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- 101 Republican-Era China: From Ruthless Bandit to King of Assassins 民国之从悍匪到杀手之王 This book is complete, so feel free to dive in. The author's new book, A Republic-Era Diviner Who Sends the Japanese Devils to Their Graves: I'm a Professional, is also available. Come check it out! In a bandit stronghold in the three northeastern provinces, the bandit king Wang Laoliu, known as the Iron King of Hell, starts out as a notorious outlaw who robs Japanese devils. He fights his way across half of China and gradually rises to become the King of Nanyang. Unlike traditional War of Resis 20.3kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 102 Espionage: I Pose as a Japanese Officer in Enemy-Occupied Territory 谍战：我在敌占区扮演鬼子军官 [This novel has a System, with no more than ten uses] [Large cast] [Espionage + business warfare + nation-stealing] The novel has three volumes: [The Mainland Arc] Mainly follows the protagonist's rise and development. [Siam Arc] Portrays the Japanese military in the later stages of the war from Siam's perspective. [Japan Arc] Begins at Chapter 648 and mainly focuses on postwar Japan. Many readers consider this part the highlight. Lin Zhiyuan is Hengdian's best-known actor for playing Japanese 133.9kReads8.7Score17.2k14d adds
- 103 My Soul Traveled to 1903 Republican China 魂穿民国1903 Transmigration, a pocket dimension, resistance against Japan. After transmigrating as Zhang Damao, he uses his pocket dimension to seize weapons, raid Japanese banks, stockpile food, and train soldiers, all to wipe out more Japanese invaders during the War of Resistance. 15.7kReads7.7Score1.1k14d adds
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Espionage: The Top Leader of the Eight Generals of the Military Statistics Bureau 谍战，军统八大金刚之首
[A fresh espionage thriller + quantum espionage + science fiction + elite field skills + master of sabotage + making the Japanese cry] 1943, the darkest days of the War of Resistance. Chu Hongfei, head of the Special Operations Division at the Shanghai Station of the Military Statistics Bureau, appears to be one of its agents. In truth, he is a Communist underground operative codenamed “Nightingale.” ...On a mission... ...Welcome to the quantum world... Chu Hongfei was completely bewildered. Whe
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The Spy Blade: 1933 谍刃1933
No transmigration + no System + no heroine + slow pace + strives to stay close to historical fact Li Mo, an orphan from a Shanghai lane, is taken to the Northeast by a guide working for the Communist Party and becomes a policeman in the puppet state of Manchukuo. Through a twist of fate, he earns the favor of senior Kwantung Army officers. Relying on his own abilities, he rises step by step from a low-ranking policeman in the puppet Manchukuo government to deputy director of the police departmen
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I'm Supposed to Be a Spy, but Everyone Thinks I'm the God of Wealth 明明是卧底，活成别人眼中的财神
Traditional spy thriller + no System + no pocket dimension + no transmigration or rebirth (if you don’t like that, don’t read) [I’ve seen quite a few comments lately pointing out typos and missing words. I’m truly sorry. I wrote the whole thing by hand, and even though I checked it in the backend before uploading, some errors were unavoidable. Also, completed novels can’t be edited, so it’s not that I’m deliberately refusing to fix them. If you enjoy the story, please bear with it. May you get p
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- 107 Nameless in the Spy World 谍海无名 No one knows your name, but your deeds will endure forever. The artillery strikes on Beidaying, the fall of the Northeast, the puppet state of Manchukuo at the mercy of its masters, and thirty million compatriots enduring the suffering of a conquered people. Faced with a cataclysmic upheaval, Chi Yanzhou chooses to sacrifice himself for his country, infiltrating enemy territory to fight to the death amid conspiracies, schemes, and traps! He walks the cliff's edge beneath the enemy's guns, kindli 21.2kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
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Espionage: Cultivating with the Female Commander from the Start? 谍战：开局和女长官修炼？
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Espionage: I'm a Shanghai Scion, Codenamed Porter 谍战：我，沪上大少，代号搬运工
In Shanghai, occupied by the invaders, there is a prominent and illustrious family: the Lin family of Shanghai. The eldest brother, Lin Zhenbang, is the military command's finance chief in Shanghai, codename: God of Wealth. His true identity is a secret underground intelligence agent, codename: Cedar. The second brother, Lin Duhan, is chief of the military command's operations division in Shanghai, codename: Killer. The eldest sister, Lin Hanyue, is chief of intelligence at the Shanghai station
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Gu Yizhong Is Reborn Before the Events of The Lone Boat 顾易中重生在孤舟剧情之前
Gu Yizhong is reborn in 1936. The original A Lone Boat begins in June 1941, but this story starts with his rescue of Lin Shujuan in Hong Kong in early 1939. Since the timeline has changed dramatically, much of the plot will have to be newly created. Your support is greatly appreciated. To make the story’s progression as plausible as possible, feel free to share your theories about what happens next in the discussion area, preferably with sound reasoning. I hope to work together with fellow fans
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Espionage: A Silent Struggle 谍战：一场无声的斗争
An ordinary aspiring writer unexpectedly finds himself in Republican-era China. Using his strengths, amid internal strife and foreign threats, he resolutely chooses a path of discretion, efficiency, and long-term undercover work for his people and his country.
