20demayo Chapter 36 The Broken Mirror 06
Chapter 36 The Broken Mirror 06
At this moment, the sun is shining brightly outside, and there is a bit of lazy atmosphere in the afternoon.
The sound of cicadas was still so clear, and the summer wind was inevitably hot and dry. Su Bai held the newspaper, but his palms were slightly sweaty.
Is this orphanage called the pagoda tree orphanage because of the pagoda tree in the yard?
If the news in the newspaper is true, then their entire orphanage should have been burned down, and all the orphans died.
But when Su Bai came to this game, he received the system information that out of the six orphans, five survived and the sixth child died, so they came to this orphanage.
Could it be that the identity information arranged by the system for them is wrong?
No, no, Su Bai thinks that he should think about these two things separately. He can divide this into two worlds. The other side of the door is their real world. There is indeed a fire in that world, but there is only one orphan died.
On the other side of the door, this is another parallel world. In this parallel world, the six orphans, the dean, and the couple all died.
But wouldn't this make more sense? If the two worlds are parallel, then what is the clue of the sixth child belonging to their game world?
Even if these are put aside first, even if it is the parallel world that Su Bai entered 20 years ago, if the fire has burned everyone to death, then what are those children and the principal now?
Are they really all dead?
Or does this open up another parallel world?
Are there many parallel worlds?
If they were all dead, what was it that appeared in front of him at this moment, a ghost?
Su Bai knew that there were non-scientific creatures appearing in this game, obviously referring to non-human creatures, probably ghosts or the like.
But there seemed to be something unclear, Su Bai cast his eyes out of the window, it was so real.
No, within Su Bai's sight, there is only this orphanage.
The outside of the orphanage can't be seen clearly. Is this another small illusion that trapped him in this orphanage?
Su Bai collected the newspapers and letters, and put them back intact. He walked out of the dean's room lightly. There are actually quite a lot of empty rooms, and the only meaning of these rooms is—a door?
Are these worlds connected by doors?
The world he is currently in is just one of them?
Or is it that the world they entered is also one of them, and it is because there are too many doors that black doors appear?
Su Bai narrowed his eyes slightly, he looked at the locust tree in the yard.
The locust tree is very tall and big, and it is the time for it to bloom at this moment. Clusters of white flowers bring a bit of fragrance to the hot summer wind.
Why, Su Bai remembered that the world they entered the game seemed to have no locust trees.
This game was much more difficult than he imagined.
I thought it was just a treasure hunt or decryption class, but now it seems more complicated.
In any case, the sixth child is still the key.
The sixth child, is that the inch-cut kid?
Su Bai had observed before, those four children looked ordinary, and they were a small team, generally speaking, there was nothing special about it, but the one with the inch-cut was a bit strange.
But still so young, it seems that it doesn't match the age in the plot.
And this locust tree, could it also hide some secrets?
Su Bai walked towards the locust tree in the yard. He had picked flowers and leaves before, and he didn't think there was anything strange about this locust tree.
It seems to be just an ordinary locust tree, but it is too tall, and it should have been planted here for many years.
Many years...?
"elder brother."
There was a crisp cry from behind Su Bai, and he knew it was the short-cut kid even without turning his head.
He seems extremely clingy.
This gave Su Bai a headache, because he didn't like to have too close physical contact with people, but the other party always seemed to love to jump on him.
Sure enough, the inch-cut kid jumped on him from behind and rubbed against him.
"Brother, what are you looking at?"
Su Bai gently pushed the inch-headed boy away, "I just think this tree must be many years old."
The cut-headed boy looked at the locust tree, and there were clusters of white flowers on it, "Yeah, it's been many years."
Su Bai looked at him from the corner of his eye, "Do you know how many years?"
The inch-headed kid thought for a while, then stretched out his fingers and counted, "I can't remember, it seems to have bloomed many, many times."
Many, many times to spend it.
Su Bai raised his head and narrowed his eyes slightly, the sun's mottled shadow fell on his face through the leaves.
The line of his jaw was perfect and smooth.
The inch-cut kid looked up at Su Bai, and he tilted his head, "Brother looks good."
"Have you been out of this orphanage?"
The inch-headed kid shook his head, "The dean's mother won't let us go out."
Dean?
Does all this have anything to do with the dean?
