DEAD CITY: A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
The apocalypse didn't come with an instruction manual.
Good thing Riccardo downloaded the ultimate cheat code.
Riccardo Gonzales was just a regular college student stressing over a midterm.
But when he wakes up to find the streets of Manila burning, mutated horrors tearing through the sky, and his neighbor trying to eat him, his poli-sci degree is officially useless.
Trapped on the fourteenth floor, he has only one goal: cross a city of the undead to save his fifteen-year-old sister.
Then his phone buzzes with an ad for a zombie survival game. One mistaken click changes his reality forever.
Bound to the Military Survival System, Riccardo is no longer a defenseless civilian.
He can track stats, earn gold from kills, and summon an elite squad of heavily armed, fiercely loyal soldiers directly into his living room.
When a lucky spin on the daily Fortune Wheel drops a five-million gold jackpot into his lap, Riccardo stops running and starts buying.
The undead might have the numbers, but Riccardo has the firepower. And he’s about to turn this apocalypse into a tactical warzone.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 72 ~ KINGDOMShe rubbed her temples and noted that the strange sensation had passed quickly. She then clenched her fists and admitted that she had never felt stronger in her entire life.The orange core had granted her a massive surge of raw strength without enslaving her mind. She retained her free will while absorbing the potent benefits of the fallen boss.Riccardo patted her shoulder and assured her that everything was going to be fine. He checked his system interface to confirm the official status of the towering giant.[ TARGET ELIMINATED: GOLIATH SIEGE UNIT ] [ THREAT LEVEL: APEX ]The digital text confirmed the Goliath kill and deposited a massive bounty of gold coins into his account. The system formall
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Chapter: CHAPTER 71 ~ JLTVThe JLTV Oshkosh roared down the ruined commercial avenue with deafening force. Riccardo rode in the passenger seat while monitoring the chaotic battlefield unfolding just blocks away.A heavy convoy consisting of M1A2 Abrams tanks and LAV-25s trailed right behind his armored transport. The air hummed with the deafening roar of diesel engines and spinning helicopter rotors.They were heading directly toward the most terrifying threat Blackwatch had faced since the apocalypse began. The towering Goliath rampaged through the northern engagement zone with terrifying resilience.Riccardo checked the proprietary system interface glowing softly in the corner of his vision. The giant beast still clung to life with exactly thirteen percent of its health bar remaining.It continued to resist sustained fire from the exhausted attack helicopters hovering above the fray. The creature shrugged off high explosive rounds with infuriating ease.The tactical radio crackled to life with an urgent warni
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Chapter: CHAPTER 70 ~ BRUTALRiccardo Gonzales stood in the center of the command room and stared at the glowing tactical monitors. He pressed a hand against his radio headset to filter out the background noise of his busy intelligence staff.Gravina and his elite Specter teams had successfully evacuated from the collapsing skyscrapers to the relative safety of the ground level. The lieutenant reported that his operatives were taking cover in an abandoned subway entrance amidst the falling glass and shattered concrete.Riccardo ordered the special forces commander to keep his men hidden while the heavy bombardment proceeded as planned. The giant mutant was temporarily distracted by the falling debris, providing the perfect window for a devastating artillery strike.Gravina keyed his microphone again and raised a frantic concern about potential civilian casualties within the targeted blast radius. He reminded his commander that unleashing such overwhelming firepower in a dense urban environment carried terrible co
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Chapter: CHAPTER 69 ~ WARHAMMERThe digital clock on the command center wall displayed eleven thirty at night. July twenty seventh was drawing to a close under a shroud of smoke and ash.Riccardo stood before the glowing tactical map with his hands clasped behind his back. He watched the red icons swarming the edges of the Oriental perimeter.Hundreds of infected walkers converged on their position from every cardinal direction. The night sky above the city churned with the dark silhouettes of winged flyers.The destruction of the Pasig River bridges had spared them the northern swarms. The southern region still teemed with endless hordes and volatile mutant variants.The undead army was approximately twelve hundred meters away and closing fast. Riccardo had spent the past five hours preparing a welcome for them.He had reorganized his forces into four distinct defensive fronts facing north, east, west, and south. Each sector was manned by one hundred and fifty elite soldiers.Thick steel barricades protected the in
