to keep up.
Although the environment here is very similar and it is difficult for human eyes to distinguish, but for Kallen, this problem does not exist.
Not long after, Karen drove the truck, rushed out of the woods, and came to a place with a wide view and flat terrain.
Seeing the truck leading the way stop, the man had no choice but to stop.
"The terrain here is open, and you can see the rainbow as soon as it appears. Rest here for one night, and leave tomorrow after the rainbow appears." Shen Yun got out of the car and came to the van, Tong Tong knew.
"Thank you. It's really troublesome for you." The man thanked you again and again.
(End of this chapter)
In 2008, mid-October.
Due to the influence of the cold current half a month ago, heavy snow fell in the middle of October in Hokkaido.
The lion's nose sea of trees is located close to Hokkaido, so it was naturally affected by the cold current, and it snowed.
The snow fell silently all night, covering the road and trees with a thick layer of snow.
"It's snowing." Shen Yun got out of the tent, looked at the white snow scene, and said with emotion.
After rubbing his hands together, Shen Yun took out the key and opened the door of the truck, took out the burner from the inside of the truck, and heated up hot water.
While waiting for the hot water to boil, Shen Yun began to clear the snow from the tent and camp.
Not long after, the snow around the camp was cleared away by Shen Yun.
At this time, the hot water also boiled.
Shen Yun took some hot water for washing, and the rest, Shen Yun planned to cook hot pot.
Although eating hot pot for breakfast is a bit strange, eating hot pot on a snowy day is the best match.
Shen Yun took out a sea bream from the refrigerator and sliced it into thin slices, then put the removed fish bones together with the fish head into a pot for stewing.
The soup base made from fish bones is perfect as a hot pot soup base.
In addition to the fish bones, Shen Yun also threw the peeled shrimp heads and shells into the pot for stewing.
Shen Yun sat by the stove, skimming off the foam with a spoon.
Seeing the soup boiling and changing color, Shen Yun threw in some seasonings such as green onions, ginger, garlic and salt.
After closing the lid, Shen Yun started to process the side dishes again.
Not long after, the curtain of the tent was lifted suddenly, and Karen bent down and walked out of the tent, seeing a snow-white color.
Looking at the snow-covered world, Kallen couldn't help exclaiming: "It's so beautiful!"
Although she has seen snow scenes before, this kind of scenery, the vast land, covered with snow, the north wind blowing, and the scenery of thousands of trees and silver flowers, will still give people a great shock.
Suddenly, the tip of her nose moved slightly, and a strong fragrance aroused Karen's greediness.
"It smells so good! Shen Jun, what is this cooking?" Karen stepped on the soft snow, came to Shen Yun, and asked.
"The soup base of the hot pot should be almost ready now." Shen Yun smiled, put down the kitchen knife in his hand, came to the iron pot, and lifted the lid.
A gust of hot air came along with the fragrant pavement.
"Grumble."
The soup base boiling in the pot was bubbling.
Shen Yun took a spoonful of it and tasted it, it tasted pretty good.
"Is it okay?" Kalian looked at Shen Yun eagerly.
"Don't worry." After Shen Yun comforted him, he took out the bottom ingredients such as fish bones and shrimp heads from the pot, threw them into the garbage bag, and put all the vegetables and seafood that had been prepared in the pot into the pot. He smiled and said, "After it's boiled, you can eat it."
"Hey~ Do you still have to wait?" Karen dragged out her tone, a little disappointed.
"I knew you would say that." Shen Yun gave Karen a funny look, served the side dishes that had been prepared a long time ago, and said:
"So, I purposely sliced these ingredients very thin, and they can be eaten after just rinsing."
With that said, Shen Yun picked up a piece of sea bream fillet and put it into the pot to rinse it.
Although the temperature of the soup base in the pot has dropped a lot, it is still no problem to cook the thin fish fillets.
Feeling that it was almost done, Shen Yun picked up the fish fillet and dipped it in some dipping sauce, then handed it to Kalian's mouth, saying:
"Try it."
"Ahhh." Kallen opened her mouth and bit into it.
The fish meat is smooth, tender and fragrant, refreshing and elastic, and paired with the salty and fragrant sauce, the taste is extremely delicious.
"good to eat!"
"Sit down, I'll get a pair of bowls and chopsticks." Shen Yun squeezed Kalian's face with a smile, then handed the bowls and chopsticks in his hand to Kallen, and he took another set of bowls and chopsticks himself, Sitting next to Karen, enjoying the steaming hot pot with the beautiful snow scene.
