Arc 23Chapters 551–575

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Ch. 551The final battle arrives

Bai Yaoyao and the allied forces prepared for the final battle against the Time Zombie Emperor’s enormous zombie army, using traps, Pangu Chariots, firearms, and coordinated attacks to thin the horde. The battle began with humanity’s strongest fighters holding the advancing zombies outside the first defensive line.

  • Bai Yaoyao led her comrades into the zombie swarm, where they killed tens of thousands before returning to the Dark Night Base to recover.
  • As the zombies approached at night, Ouyang Ling ordered the defenses ready, and Bai Yaoyao deployed more than a hundred Pangu Chariots.
  • The Pangu Chariots’ laser volleys destroyed nearly 150,000 zombies, after which Ouyang Ling ordered the buried bombs detonated and the snipers opened fire.
  • After the bombardment, Bai Yaoyao, Long Zhan, and Dark Night’s strongest fighters charged out in formation and held back tens of thousands of zombies.
  • The Dark Night Base’s Ability Users joined the frontal assault while support teams attacked from both flanks, and the differences in the bases’ fighters became clear.

Ch. 552The ultimate illusion

After Dark Night's forces killed nearly half a million zombies, Taoist Feng Qing prepared to sacrifice his life to hold back the rest with his ultimate illusion. As Bai Yaoyao and his disciples tried to stop him, Feng Qing stood firm and activated the illusion, leaving his fate tied to its end.

  • Bai Yaoyao ordered the exhausted forces to retreat behind the second defensive line after they met their objective of killing nearly five hundred thousand zombies.
  • Taoist Feng Qing revealed that his ultimate illusion could kill and trap hundreds of thousands of zombies, but activating it would cost him his life.
  • Bai Yaoyao and Taoist Feng Qing's disciples discovered they could not touch him and begged him to abandon his plan.
  • Taoist Feng Qing told Zhi Yi to care for his junior brothers and insisted that sacrificing himself to protect Huaguo was his duty.
  • Taoist Feng Qing recalled his master's death fighting invaders and declared that a true Taoist upheld the righteous path.

Ch. 553Passing

Taoist Feng Qing sacrificed himself to hold the Time Zombie Emperor inside his illusion and give the survivors time to recover. After mourning him, Bai Yaoyao urged Long Zhan to trust them as they prepared to continue the fight.

  • Taoist Feng Qing sealed the New Dark Night Base inside his illusion, leaving Bai Yaoyao and the others unable to reach him.
  • Long Zhan explained that entering the illusion would trigger an indiscriminate attack and hasten Taoist Feng Qing's death.
  • The Time Zombie Emperor entered the illusion after seeing Bai Yaoyao's phantom, then realized it was not the real Bai Yaoyao and became enraged.
  • Taoist Feng Qing used his remaining life to attack the Time Zombie Emperor, causing a huge explosion that silenced the zombies.
  • Zhi Yi and his fellow disciples chanted funeral rites for Taoist Feng Qing while Bai Yaoyao and the others mourned and recovered.
  • Bai Yaoyao told Long Zhan they could win and asked him to trust them, and Long Zhan said they were all he had left.

Ch. 554Here at last

After Taoist Feng Qing’s sacrifice, Dark Night defeated ten Zombie Emperors in a morale-raising battle, and Xiao Shiliu’s Wind ability mutated as he won his fight. Bai Yaoyao led the survivors into the horde, but when the Time Zombie Emperor immobilized Big Whale, she realized the enemy had finally entered the battle.

  • Dark Night fought ten Zombie Emperors while the surviving Ability Users watched and cheered, and Bai Yaoyao defeated her opponent first.
  • Xiao Shiliu refused help, fought a stronger Wind Ability Zombie Emperor alone, and mutated his Wind ability to defeat it.
  • Bai Jin'an activated Berserk Serum in sixty Level Nine Zombies, making them attack the surrounding horde and open gaps in its ranks.
  • Bai Yaoyao led the fighters into the horde, bombed its rear, and used stored snow, boulders, acid rain, and Big Whale to kill zombies.
  • The Time Zombie Emperor immobilized Big Whale, and Bai Yaoyao recognized that it had made its move.

