Death is the Beginning

Chapter 69: Assembly number! (one)

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"Walk."

After the two of them observed carefully for a while, Pei Jiao said in a low voice with a livid face, and after finishing speaking, he carefully lurked towards Hui.

Andonia, who was beside him, was watching with gusto. After hearing the words, she was slightly stunned, but she still followed behind Pei Jiao obediently. Donia said in surprise: "The ghosts in the fantasy land are attacking them, so even if the three ghosts are real demons, they will probably be buried by the sea of ghosts. There are so many ghosts. I am also the first Once seen...”

Pei Jiao said with a livid face: "No, that's not the case. Although those ghosts are besieging them... But in fact, they are constantly increasing their strength, or at least increasing the strength of that demon, and at most In twenty-four hours, that demon might break through the barrier of the true demon level and reach the incomplete demon king level strength. If it really arrives at that time, unless Gong Yeyu is found from China immediately, we are all dead !"

"Demon, Demon King?" Andonia was taken aback, she almost screamed in surprise, but she recovered immediately, covered her mouth with her little hand and said, "Isn't the Demon King Is the level predicted by the scientists? How could it really exist? And even if this level does exist, why is the siege of a large number of ordinary ghosts helping those three true devil level ghosts?"

Pei Jiao didn't hesitate, and said directly: "Because of absorption... The soul world only knows that when a ghost absorbs a large amount of sins, its strength will gradually increase and its size will become huge, but few people know that when a ghost absorbs a lot of sins When it reaches the critical point, there is a great possibility that it will increase its level of strength, for example, from the enchanted level to the peak enchanted level, and from the enchanted peak level to the true demon level... "

Andonia said strangely: "I know this, a country's soul organization once did such an experiment, sending a lot of sins to a ghost at the peak of the demon level, and the result was that the peak of the demon level It became a real devil-level ghost, and the soul organization of that country was also fatally wounded, and it never developed again, but this country was not the only one that did this experiment, the United States also did this experiment two years ago , and has a thickened three-layer super-electromagnetic alloy wall, and selected ghosts mainly based on illusion to instill sins, so even if they become true demons, they cannot break through this super-electromagnetic alloy wall, but even if they use this The ghost instilled a lot of sins, and even reached the peak of the true devil level, that is, there was an aura visible to the naked eye, but it didn't make it upgrade to the devil level. The ghost exploded and dissipated in the end. It's a situation that even scientists can't explain... So are there really devil-level ghosts?"

Pei Jiao also knows this information. During the month of absorbing obsessive food at home, he didn't just sit there and play and enjoy in vain. Instead, he asked Yang Xuguang to collect a lot of information on various aspects of the soul world for him. But it is as important as combat experience and even natural weapons. After all, he has only been in contact with the soul world for a few months, and this research on ghost upgrades is also mentioned in the data, especially In the end, the ghosts exploded and dissipated, so whether there are devil-level ghosts has become the focus of debate among scientists in the soul world.

It is also because of this that Yang Xuguang and the others were so surprised when they discovered the devil-level bull-headed horse face in Fengdu, except Pei Jiao, but Pei Jiao didn't know about it at the time.

But now Pei Jiao already knew about it, and he said seriously: "Not only do there really be devil-level ghosts, but to form devil-level ghosts, it is not only enough to instill enough sins, but also to swallow a large number of ghosts, maybe It is to absorb the standard energy of these ghosts, or it may be to absorb the rest of them after they dissipate, but this is what most people don't know. When it is a ghost, it can advance...to become a devil-level ghost!"

Then Andonia exclaimed in shock: "Ah, what else is there to say? That's right, once the large number of skeleton infantry that I saw just now were dissipated, many sins would be destroyed by the runes immediately." The formation map was absorbed, so, is that demon monster attacking the Demon King? Oh my God!"

"That's right!" Pei Jiao said seriously: "So, not only did those large numbers of ordinary ghosts not help us, but they were actually doing us a disservice. As long as we continue to have a large number of skeleton infantry, skeleton cavalry, and even demon-level peak ghosts If we launch an attack on the three real devil-level ghosts, we will have at most twenty-four hours left, and then a devil-level ghost will most likely appear in the north-south battlefield!"