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Chapter: CHAPTER 68 ~ DEFENDERSAndrea opened her eyes to the harsh glare of fluorescent ceiling lights. She blinked rapidly to clear the lingering haze clouding her vision.Her chest ached with a dull throbbing sensation that radiated outward. She reached a trembling hand up to touch the torn fabric of her gown.Smooth skin met her fingertips where she expected to find a grievous wound. Confusion washed over her as she tried to process her sterile surroundings.She sat up slowly on the cold steel table and swung her legs over the edge. Her bare feet dangled just inches above the polished concrete floor.Riccardo watched her closely from the other side of the secure containment room. Marco stood beside him with a hand resting near his holstered weapon.The young woman looked nothing like the ruthless killer they had faced hours ago. Her dark eyes were wide with genuine terror and profound disorientation.She wrapped her arms around her shoulders in a defensive and frightened posture. She asked them where she was and
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Chapter: CHAPTER 67 ~ ENDLESSRiccardo Gonzales did not waste another agonizing second pondering the tactical stalemate presented by the endless sea of rotting corpses. He turned sharply toward the central communication hub to set his destructive and highly unorthodox plan into immediate motion.He authorized the rapid deployment of the newly acquired HIMARS units from his sprawling digital inventory. The heavy rocket platforms materialized within the secure confines of the southern motor pool with a crackle of blue energy.He stood over the intelligence console and coordinated directly with the command center staff to relay the precise targeting coordinates. The Excalibur artillery group received the exact GPS locations for all twenty four concrete bridges spanning the dark waters of the Pasig River.The young commander walked out onto the reinforced observation deck to watch the impending fireworks with his own eyes. The cool night wind whipped his dark hair around his face as he stared toward the distant stagin
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Chapter: 14 - IMPOSSIBLE IIZhentian squeezed his eyes shut, letting the old man's taunt wash over him without reacting.He resumed the grueling ascent, pulling himself up inch by agonizing inch.The air grew noticeably colder as he put more distance between himself and the boiling vents.The freezing water of the upper trench began to seep down the wall, chilling his bare arms and numbing his bleeding fingers.He welcomed the cold, knowing it would help constrict his blood vessels and keep the venom trapped in his lower leg.He reached a section of the wall where the stone smoothed out, offering very few places to grip.He shoved his fingers into a thin vertical crack, trusting the friction to hold his weight as he stepped up.His left boot slipped on a patch of wet moss, sliding off the rock face entirely.Zhentian dropped a few inches, his full body weight suddenly hanging solely from the fingertips of his left hand.A sharp spike of adrenaline flooded his system, and his heart immediately began to pound agai
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Chapter: 13 - IMPOSSIBLE IThe icy numbness raced up his calf long before the scorpion disappeared into the thick sulfurous smoke.Zhentian stared down at his right leg, watching the muscle twitch involuntarily beneath his torn trousers.He tried to wiggle his toes, but the limb refused to answer the command.It was a total disconnect, as if the bottom half of his leg had simply ceased to exist.He pressed his fingers against his own neck, feeling his pulse hammering wildly against his skin in the aftermath of the geyser eruption.The Azure Dragon Hall taught its disciples to identify poisons by their immediate symptoms.A localized paralytic that moved this fast was a neurotoxin, and it was currently using his own rushing bloodstream as a highway.If he let his panic control him, his racing heart would pump the venom directly into his chest within three minutes.Once it reached his heart, his lungs would stop working, and he would suffocate right there on the burning rocks.Zhentian closed his eyes and pushed
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Chapter: 12 - LABYRINTH OF HEAT IIHe paused at the edge of the bridge, spotting a massive scorpion resting directly in the middle of the narrow crossing.The beast was perfectly still, soaking in the thermal energy from the magma river beneath it."There is one blocking the path," Zhentian reported softly, his eyes locked on the deadly, curved stinger raised above the creature's back."Then move it," Ye Canghai suggested simply."How?" Zhentian asked, exasperation bleeding into his hushed tone."I do not have the strength to punch through that armor with one hand.""A true killer never relies on punching a wall when he can just open a door," the old man lectured from the dark."Use the environment, boy."Zhentian frowned, scanning the cavern around the resting beast for anything he could use to his advantage.He noticed a cluster of loose, jagged stones resting near the edge of a violently bubbling geyser just across the magma river.He picked up a small piece of debris from the ground near his hand, weighing the heav
