Mind-Bending Horror and Mystery 惊悚推理烧脑

1. 1 十 Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score233.4kShelves

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   Weird. Brain-burning

2. 2 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 132.9kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
3. 3 伪 Strange Tales of the Impostors 伪人诡录 A Plastic Person一只塑料人Mystery720k WordsCompleted [Uncanny Horror + Lovecraftian Terror + Impostors + A Ghost Wife to Raise + Madness + Exorcism Through Materialism. No cultivation, no System. One heroine, but female supporting characters too. Read with caution if that's not your thing.] Think carefully about everyone you saw today. Can you be sure that “they” were all human? Don't panic. There's no need to answer too quickly. First, take a deep breath and try to recall the unnatural details. For example, someone repeatedly greeting you with th 7kReads8.9Score585Shelves
4. 4 诡 The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 766.4kReads9.6Score136.5kShelves

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   "The House" The bone-gnawing bus in the night fog carried seven living people, heading towards the feast of the underworld with no way back - 🌫In the depths of the thick fog, an unmanned rusty bus broke through the chaos. Seven pale-as-paper faces were pressed against the car window, and the pupils of three women and four men reflected the faintly visible dark purple marks on each other's necks - that was evidence that they had been strangled by the villa's chandelier in the previous ten cycles. 🌑The Gothic villa shrouded in black mist opened its fangs and swallowed the last batch of sacrifices. The bronze hands of the grandfather clock began to spin crazily in the opposite direction, and blood words with a rusty smell oozed from the wall: "Welcome to the 11th Round of Death Script." The seven people suddenly realized that they could clearly recall the severe pain of being dismembered and poisonous gas eroding their bones in previous lives, but they had forgotten... When exactly they died. 👻The ghost bus with an empty driver's seat is not the scariest thing - when the bronze mirror in the basement of the villa reflected the eighth shadow, the most gentle girl with long hair suddenly broke her cervical spine and carved a bloody countdown on the mirror with bone stubble: "When you find out who the driver is, everyone will immediately fall into a cycle of eternal night." ⚠Warning: If you hear the sound of rutting on the floor while reading, please close the page immediately - that bus without a driver may be parked downstairs of your house.

5. 5 面 A Maniacal Smile Beneath the Mask: I’m Crazy, Don’t Run 面具下癫狂一笑，我是疯子你别跑 Making Money to Feed Yang赚钱喂洋Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No heroine, revenge, magic, madness, mental illness, ruthless action] He is a high-IQ, unhinged magician who kills for revenge. He is both a madman and a savior. His goal is to take perfect revenge on everyone! … Three years ago, Chen Sheng was secretly admitted for treatment after being diagnosed with several mental illnesses. He was classified as an S-rank dangerous patient. Three years later, Chen Sheng is discharged after recovering, only to discover that the Chen family has suffered a deva 9kReads8.6Score852Shelves

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   1Highly recommended!!!

6. 6 这 This Prince Has Gone Mad. Why Would You Provoke Him? 这皇子都疯了，你惹他干嘛？ Before the Wind Rises风未起Historical4.0M WordsCompleted [No System + High-Stakes Scheming + Laying Low to Build Strength + Logical Plot + Brains and Brawn + Suspense + Ancient Espionage] His mother consort dies suddenly of an illness. His older brother dies mysteriously in battle. All his backers are gone!! His father distrusts him, and his other brothers all want him dead! Not a single court official is on his side? In that case, he has no choice but to carve out a path to survival from between the cracks! After transmigrating to another world, he b 51.7kReads8.7Score5kShelves
7. 7 男 My Boyfriend Is Insecure and Cries Easily. How Could He Be the Villain? 男友自卑又爱哭，怎么可能是反派 Little Duckling小鸭鸭Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Devoted and equally powerful couple + mildly scary infinite worlds + indulgent wish fulfillment] [They seem perfectly normal on the outside, but both are crazy inside. The heroine trains her man like a dog, while the hero is insecure and pitiful.] Yu Li and her boyfriend had known each other for four years and been together for three. They were deeply in love. Her boyfriend was gentle and considerate. Aside from being a little clingy and insecure sometimes, and always wanting her to watch horro 22.1kReads9.5Score3kShelves