Of course, this demon-type ghost is most likely to become an incomplete demon king, just like the first bull head and horse face in Fengdu's fantasy land. Became a true Demon King class.

(After all, there is a huge gap in the level of strength, and it is almost impossible to match the number. Just like the demon level and the real demon level, it is really the gap between the earth and the sky, and the gap between the demon king level is even greater. So it is definitely not that simple to really upgrade.)

Pei Jiao secretly thought about the countermeasures. After a while, he and Andonia returned to the crowd who were still waiting in the smoke. Because it was just for lurking and scouting, so the fake bull head also stayed in this group of people, and some With such a real demon-level ghost sitting in town, no ghosts with short eyes would dare to provoke them. After all, the aura field is not a vegetarian, and it is precisely because they know this that David and his men will behave like this. Excited, they all sat on the ground and took a rest for granted. .

After seeing the return of Pei Jiao, the group of people immediately stood up, and they all hurriedly asked about the situation in the core area, and Pei Jiao didn't hide anything, and told all the things they saw along the way. He came out, and at the same time told his own speculation and the possibility of the devil-level ghost. Immediately, everyone fell silent, and for a while they all silently looked at Pei Jiao or David.

After all, from the beginning they planned to follow Pei Jiao all the way to this core area. The primary condition was not the two natural weapons, which were completely secondary. The reason they were really willing to follow was because of the existence of the fake bull head, such a far surpassing The fake bull head with the strength of ghosts imagined in the north and south battlefields is equivalent to giving them the guarantee of life. What's more, although Pei Jiao is not a real demon-level powerhouse, his strength will definitely not be weaker than ordinary real-devil-level ghosts. To actually use "liberate", that's the point!

But at this moment, Pei Jiao told them that they are likely to face devil-level ghosts next, which is not just as simple as real devil-level ghosts. From the difference in strength between the level and the real demon level, you can see how terrifying the demon king level ghosts are.

Pei Jiao was quite calm and calm, even in the face of everyone's hesitant eyes, he still smiled and said: "Don't worry, I'm not that arrogant, even though the demon-type ghost has not yet reached the level of a demon king, but Guang Judging from its aura field, it may be stronger than the fake bull head, so I will not lead you to rush forward like this recklessly, this is completely murder, my goal is not this, since we can't defeat that by ourselves Devil-type ghost, then the only thing we can do now is to delay its becoming stronger, at least until most of the assistance arrives, it will not make it a devil-level ghost."

When everyone marched towards this core area, those free souls without natural weapons had already marched towards the entrance of the northern and southern battlefields. Their task was very simple, that is, to convey the current situation of the northern and southern battlefields, and let the outside teams send reinforcements as soon as possible Come on, after all, whether it is a few real devil-level ghosts gathered together, or a demon-type ghost that is absorbing black sins and becoming stronger, this is quite amazing information. In this way, after gathering one or two thousand free souls , These teams will definitely enter the North and South battlefields and come to this core area.

The main reason is that the true devil level ghost is not only a free soul slayer like a god of death, but also a mobile treasure that can be 100% realized as a natural weapon. To be precise, it is like a boss monster in an online game. Most of the real devil-level ghosts move around, or hide in a large number of ordinary ghosts. Unless it is a team organized by a national organization, it is possible to deal with so many ordinary ghosts. It can be said that it is extremely difficult to see them, and at this moment But there are three ghosts gathered together, if there are one or two thousand free souls attacking at the same time, it shouldn't be too difficult to eat them.

What Pei Jiao was talking about was these people. Driven by profit, he believed that the number of people who came would definitely not be less than a thousand, among them there would be at least twenty people who had escaped, and maybe even one or two high-level escapers. Until then, the chances of defeating demon-type ghosts will greatly increase, but before that, he must not let the demon-type ghosts advance to the strength of an incomplete devil, otherwise they will all be defeated... Unless someone like Gong Yeyu appears... Such a strongest person, otherwise the number will not help at all!

"My plan is like this..." Looking at the inquiring eyes of the people around him, Pei Jiao spoke out his plan with a smile.

Since the way to strengthen demon-type ghosts is to kill the ghosts near the rune pattern, and then absorb their sins and standard energy, then in other words, as long as the ghosts near it are isolated and there are no ghosts around it, its The speed of becoming stronger will definitely drop significantly, and it is sitting in the rune array, and it is impossible to move out to attack everyone... Then attacking the ordinary ghosts besieging it is the way to prevent it from becoming stronger!

