Xiaoyu from the Ministry of Development is in trouble. Go ask her about what happened.
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Doctor Hua, have you found him?
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Nope. Been everywhere he would show up. Didn’t find him. Just like you.
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Uncle Hong has aged. Became less predictable. It’s hard to find him even on an average day.
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Let’s keep looking. We can’t afford to have the Refinery Tower offline for too long.
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Hello?
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Excuse me.
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A travelling salesman? The mine is closed for business today. Please come back another day.
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Jinzhou is not far from here. You can take some rest there.
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You should stop rushing before the guest even says anything. Let her finish.
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I’m here to deliver the samples for processing for Ministry of Development.
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Oh, a guest from the Ministry. Let me introduce myself. I’m the doctor of the Mine, Huayu.
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The tall guy beside me is Lei’li, head of miners here. And this is Modee, an expert of minerals from the Academy.
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I heard of the sample appointment betweem the Mine and the Ministry a couple of days ago. Now, what should I call you?
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Call me {PlayerName}.
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{PlayerName} you are. Well, I saw the photo attached in the Ministry’s request, and I thought it was a young girl who could easily get nervous. How come...
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I got the message and the photo from Uncle Hong, the senior officer-in-chief here. Look, this is the photo.
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You took the photo from Huayu. The girl on it looks nothing like you, who are much colder. You showed the ID to explain.
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There was an episode.
(Jump:14)
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Like I said, this person isn’t me.
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Hm. The ID does belong to Ministry of Development. Then other things are irrelevance. I’ll be straight: the Mine is facing some problem too, regarding the Ministry’s request.
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(Jump:16)
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Haha, this thing is legitimate. Maybe there was some little accidents back at the Ministry. Now I’ll be straight: the Mine is facing some problem too, regarding the Ministry’s request.
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(Jump:16)
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Modee has more details.
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The Refinery Tower at the center of the Mine is offline, but some of our minerals have to be processed with it.
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So does the samples from the Ministry. Now the Mine is working on a solution to reboot the Refinery Tower.
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Similar events happened before, but our on-site engineers were always quick to fix them and put us back on track.
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However, he got injured recently when carrying out maintenance works on other equipment, so he was transferred to Jinzhou for recovery.
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And Uncle Hong was due to take up the fixing job. He was responsible for the Refinery Tower back when he was young, so he’s totally competent.
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When there were offline events, Uncle Hong was always there to troubleshoot and coordinate our forces to fix the problems.
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However, Uncle Hong didn’t show up this time, and we couldn’t find him everywhere in the Mine.
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With his absence, the Mine is having all kinds of difficulties dealing with the Refinery Tower.
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He’s just slacking off, if I may comment. I bet it exhausted him to work so hard every time there was an event.
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Maybe now he’s just hiding somewhere and peeking at us, saying, “won’t you let me rest, little brats?”
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I propose we all go back to our places and carry on with our jobs. The Mine has to keep functioning even with the Refinery Tower offline.
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He’ll show once he gets his rest.
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Are there any clues now?
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Clues... The miners said they met Uncle Hong around the transport lorries. We are sending more people to look if he’s there.
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Let me be of some help.
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More people mean greater possibility. Thank you.
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These lazy new guys. I told them they must hand in the work log before concluding their shifts.
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And they paid no attention. What if accidents happen?
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A familiar figure.
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A familiar voice.
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Oh, {PlayerName}. What brings you here? And Hua Xi?
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Did Doctor Hua send you as peacemakers? He knew my fight with Modee?
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What are you talking about, Uncle Lei? My brother asked me to work with {PlayerName} to reboot the Refinery Tower.
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Refinery Tower reboot? So you found Uncle Hong?
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You tell Lei'li about the journal and Uncle Hongmiao’s memories.
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So that’s what it’s about. I didn’t know Uncle Hong could be so fragile. He’s always so sound and capable.
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Though I work alongside him a lot, I can't tell that. Now give it to me, what help do you need?
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About the power supply of the Mine.
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Yes, rebooting the Refinery Tower requires sufficient power. Uncle Lei, you know the best about the power equipment. What’s your advice?
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Well, it’s not as hard as you might imagine. We have a double circuit power system at the bottom of the Mine. Either one can sustain the normal function of the Mine.
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However, they cannot run in parallel. Forcing them to run in parallel could result in the breakers all around the Mine to trip.
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What we can do is setting additional power from the outside and shutting down some devices from within, so we can focus the power on the Refinery Tower.
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Now, I'll shut down the necessary device, and you'll find the spare power around the bottom of the Mine.
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Then you’ll set them up at the base of the Refinery Tower. I’ll let you know when everything’s ready, okay?
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Can you tell me about that fight you mentioned?
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Ha, nothing serious. I always have fights with Modee.
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I just don’t like his attitude. He works with a fantasy on his mind.
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Bragging about his idea of coexistence with TD to people in and out of the Mine.
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Saying that it’s a crucial survival skill to coexist with novelty, and that we should give some thought about a life with TD.
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Some thought. Ha. It makes no sense keep thinking. I say he is a fantasist living in the ivory tower, not ready for the real struggles.
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And he becomes irritated whenever I say a few more words.
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Forget it. It’s getting me furious again. Let’s get back to the Refinery Tower.
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...Hm, so it is...
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What, are you reading earlier journal entries?
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You should read something without the owner agreeing.
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I’m not peeping at others’ privacy. Instead, I just found an excellent way to find Grandpa Hong.
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One of the stories I collected is about an uncommunicative detective and his assitant, a doctor, who work together to solve a lot of conundrums.