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Chapter: 11 - LABYRINTH OF HEAT IDozens of heavily armored Trench Scorpions stopped their restless crawling across the dark red rocks at the exact same moment.They all turned their eyeless, plated heads toward the spot where Zhentian had just fallen from the ceiling.A chorus of sharp, rhythmic clicks filled the heavy water as the beasts snapped their massive pincers in unison.Zhentian lay flat against the scorching stone, his heart hammering against his ribs like a trapped bird desperately trying to escape."Stop thrashing around down there," Ye Canghai’s voice drifted down from the black shaft above.The old man sounded incredibly bored, his voice funneling perfectly down the narrow fault line like an acoustic tube."I am not moving," Zhentian hissed back, keeping his face pressed firmly into the burning dirt."Your heart is beating so fast I can feel the vibrations all the way up here," the assassin noted dryly.Zhentian swallowed the bitter taste of sulfur filling his mouth, watching the swarm of monsters slowl
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Chapter: 10 - ASSASSIN'S PRESCRIPTION IIZhentian followed closely, adjusting his steps to mimic the way Ye Canghai moved through the dense water.The old man seemed to glide over the mud without disturbing a single grain of dirt or kicking up any debris.Zhentian focused heavily on his own feet, placing them carefully to avoid snapping any hidden twigs of coral.The silence between them stretched out, broken only by the distant, low rumble of the ocean currents shifting above.He watched how Ye Canghai blended into the shadows, realizing the old man was always positioning himself near cover."You move like you are always being hunted," Zhentian observed softly."Everything is hunted eventually," Ye Canghai replied, keeping his eyes on the path ahead.They finally stopped at the edge of a massive, vertical cliff that plunged into absolute darkness.Zhentian stood near the precipice, looking down into the yawning black chasm beneath his boots.He could not see the bottom, but the water temperature was noticeably colder near t
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Chapter: 9 - ASSASSIN'S PRESCRIPTION IYe Canghai’s threat lingered in the freezing water long after the actual words were spoken.Zhentian stared up at the old man from his place in the mud.He did not argue or offer empty promises about doing better next time.He simply nodded once."Good," Ye Canghai said, stepping backward into the shadows of the trench."Now fix your shoulder before it sets wrong and cripples you forever."Zhentian shifted his weight, biting back a groan as the broken collarbone ground against itself."Without Qi to numb the nerves, you are going to feel every single movement," Ye Canghai added from the dark."I know," Zhentian replied, his voice barely a rough rasp.He reached his good hand across his chest to feel the jagged lump protruding under his cold skin.The bone had snapped cleanly in two when he initially hit the surface of the ocean.He needed to push the overlapping pieces back into proper alignment immediately.He took a shallow breath, filling his lungs with the tiny amount of oxygen fi
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EX-CONVICT RETURNS: LOST HEIR OF THE LAURENT CONGLOMERATE
The day Silvan Laurent walks out of prison, he expects nothing more than a chance to rebuild his life.
Instead, he finds the woman he believed was his wife celebrating her marriage to another man. The family he sacrificed everything for mocks him, admits they used him from the very beginning, and throws him out with nothing.
Ten years earlier, a tragic car crash stole Silvan's memories and erased his identity. Believing he owed the Cross family his life, he dedicated himself to building their fortune before sacrificing seven years of his freedom to protect them.
Just when he has nothing left, the truth finally comes to light.
Silvan isn't a forgotten ex-con. He is the long-lost heir to the Laurent family and the rightful successor to the Laurent Conglomerate, one of the world's most influential business empires.
Prison didn't destroy him. It turned him into something far more dangerous. Under the guidance of extraordinary men the world thought it had forgotten, Silvan mastered skills that no classroom could ever teach.
Now he's back to reclaim his family's legacy, expose the people who stole his life, and make every person who betrayed him pay the price.
They thought they had buried a broken man.
Instead, they unleashed the only man capable of bringing their empires to their knees.