Ch. 555The overall situation

Bai Yaoyao and humanity’s forces fought the zombie horde through an exhausting second battle, with humans and mutant beasts holding the line together. When the zombies abruptly retreated, the fighters pursued them and brought the numbers to roughly equal, then collapsed from exhaustion.

  • Bai Yaoyao checked that Big Whale was unharmed and prepared to strike the Time Zombie Emperor while the exhausted fighters entered the second round of battle.
  • Duan Yuwen, Xia Tian, Song Yuxi, the Taoist Squad, and the Dark Night Beasts Legion used their abilities to fight through the zombie swarm.
  • Big King reached level 10 and evolved his purple flames to carry lightning, while Lu Chunfeng’s beasts advanced in disciplined formation and the motley beast force joined the fighting.
  • Big Gold and Big Sea led the Aerial Rescue Team in carrying casualties to Peiqi and the healing ability users for treatment.
  • The zombies suddenly retreated, and the humans pursued them for a kilometer, killing nearly ten thousand more and bringing the opposing forces to roughly equal numbers.
  • The fighters collapsed where they stood after disengaging, too exhausted to celebrate.

Ch. 556Bai Qingqing reached level 10

Bai Yaoyao prepared the Dark Night Base for a possible worsening of the zombie war after learning that the zombies had begun eating their own kind. The chapter ended with Bai Qingqing revealing that her sound ability had reached level 10.

  • Bai Yaoyao found the shattered pieces of Taoist Feng Qing's Wine Gourd and gave them to Zhi Yi and his senior and junior brothers.
  • Bai Yaoyao warned the base leaders that the zombies might be retreating to devour weaker zombies, and ordered all ability users below level 8 to withdraw.
  • Lu Chunfeng's Colorful Parrot reported that the zombies were killing and eating their own kind, confirming Bai Yaoyao's suspicion.
  • Bai Yaoyao moved supplies, beasts, and plants from her space into the Dark Night Base to protect those unable to fight.
  • Bai Qingqing told Bai Yaoyao and the others that her sound special ability had reached level 10.

Ch. 557Adjustments

Bai Qingqing reached Level 10 and revealed that her singing could hypnotize zombies and boost other Ability Users, so Bai Yaoyao let her join the defense. After Dark Night Base cared for and fed the exhausted fighters, Bai Yaoyao sensed the zombies approaching again.

  • Bai Qingqing told Bai Yaoyao that she had reached Level 10 and could hypnotize zombies with her singing while strengthening nearby Ability Users.
  • Sun Weihao confirmed that Bai Qingqing's singing had helped him keep fighting, and Bai Yaoyao agreed to let her fight with them.
  • Bai Qingqing led the fighters in a rallying cheer that lifted their spirits and seemed to restore some of their ability energy.
  • Xie Shannan promised Bai Yaoyao that he would court Bai Qingqing properly, while Bai Qingqing continued leading the cheering crowd.
  • Dark Night Base's logistics workers provided the exhausted fighters with food, hot noodle soup, clean clothes, and places to rest.
  • After roughly half a day of rest, Bai Yaoyao sensed the zombies approaching and ordered noncombatants to retreat and everyone else to prepare.

Ch. 558The battle began

Bai Yaoyao led Dark Night Base into battle against an approaching horde made up entirely of level nine zombies, while Bai Qingqing and a sound ability user bolstered the fighters with music. As dozens of emperor-class zombies joined the attack, Bai Yaoyao held off five of them and killed one, while Peiqi worried that something was wrong with Long Zhan.

  • Bai Yaoyao ordered level eight ability users to form teams of six and level nine ability users to pair up as the zombie army approached.
  • Bai Qingqing and Dark Night Base’s sound ability user played drums and suona to strengthen the fighters, while Dark Night’s members traded boasts before the battle.
  • Long Zhan led his disciples in a charge, then praised Chenxuan and Peiqi as they returned to their support roles; Peiqi told Chenxuan that she and Bai Yaoyao suspected something was wrong with their master.
  • The fighters faced a horde with dozens of emperor-class zombies, and Dark Night’s strongest members struggled to keep them from reaching the fighters behind them.
  • Bai Yaoyao fought three emperor-class zombies at first, killed an invisible one, and used mental confusion to make two powerful enhancement zombies attack each other.
  • Bai Yaoyao attacked two more emperor-class zombies nearby and, in less than ten minutes, held off five while killing one.

