Arc 19Victory and New Portals

After Great Xia and Terra’s allies defeated the Demon Clan invasion, the survivors negotiated the spoils and the future of the Seed Plan while rebuilding their territories. Lin Mo began mastering teleportation magic, but his attempts to link a passage to a stable portal remained unsuccessful.

  • Muradin, Warwick, and Ellari helped rout the demons, and Long Zhan ordered a counterattack that devastated the fleeing forces with nuclear strikes.
  • The Allied Army swept the battlefield and mourned its heavy losses, then Lin Mo proposed dividing the spoils into six shares with compensation for the hardest-hit races.
  • Great Xia and Terra’s fighters destroyed the wormhole near the front, and Ryze later led a team that found and destroyed another beneath Emerald Leaf Forest.
  • Lin Mo and Great Xia’s leaders planned to build cultural and commercial ties with Terra’s races, while the visiting representatives returned to their people and saw Great Xia’s rebuilding work.
  • Lin Mo negotiated with the representatives to keep Seed Plan participants on Blue Star and return twenty percent of the supplies, while crediting the rest toward future purchases.
  • Lin Mo showed Fendona Great Xia’s factories, recycling plant, planned commercial district, and warships before turning to experiments with teleportation magic.
  • Lin Mo learned to open and cross short-lived spatial passages, then demonstrated the skill to Kael and Great Xia soldiers.
  • Zhao Gang and Long Zhan urged Lin Mo to develop portals linking distant human settlements, but his attempts to connect a passage to his magic array kept collapsing.
Chapters 451–475 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 451The Great Counteroffensive!

After the Demon God Ao Lingsi was confirmed dead, Great Xia and Terra’s leaders launched a counteroffensive against the fleeing Demon Clan. The chapter ended as Great Xia’s troops charged from their defensive line.

  • Muradin, Warwick, and Ellari returned to battle, killing Pyke and driving the remaining Seventh-Order Demon Venerables into flight.
  • In the Command Center, Long Zhan’s team examined drone footage showing antimatter destroying Ao Lingsi, and Terra’s fighters confirmed that the Demon God’s aura had vanished.
  • Long Zhan ordered five strategic nuclear missiles fired at the Demon Clan’s rear and commanded a counterattack across the front.
  • Great Xia soldiers received the order to attack, and a bugle call sounded as troops surged out of their trenches.

Ch. 452Encircling and killing the Seventh Order Demon Venerables

Great Xia and Terra’s forces routed the Demon Clan Army with a massive assault, then turned their attention to trapping the fleeing Seventh Order Demon Venerables. Long Zhan ordered the remaining nuclear bombs prepared for launch as Beast King Warwick pursued a fleeing demon.

  • Great Xia and Terra’s armies advanced against the routed demons with artillery, aircraft, tanks, magic, and infantry.
  • Five nuclear bombs struck the densest fleeing demon forces, devastating them; Terra’s holy magic then purified the nuclear contamination.
  • Long Zhan ordered Terra’s fighters to tighten the encirclement of the Seventh Order Demon Venerables and instructed Great Xia to prepare all four remaining nuclear bombs for launch.
  • A bone-spurred Seventh Order Demon Venerable fled after Beast King Warwick struck it, and Warwick chased it with two other fighters.
  • Great Xia’s Command Center sent Warwick a notification as the pursuit continued.

Ch. 453Gathering after the battle

Great Xia and Terra’s forces defeated the Demon Clan, though Yaxes escaped by sacrificing its troops to delay the pursuers. Lin Mo returned to Great Xia’s Fief as the armies began clearing the battlefield and gathered with the surviving leaders to assess their losses.

  • Warwick halted the pursuit, while Great Xia’s Nuclear Bombs killed three Seventh Order Demon Venerables attempting to flee; Terra’s forces killed four more, but Yaxes escaped through an Earth Dragon tunnel by ordering its troops to block the pursuers.
  • Lin Mo crossed the Holy Human Race’s Portal after Long Zhan reported that the battle was settled and saw the devastation across Great Xia’s Fief.
  • At the Command Center, Long Zhan ordered the armies to sweep the battlefield, finish off surviving enemies, remove hazards, recover supplies and bodies, and treat the wounded.
  • Great Xia soldiers and Terra’s allies searched the battlefield, treated the wounded, and recovered their dead as the surviving armies gathered on the central plain.
  • Lin Mo, Long Zhan, Ellari, Muradin, Warwick, and the Dragon leaders assembled on a blast-flattened hill, where twenty Seventh Order fighters had become eighteen.