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- 112 Reborn Impostor 重生伪装者 With exceptional skills and an outlook far ahead of his time, Liu Zhenhua serves his country under several layers of assumed identities. He gives everything he has for his 455 million countrymen. If I must die on the battlefield for my country, why should I care whether my body is brought home in a horsehide shroud? 460Reads7.4Score6514d adds
- 113 Espionage Codename: The Widow 谍战代号：未亡人 No transmigration, no System, no rebirth. Over 1,200 chapters in, I feel like I should look back and add a few words. Hardcore espionage. An experienced reader called it a dark fairy tale, and I think that's a pretty good summary. Is it a wish-fulfillment novel? Absolutely not. With this setting and this story, there's no way to make it fictional, indulge in fantasy, or turn it into feel-good wish fulfillment. All it can offer is desperate last-minute rescues, extreme reversals, and narrowly esc 11.7kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
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Shadows of Espionage 谍影重重
Bao Dazhuang transmigrates to the wealthy Guan family in Yulan City during the War of Resistance Against Japan, becoming a repulsive-looking Republican-era live-in son-in-law whom everyone despises. He works as a translator for the military police, handling nothing more than routine documents. It is only after becoming a real spy that Bao Dazhuang realizes this is nothing like the spy films of his previous life. At best, he is a mediocre agent. Yet his cowardly, selfish, and easygoing nature rep
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Anti-Japanese Special Forces 抗日特战队
To fight the Japanese, you need money, guns, territory, and real ability. Xu Jianfei has all of them. I truly admire the Japanese. How did they manage to last eight years under Xu Jianfei? Let’s see how the Japanese got through those eight years.
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Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动
[Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on
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- 117 Espionage: A Fight to the Death 谍战：生死较量 In early 1928, Su Ziwu, the son of a wealthy family, is arrested and imprisoned by the Kuomintang's Special Operations Group, then secretly trained as an agent. During an operation to crack a secret Japanese spy organization, a Chinese Communist underground operative sacrifices herself to protect Su Ziwu's identity. Stunned by this revelation, Su Ziwu makes an even greater discovery: the "Thousand Faces" instructor who has been training him in the Kuomintang unit is also a member of the Chinese 4.1kReads9.2Score47814d adds
- 118 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: The Spy Enters the Game 穿越民国：谍影入局 Transmigration to the Republic of China era + resistance-war espionage + multiple identities + spies within spies + mutual devotion (Main story complete, bonus chapters in progress) One day, Lin Ruotang suddenly transmigrated to the Republic of China era. She wasn’t a young lady from a wealthy family, a concubine, or a schoolgirl. She was a refugee who had nearly starved to death. She had barely transmigrated before she was on the brink of starvation. Luckily, a kind stranger gave her a sesame f 23.5kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds
- 119 A Wind of Cranes and the Rustle of Grass 风声鹤唳 A cuckoo cannot build its own nest. It can only take over the nests of other birds. What Feng Chen took over was not a nest, but someone else’s identity and name. Even the Military Statistics Bureau’s confidential files in Section Eight contained no photograph of him, only a codename known to no one: Red Cuckoo. A top Kuomintang agent, Feng Chen was ordered to infiltrate the Shanghai underground Communist Party to obtain the list of Communist agents embedded in the Military Statistics Bureau’s u 1.4kReads9.3Score17114d adds