"Not only that, when we attack those ordinary ghosts, this devil-type ghost may sit still, but the other two real devil-level ghosts may come out to attack us, then take the opportunity to get rid of them! In this way Come on, there is only one true devil-level peak ghost left, and when the reinforcements arrive, we will not be afraid of it anymore!"

This is Pei Jiao's plan, that is to do the opposite, not to attack the demon-type ghosts, but to attack the enemies of the demon-type ghosts, and there are tens of thousands of ordinary skeleton infantry and skeleton cavalry around, and so on. Even if the speed at which demon-type ghosts become stronger is greatly reduced, this is still a delay.

Everyone discussed again. Although there are tens of thousands of ordinary ghosts, but with fake bull heads as meat shields and main combat power, these ghosts are not a problem. As long as everyone is careful, they will not be confused by many ghosts. Encirclement is enough, so without any hesitation, everyone followed Pei Jiao to the core of the battlefield.

At the same time, those free souls who left the team first were already very close to the entrance of the North and South Battlefields. It was absolutely impossible for them to reach the entrance of the North and South Battlefields so quickly at their speed. The members of John's team, and John, who knew that the situation was urgent, was not stingy, and directly assigned a special soul in the team to follow the group of messengers.

The ability of this special soul is a bit tasteless, that is, it allows people around to burn more standard energy, increasing their travel speed by more than several times... In fact, when this special soul's ability is activated, the surrounding people In addition to moving, these standard energies will no longer be able to increase strength and reaction. In other words, he is almost useless in battle.

But it's just right for this kind of occasion...

In this way, this group of free souls returned to the entrance of the North-South battlefield in a very short period of time, and there was still a team of hundreds of people recruiting scattered members, and when they saw this group of people rushing back At that time, the first reaction was that the team in front was completely wiped out. .

"No, although our team is almost completely wiped out, we are still fighting on the front line, because at the core of the north-south battlefield, we found a real demon-level demon-type ghost and four other true-devil-level monsters. Ghosts, they actually..."

Among this group of free souls, the most eloquent person immediately babbled about the situation in the core area of the North-South battlefield. This team has only two breakaways. It is obviously just an ordinary civilian team of an NGO. Their goal It's just those ghosts at the top of the demon level. If they encounter a real demon level, they can only run away immediately. But at this moment, they heard something more terrifying than meeting a real demon level ghost. Suddenly, the people in this team experienced David's 20 What the rest of the people have experienced... was shocked several times, especially when they heard that Pei Jiao could not only summon a super powerful real demon-level bull-headed giant, but also "liberate" himself, a lot of people in this group felt free. The souls all exclaimed, it is conceivable that they were shocked.

The two breakaways headed by them are not very powerful characters, they are naturally also a member of the deterred ranks, until the free soul finished telling the information about the core area, one of the two said: "Although the inside The situation is indeed very urgent, but the strength of our team is too weak... Why don't we go out together and tell other people about these things. Before I came in, I heard that Varosti is also outside the villa. If there is him and his team With his joining, I believe we will have great confidence to enter the core area of the North-South battlefield."

The free souls who came to report the information were stunned for a moment, and then they became ecstatic and said, "Father Varosti? That would be great! If the 'Berserker' joins in, then our chances of success will be greatly increased. !"

And at this moment, outside the North-South Fantasy Land, on the top floor of that luxury villa, in a luxurious suite, a blond young man wearing a white priest attire is sitting elegantly at a round table with a cup of black coffee in front of him. While drinking coffee elegantly, he looked at the book in his hand with ease, looking like an ancient noble prince.

And in this big room, besides him alone, there are seven other people, five men and two women, but five men and one woman are sitting together, while another woman with a frosty face is sitting on the sofa, In front of her was a huge saber that was more than three meters long, completely inconsistent with this woman's slender appearance.

