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  1. 51 There Are Ghosts in These Words 话里有诡 Mystery88k WordsCompleted They say everyone has a few little secrets they can't bring themselves to talk about these days. But if you really want to hear something out of the ordinary, go find Old Bu. Old Bu runs a little tavern set inside an abandoned train carriage. From the day it opened, he laid down one rule: One interesting story in exchange for a night's worth of drinks. Sounds like a good deal, doesn't it? Too bad he doesn't give you much to drink, and the stories just keep getting stranger. An intelligent wristb 8Reads7.6Score—Shelves
  2. 52 The Midnight Gravekeeper 午夜守墓人 Mystery802k WordsCompleted A desolate mountain. An ancient tomb. A woman in white. A blood-red moon at midnight. A corpse monk on the move. I’m a high school senior. With the college entrance exam just around the corner, I suddenly came down with a fever that wouldn’t break and missed the test. After recovering at home for more than half a year, I found a job guarding the gate at a cemetery. Seeing how frail I was and how weak my yang energy was, Old Zhang, the gravedigger, found me a protector. But she wasn’t human. She 6.1kReads8.5Score324Shelves
  3. 53 Playing With the Mortal World, Paying Homage to Ghosts and Gods 戏红尘,拜鬼神 Mystery963k WordsOngoing ♦Deranged, erotic corpse fiction [Miaojiang-born eunuch opera performer] [Porcelain doll, Guanyin's face and a viper's heart] [Two protagonists, no CP and no female lead] [Everyone's here for a good time] [Folk horror] [Everyone is wicked] ♦The concise version [Opera Performer] is an actor who sings ghost operas and the head of an ancient clan. He's also a narcissist who believes in chastity above all and refuses to leave descendants. The ghost god worshipped by the performer is a porcelain doll 2.1kReads8.1Score422Shelves
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  4. 54 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 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, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves
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  5. 55 The True Immortal of the Ghostly Path: Making Paper Effigies in the Mortal Realm 诡道真仙:我在阳间扎纸人 Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing When Gu Ming opens his eyes, he finds himself lying on the door panel of a funeral hall. A ring of ghostly handprints encircles his wrist, impossible to wash off, and his palm is clenched around a “life-buying coin.” An old smoker from the Demon Suppression Bureau tells him, “You took the money, so now you have to give up your life. That’s the rule. You have three days.” In this world, imperial power has fallen into decline, and monsters and evil spirits run rampant. The living are more poisono 27Reads6.2Score138Shelves
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  6. 56 Wuniang's Cookbook 五娘食谱 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Deep in the neighborhoods of Chang'an, a light from a cooking fire always glows quietly at night. It belongs to Wu Niang's food stall. Sometimes it sits on a street corner; other times, it becomes an unremarkable little shop, as if carried along by the wind. She makes food so delicious that people can't stop thinking about it. She knows her true customers are not just people, but the desires and resentments churning within their hearts. Wherever greed burns brightest, wherever old grudges run de 131Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  7. 57 My Days as a Disciple of the Spirit Mediums 我当出马弟子的时光 Mystery47k WordsOngoing A true account of spirit-medium practices, giving you an authentic look at every little detail! Every story and every person in this book is based on real events! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
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  8. 58 Chronicles of Folk Customs 民俗编年史 Urban209k WordsOngoing Midnight. Train K138. After the old man scratched "Don't open your eyes. Don't make a sound. Don't breathe" into the window with his fingernail, his neck twisted 180 degrees, and he fell soundlessly to the floor. Shen Zhiwei, a graduate student in folklore, survived the train ride. In her backpack, she found a blue book that wrote its own rules: The Folklore Register. From a river god's temple on the banks of the Yellow River to a village of paper figures deep in western Hunan; from a ghost oper —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 59 The Myriad Phenomena Restoration Bureau 万象修复局 Mystery346k WordsOngoing [Urban Mystery + Folk Horror + Unusual Profession + Conceptual Restoration + Ensemble Cast + No System] When a city begins to forget “fire,” when the names of the dead appear on paper effigies, when streets vanish from the map overnight... Some things can be fixed when they break. But what if what's broken is a “concept” shared by all humanity? Shen Yan is an antique restorer and a member of the Bureau of Universal Restoration. He can restore the things this world is forgetting. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 60 The Old Woman Who Guards the Bridge West of the Village 村西守桥婆 7k WordsCompleted The Old Woman Who Guards the Bridge West of the Village —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 61 The Life of a Spirit Medium's Disciple 顶香出马弟子的人生 Urban87k WordsOngoing The life of a spirit-medium disciple, recounting how I established my altar and became a spirit medium, as well as how I took a Taoist priest as my master! Everything is based on real experiences and factual explanations, with no fantasy or cultivation elements whatsoever! 39Reads—Score—Shelves