Ch. 559No More Watching the Flag-Raising Ceremony

Bai Yaoyao and the survivors fought off a wave of Emperor-Class Zombies, but the Time Zombie Emperor arrived and overwhelmed her with his control of time. As Bai Yaoyao struggled to hold him off, Xia Tian decided she could no longer stand by and turned to Sun Weihao.

  • Bai Yaoyao joined Long Zhan to kill the Emperor-Class Zombies, then helped her comrades finish the remaining zombies in the wave.
  • Bai Yaoyao saw that casualties were mounting and took over the fight against the Level 9 zombies, but the Time Zombie Emperor appeared and killed two people almost instantly.
  • Bai Yaoyao warned everyone to retreat, rescued two people from the Time Zombie Emperor, and fought him despite her depleted energy.
  • The Time Zombie Emperor knocked Bai Yaoyao down and nullified her Spatial Blade, forcing her to focus on stalling him while her allies could not reach her.
  • As Bai Yaoyao was repeatedly injured, Xia Tian told Sun Weihao she might not get to attend the flag-raising ceremony with him at Tiananmen, and he begged her not to give up.

Ch. 560The slaughter never ends

Bai Yaoyao fought the Time Zombie Emperor while Xia Tian died protecting her, and Bai Qingqing restored her sister’s energy by sacrificing her life. Bai Yaoyao realized she had to kill the Emperor before more people died.

  • Xia Tian attacked the Time Zombie Emperor to give Bai Yaoyao time to recover, but the Emperor killed her and tore out her heart.
  • Bai Yaoyao used her mental and spatial powers to wound the Time Zombie Emperor, then caught Xia Tian’s body.
  • Bai Qingqing sang to rapidly replenish Bai Yaoyao’s special ability, and Bai Yaoyao resumed preparing to fight.
  • Bai Qingqing recalled how Xie Shannan had comforted her as a child and decided she could save everyone by helping her sister.
  • Bai Qingqing burned through her life force to transfer all her energy to Bai Yaoyao, then collapsed as Xie Shannan rushed toward her.
  • Bai Yaoyao realized Bai Qingqing had died and chose to keep fighting the Time Zombie Emperor so the slaughter would end.

Ch. 561The final showdown

Murong Xixi helped Bai Yaoyao resist the Time Zombie Emperor, but she collapsed after reaching her limit, and Xuan Qi's shield only briefly protected Bai Yaoyao. As Bai Yaoyao remained trapped in a stalemate with the Emperor, the battle dragged on through the night and the defenders suffered devastating losses.

  • Murong Xixi recovered her energy, copied Time Acceleration, and helped Bai Yaoyao fight the Time Zombie Emperor while Chenxuan strengthened his support.
  • Xuan Qi's Protective Shield blocked and burned the Emperor's arm, but Murong Xixi reached her limit and collapsed; Fat Brother realized she was not breathing.
  • Bai Yaoyao trapped the Emperor inside compressed Spatial Barriers, but it surrounded her with the power of time and kept her immobilized.
  • Bai Yaoyao and the Emperor remained locked in a stalemate as the battle continued from day into night and defenders fell across the battlefield.
  • Bai Yaoyao watched Sun Weihao, Zhao Chuying, Ouyang Ning, the mutant wild boar leader, Little Flower, Big Gold, Langlang, and Da Yong die or suffer devastating losses.

Ch. 562Dark Night's Assassin Squad

Bai Yaoyao and Long Zhan sacrificed their lives to kill the Time Zombie Emperor, and Dark Night’s people and beasts gave their lives to destroy the remaining zombies. The apocalypse ended, but Dark Night vanished from the world; the author’s note promised a happy ending in the next update.

  • Keke and Xiaomi were buried beneath the zombie horde, and Bai Yaoyao charged the Time Zombie Emperor as the Protective Shield vanished.
  • Long Zhan used his remaining power to protect Bai Yaoyao, dying as the Time Zombie Emperor aged him to death.
  • Bai Yaoyao spent her remaining life force on Spatial Blades and a final combined slash, killing the Time Zombie Emperor before she died.
  • A-Dai sacrificed himself against the remaining emperor-class zombies, and Dark Night’s surviving people and beasts fought until every zombie was dead.
  • The apocalypse ended as sunlight returned, but Dark Night was gone; the author’s note said readers could return for a happy ending.