Su Bai let out a breath, and seemed to be a little puzzled. When he was not speaking, standing there was enough to attract attention, clean but tough.
If this orphanage no longer exists, and if it really will burn down, then where he is now, is it an illusion or another parallel world?
There are many doors here, and Su Bai guessed that maybe those doors are the media that link these parallel worlds.
And the black door will be attracted to appear here, so it makes sense. Every door in the game may be a black door, but every door may not be a black door. When there are too many doors opened, there will always be Meet the black door.
But how is he going to get out?
And are you going back now?How to go back now?
Did Su Nuo and the puppeteer also enter a parallel world?Or enter the illusion with him?
And what kind of secret does this inch-cut kid have?
He said that the locust tree has bloomed many times, once a year, it means many years.
At present, he looks like he is only three or four years old.
Su Bai had an intuition, he felt that this child would not lie to him.
This is a very strange feeling, Su Bai doesn't like intimate physical contact, he is indeed not used to it when this child pounces on him, but he doesn't hate this child.
It seems that in order to unravel the story of this orphanage, we still have to try to go out and see.
"Let's go out." Su Bai put one hand into the pocket of his trousers, turned his head and said to the short-haired kid.
The inch-headed kid frowned, "But the dean's mother said that there are bad people outside, so they won't let us go out."
"Come back as soon as possible so that they don't find out." Su Bai turned and walked towards the gate, "You can wait for me here if you don't want to go out."
The inch-cut kid looked at Su Bai's back, thought for a while and hurriedly followed.
The gate of the orphanage was locked, but from the outside, as if to prevent the things inside from coming out.
The iron gate is very high, Su Bai is trying to climb, he is a child's body now, but fortunately his figure is still relatively light, he turned over and jumped out from above, then turned his head to look at the small-headed child.
Because of his thin body, the inch-cut kid got out of the gap in the iron door. He really looked too thin, and there was almost no flesh on his body.
He smiled at Su Bai, and then rushed over.
Su Bai dodged subconsciously, and then looked forward.
The orphanage is on a very remote road, where there are few people, like a suburb, surrounded by tall trees, Su Bai walked towards the front of the road.
After walking for a while, Su Bai suddenly regained his senses.
The wind blew 'rustly', and the withered and yellow leaves fell all over the ground. This road seemed to have no end. No matter how long Su Bai walked, there were still tall trees in front of him.
But this is actually very strange, isn't it? It's still summer inside the orphanage, but outside, it's already late autumn.
That's right, all the scenery outside showed that it was late autumn, the withered yellow leaves and the cool wind blowing through made everything clear.
This orphanage is different from the outside world.
Then it also shows one thing, this is not a parallel world, this is an illusion.
Whose illusion is this?
And who created this illusion, the dean, or—him?
Su Bai suddenly turned his head to look at the inch-cut kid, who still looked ignorant of the world, seeing Su Bai's gaze froze, shrinking his body and whispering, "Brother, I'm afraid, let's go back. "
"Do you know how to get out of here?"
The inch-headed boy lowered his head, unwilling to speak.
Obviously, he knew how to get out of here, but he didn't want to say it.
Su Bai turned his head and looked into the distance. It seemed that he couldn't leave here no matter what. This orphanage should be a space separated by itself. The only way to leave this space is to walk through the door.
But when will that door appear?
When Su Bai came out of the black door before, he found another door appeared. Does it need to walk through the black door once to trigger the appearance of that door?
And Su Bai's task is to find the mirror. Will there be fragments of the mirror here?
Mirror?
Su Bai looked at the sky, ordinary mirrors are all reflections.
It was as if something flashed through his mind, but Su Bai didn't have time to catch it.
He seemed to think of something, but he couldn't be sure.
Mirror?
mirror?
Broken mirror, broken... illusion?
"Let's go back."
It seemed that there were no clues outside the orphanage, and he couldn't leave here no matter what.
The only way to leave is probably the door.
The cut-headed boy followed closely behind Su Bai. He stretched out his hand as if he wanted to grab Su Bai's hand, but he put it in mid-air and retracted it.
As soon as Su Bai returned to the orphanage, the summer heat reappeared, and indeed it was summer in this orphanage.
But why is it summer?
Su Bai looked at the flowering pagoda tree, the flowering period of the pagoda tree should be around July, is it because of the flowering of the pagoda tree?