- 120 Republican-Era Spy War 民国谍战 "Need to move people or cargo? I'll fix up a manure cart for you. Short on medicine? The military police hospital is ready to help. Food? Got it! Guns and ammunition? Got them! A tank? Come on, are you kidding me? The Republican era is full of remarkable people, and the righteous lead the way. Watch Lu Xiao turn the tide and show what a true hero is made of." 1.6kReads9.0Score15914d adds
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The Women's Bomb Squad: A Glorious Mission 女子炸弹部队之光荣使命
A fan-written continuation of The Women’s Bomb Squad (Iron Blood/Operation Hero), starring an old-school power couple. I’m leading the charge in shipping them! The story begins when bomb squad sniper Leng Yue sets out to carry out the Military Statistics Bureau’s “Bee Plan.” It follows underground Party members Liu Cheng and Xue Min as they lead their team through bloody battles in the War of Resistance against Japan and the Chinese Civil War. This is a legend forged in the flames of war, a tale
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Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔
Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting.
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Ghost Tea 鬼茶
While cleaning the study, Xiaomei, a waitress, accidentally discovered a hidden crack behind the vanity mirror. She pressed her ear to it and heard faint breathing from the other side. That night, she used tidying up the storeroom as an excuse to sneak back into the bathroom. Through the crack, she saw that the other side was a one-way mirror, facing straight into She Qing’s bathroom. In the darkness behind the mirror, a pair of cloudy eyes suddenly opened and met hers.
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The Snow Wolf’s Mission 2: Wolf Knight 雪狼的使命2之狼侠
The snow wolf is a beast of the wolf family that lives in cold, snowbound lands. It stands for abundant vitality and untamed wildness, a free and independent nature, an unyielding spirit that never surrenders, courage in battle, willpower, dignity, and teamwork. The Snow Wolf Squad was once a civilian resistance group that fought across the Wuhan theater. After joining the Communist Party of China, its members took part in an operation in which their captain and the snow wolf perished in the art
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Counterespionage Storm 反谍风云
About the Story: A spy case threatens China. Luan Jianglong and Si Hongmei lead their team through the investigation, uncovering one clue after another as the case grows ever more complex. But the ending is completely unexpected...
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- 126 Shadows of Espionage: Operation Rat Hunt 谍影重袭：猎鼠行动 This is the second espionage novel following Shadow in the Clouds. It is about a “mole's nest” that has infiltrated the upper ranks of the Ministry of State Security, and the series of life-and-death struggles between Luan Jianglong, Zhou Yutong, and the “mole's nest”… 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Sand of Theseus 忒修斯之砂 The Sand of Theseus is a post-apocalyptic allegory blending sci-fi suspense with philosophical speculation. While investigating a series of severed-finger murders, Detective Lin Xia accidentally uncovers her father’s legacy: a quantum utopia project. The entire city is actually a virtual cage imprisoning human consciousness, and every case is a cruel enactment of the System’s self-checking procedure. When she discovers that her memories have been altered and her body pieced together from forty-t —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Night Shanghai: Making My Name on the Bund 夜上海之扬威上海滩
Lin Ge and Bai Wei transmigrate into the TV series Shanghai Bund, arriving in 1930s Shanghai. They clash fiercely with the Japanese and throw themselves into the nationwide resistance, helping launch the 1932 Battle of Shanghai.