Ch. 563Rebirth

Shi Nian regained his senses after Bai Yaoyao defeated the Time Zombie Emperor and used his time ability to erase the zombies and revive the fallen Ability Users. Dark Night survived, but Shi Nian collapsed and Bai Yaoyao remained unconscious in her childlike form.

  • Shi Nian found Bai Yaoyao's lifeless body on the battlefield and told the survivors that she had killed the Time Zombie Emperor.
  • Shi Nian used his time ability to make the zombies vanish and restore the dead Ability Users, then collapsed as his life force ran out.
  • Doggie, Big Meow, Great Sage, and the other members of Dark Night awoke, and they discovered that even Xiaomi and Keke were alive.
  • Long Zhan checked Bai Yaoyao's pulse and confirmed that she was alive, while Dark Night celebrated their survival.
  • Dark Night gathered around the still-unconscious Bai Yaoyao, who had not returned to her original appearance.

Ch. 564Qian Duoduo

Bai Yaoyao awoke in her childhood body inside a strange mental space and met Qian Duoduo, the system that had given her the powerful storage space. She learned that Qian Duoduo’s debt was keeping her unconscious, and that the system had already absorbed all her Crystal Cores.

  • Bai Yaoyao woke in a chaotic place, discovered she had become a child again, and confronted the black puffball speaking in her mind.
  • Qian Duoduo revealed that it had bonded with Bai Yaoyao after her rebirth and accidentally granted her a level-one-hundred space while distracted.
  • Bai Yaoyao asked why she had shrunk and when she could wake up, but Qian Duoduo did not know why she had become a child.
  • Qian Duoduo explained that it had accumulated a large debt to Main Brain Daddy and that Bai Yaoyao could not wake until the debt was repaid.
  • Bai Yaoyao offered the Crystal Cores in her space to pay the debt, and Qian Duoduo admitted it had already absorbed them to regain consciousness.

Ch. 565Bai Yaoyao's Miserable Debt Repayment

After learning that Shi Nian had revived everyone who fought in the final battle, Bai Yaoyao agreed to repay her enormous energy debt in a parallel apocalypse. She discovered that Qian Duoduo had assigned her a hotel shop mission instead of letting her hunt zombies, and the chapter ended with Qian Duoduo admitting its previous two hosts had died.

  • Bai Yaoyao rejected returning to her rebirth without memories and pretended to give up until Qian Duoduo checked on the outside world.
  • Qian Duoduo told Bai Yaoyao that Shi Nian had used his time special ability to revive everyone who participated in the final battle.
  • Bai Yaoyao agreed to travel to a parallel apocalypse and earn enough to repay a debt of 999,999,999 energy.
  • Bai Yaoyao arrived in an empty room and learned her mission was to run a hotel shop, earning money from customers rather than hunting zombies for crystal cores.
  • Bai Yaoyao asked whether she could sell supplies from her space, and Qian Duoduo admitted that its previous two hosts had died.

Ch. 566Where were the customers?

Bai Yaoyao explored the ruined city and prepared the Dark Night shop, hoping to attract customers and earn money. When six people from the Authorities arrived while chasing a level-five zombie, she killed the zombies with ease, leaving them stunned.

  • Bai Yaoyao discovered that she had become a child but retained her strength, then killed a Level-Three Zombie with a punch.
  • Bai Yaoyao inspected the White Building and named her shop Dark Night to receive a furnishing gift pack.
  • Bai Yaoyao rejected the pink furniture and stocked the shop with food, drinks, and hot buns at set prices.
  • Bai Yaoyao went outside to look for customers and encountered six people chasing a level-five zombie.
  • The group shouted for Bai Yaoyao to get out of the way, but she charged toward the zombies and dropped their heads with a wave of her hand.

Ch. 567The first wave of customers

Bai Yaoyao welcomed Zhang Zhihao’s six-person team to her shop, where they bought food and exchanged Crystal Cores for Points Cards. After learning they knew of a Safe Zone but not a base, she asked them to spread the word and arranged lodging for them, leaving the shop with its first customers settled in for the night.