I have to say that snow and hot pot really go well together.
After eating hot pot, the whole body becomes warm.
"Half a month has passed before I knew it." Shen Yun sat in front of the fire, holding hot tea, looking at the snow scene, and said with emotion.
Although I have been living in the wild camping for half a month, this kind of life is unexpectedly good.
very relaxing.
This kind of life can be regarded as life.
However, this kind of life can only be enjoyed by a few people.
The life of most people can only be said to be living, not living.
Shen Yun flipped through the data recorded in the past half a month, and sighed: "The data is still too little, it would be great if I could get in."
In the past half a month, Shen Yun changed several camps and observed the sea of trees with lion's nose in different places.
He has seen rainbows appear several times.
But each rainbow appears at a different time.
Sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon.
Sometimes it disappears after a while, and sometimes it can exist for more than 10 minutes.
In addition, the intervals between rainbows are also different.
Sometimes it's a day, sometimes it's seven days.
There is no pattern at all, and it is full of uncertainty.
Therefore, Shen Yun did not enter the Demon Realm for testing, but just conducted a series of testing outside.
He was afraid that if he went in, he wouldn't be able to get out.
"However, there are still opportunities." Shen Yun still remembered the plot.
He remembered that there was a family of four who came out the next day after entering the Demon Realm.
And this is his opportunity to study the Demon Realm.
Although there are monsters in the Demon Territory, Shen Yun feels that this risk can be taken.
"Anyway, just sit back and wait, it should only be these two days." Shen Yun was very patient.
Time passed slowly, around one o'clock in the afternoon.
After a while, he looked up at Shen Yun above the lion-nosed sea of trees, and found a rainbow appearing above the sea of trees.
"It appeared again, only two days after the last appearance..."
Shen Yun didn't think too much, gathered the little maza, and shouted at Karen: "Karin, the rainbow has appeared again, pack it up, let's drive there."
"Understood." Karen skillfully got into the driving seat, dropped the tent, and drove towards the rainbow.
This kind of thing has happened many times in the past two weeks.
Shen Yun sat in the carriage, adjusting the instruments placed in the carriage, recording various data and analysis.
Karen drove the car and stopped at the extra forest path again.
Shen Yun tied the detection device in his hand with a rope and threw it into the forest path that suddenly appeared, and then returned to the carriage to watch the data fed back.
"Every time a rainbow appears, the magnetic field will increase inexplicably... If the magnetic field can be stabilized at this peak value, will the passage from the Lion's Nose Tree Sea to the Demon Realm be stabilized?" Shen Yunsi asked.
"However, today's rainbow lasted for a very long time. It has almost broken through 10 minutes." Shen Yun pulled the rope, retracted the detection device, and looked up at the rainbow over the sea of trees in surprise.
The duration of this time has almost exceeded the longest time he has observed.
At this time, a black van came from a distant road and drove straight into this forest path.
When the car passed in front of him, Shen Yun clearly saw the family of four sitting in the van.
After Shen Yun saw the family of four, he reacted, and the plot began.
He knew very well that this was the only chance.
"Karen, let's follow."
"Understood." Karen quickly got into the car.
Before Shen Yun got into the car, he hid his PDI by the side of the road, and there was a scheduled email in it.
This was something he had prepared a long time ago, and there was a message about the Rainbow Demon Realm written on it, as well as the existence of monsters.
When the time is up, the email will be sent.
After Shen Yun hid the PDI, he boarded the carriage.
Karen drove the minivan and followed into the magic realm.
The truck entered the magic realm, and Shen Yun saw ripples like water waves spreading.
Then, the spacious road disappeared and was replaced by endless woods.
"This kind of fluctuation... feels like Wang Xiaoming's dimensional wall." Shen Yun looked at the calm space and muttered.
He has analyzed Menyashi's ability, and he can also use props to use the Aurora Curtain.
He has crossed the dimensional wall a lot, and is very sensitive to the fluctuations of the dimensional wall.
"Karen, it's alright, there's no need to move forward, just stop here." Shen Yun said.
"Okay." Karen stepped on the brakes, and the truck stopped on the road.
Shen Yun got down from the carriage, took the detection instrument, and inspected the surrounding magnetic field and space.
"It seems that this is a subspace." Shen Yun looked at the data fed back by the instrument in his hand, and said.