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- 129 The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元：金星之路 An ancient alien spacecraft is discovered in a crater on Venus. The mysterious X Organization plots to seize the planet, while Factory 18 wants to use Venus as a dumping ground for waste. Yet atop the clouds of Venus stands an airship academy called Cloudtop Academy, a hallowed school dreamed of by students across the solar system. At last, traveling from Mars to Venus, they witness the planet's land and oceans. 62Reads—Score—14d adds
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Red Countdown: Shanghai Spy Games, 1932 红色倒计时：上海谍影1932
[Decisive protagonist] [Thrilling spy story] [Multiple heroines] In all of Shanghai, there are only two kinds of Japanese spies: the ones Qin Zichen has killed, and the ones he's planning to sleep with before killing. When he raised his smoking gun barrel on the Bund, every Japanese person in the International Settlement wet their pants!
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Dreaming of the Pearl River 梦回珠江
This work is based on the revolutionary history of the Guangdong Army. Its characters and relationships were inspired by stories passed down by word of mouth among the elders. It tells of soldiers’ choices between their country and their love during the revolutionary era…
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- 132 Yangcheng 飏城 This is just one of countless stories from the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression: sacrifice, passion, fear, and moving moments fill every cell. In this era, even love seems to have been reduced to waiting... 60Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Laizhou Stone Array 莱州石阵
On the eve of liberation, the Jiaodong Peninsula lies under dark, stormy skies. A deadly struggle between the underground Communist Party and the Bureau of Secrecy quietly unfolds: some operatives have spent years undercover, hiding their true selves; danger lurks at every turn in the dead of night; and every clash of wits is a matter of life and death. These anonymous fighters, each known by a codename beginning with “Stone,” carry the torch of their faith and eventually find the dawn in the da
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Shadows on the Jianghu 江湖谍影
A traditional spy thriller, with no transmigration and no golden finger for the protagonist. Please don't flame me if that's not your thing. A legendary espionage tale set during the War of Resistance, starring Du Yunfan, a Shanghai street punk, and Shen Peiyao, a Communist agent. After an accident draws Du Yunfan into a deadly clash between the Military Statistics Bureau and Japanese spies, he is forced to pose as Shen Peiyao's husband. Little does he know she is the childhood sweetheart he los
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Sunset on the Yellow River 黄河落日
Sunset over the Yellow River is a work set against the 1938 Huayuankou Incident. The story unfolds against a backdrop of warfare and follows two love stories experienced by a woman who cannot speak...
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- 136 Chronicles of the Netherworld 幽冥记 Set against the backdrop of Song dynasty mythology, the story begins with a journey through the underworld and unfolds through a series of characters and tales. As the Buddha says, “Goodness is the root of all things,” and so loyalty and filial piety are the foundations of being human. Holding on to a single good thought is the righteous path of this world. The Buddha also says, “Desire is the source of resentment in the human heart.” Love can fill the heart with the joy of blooming flowers, but 85Reads—Score10014d adds
- 137 The Yama Mountains 雅玛山脉 The Yama Mountains lie on the plateau, far from the bustle of the cities, amid cold and desolate surroundings. Herdsmen have lived here for generations, and their peaceful, quiet lives are suddenly shattered one day when a group of strangers enters the area… 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Wild Pansy 山堇花 Lin Meng escaped the great bombing of Wuhan, only to be kidnapped and sold to a wealthy household in the countryside as the bride of an idiot. Her life was full of misfortune, yet she found a different kind of happiness... 48Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Wildflowers of the Battlefield Bloom All the Brighter 战地黄花分外香
Don’t judge it by the rating alone! The story runs from the April 12 counterrevolutionary massacre in the Republic of China era to the founding of New China! The male lead lives three lives in one. He’ll take you into the tangled world of the Republic of China: is he a “nail” planted by the Communist Party, a “poison fang” of the Kuomintang, or an elite agent of Japan’s Tokko? How can he survive between three shifting powers and turn one victory into another? Watch Guo Heyu in action! This work
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Espionage: From Agent to Japanese Aristocrat 谍战：从特工到鬼子贵族
“Who am I? …Chen Lin? …Or Konoe Ichiro? …Chinese? Or Japanese?…” “You are Konoe Ichiro, heir to Japan’s Konoe family, one of the Five Regent Houses, and Konoe Fumimaro’s eldest grandson. You are Japanese!!!” “That’s right, I’m Konoe Ichiro… Konoe Ichiro… I am Konoe Ichiro… I’m Japanese… Then who are you?” “Me? My name is Chen Lin! I’m Chinese… Chen Lin!”