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   This book is a world full of weird settings. The protagonists will go to the horror set at night to complete tasks. If the score is too low, their lives will be in danger. And her little boyfriend is already teetering on the edge of danger. Yu Li was silent. Amnesia travels through books and adds unlimited streaming. What a stacking buff. The first time she entered a horror film set, she dressed as a neighbor of the protagonist group. That night, the murderous evil spirit turned into a wisp of smoke and sneaked into her house. He lay gently beside her, lowered his head and smelled the woman's fragrance obsessively like a drug addict. "You smell so good. I want to eat you so much. You smell so good." Listening to the infatuated murmurs in her ears, Yu Li smiled silently. Look, so what if I lose my memory. Mental illness always attracts each other

8. 8 我 I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score192.2kShelves

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   Personal test, looks good

9. 9 诸 The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 534.3kReads9.7Score73.7kShelves
10. 10 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 134.5kReads9.5Score14.9kShelves

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    I'm halfway through the first one and it's super good. Needless to say, the other ones are all ceiling level [I also strongly recommend][I also strongly recommend]

11. 11 我 Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1.1MReads9.9Score285.2kShelves
12. 12 刑 Criminal Investigation: I Can See Crime Records 刑侦：我能看见犯罪记录 Beneath the Fuli Shrine佛狸祠下Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Cen Lian was a junior-college general education teacher who did just enough to get by, and always thought he would keep coasting through life. Then a cheat ability fell into his lap: every criminal revealed their crimes in front of him. Driven by a simple sense of justice, Cen Lian began matching wits with criminals, both smart and stupid. He became a specially appointed consultant and, alongside a group of like-minded partners, embarked on a career solving criminal cases. 35.7kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves

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    Criminal Investigation Reasoning ❌ System Assist ❌ No Female Protagonist Community policeman Cen Lian accidentally obtained the system and can view the crime information text bubbles on the heads of criminals. He rejects "God's perspective" cheating and adheres to traditional criminal investigation methods to solve cases through surveillance and investigation and piecing together clues.

13. 13 桃 Strange Tales of Peach Blossom Spring 桃源诡事 Hai Shazi海沙子Mystery610k WordsCompleted [Wuxia + tomb raiding + mystery + adventure + treasure appraisal] The mysterious culture of the Chu Wu, the curse of the Eye of Reincarnation, the astonishing fungus technique, and a series of bizarre events in the Tomb of the Marquis of Zhou. If you’re interested, pull up a little stool and listen to this tomb-raiding legend of strange happenings in Taoyuan... 666Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at this book, especially the back part, it's really mysterious and brain-burning

14. 14 规 Rule Horror: The Haunted School 规则怪谈：诡异学校 Seventh Month July柒月JulyMystery580k WordsCompleted [System + Mystery + Deduction] I grew up in an ordinary family. To broaden my horizons in another city, I deliberately applied to a university far from home. But then strange things began happening one after another: bizarre campus rules, a mysterious countdown, and the secrets hidden behind the school slowly coming to light... 41.4kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves

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    Your choice reminds me of the moment when a migratory bird flutters its wings - flying to an unfamiliar latitude and longitude without hesitation with its immature wings. On that sultry afternoon in 2018, when I used a pencil to draw the coordinates 2,300 kilometers away on the atlas, the cicadas chirping outside the window suddenly became very light. Mother's floral shirt hanging on the balcony swayed in the wind, like a hesitant farewell. On the day I checked in, the platform smelled of instant noodles and sweat. My father checked the lock of my backpack for the third time, and my mother suddenly stuffed the pickled hot sauce into the compartment of the suitcase. The moment the green-skinned train whistled, I counted the new fine lines at the corners of my mother's eyes. There were twenty-seven, which was the same number of pieces of luggage she counted repeatedly. The first snow in the north came unexpectedly, and I rubbed my frozen red fingers under the dome of the library. The radiator was buzzing, and the professor with a Tibetan accent was explaining the stratigraphic structure. Suddenly, sycamore leaves fluttered on the floor-to-ceiling windows, which reminded me of the chestnuts that always knocked on the window lattice in the late autumn in the back of my hometown. It was the first time I received a package from my mother. The sausage in the vacuum bag leaked oil stains, which smeared her neat "Pay attention to add more clothes" on the express delivery slip. The Bund was crowded with people on New Year's Eve, and I held up my mobile phone to broadcast the brilliance of the Oriental Pearl Tower. The faces of the parents on the other end of the video flickered in and out amid signal fluctuations, and behind them was the landscape calendar we had been watching for eighteen years. When the zero o'clock bell rang, the cheers from both sides mingled amid the time difference, and the father's movement of quietly wiping the lenses was particularly clear under the light of the fireworks. Now, standing at the crossroads of my senior year, the sound of suitcase rollers rubbing against the marble floor subtly coincides with the frequency on the platform back then. There is a yellowed "Geographical Atlas of China" beside the pile of lab reports. Deep in the crease of a certain page, the red circle repeatedly traced by a pencil is breathing gently in the morning light.

15. 15 错 The Wrongly Placed Murder Case 错位追凶 Yao Miao遥淼Mystery338k WordsCompleted Lawyer Shi Yi takes on a death penalty review case and meets Ting Fang, a condemned prisoner in the twilight of her life. To his surprise, Ting Fang seems to know him. She not only asks him to retrieve something from a certain place, but confidently insists that they will be in touch again. Not long afterward, Ting Fang is executed. Shi Yi intends to put the matter behind him, but somehow he still goes to the place she mentioned. There, he finds an old music box and a notebook Ting Fang left fo 22kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves

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    🔍[Three "Suicide Cases" Suspense: Family Confusion and Unresolved Scars] Recently, three bizarre death cases have attracted attention - two women and one man died one after another. The bodies were all discovered by passers-by. The time of death was 1 month (highly corrupt), more than 1 week, and within 48 hours. The three people died in different ways (drowning into a river, burning charcoal, cutting their wrists), but their families strongly questioned the conclusion of "suicide", but were forced to accept it due to insufficient evidence. ⚠️ **Common doubts**: 1️⃣ All three people had minor injuries, which could be interpreted as "self-inflicted injuries", but there were no witnesses or direct evidence; 2️⃣ No other people's DNA was detected at the scene, but there was a lack of suspect locking conditions; 3️⃣ The family members said that the deceased had no suicidal tendencies during his lifetime, and the case was hastily questioned. 💬 Netizens are hotly discussing: "Why do the scars appear consistently?" "How to determine the true cause of death on a decomposed corpse?" "Is it a coincidence or a hidden crime?"... The case has been closed, but has the truth been covered up? **#Suspense** **#suicide or homicide**

16. 16 惊 Thriller Game: Beginning with the Death of Bai Ze 惊悚游戏：从白泽之死开始 linging Linlinging林Mystery504k WordsOngoing Newbie player Chen Mo accidentally enters a horror game and begins a thrilling fight for survival. “Welcome to the horror game. Please remember the following rules.” “1. The paranormal cannot be killed. 2. The paranormal must obey the rules. 3. Players cannot kill one another. …” As Chen Mo gradually learns how the horror game works, he uncovers an even more terrifying secret behind it. When you enter this game, remember: fear is your grave, and calm is your weapon. Can you survive the next lev 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist has a high IQ