Ch. 454Battle Loss Statistics for the Various Races

Zhao Gang reported the Allied Army’s devastating losses, while Long Zhan explained why Great Xia suffered fewer deaths despite bearing a heavy frontline burden. The Allies learned Great Xia had spent nearly all its ammunition and suffered extensive equipment damage to win the battle.

  • Zhao Gang reported hundreds of thousands of Allied casualties, including the deaths of the Holy Human Race’s Pope and a Seventh-Tier Half-Orc combatant, and estimated that one-fifth of the army would die.
  • Muradin demanded that the wounded be healed, but the Elf Queen and Ryze said their healing supplies were limited and some injuries could not be cured.
  • Long Zhan saluted the Terra Leaders and praised the Dwarf Clan and Half-Orc Clan for their courage, while acknowledging the other races’ contributions.
  • Zhao Gang reported that Great Xia had lost five thousand of its one hundred thousand troops, prompting the Terra Leaders to question the figures.
  • Long Zhan explained that most Great Xia troops supported the front from the rear, while its frontline death rate reached one-eighth and its ammunition, Energy Blocks, and much of its equipment were exhausted.

Ch. 455Dividing the spoils

After the Allied Army celebrated its victory over the Demon Clan, leaders gathered to negotiate how to divide nearly ten million Demon Clan corpses. Their meeting ended in deadlock as each race argued for a different way to calculate its share.

  • Muradin conceded that Great Xia’s weapons had surpassed Dwarven craftsmanship and said the Dwarves hoped to study physics in Great Xia.
  • Long Zhan announced that the Demon God was dead and the Demon Clan’s main force had been routed, and the Allied Army celebrated its victory.
  • Ryze led a memorial for the fallen, and the army rested after completing its casualty tally.
  • Lin Mo arranged an outdoor meeting place so the Dragons King could join Great Xia and the leaders of the five races to discuss dividing the spoils.
  • Ryze proposed dividing the spoils by troop numbers and seventh-order experts, but the Dragons King, Lin Mo, Muradin, Ellari, Warwick, and Zhao Gang challenged the plan and offered conflicting alternatives.
  • The leaders failed to agree on a method for dividing the Demon Clan corpses, leaving the negotiations at a deadlock.

Ch. 456Holy Son, are you sure?

Lin Mo ended the dispute over the spoils by proposing an equal division among six parties, with extra compensation for races that suffered heavy losses. The leaders agreed to collect Demon Clan corpses outside Great Xia’s fief, leaving Great Xia to gather those near its territory and later buy the valuable materials.

  • Lin Mo discussed a proposal with Zhao Gang and decided Great Xia would accept a smaller share to preserve relations with the other races.
  • Lin Mo proposed dividing the spoils into six equal shares and compensating nations whose casualty rates were high or whose powerful fighters had fallen.
  • Ryze thanked Lin Mo for recognizing the loss of the Pope and warned that Great Xia had killed the most enemies and spent the most resources.
  • Lin Mo asked the other races to collect Demon Clan corpses outside Great Xia’s fief, especially the million-plus bodies in the sea.
  • Warwick assigned the merfolk to salvage the sea, Ellari agreed to help, Muradin took the underground corpses, and the Dragons King offered to transport larger bodies.

Ch. 457A celebration for all races

After the battle, Great Xia and Terra’s allied races cleared the vast fields of Demon Clan corpses, hoping to trade them for Great Xia weapons and equipment. The recovery effort continued across land and sea as the allies coordinated to haul away the spoils.

  • Wang Qiang operated his Exoskeleton while robotic dogs and recovery vehicles collected Demon Clan corpses outside Great Xia's Fief.
  • Thorin and the Dwarves dug through a vitrified crater to recover a Giant Burrowing Dragon, eager to trade its corpse for Great Xia weapons.
  • The Dragons King urged thousands of Dragons to haul Siege Behemoth remains so the Dragons Clan could order Great Xia's Custom Weapons.
  • Elder Muyu directed the Elves to collect intact corpses and quickly exchange them for money and advance orders.
  • Tens of thousands of Merfolk salvaged Demon Clan corpses underwater, while Water Elves helped lift a massive Sea Dragon Beast to the surface.
  • Grom the Centaur and the allied races hurried to move the corpses ashore, eager to trade the spoils for Great Xia equipment.

