Recommend Straightforward Horror Novels. No Turning Them into Mystery-Deduction Dramas 求推恐怖小说直来直去的，不要搞得跟悬疑推理剧

1. 1 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 1.6kReads8.9Score149Shelves

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   😱😱😱It's really scary, don't try it if you are timid.

2. 2 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.7Score196Shelves
3. 3 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 816Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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   It's not that scary. I didn't dare to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. If I had known better, I would have watched it during the day.

4. 4 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 2.8kReads9.1Score188Shelves
5. 5 猫 Master Cat Led Me Down a One-Way Road 猫师父领我走上不归路 February and August二五八月Mystery313k WordsOngoing The Tiangang Big Dipper Formation had been split in two. Jiang Ran and Sister Hua seized the chance to hurry to the “Tianshu” position and join Jiang Changqing and Liao Songwei. Before the four of them could work together, the zombie at the “Tianquan” position, which had just been immobilized, suddenly surged with ghostly power, forcing out all nine Soul-Seizing Nails Sister Hua had driven into it… Human-skin skull drums / Onmyoji from Fusang / Qimen Dunjia from Nanzhang / Straw-man substitution 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Straightforward unit essay

6. 6 厉 Strange Tales from the Deep Mountains: When Vengeful Ghosts Roam, the Whole Village Dies 【深山诡事】厉鬼横行全村都得死 An Old Lamp一盏老灯Mystery550k WordsOngoing Chen Ergou holds a stalk of grass and gently pokes at the paper money still smoldering in front of him. Behind him, a dense crowd of “people” from the village and beyond stands packed together... Hanwa, his belly slit open and his tongue hanging down to his chest; Sufen, naked, with raw flesh exposed; the Fat Taoist, whose limbs and head are covered with tightly packed stitches at the joints; Tian Da, his body stiff, a walking stick jutting from his wide-open mouth; Xiao Zhao, pale-faced and dri 101Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   It's the half of July of another year, the Ghost Festival, the day when the gates of hell are wide open. The full moon in the sky casts bright moonlight, illuminating the big stone by the river. On the stone, Chen Ergou held a straw stick in his hand and was gently playing with the unburned paper money in front of him. Behind him, there were already people from the village and outside the village... The silly boy with his belly disemboweled and his tongue hanging out, Su Fen who was naked and with red flesh turned out, the fat Taoist priest with dense sutures on the seams of his limbs and head, Tian Da with a stiff body and a cane sticking out of his wide-open mouth, Xiao Zhao with a pale face and dripping wet body, Shi Dazhi holding a head full of lust... The "people" on the big rocks are vague, and the faces under each head are familiar to Chen Ergou. Now, they are all staring at the pile of paper money in front of Chen Ergou that is about to burn...

7. 7 笑 The Laughing Underworld Chronicles 笑冥录 Wooden Fish by the Abyss临渊木鱼Fantastical Romance183k WordsOngoing “If an almanac could turn you into a ghost right on schedule, but the price was wearing a dead person’s clothes once a day, would you use it?” Top-voted answer (by the poster “Lord Wuchang Has No More Years of Life Today”): “Thanks for the invite. I’m in the underworld, just got off the night shift.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   When Lin Mo cut open the black courier with a utility knife, sticky liquid dripped down the tip of the knife - it was not ink, but blood. "‌‌12 "The writing on the note squirmed in the moonlight, reorganizing into one line like a living creature: 'Seven days. The whole family. Death suddenly. '"‌‌34 "The phone screen suddenly lit up, displaying a text message from Unknown: 'The game begins, dear player No. 13.'