"Varosti! You idiot! I didn't come here to drink afternoon tea with you! Didn't I say that this time I must enter the North-South battlefield to deal with the commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army? What are you doing now? What are you talking about? You are sitting there leisurely drinking coffee and reading the Bible!" The woman's expression became more and more serious, and finally she couldn't help but roared loudly. Although her words were very violent, her voice was so This kind of soft and greasy type, and her body shape is different from that of ordinary white women, but a small body shape. Although she is about 1.7 meters tall when she stands up, she always gives people a feeling that she can hold her hand. It feels like dancing, and her appearance is also very delicate and beautiful. Although she does have blue eyes and a straight nose, she has a kind of Asian delicate eyebrows.

The man in the attire of a priest is the head of the American Soul Organization, Varosti, who is also a member of the High Escapers.

He glanced at the girl indifferently, then flipped through the Bible in his hand and said, "The Lord said that only when you have a good rest can you have a good battle. Don't you think that in this elegant afternoon, you can drink afternoon tea and have a good fight?" Read the Bible, isn’t this a perfect thing? We have just come out of the battle of the Golden Kingdom, so we should relax our nerves, for example, read the old man and the sea that I recommended to you last time. Woolen cloth… "

The girl slapped the big round table fiercely, and almost roared: "There is a good rest before a good battle... When did such a sentence appear in the Bible? Don't think I haven't read the Bible! And , what you drink is not tea, but coffee without sugar and milk! But these are not the point, the point is that I don’t have time to drink afternoon tea with you here, I want to fight, I want to get the natural Weapons, I’m going to exchange obsession food, there are still more than 40 obsessions, and I can reach the minimum standard of 500 obsessions. At that time, I can... "

Varosti put down the Bible, and he looked at the girl with a smile, until the veins on the girl's forehead were exposed, then he smiled and said: "Is he... really that important to you? You don't even have to abandon yourself anymore." Don't hesitate, my dear sister, you who like novels so much, you who are so calm and calm, even if you are called a berserker by others, even if you are so tired, does it not matter at all?"

The girl's face was red at first, and then turned livid. She shouted loudly: "That's right! The humiliation he brought to me is too heavy, I must defeat him, I must pay back this humiliation!" Go back! So, to become a true demon-level powerhouse is the power that must be possessed to defeat him, if it is not like this, if it is not... "

"Then will even your own efforts and affection be denied?" Varosti sighed slightly, he picked up the Bible again, and said while reading: "A true devil-level powerhouse is not just a person whose obsession capacity reaches Five hundred is enough, but you have to find your own cause, implement your own cause, and be able to reach the level of true demons with no complaints and no regrets. Only in this way can you reach the level of a real demon. Dear sister, with your current mentality, you can achieve It's not that far, so let's go back to your calm and clear appearance first, it will be good for you."

The girl's face was still determined, she shook her head fiercely and said: "Beating him... proves my hard work and... This is my 'cause', this is my 'Tao'!"

Although Varosti was still flipping through the Bible as if nothing had happened, his fingers trembled slightly, and then he really smiled wryly in his heart.

(Perhaps this obsession can really break through the barrier of the true demon level... But if such a "cause" and such a "Tao", then sister, your future will be... Gong Yeyu, the reason why you don't hit me , Is the reason really just because I saved your life? A man like you...would hesitate in the first place.).

Just when the atmosphere in the room was getting serious, suddenly there were bursts of exclamations from downstairs, it seemed that there were still some footsteps coming, and when everyone was wondering, they saw several people rushing into the room Come on, the leader said directly: "Leader, hurry up and go downstairs. It seems that something drastic has happened in the north-south battlefield. The person who came out to report the letter has arrived... By the way, leader, there is also the ninth place!" The matter of the advanced breakaway seems to be very interesting."

Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment, and Varosti was also slightly stunned. Then he covered the Bible, stood up and said with a smile: "Is that the young man named Pei Jiao? It seems that Gong Yeyu trusts him deeply. That's okay. Go and hear what earth-shattering things he has done."

Hearing this, the rest of the people didn't care, only the blond girl was stunned suddenly, and then she lifted the huge saber on the ground, and walked downstairs first.

After Varosti and others listened to the information reported by the visitors, the whole house was already standing, with hundreds of free souls floating around, and there were nearly a thousand free souls outside the villa, and there were actually two people in the whole house. There were more than a dozen people who broke free, but all of them were looking at Varosti at the moment... or the girl standing behind him with the giant sword.