This orphanage is an illusion, so where is the real world?
Those envelopes and newspapers were reported by the outside world, so there must be a real world.
It's a little tricky.
At this moment the dean came over with the prepared snacks, she looked at Su Bai, and found that Su Bai was looking at the locust tree and shouting, she smiled and shouted, "Son, come over for some snacks."
Su Bai looked at the dean, nodded and followed the dean to the church.
The church was very empty. The other four children yawned and sat on chairs. There was a small table in front of them. There was a cross in the center of the church. This was a very simple church.
Su Bai was not interested in those snacks, but the dean led them to pray.
Su Bai's eyes swept over the other four children, they were just very ordinary children, they didn't look unusual.
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this church. The dean prayed devoutly in front of her. It can be seen that she is a devout believer. A believer founded an orphanage. It sounds like there is nothing wrong with it. place.
And why there are only six orphans in this orphanage, could it be because there were only six children when the orphanage was burned down, so there have always been only six orphans.
This explanation is reasonable.
The dean returned to the room after praying, leaving the children to move freely.
Those children seemed to like eating the dim sum made by the principal very much. Even the small-headed kid brought over two yuan, and after asking Su Bai if he wanted to eat it, he ate it all by himself.
In the eyes of children, perhaps such a life is good enough.
Su Bai was taken aback again, but the thought that flashed in his mind before became more and more clear.
He seems to know something about the reason, but he still can't be completely sure.
They had dinner in the evening, and then began to rest in the room. Su Bai shared the same room with the short-haired kid, and the bed in their room was a little bigger. It was more than enough for two children to sleep, but it might not work if they were a few years older.
Su Bai didn't need to sleep, and he wasn't sleepy, but he still half-lyed on the bed to rest.
He looked at his ankle, and then at his arm. After coming here, all the injuries on his body disappeared, probably because his body turned into a child.
But this is a good thing, Su Bai would have to be a little more afraid if he had that injury on his body.
The inch-cut kid lay beside Su Bai, he was very small, curled up to the side, he looked small, his body was very thin.
"Brother, are you leaving?" the inch-headed boy asked suddenly.
Su Bai's eyes flickered, "I just came here to find something."
He doesn't belong, this is just a game, but this game is too mysterious and complicated, which makes him a little troubled.
If the four-star game is such a difficulty, what is the five-star and six-star game like?
and upcoming professional competitions.
Su Bai will definitely participate in the professional competition. The rewards of the professional competition are very rich, which can greatly shorten his playing time. No matter how you look at it, his [-] million points is an astronomical figure.
If he relied on one game after another, he might need to stay here for several years before he could accumulate enough points to redeem himself.
"Brother, do you want to find a mirror?" asked the inch-headed child, and then he carefully took out a mirror from under the bed, "I have a mirror, I'll give it to my brother, brother don't leave."
"Where did you get it?" Su Bai looked at the mirror in the hands of the inch-headed kid. It was just an ordinary small mirror. He took it and looked at it, but saw nothing unusual.
"I took it from the dean's mother's room."
"It was stolen."
Su Bai handed the mirror to the inch-headed kid, the picture in the mirror flashed by, but his fingers subconsciously paused.
The inch-cut kid scratched his hair and seemed a little embarrassed, "I just thought that my brother might want it, so I want to give it to my brother, brother?"
Cuntou found that Su Bai's whole body seemed to be slightly stiff, he looked at Su Bai suspiciously, stretched out his hand and gently pulled Su Bai's sleeve.
Su Bai came back to his senses, but a chill rose from the soles of his feet.
Because the picture in this mirror is reversed.
Everything is reversed.
What kind of situation will you see that everything is reversed?That is, when you are on the other side of the mirror, if you look into the mirror, the object will be reversed.
Su Bai took the mirror and looked into the room, yes, all objects in the mirror are reversed.
Even this inch-cut kid is the same.
Apart from
Yourself.
A little bit of chill spread, Su Bai swallowed slightly, trying to figure out the current situation.
But he didn't feel that everything here was reversed, why?
The things in the mirror are reversed, which means that he is in the mirror, but he is not reversed, probably because he does not belong to the original world.
Does this door lead to the opposite mirror world?
Su Bai frowned slightly, and there was another possibility that in the mirror of the mirror, it reversed and reversed, and then returned to its original position.