17. 17 刚 I Just Became a Zombie and Found a Female Emperor to Raise as My Daughter 刚成僵尸，捡了个女帝当女儿 Chen Miaowu陈喵呜Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted I, Gu Yan, am an ordinary person. By accident, I transmigrated to a world where the supernatural was returning. A wicked cultivator captured me and refined me into a zombie. Just as I was losing all hope, I came across an abandoned baby wailing her heart out. The baby's arrival helped me reclaim the humanity I'd nearly lost and showed me a new hope. I decided to adopt her. I, the zombie daddy, began spoiling my daughter. … I, Xie Qingwu, was once the female emperor of the Immortal Realm. I died 10.1kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves

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    This one is good

18. 18 擅 The Gu-Wielding Green Tea Boy's Seduction Rules 擅蛊绿茶少年诱哄法则 Soft Fluffy Rabbit软茸兔Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted A scheming, seemingly innocent Miaojiang male lead vs. a gentle, rational, love-blind female lead + adventure “I hear that young man from Miaojiang is skilled at bewitching people.” For the sake of my research, I set off alone for the Qianchuan Miao village. But the boy said to bewitch people was actually a clingy puppy? It went from “Sis, you look just like someone I used to know” to “Sis, I think you might be the one I love.” The boy from the Miao village was honest and sincere. Falling for h 187Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    📚 **Late Night Warning! These suspense novels will make you dare not turn off the lights and sleep** 🔍 If there is a synonym for "reversal", it must be these! When you turn the first page, you fall into the dark web woven by the author. After reading the last chapter, you realize that the truth was hidden at the beginning - and you didn't notice it at all. 💡 **Why do you recommend it? ** ✔ **Suffocating rhythm**: The end of each chapter feels like someone is grabbing you by the throat, and you must turn to the next page immediately. ✔ **All members are evil? ** The murderer is in the conversation, but everyone's secrets are dirtier than the corpses. ✔ **Ultimate Reversal**: The "solving the case" you thought was just a trap, the author uses the last 3 pages to subvert all logic. 🩸 **Spoilers for high-energy scenes**: "The deceased was clutching a wedding ring in his left hand - and in the police report, there was no trace of wearing it on his ring finger at all." 📌 Suitable for: ▪ Suspense lovers who are fed up with "guessing the murderer at a glance" ▪ People obsessed with psychological games like "Gone Girl" and "Malicious" ▪ Novel addicts who need a novel to stay up until three in the morning ⚠️ Friendly reminder: Don't open the closet after reading #suspense novel #book list recommendation #brain-burning warning