  • Bai Yaoyao killed three level-five zombies with a Spatial Blade and brought the six survivors to her shop.
  • Bai Yaoyao explained how to use Crystal Cores to get Points Cards, and Zhang Zhihao and his teammates bought food.
  • Zhang Zhihao said the group was not with the Authorities and told Bai Yaoyao that a Safe Zone was being built north of the city.
  • Bai Yaoyao asked the group to spread word about her shop and agreed to sell them more supplies.
  • Zhang Zhihao and his teammates booked six single rooms, and Bai Yaoyao added a table and chair to each room.

Ch. 568Long time no see

Bai Yaoyao built the Dark Night Store into a famous safe haven, forcing customers to pay and using her extraordinary strength to keep order. After nearly half a month of running the store, she heard a familiar voice greet her: “Long time no see.”

  • Bai Yaoyao welcomed a team of six paying customers and assigned them rooms at the Dark Night Store.
  • When a couple tried to take food without paying and insulted her, Bai Yaoyao threw them outside and hung them from a fourth-floor window, drawing a fleeing boy into the Safe Zone.
  • Bai Yaoyao admitted people with Crystal Cores, filled the second floor with twelve customers, sold them grilled meat, and later threw the noisy couple into a zombie horde.
  • The residents left each morning to hunt for Crystal Cores, while Bai Yaoyao refused an elderly man's request for a plain bun on credit.
  • After nearly half a month, the Dark Night Store became famous across the central city district, but Qian Duoduo's rules prevented Bai Yaoyao from closing it or leaving it unattended.
  • A familiar visitor entered the store and greeted Bai Yaoyao, who opened her eyes and stood up.

Ch. 569A Shop Assistant at Her Door

Shi Nian found Bai Yaoyao and explained that his system had sent him to end the apocalypse in ten parallel worlds. Bai Yaoyao hired him as her shop assistant, then left to hunt zombies while Shi Nian took over the shop.

  • Shi Nian told Bai Yaoyao that he had resurrected everyone and activated the Morality System, which required him to end the apocalypse in ten parallel worlds.
  • Shi Nian explained that the Time Zombie Emperor’s ability had reversed Bai Yaoyao’s age, but he could not restore her until his own ability reached level ten.
  • Bai Yaoyao hired Shi Nian as a shop assistant, and he quickly learned how to run the shop.
  • Bai Yaoyao restocked the shelves and left to hunt zombies, leaving Shi Nian in charge.
  • A middle-aged woman tried to take goods on credit, so Shi Nian aged her and her son before making them pay; the two fled and were killed by a zombie outside.
  • Shi Nian directed the frightened customers to the neighboring shop, and they hurried over to buy its new stock.

Ch. 570A good man

Bai Yaoyao traveled to the North City Safe Zone, introduced the Dark Night Store, and persuaded its leader, Hao Ren, to move the community closer to it. She then found Li Pengliang and the Deep Night Squad trapped by zombies at a university cafeteria and revealed her identity.

  • Shi Nian stayed at the store while its customers shopped quietly and lined up without trouble.
  • Bai Yaoyao arrived at the North City Safe Zone and startled its guards by producing more than ten thousand bags of grain.
  • Bai Yaoyao met Hao Ren, offered the Dark Night Store's supplies and safe lodging, and convinced him to move the Safe Zone closer to her store.
  • Bai Yaoyao left food for Hao Ren and the other leaders, then used Mindspace Shift to search for other large groups of people.
  • Bai Yaoyao found Li Pengliang, the Deep Night Squad, and a student trapped in a cafeteria by zombies, then told them she was Bai Yaoyao.

Ch. 571Familiar Faces Again

Bai Yaoyao reunited with Li Pengliang and the Deep Night Squad, helped them clear a cafeteria full of zombies, and learned they were confused about their changed lives. The chapter ended with Li Pengliang asking what had happened to Bai Yaoyao and Chen Jian asking again where Dog Brother was.

  • Li Pengliang and Chen Jian recognized Bai Yaoyao, and she wiped out four attacking zombies before telling the Deep Night Squad to kill the rest.
  • Li Pengliang rallied the students to fight, while Bai Yaoyao used Mental Pressure to protect them, and they defeated the zombies and collected their Crystal Cores.
  • Li Pengliang offered Bai Yaoyao half the cores, but Xiao Lan objected, prompting Chen Jian to challenge her and Li Pengliang to announce the Deep Night Squad would split from the others.
  • Bai Yaoyao called Li Pengliang and his teammates over to talk, and he explained that they had expected to be reborn but found their lives had changed.
  • Bai Yaoyao asked Qian Duoduo what was happening, but it offered to investigate for ten thousand energy points, and Li Pengliang and Chen Jian asked her what had happened and where Dog Brother was.