After Varosti heard all the information, he said to the others: "Everyone, thousands of free souls, more than 20 breakaways, and more than 200 natural weapon holders have gathered in this north-south battlefield. If the strength of the team is concentrated, it is enough to eliminate three real devil-level ghosts at once, so if you don’t mind, I am willing to be the leader and be responsible for coordinating your battle arrangements. The Lord said that human beings must gather their strength and kill all Enemy! Let us help the warriors fighting in that fantasy land!"

(God... never seems to have said that?)

Many people present thought this way, but since Varosti had already taken the lead, they naturally did not want to give up this great opportunity to benefit. You must know that there were more than 200 free souls with natural weapons, and most of them There are only less than ten true devil-level natural weapons, so the three true devil-level ghosts are definitely a great temptation for them!

"Then everyone, gather your teams... we will set off in ten minutes!"

At the same time, within the north-south battlefield, Pei Jiao and others have also reached the edge of the core battlefield, and are preparing to start sweeping up the large number of ordinary ghosts.

"Everyone can see clearly that the two real demon-level ghosts, one wolf and one horse, have a guard range of about one kilometer. Once they exceed this distance, they will immediately return to the vicinity of the demon-type ghosts, and those The absorption range of the rune array is only about 1,000 to 500 meters, and it will not be able to absorb it any further. If we count the shooting distance of the centaur, then our safe distance is...with the demon-type ghost as the center, Two thousand meters away is our safe distance, so kill all ordinary ghosts within this range."

Pei Jiao and others stood above the valley, looking down from a distance, and at the same time, Pei Jiao pointed to the battle below and explained to the others, but when he said this, he frowned suddenly, and then said: "Then Just make a group of five, you have fifteen people in total, you can be divided into three groups, and I will be in a group with Yang Dingtian. As for the fake bull head... I will order it to rush into the formation first, and put those neatly arranged infantry into the formation. When the array is scattered and the entire battlefield is thrown into chaos, so that we will not fall into the siege if we continue to fight."

"Of course, if you encounter extremely powerful demon-level peak ghosts and you can't deal with them yourself, you can lead them to the fake bull head or me. Be sure to remember that you must not enter within the range of two kilometers , if you find those two true devil-level ghosts approaching you, you must also flee immediately and try to keep the distance from them as much as possible."

After Pei Jiao made such an arrangement, the rest of the people didn't feel that there was anything wrong. After all, what they had to face was just a large number of ordinary ghosts, and they were still ghosts who were disturbed by fake bull heads. As far as they are concerned, it is indeed very easy to deal with them. Although the number is a bit larger, if a group of five people will not be besieged, the security is still very high.

At that moment, everyone nodded in agreement, and following Pei Jiao's order, the pseudo-bull head who had been quietly standing up abruptly, roared loudly, and then shattered the ground with a crackling sound, facing the war in the distance. run away.

When the fake bull's head appeared for the first time, following the roar of the bull, the three real devil-level ghosts who were besieged in the distance immediately turned their heads around, and the first to show abnormality was the man The giant wolf, it let go of an enchanted peak skeleton that was biting in its mouth, and immediately grinned and roared in a low voice. Judging from its appearance, it looks like a canine animal showing an attacking posture. Obviously, its intelligence is not Not very high.

As for the centaur, it stared at the figure of the fake bull head, and the emerald green giant bow in its hand no longer continued to attack the ordinary ghosts around it. Although it didn't aim at the fake bull head because of the distance, but judging by its demeanor and movements, The intelligence level of this centaur is obviously stronger than that of the giant wolf with a human face.

As for the red demon-shaped ghost in the center, although it didn't move at all, it just kept turning its head to the direction where the fake bull's head was running, and its body didn't move, but the aura field fluctuations around its body became more and more violent When he woke up, the red aura field was already visible to the naked eye, but it was turbulent like a wave at this moment. Obviously, this demon-type ghost was very afraid of the false bull's head.