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No One Knows Your Name 你的名字无人知晓
This is a “book of darkness” for hardcore fans of historical spy fiction. If you’re hoping for someone to transmigrate or be reborn, or for a System that gives them cheat-like powers... there’s still time to leave. But if you long to sink into the real, filthy quagmire of espionage from 1930 to 1949, rife with conspiracies, schemes, and betrayal, and to witness with your own eyes how an ordinary man is forged by the Soviet NKVD into a nameless phantom, shaping the course of war from the shadows
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Undercover in the Shadows 潜伏暗渡
Yu Zecheng is coerced by Wu and trapped in an isolated stronghold under the shadow of the White Terror. Wan∽ sheds her timid facade and legally enters the island as a manager for Hong Kong’s Mu family, making a perilous contact with Yu Zecheng. Acting on orders, they pose as husband and wife to carry out their undercover mission. In Taipei, surrounded by secret agents and caught in factional strife, the pair use the bustle of everyday life as cover to pass on intelligence in secret. From awkward
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Undercurrent: Special Task Group Five 暗潮：五号特工组
Starring Liu Lin, Wang Likun, Gao Lu, and others. A fan novel based on the TV series Five-Man Secret Service, written to give Li and Ouyang's romance a proper ending. A struggle against spy organizations, Ouyang Jianping and Li Zhibo, Ma and Gao's romance, and everyday life. The main story takes place in Shanghai and the surrounding occupied areas, from the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937 to the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Ouyang Jianping, a lieutenant colonel in the Na
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I Can Rewind Five Minutes, and I Became a Spy-Killing Demon 回档五分钟，我成了谍战杀神
I rewound five minutes, crawled back from hell, and became Second Young Master Zhang, a spoiled heir in Shancheng. The Japanese have my father’s command post surrounded by a massive force. I’ll save him! The Special Higher Police have sprung a deadly four-stage trap. I’ll break it! I came back to life to kill the Japanese and root out the collaborators! A tactical pen with a triangular blade, stained with blood and deadly at the throat, lets me steal other people’s skills. A pair of blood-red do
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From the Pile of Corpses, I Carve a Path Through Nanjing with a Bayonet 开局死人堆，一把刺刀杀穿南京城
Transmigrated to the hell of Nanjing in 1937, Muye has no System and no support. What he does have is a mastery of urban warfare eighty years ahead of its time! [Environmental Scan] Ruins = prime hunting grounds; sewers = rapid assault routes. [Improvised Gear] Japanese ration tins and pull rings = instant-trigger tripwire bombs; flour and wood ash = anti-tank smoke screens. [Tactical Overmatch] Three-man squads versus reckless mass charges; CQB indoors versus bayonet combat. Watching the massac
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- 146 Espionage: From the Start, I Dissected a Live Informant, Then Sewed the Intel Back Up in Tears 谍战：开局解剖上线含泪缝合情报 In 1939, at 76 Jisifeier Road in Shanghai, a den of horrors loomed. Here, human life was worthless, and secrets cost more than gold. Lin Jiu transmigrated into this world and became a reviled “special cleaner” (mortician/forensic examiner) in the General Affairs Office of 76. He spent his days among corpses, his clothes permanently steeped in the smell of formalin. To the secret agents, he was a walking omen of bad luck; to the society ladies, a rat from the gutter to be avoided at all costs. Ye —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 I Was Supposed to Go Undercover, So Why Did You Turn Death Row Into a Safe House? 说好去潜伏，你把死牢变安全屋 From the start, a torture chamber. The captured underground operative was covered in wounds, but clenched his teeth and said nothing. Section Chief Wu pulled out a red-hot branding iron, ready to force a confession. Xiao Lin walked in with a teacup and kicked the brazier aside. “Section Chief Wu, the man’s wearing a Swiss Rolex. If you ruin it, are you going to pay for it? Let me see if I can squeeze some money out of him.” He picked up an abacus, sat down in front of the prisoner, and began rat 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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