This idea made Su Bai feel unbelievable, but also very possible.
From the very beginning, the world they came in was not the real world in the real game, so they couldn't find those clues.
Because the world that came in is wrong, so what about this illusion, this illusion world that belongs to the illusion world, what is the meaning of existence?
Su Bai got up from the bed suddenly, then walked to the door and let out a breath, he stretched out his hand and started to open the door, again and again.
The short-haired child on the bed looked at Su Bai's strange behavior, and he seemed unable to understand it, but he didn't stop it.
Su Bai opened it many times, again and again, but every time he opened the door, the world outside did not change in any way.
Is it because the condition to open the door has not been triggered yet?
Then how can he trigger the condition to open the door, open the door and go out from the illusion world?
If you go out, do you go to the virtual world or the real world?
A lot of it could be a return to the fantasy world, the one they came in in the first place.
To return to the real world from that illusory world, the opportunity may be the so-called mirror, which is the task given to them by the system.
Broken mirror, broken?
Su Bai looked at the mirror in his hand, it was just an ordinary mirror, but the world in the mirror was the opposite.
You can try it, Su Bai raised his hand, it seems that the mirror will be broken in the next moment.
"Brother." The inch-cut kid called softly, and he stopped Su Bai's behavior.
Su Bai looked at him, "Did the illusion here appear because of you?"
The inch-headed child let out a sigh of relief, his expression a little aggrieved, he hugged himself and curled up, a small ball, "I just want to be with my brother forever."
"Tell me how to get out." Su Bai looked at the mirror in his hand, "Are you going to break it?"
The inch-cut kid shook his head, "I don't want it."
Su Bai couldn't understand, "Why?"
He is not the elder brother of the inch-cut kid, and he cannot understand the so-called dependence of the inch-head kid.
In fact, his childhood was not complete, for Su Bai, only his second uncle was the only family affection.
Others, he couldn't do it.
And Su Nuo is different, Su Nuo was cultivated by him, he trusts Su Nuo, and is willing to hand over his back to the other party.
There are too few people who can make Su Bai trust, so it's just an illusion in the game, Su Bai can't have any affection for this child.
He didn't dislike the kid, but that seemed to be enough.
The inch-cut kid puffed his face and hugged himself tightly, "Brother is gone, he won't come back, I don't want to be alone."
Su Bai thought for a while, and he came towards the short-haired kid, "Can you tell me, has this happened in this orphanage before? You should know it, you've been here for a long time, right?"
The inch-cut kid backed away slightly, looked at Su Bai, wondering if he wanted to say something.
Su Bai was not in a hurry, he waited slowly.
It wasn't until a while later that the inch-headed kid spoke slowly, "Brother set fire to everything here."
Su Bai was taken aback.
Could it be that the sixth child is the elder brother of the cut-headed child who has never appeared before?
The inch-headed kid seemed a little embarrassed, he didn't know what to say, he hugged himself tightly, this was a state of defense.
"I don't want my brother to leave here, absolutely not!"
"Then, where is he?" Su Bai looked at the short-haired kid, "Where is the so-called elder brother in your mouth?"
The atmosphere suddenly became dignified, and there was a moment of silence.
The night wind blew past outside the house, and the leaves of the locust tree in the yard swayed.
Su Bai was in a trance for a moment, locust tree?
There are locust trees in the illusion, and there are no locust trees in the illusory world they entered, so what about the real world?
Are there locust trees in the real world?
The child refused to stop talking.
Is this illusion based on what appeared in the real world, or because it appeared in the illusory world?
It should be related to the real world, after all, Su Bai found those newspapers and envelopes in the dean's office.
If it is connected to the real world, can it go directly to the real world from here?
But the entrance to this is the illusory world, so going out through the corresponding door should also be the illusory world.
Su Bai still has a lot of doubts to solve. This cropped kid should know a lot of things, and his elder brother may be the sixth child.
In the fantasy world, only one child died, and in the real world, all the children died. In this fantasy world, everyone is still alive, except the elder brother of the inch-cut kid.
"Can you tell me the truth?" Su Bai asked in a low voice.
The short-haired kid shook his head, then got into the blanket, "I don't know, I don't know anything!"
"You know." Su Bai just said so.