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  12. 62 My Incense Spirit Can Communicate with the Gods 我的香灵能通神 Modern Romance218k WordsOngoing I can smell the “illness” in people. Anxiety smells sour, desire is cloying, and despair has the scent of rotting wood. But the fragrance clinging to my grandmother, the one keeping her asleep and unable to wake, is a cold sweetness. My name is Su Hezhen. I'm a hapless soul who runs a shabby incense shop and scrimps and saves to try to save my grandmother. Then one day, a man reeking of the “scent of the dead” collapsed at my door. Right after that, the authorities' Night Watchers kicked in my d —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  13. 63 The Crimson Soul 红妆魂 Ancient Romance254k WordsOngoing They imprisoned me and force-fed me medicine, all so the vengeful spirit of someone who died unjustly could “borrow my body to return to life.” After I struggled to survive, I learned that I was a “Pure Yin Body,” born as the only key capable of sealing an ancient demon, as well as the source of the calamity that would break its seal. The world feared me, and my family died because of me. In the end, I chose to have my soul scattered, sealing the Demon Abyss with my body forever. Three years l 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 64 I'm Just a Photographer, So Why Do I Keep Seeing Ghosts?! 我就是个摄影师,为什么总见鬼! Mystery296k WordsOngoing [Original Work, First Release] [Supernatural Horror] [Mystery and Puzzles] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Folk Supernatural Tales] [Light Transmigration] Photographer Lin Shen set off alone for an abandoned old house in the wilderness, hoping to capture a supernatural series that could turn his career around. But he never made it out of the ravine. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of another freelance photographer, He Xun. He made a living with a camera just the same, a 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  15. 65 Even the Heavenly Court Fears the Ghosts I Raise 我养的鬼连天庭都忌惮 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Overpowered protagonist] [Satisfying story] [The strongest Celestial Master] Twenty years ago, five-year-old Zhang Ze was taken away by a mysterious old man. When he returned, he brought a host of ghosts with him. He was the strongest Celestial Master, and the only living earthly immortal in the world today. “Zhang Ze, just how strong are you now?” When an elderly Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain asked out of curiosity, Zhang Ze was about to answer when the ghost infant perched on his shou 47kReads8.8Score6.4kShelves
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  16. 66 I'm the Boss of a Haunted Shop 我在鬼怪店里当老板 Two Male Leads306k WordsCompleted When Xue Ming was eight, he became the owner of the Wanwusheng shop. From then on, a little lamb appeared by his side. And this little lamb turned out to be Taotie, one of the four ancient ferocious beasts?! Taotie’s three daily routines: sleep, have Xue Ming hold me while I sleep, and hold Xue Ming while I sleep. Shopkeeper Xue Ming’s three daily routines: sell goods, hold Taotie, and sell goods while holding Taotie. Then one day, the little lamb transformed into a handsome, six-foot-three hunk 3.3kReads9.4Score499Shelves
  17. 67 The Haunted Realm: Girlfriend Turns Into a Monster from the Start? 诡域:开局女友变异? Mystery345k WordsCompleted P.S. Strange realms descend. Chinese-style horror + no female lead + not a saint (but not heartless) + original instances. Please go easy on me. [Cycle Edict: All of you are souls awaiting judgment!] When a cold divine decree rang through my mind and darkness swallowed the world in an instant, a mysterious wooden token shoved into my hand by a madman saved my life! It also got me marked as the only [Anomaly] under the rules of the Heavenly Dao by two emissaries with “mosaic faces”! Before I coul 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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  18. 68 Painting the Door Gods 画门神 12k WordsCompleted Painting Door Gods —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  19. 69 My Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 我妹妹去南洋旅游,就失踪了! 27k WordsCompleted My Younger Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 25Reads—Score—Shelves