8. 8 殷 Deep Crimson 殷红深处 Brother Feng Isn't Cold锋哥不高冷Mystery170k WordsCompleted Heartbreak, angst, an unstoppable protagonist, thrilling action, suspense, shocking horror, laugh-out-loud comedy, sweet romance, and a villain born into the world... This book has everything you could want, no matter who you are. Every glance is precious, and once you start reading, you won’t be able to say a word. Dive in! That’s all there is to it! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In addition to going straight, you might as well do some twists and turns [shy][asking for attention]

9. 9 7 Bureau 747: The Paranormal Incident Investigation Unit 747局之妖怪事件处理科 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Urban770k WordsCompleted Do you really know the colleagues around you? What about your classmates and family? The person you've lived with for years, the one you know best, might not even be human! In this world, humans and demons coexist. Demons can live among you in all sorts of ways. “They” might be the man selling jianbing on the street, or they might be your boss! If a top special forces soldier hadn't awakened his family's bloodline in a panic while carrying out a highly classified special mission, and then joined 530Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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   Do you really know your relatives and friends around you? Maybe, they are not human at all, maybe they are demons! If a special soldier had not participated in a highly confidential mission, all this would not have been known to the world...

10. 10 体 The Ghost King Is Sealed Inside Me, Yet I’m a Good-for-Nothing 体内封印鬼王，我却是个废柴 Qu Shen去甚Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A rainy night in a cemetery, a man-eating black cat, a man searching for his late daughter, a school guard hanged on the stairs, a wedding coffin sealed with red paper, a grotesque face hiding in a mirror... What secrets lie behind it all? What other mysterious events will Wang Shier, the gravekeeper, have to face? As terror and dread slowly close in, those secrets seem to be steering his fate. (The stories in this book are all adapted from real events. If anything sounds familiar, it is pure co 15Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    These are some scary books, they are neither new nor brainless. These books are all extremely scary, and I feel they are already at the top of the horror genre. The first book has become quite popular recently, and its overall style is quite attractive. I have read the rest of the books before, so you can buy them, brothers.

11. 11 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 27kReads9.5Score4kShelves
12. 12 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 73.3kReads9.3Score10.5kShelves
13. 13 1 The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车 Old Eighty老八零Mystery813k WordsCompleted I'm the driver of the last bus on Route 13. Every night at eleven, I have to make a run to the suburbs. This book is addictive, so don't blame me if you can't put it down! In this novel, even the sharp-tongued readers who always guess the plot right will find themselves repeatedly proven wrong. You might find yourself asking, “What's going on? What's going on?” Don't doubt your sanity. Just keep reading. A story that keeps you on edge, here to save readers suffering from a reading drought! 19.1kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
14. 14 狐 The Fox Child 狐娃 Gan Zhen甘臻Mystery295k WordsCompleted There are nine paths of demons, and foxes have nine forms. The Demon Realm sets deadly traps, while the fox immortals counter them and capture demons. A battle of wits and courage, with every move tightly linked and surprises at every turn. Fox Wa is fox, human, and immortal all at once, cursed with misfortune and a life of narrow escapes. "I was born to save the world!" Tempered through countless trials, he raises the Sword of Bodhidharma, upholds justice across the land, and climbs straight to 2Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    This one is so good that I can't put it down after watching it!

15. 15 雇 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 Zahari扎哈里Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 68Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book can be said to be a combination of horror and warmth. It is worth reading. I often forget to eat and sleep. The logic is clear and the writing is clean and neat, without procrastination or ink stains.

16. 16 我 I'm a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我在凶宅当试睡员 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted I worked for a real estate company, but later I was transferred to another department. I never expected to encounter something terrifying on my very first day... 7.3kReads8.8Score807Shelves

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    Horror, horror!