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Chapter: 14 - MANDATE IIIHenry leaned back in his chair, a smug satisfaction radiating from his posture.The question was a massive, complex web of economic variables designed to publicly humiliate anyone who hadn't spent decades studying global trade.Silvan didn't even blink.He simply accessed the countless hours he had spent analyzing market fluctuations with Leon Richter in the prison yard."You are assuming the deficit is a liability," Silvan replied, his tone razor-sharp."The new tariffs only penalize direct-to-consumer freight passing through the primary canals."The correspondent frowned, clearly confused by the immediate pushback."By aggressively restructuring our offshore holding buffers into sovereign subsidiary trusts, we legally bypass the tariff penalty altogether," Silvan explained.He leaned closer to the microphone, his dark eyes locking onto the reporter with unwavering intensity."Furthermore, we immediately initiate a massive short-selling campaign against our primary competitors in the
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Chapter: 13 - MANDATE IIThe blinding flash of a hundred camera bulbs illuminated the grand auditorium of the Laurent Conglomerate headquarters.A dull, chaotic roar filled the massive room as reporters from every major global financial network fought for a view of the stage.Silvan stood behind the heavy mahogany podium, looking out over a sea of eager, ruthless faces.He wore a bespoke charcoal suit that Zane had procured for him hours earlier.The tailored fabric fit him perfectly, hiding the lingering bruises he had earned during his unceremonious eviction from the Cross estate.Charles Laurent sat in his wheelchair a few feet to Silvan’s left, projecting a fierce, unyielding authority despite his frail condition.Henry sat on Silvan’s right, wearing a tight, strained smile that didn't reach his dark eyes.The emergency press conference had been called with barely an hour's notice, sending shockwaves through the global markets.Charles leaned forward, adjusting the slender microphone resting on the table
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Chapter: 12 - MANDATE ISilvan didn't freeze, his body reacting with the lightning-fast reflexes forged during seven years of brutal prison yard brawls.He launched himself out of the heavy dining chair, crossing the distance in a fraction of a second.He slid onto the hardwood floor, catching his mother by the shoulders just before her head struck the ground."Amanda!" Charles shouted, his voice cracking as he gripped the wheels of his chair in a desperate, futile attempt to stand.Henry rushed forward, his polished Italian leather shoes squeaking against the floorboards."Give her space, the shock was too much," Henry ordered, reaching down to grab Silvan’s arm.Silvan batted his uncle's hand away with a sharp, unforgiving slap."Don't touch her," Silvan warned, his voice dropping an octave into a cold, dangerous register.Henry blinked in surprise, taking a slow step back from the sudden hostility.Silvan ignored him, cradling his mother's head against his chest and waiting for her eyes to flutter open.S
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Chapter: 11 - FACADE II"I just got my grandson back after ten years of mourning, Henry.""I am not sending him to another continent to live with strangers.""It wouldn't be forever, Father," Henry countered smoothly, pouring himself more tea."Just a year or two, until he regains his footing and learns what it truly means to be a Laurent.""We must put his mental health above our own selfish desire to keep him close."Silvan decided to tip the scales, intentionally feeding Henry’s false sense of superiority."Would I have to go to the mountains alone?" Silvan asked, pitching his voice to sound small and frightened.Henry turned to him, his charming smile widening by a fraction of an inch."Of course not, Silvan.""I would personally fly out to visit you every single month to check on your progress.""You would have the best care money can buy, and nobody would ever force you to do anything you didn't want to do."Silvan forced his eyes to well up slightly, staring at his uncle with manufactured, pathetic gr
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Chapter: 10 - FACADE IZane Mercer wheeled Charles Laurent into the sunlit dining room just as Henry finished pouring a second cup of tea.Charles looked slightly stronger this morning, wearing a tailored navy smoking jacket over his frail shoulders.Henry immediately stood up from his chair, rushing over to help position the wheelchair at the head of the long mahogany table."I have him, Henry," Zane murmured, smoothly locking the wheels into place on the polished hardwood floor.Henry backed away with a gracious, welcoming smile, returning to his seat directly across from Silvan.Charles ignored his younger son entirely, his cloudy eyes fixing immediately on Silvan with a look of desperate, unwavering reverence."Did you sleep well, my boy?" Charles asked, his voice trembling with a mixture of joy and lingering disbelief.Silvan stared down at his untouched plate of eggs and toast, letting his shoulders slump to project a sense of overwhelming fatigue."I think so," Silvan muttered, keeping his voice quie
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Chapter: 9 - DNA IIIHe walked toward the massive en-suite bathroom, turning on the brass faucet to splash freezing water onto his face.He stared at his reflection in the gilded mirror, wiping the water from his chin.The bruises from the Cross estate were already starting to fade into dull yellow marks.He found a fresh set of clothes laid out neatly on a velvet armchair near the wardrobe.The dark, tailored dress shirt and charcoal slacks fit him perfectly, a massive upgrade from his faded prison jacket.He slipped his cheap silver pendant over his head, letting the cold metal rest against his chest as a reminder of what he survived.He opened the bedroom door, stepping out into the quiet, expansive hallway.Zane Mercer was waiting a few yards down the corridor, holding a silver tray with a steaming pot of coffee.The old servant turned, offering a polite, deeply respectful nod."Good morning, Silvan," Zane said, setting the tray down on a small mahogany side table."I see Dr. Aris already left.""I to