But the fake bull head didn't care about the staring or hostility of these three ghosts. After all, it was just a projection of ghosts manifested from the giant axe of flames. Its intelligence level was almost non-existent. It's all about acting with obsession, and the order it got was to start attacking the ordinary ghosts around, so it didn't care about the three real devil-level ghosts in the center of the siege, and stepped into a neatly arranged In the formation of the skeleton infantry, they punched directly at the center of the formation, and the exaggeratedly huge power suddenly emerged, and there was a loud bang, and within the range of the formation, about one-third of the ground exploded. Immediately, the skeleton infantry array fell into chaos. A large number of skeleton infantry were smashed and dissipated. At least one-half of the skeleton infantry was directly converted into standard energy, and the rest of the skeleton infantry were also staggering, especially in the fake bull's head. Under the pressure of the aura field, the chaos of these skeletons became even more severe, and it was almost impossible to organize any attack formation. .

After the fake bull head was hit, it immediately burst forward and burst forward. It was invincible along the way. No skeleton infantry, skeleton cavalry, or skeleton cannon could stop it, and the ground more than ten meters shattered as soon as it stepped on it. A fist can be attacked within a range of tens of meters. This is simply a humanoid tank... er, a bull-shaped tank. All in all, such a fake bull head is simply an exaggerated endorsement!

Just after such an extremely mighty force entered the battlefield, the skeleton army that was originally lined up in the periphery finally collapsed with the bull head at the center, and because of the fake bull head's angry aura, all The formations attacked by him were completely chaotic, and it was impossible to regroup in a short time, and it was impossible to arrange them neatly again.

In fact, the ghosts on the northern and southern battlefields are generally relatively weak, and even far inferior to the ghosts that materialize into the real world. The formation of the team, and the three-stage bullets attack, this mode naturally reflects the advantage of the number of these ghosts, so on the contrary, the strength is much higher than these ghosts, but it has not yet reached an overwhelming advantage. The free souls are no longer the opponents of these ghost legions.

However, the fake bull head is different. It has rough skin and rough flesh, and it is almost ignored in the face of the bullet attack. , when the formation is broken, then ordinary free souls can also defeat these skeleton armies... The premise is that there are natural weapons that can eliminate the skeleton army in the shortest time, otherwise, once the formation is assembled again, they will be defeated. It may be the free soul that has to dissipate.

The fake bull head is like a shit-stirring stick, messing up the battlefield below the valley. It also obeys Pei Jiao's order and never steps within a radius of two kilometers of demon-shaped ghosts. Naturally, the centaur couldn't attack it, so after more than a minute at most, the army formation of tens of thousands of ordinary ghosts was completely messed up, and there was no trace of formation at all.

"It's now!"

Seeing this, Pei Jiao yelled, and he and Yang Dingtian rushed to the large number of ordinary ghosts below. At the same time, behind him, David and other ten people followed closely, each of them pulled out their own natural weapons, Or knives, or guns, or two-handed epees, or firearms, or crossbows, and even a tall and thick European man holding a long whip...

All in all, thanks to the fact that Pei Jiao asked those free souls without natural weapons to leave, although the remaining people are small in number, everyone has their own natural weapons. It was like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep. Pei Jiao and Yang Dingtian rushed into the outermost chaotic group of ghosts first, raised their knives and dropped them with a few hissing sounds. All the ghosts that were cut by the heroic spear immediately turned into standard Energy, you can't even struggle, the obsession of ghosts of this level is very weak, as long as you are hit by a natural weapon, no matter where you hit, you will definitely die!

When Pei Jiao cut through a series of skeleton ghosts, he turned his eyes to Yang Dingtian and the rest of the people. Although the capacity of these people's natural weapons was far inferior to his heroic spear blade, no matter how large or small the capacity was, it seemed that as long as they were natural weapons That's fine, as long as you hit the skeleton ghost, it is definitely a one-hit kill. There are more than ten people, a total of four groups of members, each group is like a sharp knife into the sea of ghosts, and there are many standards immediately Energy appeared on the road they rushed through, and these four groups of people did not stop at all, and all followed closely and rushed towards the dense center.

Just when the ghosts on the outside were scattered in large numbers, and the fake bull's head was still raging inside, the red demon that Pei Jiao had identified as impossible to move actually stood up from the ground, a pair of pitch-black bats nearly five meters The wings flapped fiercely, and gradually, it floated up!

Not only that, several crimson flame balls the size of a washbasin also appeared around its body, as if it was about to attack...

Could it be... is it going to fly out of the rune array to attack everyone? Pei Jiao saw the actions of this demonic ghost in a blink of an eye, and his heart was half cold in an instant.

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