17. 17 恐 The Terrifying Asylum 恐怖疯人院 Little Old Steed小老骥Mystery151k WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural fiction] + [Traditional mystery] + [Twists] + [Deduction] A tribute to The Last Bus on Route 13. My girlfriend, Tian Wenjing, was an intern doctor at a psychiatric hospital, but she died mysteriously while working there. To investigate what happened, I somehow ended up at the same hospital. After experiencing all kinds of bizarre events, I discovered a tremendous conspiracy lurking behind it. And somehow, this conspiracy was closely connected to me... 514Reads8.0Score—Shelves
18. 18 致 The Deadly Delivery 致命快递 I Only Understood After the Ending结局后才明白Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted No one is born evil. Good people are simply corrupted. A strange, empty package that appeared out of nowhere completely changed the life of courier Ji Wen. As the Special Cases Task Force begins investigating, one bizarre incident after another follows: a recipient who has been dead for a week personally signs for a delivery; a beautiful young woman begs for help finding the person who killed her; a body that was already buried knocks on a door in the middle of the night and murders someone. Ar 1.2kReads7.2Score—Shelves
19. 19 鬼 Tales of the Supernatural: My Eyes Can See Ghosts 鬼怪奇谈：我的双眼能看见鬼 Li Mi李米Mystery227k WordsCompleted [Horror]+ [Comedy]+ [Supernatural] You might not believe this, but after a car accident restored my sight, I discovered I could see ghosts! Every morning when I open my eyes, I see a ghost with a pale face, long hair trailing on the floor, and maggots crawling all over her, with no eye sockets at all. When I go to the bathroom to wash up and look in the mirror, a ghostly face with deathly pale skin and a gaping, blood-red mouth suddenly appears behind me. In class, I can see a male ghost floatin 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    As someone who has read countless horror novels, this one really stood out to me! There are no forced horror elements, but the description of the scene is realistic, quite philosophical, and you can even cry while watching it! Warmth and fear are essential

20. 20 保 A Security Guard’s Guide to Survival 保安求生之路 Just an Ordinary Guy挺普通一小子Mystery781k WordsOngoing After a phone call and a nightmare, the ordinary life of Qin Yun, a lowly security guard, is turned upside down. He encounters one bizarre event after another, unsure whether the people around him can be trusted or the things beside him are safe. As dreams and reality intertwine, he searches through the unknown for a way to survive. 78Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Extremely straight

21. 21 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.0Score133Shelves

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    Horror in the Village, a very interesting horror thriller, dark and heavy!!! I strongly recommend it!!!

22. 22 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.4kReads9.1Score275Shelves
23. 23 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 7.8kReads9.0Score255Shelves
24. 24 夜 Ghost Sightings at the Nightclub 夜场见鬼录 Yu Long玉龙Mystery278k WordsCompleted A Long is a DJ at a bar with a legendary “Stage of Death.” Many people have died there under mysterious circumstances. The cause of death could never be determined, and some bodies were never even found! The strange incidents stopped only after the bar was shut down. As the legend of the deaths gradually faded from memory, someone opened the stage once more! After that, disaster struck again and again! A terrifying ghostly figure appears in the girls’ dormitory, a faceless baby clings to a chand 234Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    After reading the first story, my scalp went numb😭😭😱

25. 25 可 Terror in the Forbidden Zone of Hoh Xil 可可西里之禁地惊魂 My Name Is Liang Sheng我叫良生Mystery183k WordsCompleted The Hoh Xil region on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is as beautiful as it is cruel! A team of seven adventure enthusiasts will transmigrate into the mysterious, uninhabited region of Hoh Xil to explore it. Along the way, a series of bizarre, terrifying supernatural events unfold. Will they make it out of the wilderness? And yet... the ending turns out to be... utterly unimaginable... 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    These can be done

26. 26 铜 The Bronze Coffin Seals the Soul: The Yin Corpse 铜棺封魂·阴尸 My Name Is Liang Sheng我叫良生26k WordsCompleted The Bronze Coffin Seals the Soul: The Yin Corpse 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 冤 Possessed by a Vengeful Spirit: Who Peeled Off My Face? 冤魂附体·谁剥了我的脸皮？ My Name Is Liang Sheng我叫良生Mystery16k WordsCompleted Possessed by a Vengeful Ghost: Who Peeled Off My Face? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 守 The Eerie Portrait at the Wake 守灵夜的诡异遗像 My Name Is Liang Sheng我叫良生12k WordsCompleted The Eerie Portrait at the Wake 1Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 洞 The Corpse in the Cave Pool Can Kill 洞穴深潭里的尸体会杀人 My Name Is Liang Sheng我叫良生7k WordsCompleted The Corpse in the Cave Pool Can Kill 1Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 怨 The Haunted House of Resentment: A Bizarre Murder Case 怨气凶宅·诡异的凶杀案 My Name Is Liang Sheng我叫良生10k WordsCompleted The Haunted House of Resentful Spirits: A Bizarre Murder 7Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 绝 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 Cat Jiujiu猫九九Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted One day, a classmate who had been dead for a long time dragged everyone in our class into a bizarre QQ group and forced us to take part in a death vote. After I managed to escape the Desperate Classroom, one massive conspiracy after another unfolded. To survive, I sold my soul… 142Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    I've read countless horror stories and these really make my eyes light up.