This inch-cut kid probably lost his brother, so he is unwilling to face reality. He likes this illusion very much, and this illusion should appear because of him, because everything here is in line with his wishes.
Children's minds seem complicated, but they are actually very simple. If ordinary illusions are based on adults, most of them will satisfy their own wishes and turn everything into what they want.
But children are different, he will only restore everything according to the thoughts in his heart, the dean who is still kind, the couple with a bad temper, and the other four children who have nothing to do with them.
The life here may be similar to the so-called real world, and it should also be the real life in the eyes of this inch-cut kid.
"My brother burned down the orphanage, but why did my brother burn down the orphanage?" Su Bai continued to press.
The inch-headed boy trembled slightly. He suddenly lifted the blanket and looked at Su Bai, "Don't ask any more questions. If you want to leave, just leave. I won't talk to you again, and I won't talk to brother again!"
Su Bai pursed his lips tightly.
"Alright, then tell me how to get out."
Inch kid: ...
He turned his head and ignored Su Bai.
Su Bai guessed that this should be a very long story, but he was not in a hurry, since he entered this game, he would definitely be able to find clues to solve it.
It's just that the current game is too complicated.
It's so complicated that even Su Bai doesn't know how to get it. This kid with a cut head should be one of the clues to decrypt it, but unfortunately the other party is unwilling to say it.
Su Bai looked at the mirror in his hand again, it should be just an ordinary mirror, but all the objects inside are opposite.
He tried to open the door, but couldn't even get the black door out.
There should be some key thing to get out of this illusion, so what would it be?
And there is no limit here, he can walk out of the orphanage, although the outside is like a maze, but in this illusion, the only difference from the illusory world seems to be the locust tree.
Su Bai recalled the picture in the newspaper. The picture in the report was huge, but there was little content. It just said that a fire broke out in the orphanage strangely, and then everyone died.
And there is no locust tree in that photo!
In the illusory world when they entered the game, there was still no locust tree, only in this illusory world where there were real locust trees.
Su Bai opened the door and walked towards the locust tree in the yard. In the night, this big locust tree stood quietly in the yard. It was very big, it should have been there for many, many years.
Is this pagoda tree also a clue?
But during the day when Su Bai came to pick the flowers, he didn't see anything strange.
Su Bai raised the mirror, then turned around and looked at the locust tree through the mirror.
The locust tree in the mirror is not the opposite.
Now in this illusion, the only opposite thing is him and this locust tree.
During the day, the inch-headed child asked him to help pick flowers and weave wreaths. Why did the inch-headed child want the wreath made by this locust tree?
And this locust tree, like him, is not reversed, so, doesn't this locust tree belong to this illusion?
If so, how is he going to get out?
Su Bai lowered his gaze, he was standing under the locust tree, showing no expression.
After a while, Su Bai raised his eyes.
The night wind blew, and some leaves of the locust tree were blown off. Su Bai stretched out his hand to take one, and the touch felt very real. Of course, it might have been real in the first place.
The inch-headed boy said, it was my elder brother who burned the yard, so should he also burn the pagoda tree?
So why did he burn the yard down?
And if this illusion appeared for the short-haired kid, why didn't the so-called elder brother appear.
It can be seen that the inch-headed child is very dependent on the so-called brother, so why is there no such brother in the illusion?
Yes, why?
Is it impossible to appear?Or is it possible that the elder brother itself does not exist at all?
Does not exist?
Just like this locust tree, does it not exist in both the virtual world and the real world?
But the inch-headed kid kept saying that he had an older brother.
It's strange, if the only clue is in the short-cut kid, but he is unwilling to say anything, how can he find a way to get out of here.
Su Bai looked at the locust tree, he put the leaf in his pocket, then turned and went back to the room.
The inch-cut kid watched Su Bai come back, and turned his face away.
When Su Bai closed the door, he subconsciously glanced at the corner of the wall. There was something painted on the corner of the wall, which was just enough for him to see clearly given his current height.
There are two villains drawn on it, holding hands, and then many people appear around the villain, and a torch appears in the hand of another villain.
Then there's the image of everyone on fire.
Su Bai remembered that when he just entered the game, Su Nuo reminded him to see those paintings in the corner, are these the ones?
"Did you draw these?" Su Bai asked, looking back at the inch-headed boy.