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  20. 70 The Ghost Wedding Palanquin of Qingfeng 青峰鬼轿 43k WordsCompleted The Ghost Sedan from Qingfeng —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  21. 71 Ever Since We Raised the Memorial Stele, Strange Things Keep Happening at Home 立碑之后,家里诡事不断 Mystery9k WordsCompleted After the Stele Was Erected, Strange Things Kept Happening at Home —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 72 Yin-Yang Travels in a Mountain Village 山村阴阳行 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Chen Jiujin, and I'm a wandering tradesman. To put it plainly, when someone has a haunting on their hands, they hire me to take a look. This time, I came to Zhou Family Village. A seventeen-year-old girl had been followed by something foul. She drank chicken blood, dug up graves in the middle of the night, and kept repeating the same words: “Give me back my life.” I thought it was just an ordinary wandering ghost. But I was wrong. The thing inside that girl's belly wasn't a ghost. It 2.8kReads6.4Score213Shelves
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  23. 73 The God Fell from the Moon 神从月亮坠落 Mystery365k WordsOngoing [Modern Fantasy · Ensemble Cast · Slow Burn] In 1995, Chen Jiuniang, a ghost messenger, found a baby in the mountains behind Qingcheng. The baby had emerged from a pearly white skeleton. Moonlight clung to him, and a full moon gleamed in his eyes. Jiuniang named him Bai Chuan and raised him in her funeral shroud shop. At three, Bai Chuan began seeing things ordinary people could not. At five, he realized there was something strange about him: his body glowed. At six, he foresaw the death of a ne 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 74 Tales of Spirit-Binding and Ghost-Fighting 扎灵斗阴传 Eastern Fantasy221k WordsOngoing My name is Yun Bo, and I make paper offerings. My master said there was one taboo every paper-offering maker had to observe: never paint the eyes on a paper figure. Because once you do, it might come to life. That year, during a deadly night at a haunted house, I broke the taboo. I thought I had only brought a pair of guides to life, never dreaming they would become weapons of murder. It was only when the government’s shackles closed around my wrists that I understood: I had never been the one c 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 75 Tales from the Countryside 乡野奇谈录 Mystery213k WordsOngoing These are folk tales passed down by word of mouth from the countryside. Feel free to share stories from your hometown in the comments, too. Each chapter tells a standalone story, so you can pick whichever ones interest you. My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell each story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 76 Strange Tales from Western Shandong 鲁西异闻 20k WordsCompleted Strange Tales from Western Shandong —Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. 77 The Strange Yin-Yang Affairs of Wangjiayingzi 王家营子阴阳怪事 11k WordsCompleted Strange Yin-Yang Happenings in Wangjiayingzi —Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 78 A Collection of Strange Tales from the Yellow River 黄河诡事集 Mystery276k WordsCompleted The Strange Affairs of the Yellow River: A Folk Paranormal Archive of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan is a long suspense novel blending folk legends and supernatural tales with an episodic structure. The story unfolds along an abandoned course of the Yellow River, near the border where the three provinces of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan meet. The protagonist, Zhao Jiuhe, is the fourth-generation “Keeper of the Yin” in the Zhao family. He inherits the ancestral Record of Yin Contracts and the ability to 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. 79 The Canal Town Demon-Suppression Chronicles 运河镇妖录 6k WordsCompleted The Canal Town Demon Records 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  30. 80 The Netherworld's Yellow Earth 幽冥黄土地 22k WordsCompleted The Underworld’s Yellow Earth —Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. 81 Production Team Tales 生产队怪谈 25k WordsCompleted Strange Tales from the Production Team 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  32. 82 Production Team Tales: The Strange Case of the Ancient Pagoda Tree 生产队怪谈之古槐异事 26k WordsCompleted Production Team Folktales: The Strange Incident of the Ancient Pagoda Tree —Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 83 Production Team Tales: Ye Shiyue Niang 生产队怪谈之叶氏月娘 10k WordsCompleted Strange Tales from the Production Team: Ye Shiyue —Reads—Score—Shelves
  34. 84 The Huaxia Taoist Physician 华夏道医 Urban168k WordsCompleted Set in the Central Plains during the Republican era, this novel tells the legendary story of Chen Jing'an, heir to the Daoist medical tradition, as he heals the sick amid the turmoil, passes down Daoist medicine, and promotes China's traditional healing arts. Blending Daoist medical theory, traditional Chinese medicine's diagnostic methods, Daoist philosophy, and the upheavals of modern history, the novel uses a series of dramatic tales of healing to showcase the core principles of Daoist medici 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 85 Strange Tales from Songlinggou 松岭沟异闻录 15k WordsCompleted Tales of the Strange from Songlinggou —Reads—Score—Shelves
  36. 86 Rural Ghost Stories: A Collection of Short Supernatural Tales 乡村诡事——农村短篇灵异故事集 11k WordsCompleted Rural Hauntings: A Collection of Short Supernatural Stories —Reads—Score—Shelves