Ch. 572Hotel Upgrade

Bai Yaoyao recruited the Deep Night Squad to bring paying customers to her shop so she could earn Crystal Cores. She used her points to expand the shop into a twelve-story hotel, hoping the new rooms would help her get closer to returning to her original world.

  • Bai Yaoyao explained to Li Pengliang and the Deep Night Squad that only Crystal Cores earned from customers spending money at her shop counted, and Li Pengliang agreed to bring students there.
  • Bai Yaoyao returned to her shop and bargained with Qian Duoduo, who agreed to upgrade the building for 20,001 points.
  • Qian Duoduo transformed the three-story White Building into the twelve-story Dark Night hotel.
  • Bai Yaoyao toured the renovated hotel, which had an automated leisure area, a dining hall, and rooms ranging from budget singles to family rooms and suites.
  • Bai Yaoyao admired the conspicuous red building and hoped the hotel would attract enough customers to help her return to her original world.

Ch. 573Making money really was too hard

Bai Yaoyao upgraded the Dark Night shop into an inn, welcomed the returning workers, and set new room rates. She then persuaded Qian Duoduo to unlock the delivery channel early and headed out with goods to sell.

  • Bai Yaoyao and Shi Nian shared grilled meat and beer, then she asked him to price the inn’s rooms.
  • The workers returned, and Bai Yaoyao let them stay at the old rates for the night while Shi Nian handled their check-ins.
  • Shi Nian posted the new rates, and the workers found affordable room options before heading out to fight zombies.
  • Bai Yaoyao trained late into the night, then woke to Qian Duoduo’s income notifications and told the system to silence them.
  • Shi Nian suggested that Bai Yaoyao sell goods while out, and she persuaded Qian Duoduo to unlock the delivery channel early before setting off with supplies.

Ch. 574A Glimmer of Hope for Going Home

Bai Yaoyao went to a neighboring city to promote the Dark Night Restaurant and met Commander Yu’s military leadership, whose forces were struggling with a food shortage. After demonstrating the restaurant’s payment system and offering a safe place to stay, she persuaded Commander Yu to move his people to the neighboring city.

  • Bai Yaoyao traveled to a neighboring city where mutant rats had destroyed the food supplies despite the military’s success in clearing out zombies.
  • Commander Yu’s soldiers reported that a little girl was waiting outside the Safe Zone, killing zombies with a wave of her hand and eating at a table she had produced.
  • Bai Yaoyao introduced Commander Yu to the Food Delivery Payment Machine, and he obtained a Points Card and paid for food with crystal cores.
  • Commander Yu ordered his people to get Points Cards and eat, while Bai Yaoyao explained that her restaurant offered unlimited food and a zombie-proof place to stay.
  • Commander Yu decided to lead his forces to the neighboring city, and Bai Yaoyao returned to await them.

Ch. 575Dark Night Restaurant's population soared

Bai Yaoyao expanded her food stalls across nearby cities and returned to the Dark Night Restaurant, where Shi Nian proposed turning it into a larger base. When the Deep Night Squad’s university students arrived, Li Pengliang announced the Student Joint Team’s disbandment, prompting protests from people who depended on him.

  • Commander Yu arranged for more than seventy-nine thousand Safe Zone residents to buy food from Bai Yaoyao’s stalls.
  • Bai Yaoyao visited four or five nearby cities, set up food delivery stalls, and killed settlement leaders who tried to take goods without paying.
  • Bai Yaoyao returned to Commander Yu’s location, learned his main group was heading for the Dark Night Restaurant, and collected the sold-out stalls and payment machines.
  • Shi Nian suggested upgrading the Dark Night Restaurant and expanding it into a base, and Bai Yaoyao stayed there to await incoming groups.
  • The university students brought by the Deep Night Squad arrived, and Li Pengliang announced that the Student Joint Team was disbanding.
  • Du Lan and other students protested that ordinary people could not fend for themselves, while Bai Yaoyao watched to see how Li Pengliang would respond.
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