Shen Yun conducted a comprehensive inspection of this subspace.
Soon, Shen Yun discovered that in this subspace, except that the temperature here was slightly lower than outside, other aspects were basically the same as the outside world.
Even if it snows outside, it will snow inside.
Shen Yun looked at the various data displayed on the detection equipment in the carriage, and said excitedly: "So that's it, I understand!"
"Eh? Shen Jun, what do you understand?" Karen came to Shen Yun's side and asked curiously.
"The existence form of this subspace." Shen Yun said.
"Existing form?"
"That's right." Shen Yun nodded and explained: "Rainbow Demon Realm is not an independent subspace, but a subspace opened up by some kind of creature using magnetic field, and it exists attached to the magnetic field of Lion's Nose Sea of Trees. Simple From a practical point of view, the Rainbow Demon Realm is a projection of reality, existing in reality, but parallel to reality."
"Oh~" Karen nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Shen Jun means that what happened in the Lion's Nose Tree Sea in reality will affect this Rainbow Demon Realm. But no matter what happens in this Rainbow Demon Territory, Will it affect the real space?"
"That's right." Shen Yun smiled and nodded.
This rainbow magic land gave him some inspiration. If a temporary subspace can be artificially opened up, monsters can be housed in the subspace, and then the Victory Team and Tiga can enter the subspace to fight the monsters.
In this way, the damage caused by monsters will also be greatly reduced.
"Meta Domain..." Shen Yun touched his chin.
Although the form is similar to Nexus' Meta Field, the form of expression is much worse.
Shen Yun was communicating with Karen when the noise of car engines and tires rubbing against the ground suddenly came from behind them.
Shen Yun and Karen looked back.
This is exactly the van carrying a family of four.
The other party seemed to come back again.
The family of four in the car was also dumbfounded when they saw the minivan parked on the side of the road.
"Isn't this the truck that came in with us just now? Why did they run ahead of us?" The man who was driving asked strangely when he saw the truck parked by the side of the road.
Hao Tai said: "Dad, you don't know how to go around in circles, do you?"
Huili looked at the woods outside the window and said, "It seems like we have been here just now."
"The roads here are very similar."
"Honey, why don't we ask for directions?" Mom Sang who was sitting in the back said.
"Alright." The man stopped insisting, and parked the car in front of Shen Yun and Karen.
The man was cautious and only rolled down a third of the window.
"Sir, may I ask how to get out, we seem to have lost our way."
"If you can't get out, this is the rainbow magic realm. Before the rainbow comes out, no one can leave here." Shen Yun said.
"Evil Realm? This joke is not funny at all..." the man laughed dryly.
"I'm not joking with you. If you don't believe me, you can move on. Also, save some fuel." Shen Yun was too lazy to say, anyway, it's still early, so if you don't believe me, go around two more times.
The man frowned slightly, rolled up the window, and drove away without saying a word.
"I remembered!" Haotai who was sitting in the co-pilot suddenly said, startling everyone else.
"Why are you so surprised?" Huili said dissatisfied.
"That big brother talked about the devil's realm. I've read it in the book. The book said that once you reach the devil's realm, you will run out until you die." Hao Tai ignored his sister, but looked at the man driving, and said.
"Don't talk nonsense! I think you read too many science fiction novels!" The man reprimanded, feeling a little flustered in his heart.
But he is very clear that at this time, he, the head of the family, cannot panic.
Soon, they saw the truck parked on the side of the road again.
Needless to say, all of them now knew they were running in circles.
"We are really going in circles, what should we do now?" Mama-san, who was sitting in the back seat, said worriedly.
"I can only ask them, they must know something." The man drove to the side of the truck.
"That..." The man didn't speak yet.
Shen Yun, who was sitting in the co-pilot of the truck, said lightly, "Follow me."
"Oh, oh." The man nodded, and hurriedly drove to keep up.
Although the environment here is very similar and it is difficult for human eyes to distinguish, but for Kallen, this problem does not exist.
Not long after, Karen drove the truck, rushed out of the woods, and came to a place with a wide view and flat terrain.
Seeing the truck leading the way stop, the man had no choice but to stop.
"The terrain here is open, and you can see the rainbow as soon as it appears. Rest here for one night, and leave tomorrow after the rainbow appears." Shen Yun got out of the car and came to the van, Tong Tong knew.
"Thank you. It's really troublesome for you." The man thanked you again and again.
(End of this chapter)
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