  37. 87 Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世:全公司否认18楼存在 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse783k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn 3.4kReads8.7Score290Shelves
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  38. 88 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋:让你还债,没让你画皮画鬼 Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—Shelves
  39. 89 Tales of the Strange 聊斋那些事 Mystery235k WordsCompleted Have you ever heard of a plain-language version of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio? A scholar spends the night in an abandoned house and is welcomed into a beautiful woman's arms, only to discover that her face is a painted skin. A poor young man finds a fox. The fox says, “I’ll marry you, but you must never look at my tail.” At the mass graves outside town, someone tells stories every night. Anyone who listens disappears the next day. Don’t be afraid. These are all stories passed down by ou 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 90 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 Rural Life1.8M WordsOngoing A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 304Reads—Score101Shelves
  41. 91 The Nuo Dancer's Ordeal 傩人难 Mystery129k WordsOngoing Isolated and misunderstood, two people just alike meet because of fate. What kind of story will unfold? Will it be funny or terrifying? Everything takes place beneath a vast shadow. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 92 The First Half of a Female Spirit Medium’s Life! 出马女弟子的前半生! Mystery325k WordsCompleted I’m an ordinary country girl from Northeast China. When I was 18, I learned that I was born with a connection to the immortals. I was often unwell in all sorts of ways, and I sought out many spirit mediums, hoping they could help me escape my predicament. I was cheated, but I also met kind people. This is the story of how I eventually found my way out. I decided to write this book to keep more people from being scammed. I can’t guarantee that everything I say is right, but I can guarantee that I 8.8kReads9.4Score692Shelves
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  43. 93 Everything I Write Into the Rules Comes True 我写的规矩都会应验 Mystery146k WordsOngoing The old city has a street for funeral goods. Half the shops sell wreaths and burial clothes, and the paper crafts shop at the end of the street is the last one still willing to make paper figures by hand. Its rules are older than the shop itself: Never paint a paper figure's eyes. If you do, it will recognize its master. A white horse must not cross a bridge. If it does, it must be burned. Close the shop at sunset. Take no jobs at night. Chen Mo is the grandson of the last paper craftsman. He gr 20Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 94 The Spirit Medium's Stories: Me and My Clients! 出马儿之我和缘主的那些事儿! Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted A girl who grew up in a small village experiences all kinds of hardships and amusing encounters with the people who come to her for help! Stories about my spirit-medium work and clients getting scammed. I'm looking for stories to use! Anyone with a good story is welcome to share a true one with me! 424Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 95 Being Immortal Forever Doesn't Seem So Great 永远不死好像也不是啥好事 Eastern Fantasy187k WordsOngoing [Alternate World + Aesthetic Violence + Fantasy + Wild Imagination + Mild Horror + Folk Customs + Immortality + Doctor + Guaranteed Not to End Badly] Li Cuo seems to have transmigrated, arriving in an era he doesn't recognize at all. He discovers that no matter what happens, he cannot die. Only a sword spirit understands the loneliness and isolation of an immortal. Fortunately, he manages to survive until the dawn of cultivation. How will Li Cuo forge a path in the cultivation world and become a 2Reads6.6Score—Shelves
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  46. 96 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score101Shelves
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  47. 97 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 55Reads—Score—Shelves
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  48. 98 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 95Reads—Score—Shelves
  49. 99 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开,青丝缠人拖入柜 18k WordsCompleted The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 100 Back to 2008: This World Is All Wrong 重回2008:这个世界不对劲 Urban720k WordsCompleted The day he is laid off at thirty-five, Lin Ye is hit by a car and sent back to June 6, 2008, the night before the college entrance exams. He gains access to the “Future Sight” System, which can predict the next thirty years: the toughest exam questions, the four trillion yuan stimulus, Yanjiao housing prices. The future is in his hands. But he gradually realizes that this world isn't quite like the 2008 he remembers. On a rooftop in the dead of night stands a figure in a long robe. In the sunlig 18Reads—Score—Shelves
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