19. 19 镇 The Soul-Calming Wife: My Wife Can Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 【镇魂妻：我的老婆能镇百鬼】 Yi Qiushui Ya伊秋水呀Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Because of the sins committed by my ancestors, the King of Hell came to claim my family. My grandfather and both my parents died one after another. To save my own life, I was forced to marry Wang Banxian’s foolish daughter. She was fat, ugly, and completely out of her mind, but she was the reincarnation of the Goddess of Yin, able to suppress a hundred ghosts. And every time she subdued a ghost, she underwent a transformation and grew more beautiful. With a beautiful wife by my side, I can roam 3.9kReads8.5Score368Shelves
20. 20 那 That Miaojiang Boy Is a Master of Bewitching Hearts 那苗疆少年善蛊惑人心 Half-Immortal J半仙儿JModern Romance85k WordsCompleted [Mostly first-person narration, a sweet dumpling of a male lead who's an Oscar-worthy actor and a lovesick obsessive + a kind, gentle heroine] (Healing and redemption) (The male lead is disturbed. Don't read if that's not your thing.) To get over my breakup, I went on a trip to a Miao village. I thought the boy was a gentleman: gentle, kind, pure and adorable, someone you couldn't help feeling sorry for. But I never imagined that every word he said and every move he made was meant to draw me in, 700Reads8.7Score100Shelves
21. 21 我 I Live in Fengmen Village 我住在封门村 Naughty Leopard顽皮豹Mystery807k WordsCompleted My hometown shares its name with the legendary number-one haunted village in China: Fengmen Village. What’s more, our village also has a grandmaster’s chair. Whoever sits in it is doomed to die! It was 1997, and I had been accepted into the high school in town. Once summer vacation was over, I would finally be able to leave the place where I’d spent sixteen years. But what I never expected was for one terrifying incident after another to strike the village! Rats that ate human flesh, five-colore 873Reads6.1Score—Shelves
22. 22 苗 The Miaojiang Gu Chronicles 苗疆蛊事 Namo Kasaya Science Buddha南无袈裟理科佛Mystery4.3M WordsCompleted The calamity of witchcraft and poison is spoken of only by people in the countryside. Many people who are unknowingly caught up in it have no idea it exists. Friends, do you really think there are no extraordinary people in this vast land of China? You do? No! No! No! Do you want me to tell you that I’m a poison-raising practitioner from the Miao borderlands? All right, come on in and let’s dish… 14.5kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
23. 23 阴 Yin Maiden 阴女 Yin Nu阴女Mystery498k WordsCompleted Five years ago, my old friend Lin Zhe was hacked more than a dozen times by thugs while protecting me, and died a tragic death. After enduring my husband's cruel abuse, I became a Yin Maiden. I couldn't get revenge while alive, but as a ghost, I can! 525Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 午 The Midnight Corpse Burner 午夜焚尸人 Thoughts of Love爱时念Mystery116k WordsOngoing I failed the college entrance exam and was admitted to a vocational nursing school. From then on, my life seemed to change completely. I experienced all kinds of things that defied explanation: Crying heard from the bathroom in the dark dormitory building, A roommate who vanished without a trace, 2Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 蛊 Gu Master Husband 蛊夫 Yue Rong月蓉Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted During the summer break of my sophomore year, I was heading back to campus and accidentally boarded the wrong bus because I was in a hurry. I fell asleep on the ride, and when I woke up, I was in a remote mountain village. A local farmer took me in, only for me to discover that he had planted a love gu in me... 14Reads6.1Score—Shelves
26. 26 诡 The Cursed Girl with a Doomed Fate 诡命煞女 Not Drunk不醉Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Ever since I was little, I was a child my mother hated. Born with an overwhelming concentration of the Seven Sha, I made every demon and monster flee at the sight of me. It wasn’t until I was twelve that I learned the truth: my birth had been part of a massive conspiracy... 11.9kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
27. 27 蛊 The Gu Lady 蛊娘 West Pole Ice西极冰Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted I was born in a village cursed by witchcraft, the only girl born there in hundreds of years. Everyone saw me as an ill omen destined to bring disaster upon the world. Refusing to believe or spread rumors, I worked hard to prove I wasn't a harbinger of calamity. In the end, I became the last female gu master in the mortal realm. I raised Golden Silkworm Gu, ancient divine beasts, and fierce ghosts from the Nine Hells... and eventually, a husband whom everyone adored. He told me, “Bai Wu, if this 9.1kReads9.0Score519Shelves
28. 28 雾 The Fog City Funeral Director 雾都殡葬师 Salt Warehouse Pillow Island盐仓枕头屿Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted A strange fog has engulfed the city for three years. Daylight looks like dusk, and the nights are pitch-black. The living dare not venture outside at will. There are things in the fog that devour people and imitate the voices of their loved ones to call them by name. The authorities can do nothing, so all kinds of folk practitioners have emerged: exorcists, feng shui masters, dream interpreters, talisman makers, and funeral specialists who guide souls to the afterlife. The protagonist, Pei Wujia —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Unpopular treasures, funeral and supernatural stories, a substitute for life, strange things in the fog, and a series of forbidden experiments are foreshadowing. It is extremely scary if you think about it. Those who like suspense and reasoning in the underworld must not miss it.

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