High-Quality Late Ming Novels, Not Power Fantasies 高质量明末小说，非爽文

1. 1 我 I Become a Head of State in the Late Ming, Establishing Manchu Concentration Camps 我在明末当元首，建立满清集中营 I Don't Know Anything撒也不会啊Historical1.6M WordsOngoing History's unluckiest transmigrator starts out as a refugee in northern Shaanxi at the end of the Ming dynasty. Just as he thinks he's about to die on arrival, his “molecular restructuring” cheat comes online! Any substance can be rewritten; any structure can be rearranged! Hungry? Restructure cellulose into glucose and turn weeds into porridge! The original grain seeds yield too little? Induce genetic mutations in the seeds and harvest three thousand jin per mu! The Tartar cavalry is formidable? 45.7kReads8.1Score4kShelves

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   I have been reading this book for a long time, and I still want to recommend it. It is a very high-quality time-travel novel. The protagonist travels through the late Ming Dynasty and uses modern thinking to stir up the situation. It is a very good historical and imaginative article!

2. 2 明 The Hakka Army of the Late Ming 明末客家军 That Hakka Blade客家那把刀Historical514k WordsOngoing This is a completely original story. The protagonist transmigrates to the home of a kind Hakka landlord in southern Jiangxi at the end of the Ming dynasty. The family starts by expanding the 20-man Inspection Bureau, then develops through farming, builds an army to quell the unrest, suppresses pirates in the Guangdong Sea, fights the Dutch in the Fujian Sea and the British at Humen, recaptures Taiwan, and takes part in the naval battles of Hailingyang, Nanao, Liaoluo Bay, Humen, and Meizhou Isla 2.6kReads—Score303Shelves

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   A novel based on the historical background of Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan in the late Ming Dynasty

3. 3 穿 Transmigrating to the Warring States: Two Rice Balls in the Second Year of Eiroku 穿越战国：永禄二年的两个饭团 Deep Dive Premonition深潜预知Historical1.1M WordsOngoing Sengoku Japan, in the second year of Eiroku. Two rice balls save a life. No System, no golden finger. Only increasingly hazy knowledge of the future, a bold yet cautious way of handling affairs, and a man from a later age who rises from humble beginnings. Starting with nothing, he survives the chaos, stands tall, and fights his way to prominence, eventually vying for supremacy in the Sengoku era. He studies medicine and builds castles, trains in swordsmanship and spearmanship, and learns the p 2.1kReads—Score260Shelves

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   Can the Warring States period be done in Japan? Medium speed. Japan secretly developed technology and then returned to the Ming Dynasty. It started in the late twilight years, conquests in troubled times, farming construction, shipbuilding and cannons, and fighting for hegemony. The protagonist fights the Jurchens in the middle period, establishes the Liaodong Army, builds treasure ships, fights the Netherlands and Portugal in Southeast Asia, takes over India, discovers Australia, seizes the Middle East, enters the Americas, and fights against the Western powers.

4. 4 来 Arriving in Southern Ming, an Engineering Student Crushes the Qing and Restores China 来到南明，工科生横扫满清复华夏 Ripples in the River of History历史长河的浪花Historical474k WordsOngoing In the first year of the Hongguang reign, Jiangnan is on the verge of falling. The realm is shattered, and the people are displaced. A modern engineering expert unexpectedly arrives in the storm-tossed chaos of the Southern Ming. The land is divided among warlords, powerful enemies press at its borders, and the old and new dynasties take turns on the stage. He has no peerless martial arts, but he possesses engineering, manufacturing, and scientific knowledge far ahead of his time. He gathers dis 1.1kReads—Score100Shelves

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   At dusk, the mountains are far away, the weather is cold and the white houses are poor. Chaimen hears the barking of dogs, and returns home on a snowy night.

5. 5 工 An Engineering Student Ventures into the Late Ming 工科小伙闯明末 Ripples in the River of History历史长河的浪花Historical1.0M WordsCompleted A middle-aged bachelor, beaten down by society and thwarted at every turn in the modern world, with no connections to his name but plenty of knowledge and ability, is accidentally transported to the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty. Relying on his modern knowledge while adapting to the era’s actual technological and industrial capabilities, he works hard to quietly change history and prevent China’s decline. 3.1kReads7.8Score242Shelves
6. 6 七 Save the Ming Dynasty in Seven Days? I'd Rather Hang Myself 七天拯救大明？我还是上吊吧 An Illiterate Writes a Novel文盲写小说Historical2.8M WordsCompleted [No System + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Ruthless Combat + War] Good news: Zhu Lian transmigrated and became Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Bad news: It was the tenth day of the third month of Chongzhen’s seventeenth year, just seven days before Li Zicheng’s rebels stormed the outer city. The Ming dynasty was already on the brink of collapse, in grave danger. The Jurchens threatened from the north, rebels from the west, with one natural disaster after another an 61.8kReads9.3Score7.2kShelves

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   The world view is well-shaped, the characters are full-bodied, the social reactions are real, the historical facts are rigorous, and the details are perfectly created. The author has a very in-depth and thorough historical research. It is a rare good book.