Ch. 458More new demons?

As the Demon Clan continued pouring through its Space Wormhole, Long Zhan ordered a hypersonic nuclear missile launched because Great Xia lacked enough Antimatter Bombs to close the threat. Lin Mo and the other leaders hurried to the Command Center to find out what was happening, where they gathered around the screen.

  • Zhao Gang ordered damaged equipment repaired, intending to sell the refurbished vehicles and weapons to the natives for Demon Clan Corpses.
  • Long Zhan watched the Demon Clan's Space Wormhole and learned from Qian Zhenhua that producing another Antimatter Bomb would take at least a month.
  • After new Nuclear Bombs arrived, Long Zhan ordered a hypersonic nuclear missile launched at the wormhole.
  • Lin Mo, Muradin, Ellari, and Ryze saw the missile streak into the sky and rushed to the Command Center.
  • Long Zhan directed Lin Mo and the others to the big screen, while Muradin climbed onto a chair so he could see.

Ch. 459Heading to the Demon Clan's wormhole

Long Zhan’s nuclear missile failed to destroy the Demon Clan’s wormhole, so Ryze proposed collapsing it with portal magic. Long Zhan assembled a team of Seventh-Order fighters to protect Ryze, and they departed for the wormhole aboard a Great Xia transport plane.

  • Long Zhan launched a nuclear missile at the wormhole, but it remained intact and demons continued to emerge.
  • Ryze explained that he could analyze the wormhole’s spatial nodes and collapse it from within if he had time and protection.
  • Long Zhan assigned Muradin, Ellari, and five other Seventh-Order fighters to escort Ryze, while leaving the weakened Warwick behind.
  • Ryze and the fighters boarded a Great Xia transport plane protected by ten fighter jets and took off for the wormhole.

Ch. 460The Space-Jumping Beast's Report

Lin Mo kept watch at the Command Center while Long Zhan went to rest, as Yaxes escaped the destruction of the Demon Clan’s army and reached an underground cavern. There, he told a Space-Jumping Beast that the Demon God and the other Demon Venerables had died, leaving both of them facing an uncertain fate.

  • Lin Mo ordered the exhausted Long Zhan to sleep in the lounge while he watched the transport aircraft’s progress.
  • Yaxes emerged from underground after surviving the attack that annihilated the Demon Clan’s forces on Terra.
  • Yaxes reached a cavern where a Space Wormhole was sending out Lesser Demons and brooded over his lack of a safe escape.
  • Yaxes nearly struck a Space-Jumping Beast with his greatsword before recognizing it as a rare creature reserved for an Eighth-Order Demon God.
  • Yaxes told the Space-Jumping Beast that the Demon Clan had suffered a crushing defeat and that the Demon God and seven Demon Venerables had died.
  • The Space-Jumping Beast explained that it had been away collecting Great Xia’s home-planet coordinates and had not known about the battle.

Ch. 461See what miracles brute force can work!

Yaxes learned that the Space-Jumping Beast had obtained the coordinates of the technological civilization’s home planet and set off to report them. Meanwhile, Ryze and seven other powerful figures from Terra parachuted from a transport plane by flying, and the fighter jets began clearing the Demon Clan’s aerial forces as they prepared to fight.

  • The Space-Jumping Beast gave Yaxes the crystal core containing the coordinates of the technological civilization’s home planet.
  • Yaxes celebrated the discovery, vowed to return with the Demon Clan’s true armies, and entered the space wormhole to report to his superiors.
  • A Great Xia soldier offered Muradin a parachute, but Muradin refused it because he could fly.
  • Ryze and the other seven figures leaped from the transport plane and hovered in the air.
  • Ten escorting fighter jets attacked the Demon Clan’s gargoyles and Winged Demons around the space wormhole.
  • Muradin raised his battle axe as Winged Demons charged toward him and the others.