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The detective in the story sometimes try to find clues from the suspects’ past.
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Because a person’s past often contains hints of all the motives of that person’s current behaviors.
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That’s why I think though focusing on today’s entry is definitely the right direction, earlier entries are still important resources.
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Makes a lot of sense.
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You are reliable, aren’t you.
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Hee hee. Now you know!
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Most of Grandpa Hong’s entries are brief. He just describes the happenings and feelings of the today in a few sentences.
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But I did find some long, detailed entries, which I think are key to his whereabout, such as this one.
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Just follow the steps to pass the verification of the console and everything should be fine. We meet again, {PlayerName}.
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I heard from a co-worker about what you’re up to, and I thought you might find difficulties in passing the verification, so I came.
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Looks like it’s right on time.
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Right on time!
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You, you... Aren't you that researcher who was fighting with Grandpa Hong, in the journal?
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A fight? The journal? Haha, may I see the journal myself?
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Modee takes the journal and starts reading.
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This feels like what would happen between me and Lei'li, but that researcher isn't me.
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Uncle Hong is a de facto teacher of mine, so I won’t have fights like this with him.
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On the contrary, I respect him a lot, because he taught me one thing.
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There are not only cold hard figures in science, but also lively fantasies.
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For example, we often encounter the infinity symbol when doing research. To some scholars, the lazy eight symbol might look like radio waves crossing the space.
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In another case, the symbol is an overturn to the knowledge of life in a sci-fi epic theater play that was on in Jinzhou.
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What play?
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Haha. It’s just an example that just crossed my mind. You can have a look yourself at the Jinzhou Theater yourself if you’re interested.
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The play was about a catastrophe. To cope with it, human decide to set their mother planet on a journey. In the play a similar symbol was mentioned to hint at the relationship between digital life and reality.
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One symbol, and yet it is able to sketch so many colorful worlds in different ways, though maybe they are kind of hard to comprehend as of now.
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But so many truths are born in such unrealistic, fantasy-like languages. I always grow energetic when I think of this.
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And what does Lei’li do? He would always respond to me with “full of crap” and neglect all those less probable things.
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The question about the coexistence with TD?
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So you've heard about it? Yes. Even if the probability is as small as 0.0001%, it still makes sense to me.
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Is this what you call a researcher’s sensitivity to digits?
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Is this what you call a researcher’s obstinacy?
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Hahaha, you do know a lot, {PlayerName}. Now let’s get on with the issue with the Refinery Tower.
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The console’s verification is done by line drawing. When you start the verification process, random images will be generated on a grid.
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You have to put your hand on the grid, and the system will draw a line to connect the coordinates you touch. Repeated coordinates will not be recorded.
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Only when the order and the direction of the line you draw is right, the verification is passed. All right, let’s have a try.
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You’re here. {PlayerName}, this is the map you asked for.
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Mark the places in the journal on the map.
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It took you some time to mark the places mentioned in the journal on the map correctly.
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A large area indeed. The places Grandpa Hong goes to are centered at three different regions of the Mine.
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Draw a circle with each of these regions as the center.
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I get your point. It’s similar to triangulation.
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Draw three circles with the three regions as centers, and the overlapping area is the area where Uncle Hong is most likely to show up.
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This greatly reduces the area we have to search. Nice idea!
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That’s right.
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Another of the Rover’s tricks.
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Though I don’t know what you’re talking about, it sounds amazing. Well done, {PlayerName}!
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The overlapping area is a corner in the upper living quarter. Let's go there and have a look, {PlayerName}.
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Oh, by the way, you can hand me the samples now, {PlayerName}. When the reboot is finished, we will start the procedures.
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However, it can’t be done today, as the reboot can take some time.
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Bye, Uncle Hong. Take care when you go back, eh?
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Okay, okay. Tastes just like the old days, but I just can't help feeling empty.
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What was I going to do?
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Look, {PlayerName}. That’s Grandpa Hong.
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We finally found you, Grandpa Hong. Everyone's been looking for you.
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You are... Huaxi. Why look for me?
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Great. Grandpa Hong remembers me.
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What are you talking about? I think you lost me.
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Huaxi and you tell the boss what happened in a low voice.
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Ah, that’s why. I thought Uncle Hong came here after the maintenance work of the Refinery Tower, as usual.
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I’m telling you, my culinary skills are passed down from my fathers.
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Uncle Hong would always come here and have a good meal of Jinzhou Stew each time he finishes work.
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My father would always say food shortens the distance from home, and the distance between souls.
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That’s why Jinzhou Stew is not only a simple dish, it’s an association of feelings.
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What’s more, Jinzhou Stew is particularly important to Uncle Hong, because the people sitting beside him here change all the time.
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And now it’s only him.
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It feels lonely to have meals on one's own. No wonder Grandpa Hong looks dull.
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Let’s return the journal first.
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Uncle Hong took the journal. Despite the initial resistance, he read faster and faster as his hand turned the pages.
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Journal. That’s it. I feel much settled now.
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Grandpa Hong...
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Maybe we shouldn’t ask too much now.
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Right. Grandpa Hong, we found your lost journal, and fixed the reboot issue of the Refinery Tower.
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Besides, the guest from Ministry of Development is here to deliver the samples as agreed. That’s this big sister beside me.
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Do you have any recollection of that?
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Yes... I do. Everything feels familiar again with the presence of this journal. I'm sorry for the fuss.
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Grandpa Hong still looks a bit strange. Let’s take him to my brother.
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It's kind of late now, {PlayerName}. Like Uncle Modee said, the samples can't be tested as of now. Why don't you come here another day?
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