The inch-cut kid still didn't speak, Su Baiquan took it as his acquiescence.
If these words were drawn by a small-headed kid, then why did these paintings also appear in the illusory world when Su Bai entered the game?
What is the relationship between this illusion and the illusory world?
Su Bai remembered that he went out from this door, then walked to the side, came out again, and when he opened the next door, he entered the black door. He learned the previous action, then walked to the side, went out, and passed again Go to the third door.
But this door was just an ordinary door, it didn't turn black.
It seems that opening three doors in a row will not reveal a black door, perhaps because this is an illusion.
"Brother." The inch-cut kid shouted at Su Bai again.
Su Bai turned his head to look at him, he was holding a garland in his hand, and then came towards Su Bai.
"Where does brother want to go?" he asked.
Su Bai thought for a while, "The place I came from before."
"But once you go out, you will never be able to get in again." Said the inch-headed kid.
"I don't know what the clues here are trying to tell me, but I'm pretty sure that I can't stay here forever."
"Then brother, let's go and have a look." The inch-cut kid handed the wreath to Su Bai, "Brother wears a wreath, the wreath is beautiful."
Customs clearance props?
Su Bai was a little puzzled, he took the wreath, hesitated for a while and then put it on his head.
Nothing seems to have changed.
The inch-cut kid pointed behind Su Bai and said, "Look, brother!"
Su Bai turned his head, and a door appeared behind him again, but this door was red.
The inch-cut kid seemed very excited. He walked towards the red door, then put his hand in front of the door, turned around and waved to Su Bai, "Brother, come quickly."
After finishing speaking, he opened the door and walked in. Su Bai followed without the slightest hesitation.
Behind the red door is still the orphanage, Su Bai lifted up the mirror and looked at it, but everything in the mirror was not reversed.
So is this the real world, or some other world?
It was also deep in the night at this moment, and the inch-cut kid disappeared when he entered. Su Bai looked around, but he still didn't find him.
After a while, Su Bai saw him running from the side, his clothes were tattered, he looked smaller and thinner, Su Bai wanted to stop him, but found that he rushed through his body .
Su Bai turned his head to look at the figure of the inch-headed kid. Is this an illusion, or is he himself the real illusion?
Is it because of the wreath on the head?Su Bai looked towards the locust tree, the locust tree was still the same locust tree, it didn't look much different from what he saw before.
Su Bai followed the footsteps of the inch-headed boy, and found that the inch-headed boy was walking zigzag in the orphanage. Su Bai hadn't noticed this road before. He walked around the corridor to the yard, and walked around. Looked, there was a door at the back door of the yard, and he got out from the yard.
Su Bai tentatively walked through the iron gate, but found that there was no obstacle.
Well, it is certain that he does not belong here at this moment. Could it be that this is something that actually happened, something in the real world?
Behind the orphanage is a remote small street, which is different from the place where Su Bai came out before. The inch-cut kid wandered around in the street before heading towards a mailbox.
He carefully took out a letter from his arms, stuffed it into the mailbox, and touched the mailbox with a pitiful look on his face.
It was only after walking into Su Bai that he realized that the inch-cut kid was covered in injuries. It may be that long-term malnutrition caused him to be so thin.
It took a while for the inch-headed boy to reluctantly leave the mailbox. After walking a few steps, he turned his head to look at the mailbox, as if he was very reluctant to part with it.
Taking advantage of the darkness, he got into the iron door again.
But at this moment, it was the old dean and the couple waiting inside the iron gate.
The face of the old dean was not kind, even mean and sharp. She held up a lamp and watched the small boy come back with a dissatisfied expression on her face.
"You sneaked out to mail the letter again." The old dean said to the inch-headed kid.
The inch-cut kid took a few steps back, and it was obvious that he was very afraid of the old headmaster and the couple.
The old dean's eyes flickered for a moment, and the light cast a shadow on her face. She said to the couple, "You know how to do it, don't you?"
The inch-headed child seemed to want to run away in fear, but the couple came over and grabbed him directly, and slapped him several times.
At this moment, the moonlight also became dim, and it seemed that I couldn't bear to look directly at it.
Su Bai turned his head away, because he knew that he could do nothing here, and what happened in the past would never be changed.
He can't change this tragedy.
Yes, this orphanage was a tragedy from the very beginning.
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