Ch. 462Successfully destroying the Demon Clan's wormhole

Ryze and the seven Seventh-Order Experts destroyed the Demon Clan’s wormhole, cutting off its passage to Terra and bringing relief to Great Xia’s Command Center. As the staff celebrated, officers warned that Terra’s races might become hostile to Great Xia now that the Demon Clan threat was gone.

  • Muradin, Reynold, Ellari, and the other experts slaughtered the demons around the wormhole and formed a guard around Ryze.
  • Ryze analyzed the wormhole’s structure, found its fulcrum, and shattered it while the seven guardians held off attacking demons.
  • The wormhole collapsed and vanished, prompting the experts to celebrate the end of the Demon Clan’s passage to Terra.
  • Lin Mo, Long Zhan, and the staff at Great Xia’s Command Center celebrated as satellite and aircraft feeds confirmed the wormhole’s destruction.
  • A staff officer warned that Terra’s races might turn against Great Xia, and another suggested keeping some demons alive to preserve Great Xia’s presence.

Ch. 463Methods of cultural assimilation

Lin Mo and Great Xia’s officers agreed to establish lasting ties with Terra’s races through cultural exchange, trade, education, and intermarriage. Long Zhan warned that other Demon Clan wormholes might exist, prompting Lin Mo to seek the races’ help searching for them, while people in Great Xia eagerly discussed Terra online.

  • Lin Mo proposed assimilating the Holy Human Race into Great Xia and using cultural ties to secure Great Xia’s place on Terra.
  • Great Xia’s staff officers endorsed spreading its culture, goods, education, and businesses among Terra’s races, and Lin Mo approved the plan.
  • Long Zhan arranged for Ryze and the others to be brought back, then warned Lin Mo that Terra might contain more Demon Clan wormholes.
  • Lin Mo agreed that the Demon Clan likely had other wormholes and promised to ask Terra’s races to help search for them.
  • People in Great Xia discussed Terra’s races, magic, and possible intermarriage across online forums.

Ch. 464Official announcement

The authorities announced that Great Xia and Terra’s races had repelled a twenty-million-strong Demon Clan invasion and destroyed one wormhole, prompting public celebration. At an Arctic military base, representatives of the allied races anxiously waited for news about their people on Terra and decided to ask for an update.

  • The Great Xia authorities announced that their combined army had defeated the Demon Clan’s invasion, eliminated over ten million troops, and destroyed one space wormhole.
  • Netizens reacted with surprise and excitement, while trending topics focused on the victory and the possibility of other wormholes.
  • At the Arctic base, Great Xia staff accommodated the visiting races, building temporary shelters for large Half-Orcs and housing adult Dragons in the central park.
  • Waldolong worried about the Elves still on Terra, while Ba'ge'er Steelbeard and Woken grew increasingly restless as they awaited news.
  • Ba'ge'er said he could not bear the uncertainty any longer, and Waldolong proposed that the four race representatives ask for an update together.

Ch. 465I want to go back!!!

After learning that Terra’s forces had killed the Eighth-Order Demon God, the representatives of the various races asked to return home. Li Baitian secured permission for them to go back and make contact, but the news that the Pope had fallen sent Dalens rushing out of the office.

  • Li Baitian told Waldolong, Bagel, Woken, and Dalens that Terra’s allied forces had killed the Demon God and defeated more than ten million Demon Clan troops.
  • Woken asked whether the kindling plan personnel could return to Terra, and Waldolong and the others requested permission to meet their leaders.
  • Li Baitian consulted his superiors, who deferred a decision on the Seed Plan but approved their return to Terra to contact their people.
  • Bagel, Woken, and Dalens decided to leave immediately, and Li Baitian arranged an escort.
  • Li Baitian told Dalens that the Pope had fallen, and Dalens refused to believe him before rushing out to return to Terra.

Ch. 466Being short makes you right now?

Li Baitian stopped Dalens from running the wrong way after learning that the Pope had fallen, and told the other representatives to prepare to return to Terra. After informing the red Dragon that the Demon God had been slain, he learned that the Dragon Race would join them.

  • Li Baitian ran after Dalens while Waldolong, Woken, and Bagel asked whether their rulers were safe.
  • Waldolong, Woken, and Bagel restrained Dalens as he tried to rush back to Holy Light City, and Li Baitian pointed out that the Portal to Terra was behind them.
  • Li Baitian told Dalens to gather his people and prepare to return to Terra, while the other representatives went to their quarters to give instructions.
  • Li Baitian visited the Dragon Race's ecological zone and told the red Dragon that the Demon God had been slain and the representatives were returning to Terra.
  • The red Dragon agreed to go, and Li Baitian said he would arrange transport to the Portal plaza.