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Chapter: 11 - WAEFARE IIThree more rats squeezed through the opening and landed heavily on the floor, their yellow teeth snapping as they coordinated an attack from multiple angles.Bastian gripped his knife tightly, knowing the thin culinary instrument was never designed for this kind of brutal and sustained combat.He watched the three rodents spread out to encircle him, their red eyes glowing in the dim light of the dining room as they prepared to rush his position.Just as the trio of mutated creatures coiled their muscles to launch themselves at his legs, a familiar and bright blue digital screen flashed directly across his field of vision.The translucent interface flooded his eyes with sudden light, momentarily blinding him to the dark shapes scurrying across the checkered floor.[LEVEL UP,] the system announced in bold white letters that seemed to pulse in perfect time with his racing heartbeat.Bastian barely had time to process the surprising notification before the screen shifted and displayed a s
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Chapter: 10 - WARFARE IThe three mutated rats sailed through the air with their jagged teeth exposed, and Bastian knew his broken table leg would never swing fast enough to swat them all away.He dropped the wooden club and let his culinary instincts take over, his left hand blindly reaching backward for the nearby prep cart.His fingers frantically wrapped around a large aerosol can of industrial cooking spray just as his right hand fished a cheap plastic lighter out of his messy apron pocket."Get down on the floor and cover your faces right now!" he roared over his shoulder while flicking the small wheel of the lighter with his sweaty thumb."What are you doing with that?" Marcus yelled back, though he wisely grabbed Leo by the shirt and dragged the younger man down behind an overturned booth.A tiny orange flame sparked to life in Bastian's hand, and he immediately pressed down hard on the aerosol nozzle to spray the pressurized oil directly through the fire.A massive jet of bright orange flames erupte
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Chapter: 9 - BREACHBastian ran to the opposite wall and grabbed the last intact wooden booth, pushing it forward as fast as his burning muscles would allow.The magical energy in his blood was incredible, but he could feel a deep and underlying exhaustion threatening to break through his adrenaline rush."They are crossing the street!" Leo shrieked while pointing a trembling finger at the dark mass of bodies swarming over the abandoned cars outside.The rats looked even more horrifying up close, their jagged yellow teeth snapping at the air as they followed the delicious scent of the cooked meat.Bastian shoved the final booth into place, trapping the refrigerator between the heavy wooden structures and effectively sealing the front of the restaurant."Stack anything you can find behind the booths to reinforce the weight," Bastian ordered while grabbing a broken table leg to use as a makeshift club.Marcus threw the heavy cash register onto the pile of chairs, and Leo tossed several thick bags of garbag
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Chapter: 8 - BARRICADEThe digital warning faded into the dim air just as Bastian sprinted out of the kitchen and rushed toward the shattered front windows of the diner.He ignored the bloody hellhound carcass resting on the tiles and leaned over the broken counter to get a clear view of the ruined street outside.The late afternoon shadows stretched long across the cracked asphalt, but the eerie silence that usually followed a monster attack was already gone.A low and sickening scratching noise echoed from the far end of the block, accompanied by a chorus of high-pitched squeaks that made his skin crawl."What are you looking at out there?" Marcus asked as he limped into the dining room while keeping his heavy iron pipe raised.Bastian did not answer right away because he was too busy watching a massive wave of dark shapes pour out from a nearby subway entrance.Dozens of feral rats the size of large stray cats spilled onto the street, their mutated bodies covered in patchy gray fur and thick bleeding sor
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Chapter: 7 - EARNING THE BUFFThe savory flavors explode across his tongue, sending a sudden rush of warmth down his throat even as his vision begins to grow dark around the edges.Bastian swallows the large bite of food, and a sudden jolt of electricity courses through his veins like a runaway freight train.[STAMINA BUFF ACQUIRED,] the system text flashes brightly across his vision while the rabid man continues to thrash blindly against him.The heavy exhaustion that had been weighing him down vanishes instantly, replaced by a massive surge of raw energy that makes his muscles feel incredibly dense.The sharp pain in his battered ribs fades away into a dull ache, and his vision clears up with a vibrant focus that he has never experienced before.He looks at the corrupted survivor pinning him to the wall, and the man's previously overwhelming strength suddenly feels like the weak grip of a small child.Bastian reaches up and easily peels the man's filthy fingers away from his throat, taking a deep breath of air n
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Chapter: 6 - DESPERATE BRAWLThe soot-covered hand clamps around Bastian's wrist with a crushing grip that immediately forces a sharp gasp of pain from his aching lungs.Bastian tries to yank his arm back toward his chest, but the intruder holds on with an unnatural strength that defies his starving and frail appearance.The stranger vaults over the front counter with jerky and uncoordinated movements, his torn clothes reeking of old smoke and fresh blood.Marcus raises his heavy pipe with a shouted warning, but the intruder ignores him and focuses solely on the glowing plate of food resting on the prep table.Bastian gets a clear look at the man's face, and his stomach drops when he sees pitch-black eyes devoid of any human reason or sanity.Thick strings of dark saliva drip from the stranger's snarling lips, splattering against the clean white porcelain holding the freshly cooked boar steak."Get your filthy hands off my dinner!" Bastian yells as he twists his wrist hard to break the corrupted survivor's iron g
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