32. 32 怪 Strange Tales Livestream 怪谈直播间 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted The sound of meat being chopped eerily echoes through a bun shop in the dead of night. The passengers on the last bus all have the same face. On a freezing, rainy night, someone wearing funeral clothes wanders the streets... The Strange Tales livestream takes you deep into the hidden side of this world! 16.4kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
33. 33 恐 The Horror Livestreamer 恐怖女主播 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted My name is Yuan Junyao, a name that doesn't suit me at all. I've had a chronic illness since birth, and I'm so hideously deformed that tumors started growing on my face when I was little. My father left me when I was just three months old. At fifteen, I was blamed for my mother's death. Only my grandmother raised me and my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me. But after an accident, I was offered up to a man who should never have crossed my path. To get revenge and see justice done, I 25.7kReads9.1Score3kShelves
34. 34 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 29.1kReads9.2Score3.7kShelves
35. 35 恐 The Terrifying Online Celebrity 恐怖女网红 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Ning Ruoyu is bullied and framed by the people closest to her. To stay alive, she has no choice but to catch ghosts for money. She never expected to become an online sensation with tens of millions of followers... I’ve started a new book and hope you’ll show it some love. Please recommend it and send me some diamonds. Don’t forget to tap “Follow”! During the new-book period, there will be one update a day until the story reaches 30,000 words, posted at noon. After that, there will be two updates 4kReads9.1Score464Shelves
36. 36 天 The Celestial Master’s Verdict 天师决 North Gate He Si北门何四Mystery773k WordsOngoing The living have their police, and the dead have their ghost officials. By a twist of fate, an old ghost who has lost all memories of his previous life joins the nation's paranormal affairs department and begins a journey of capturing ghosts and growing stronger. One battle after another awakens all of his memories. A thousand ghosts, a thousand forms; ghosts roaming the night; Xingluo's voodoo curses; Japanese shikigami; Western demons; rebels from the Underworld. One by one, a conspiracy target 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Asking for five-star praise

37. 37 地 The Nineteenth Level of Hell 地狱十九重 North Gate He Si北门何四Mystery256k WordsCompleted Eighteen years ago, four serial murders were committed using methods modeled on the punishments of the Eighteen Levels of Hell. Eighteen years later, a new series of murders imitating those same punishments appears. Nested mysteries, serial cases, murder swaps, and more keep emerging as the team investigates the killings. The case is finally solved, but not before drawing several of the protagonists into a tangled web of love and hatred. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 诡 Terror of the Strange Invasion 诡侵惊魂 Green Bean Who Loves Sleeping喜欢睡觉的豆角Mystery311k WordsOngoing After unexpectedly losing my job, I applied for a dorm supervisor position in a factory women’s dormitory. But I soon discovered that the girls there were acting strangely enthusiastic… Crying in the middle of the night, a bizarre dormitory, strange girls, a room that doesn’t exist. In the deepest recesses of memory, a surreal world lies hidden… —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 诡 A Haunted Night Without Sleep 诡夜难眠 Chichi for Chichi吱吱为吱吱Mystery122k WordsOngoing Supernatural, campus, innocent romance, horror. One day, out of the blue, I received a black card from my dad, who had been dead for three years... From then on, something deeply sinister happened every night. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I was so scared when I read this book in the middle of the night that I couldn't sleep! How horrible! The old lady with a face covered with sprouts! A human-headed monster with bleeding from its seven orifices! The evil old man who uses his own skin as a chess piece! There are too many, I really don't dare to read them.

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