Ch. 467What the hell was a dredger?

Li Baitian led the Four Races’ representatives through Great Xia’s Portal and into the Terra Continent, where they saw the scale of its military power and its rapid reconstruction. The chapter ended with Waldolong asking about three huge ships pumping mud from the sea, and Bagel wondering what the dredgers were for.

  • Li Baitian guided the representatives through the underground base’s security checks and past Great Xia’s tanks, artillery, missiles, drones, soldiers, and three Dragons before they entered the Portal.
  • The representatives emerged onto the Terra Continent, where Great Xia Combat Engineers were building permanent defenses and repair soldiers were working on heavy artillery.
  • Waldolong and the others watched Half-Orc warriors deliver a Fourth Order Enchanted Sawtooth Wolf carcass to a Great Xia Quartermaster to be weighed for a Custom Weapons reward.
  • The representatives saw three massive Cutter Suction Dredgers pump mud and sand into the shallows, pushing back the sea and creating new land.
  • Waldolong asked Li Baitian what the ships were, and Bagel wondered whether they were digging mud to make bricks.

Ch. 468Land reclamation, new worries for the races

After the leaders returned to their homelands, Ryze and seven other experts destroyed a third underground demon wormhole. As the races began rebuilding, the Elves, Dwarves, and Half-Orcs worried about damaged resources and vulnerable borders, and their leaders considered buying portals from the Holy Human Race.

  • Li Baitian told Dalens, Waldolong, and Woken that Great Xia planned to reclaim land from the sea, then said they could return to their countries through the portals.
  • Ryze and seven seventh-order experts cleared demons from a cavern beneath Emerald Leaf Forest and destroyed its wormhole.
  • An elven elder ordered guards to secure the ruined mithril mine and considered the Elves’ old disputes with the Dwarves.
  • A dwarf elder ordered more mining and planned to buy portals from the Holy Human Race to supply border cities and guard against the Elves.
  • Warwick learned that rebuilding the Half-Orc border would take at least ten years and ordered his people to buy portals so they could move troops and supplies more quickly.

Ch. 469The decision on refunds for the Seed Plan

Reynolds and the Holy See considered selling portals to other races at higher prices, while Lin Mo handled the races’ requests to bring their people home after the war. He and Zhao Gang settled on converting the supplies already sent to Great Xia into gold-coin credits for future purchases.

  • Reynolds asked the Holy See’s high archbishops whether to accept portal orders from the Elves, Dwarf Clan, and Half-Orc Tribe, and Benedict supported selling the portals at higher prices.
  • Lin Mo watched the Allied Army reclaim territory across the Terra Continent as the Demon Clan’s mist dissipated.
  • Lin Mo received a think-tank document about the races’ request to end the Seed Plan and called Zhao Gang to discuss how to handle their supplies.
  • Lin Mo and Zhao Gang rejected returning the supplies and retaining them as damages, since returning them would incur major costs and claiming damages would harm relations.
  • Lin Mo and Zhao Gang agreed to convert the supplies into gold-coin credits for the races’ future purchases from Great Xia and to offer additional compensation.

Ch. 470Seeing Fendona again

Lin Mo and Zhao Gang negotiated with the races over the Seed Plan participants and the supplies Great Xia had received. Great Xia offered the races gold-account balances and urged them to keep their people on Blue Star, leaving the representatives silent as they considered the threat of another invasion.

  • Lin Mo met the representatives, including Fendona, who remained annoyed that he had not answered her letter.
  • Kael requested that Great Xia return all Seed Plan participants and the supplies the races had provided.
  • Lin Mo agreed to send the participants back but refused to return the supplies, offering instead to credit their market value to each race's purchasing account.
  • Lin Mo described Great Xia's goods and services to persuade the representatives that their purchasing balances would be useful.
  • Zhao Gang said Great Xia would keep trade channels open and recommended that the participants remain on Blue Star.
  • Lin Mo warned that more Eighth Order enemies might appear, leaving the representatives silent over the risks of returning their people to Terra.

Ch. 471Lin Mo and Fendona

After Great Xia reached a settlement with the other races, Lin Mo made up with Fendona and began showing her around Great Xia’s fief. The chapter left them touring the weapons factory.

  • Lin Mo and the representatives agreed that the races’ Seed Plan participants would remain on Blue Star and Great Xia would return twenty percent of the supplies it had received.
  • Lin Mo asked Zhao Gang to send the meeting minutes to Elder Zhao, then Fendona confronted him about not replying to her letters.
  • Lin Mo promised Fendona several Great Xia outfits, and she explained that the Queen had sent her to negotiate while Elder Muyu helped rebuild the defenses.
  • Lin Mo invited Fendona to tour Great Xia’s territory and showed her the weapons factory, where bullets, artillery shells, and magazines were made.

Ch. 472Lin Mo Began Experimenting with Teleportation Magic

Lin Mo showed Fendona around his industrial facilities and seaport before she left to report to the Queen. After reaching the sixth rank, he experimented with teleportation magic, failed to stabilize a portal, and revised the incantation to create a brief opening; he left his room at dawn ready to test it again.

  • Lin Mo showed Fendona his automated factory, demon corpse recycling plant, planned commercial district, and warships at the seaport.
  • Fendona asked Lin Mo what the Terra Continent would be like in the future, and he told her it could be as good as she wanted.
  • Fendona left to report their discussions to the Queen, and Lin Mo returned home after dinner to test teleportation magic.
  • Lin Mo repeatedly opened unstable spatial fissures in his courtyard, but each collapsed when he tried to stabilize it with a magic array.
  • Lin Mo realized he only needed a temporary opening large enough to pass through, then rewrote the incantation to remove long-term stabilization commands.
  • At dawn, Lin Mo left his room with his staff, convinced his revised incantation might work.

Ch. 473Hahahaha, it worked!

Lin Mo successfully developed a version of sixth-rank teleportation that used his magic power and line of sight instead of a magic array. After teleporting between the courtyard and a distant flagpole, he startled his guards by appearing outside the gate, then told them he had learned the Holy Human Race's teleportation magic.

  • Lin Mo opened a stable teleportation passage with his revised incantation and crossed the courtyard before the opening vanished.
  • Lin Mo teleported a hundred meters to the training ground beside a flagpole, confirming he could travel to places he could see.
  • Lin Mo teleported outside the courtyard gate, where Wu Suowei and Wu Jiandao mistook him for an impersonator and checked his identity.
  • Lin Mo explained that he had learned the Holy Human Race's teleportation magic, and both guards praised him.

Ch. 474Kael: What? You learned it?

Lin Mo practiced teleportation magic with Wu Suowei and Wu Jiandao, then told Kael that he had already learned to open spatial passages. He demonstrated a Portal in the dining hall, leaving Kael and the watching soldiers stunned.

  • Lin Mo explained that he could not yet build Interstellar Portals and repeatedly practiced opening them with Wu Suowei and Wu Jiandao, improving their size, stability, and duration.
  • Lin Mo stopped practicing and went to breakfast, where he found Kael eating Great Xia food in the dining hall.
  • Lin Mo told Kael that he had reached the Sixth Rank and had studied teleportation magic; Kael explained the usual steps and lengthy training required to master it.
  • Lin Mo said he had already learned to open spatial passages and travel through them, leaving Kael in disbelief.
  • Lin Mo demonstrated by opening a Portal in the dining hall, and the room fell silent.

Ch. 475Better to Have It Yourself

Lin Mo learned to open a spatial portal, then worked with Kael to correct the layout of a spatial magic array. Zhao Gang and Long Zhan urged him to develop portals independently so humanity could connect distant settlements without relying on the Holy Human Race, while Lin Mo struggled to link a living spatial passage to the fixed array.

  • Lin Mo opened a portal, astonishing Kael and the soldiers with how quickly he learned teleportation magic.
  • Kael corrected the positions of a spatial crystal and two rune stones in Lin Mo’s magic array.
  • Zhao Gang and Long Zhan told Lin Mo that stable portals could connect the polar underground cities, the lunar base, and Mars, and warned him that humanity should build its own portals.
  • Lin Mo repeatedly tried to connect a spatial passage to the magic array, but the passage collapsed whenever he could not stabilize both at once.
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