7. 7 晚 Beacon Fires of the Late Ming 晚明烽烟 Super Mario00超级马里奥00Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [The rating has just come in, and it will rise later] I, Chen Mo, have three secret weapons for conquering the world: equal rights, land redistribution, and low taxes. There are also three ways to build a powerful army: establish production and construction corps, crush the Manchus in the north, and wipe out the corrupt gentry and traitors in the south. And there are three ways to secure free trade: rifles, cannons, and giant warships. I arrive in the late Ming dynasty, where the heaven-tier cul 1.3kReads6.1Score102Shelves

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   It's a new book, you can read it, it's not a cool article. So far, the author has written a group of people struggling to survive in the late Ming Dynasty in a very detailed and realistic way. The main character is a stone tablet lover and the "loyal brother" in the late Ming Dynasty.

8. 8 明 Late Ming: The Steel Tide Rolls On 明末，钢铁的洪流滚滚向前 Empty Your Emptiness放空你的空Historical2.6M WordsOngoing [No Romance + No System + Has a Golden Finger (Does an armory count?) + Invincible + Farming and Development + Slow-Burn but Packed with Conflict] Ammunition-disassembly expert Zhong Qing survives an explosion by sheer luck, only to be transported with his warehouse to the third year of the Tianqi era, at the end of the Ming dynasty. When he opens his eyes, he sees no beautiful women in his harem, only dust kicked up by Mongol cavalry. His System? Doesn’t exist. His golden finger is the clas 2.4kReads7.2Score149Shelves

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   The quality of this book is very high. It is not the kind of mindless writing. It is written very carefully and slowly.

9. 9 崇 After a Hundred Chongzhen Simulations, This Man Gets Every Piece of Advice Right! 崇祯模拟百次，此人谏言全对！ I Love Wahaha最爱喝娃哈哈Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [Ming Dynasty + history + feel-good power fantasy + political intrigue + simulator + transmigration] The final years of the Ming Dynasty. The realm was falling apart. The Jurchens in the northeast, refugees in the northwest, powerful clans in the southeast, and barbarians in the southwest all posed threats! Each one was more than the young Chongzhen Emperor could handle. After more than two hundred years on the road, the Ming Dynasty carriage was creaking toward collapse! Chongzhen looked around 791Reads8.4Score295Shelves
10. 10 我 I Guard the Northern Frontier for the Ming Dynasty 我替大明镇守北疆 Life Is But A Dream人生即梦Historical1.5M WordsCompleted In the early years of the Chongzhen era, after Wei Zhongxian falls, large numbers of officials are purged, and peasant uprisings begin to erupt. The Jisi Incident of the tenth month in the second year of Chongzhen accelerates the spread of the uprisings, ushering in twenty years of peasant warfare at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Can Lu Zheng use his advantages to change the Ming Dynasty's fate, or will he replace it himself? 2kReads8.1Score140Shelves
11. 11 大 The Ming Dynasty Reborn: At Three Years Old, I Ascend the Throne and Become Emperor 大明重启：年方三岁，登基称帝 Dugu Shiyi独孤世遗Historical2.7M WordsOngoing The heavens collapse and the earth splits, while fate is turned upside down. Can a modern soul save the empire as the fires of late Ming China rage? In the sixth year of the Tianqi era, the Wang Gongchang explosion tears open the sky, and history takes a new turn. Zhu Guangming's soul transmigrates into Zhu Cijiong, the infant son of the Tianqi Emperor, only to discover that he is standing on the Ming dynasty's last drifting piece of ice... At seven months, he speaks to his father. At one, he wr 7kReads8.3Score293Shelves
12. 12 铁 Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明 Ke Shanmeng柯山梦Historical2.5M WordsOngoing In the late Ming dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow that the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial and smallholder economies that coexisted under the Ming were both hit by deflation. Combined with the effects of the Little Ice Age, one domino after another fell, plunging the realm into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, the roving rebels crossed the river south of Mianc 104.3kReads9.3Score11.1kShelves

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    Description of common people. Very spot on. To popularize science about the office of ancient government officials. There are important literature references.

13. 13 大 Great Ming: Reborn as the Chongzhen Emperor, I Choose to Give Up 大明：开局穿成崇祯，我选择摆烂 Ka Ka Ka Ka Bu卡卡卡卡布Historical415k WordsOngoing (No System!! Not a naive protagonist!! Not a power fantasy!! Read with caution if these bother you!! This is a transmigration story about the Chongzhen Emperor, rooted in the historical facts of the late Ming dynasty!!) (Absolutely no System! Don't believe the fake reviews posted by the Blackhezi Studio! They've targeted this book!) Transmigrating into an emperor sounds glorious, but when you open your eyes, you realize you've become the Chongzhen Emperor. The treasury is empty, rebels are sp 7.9kReads5.5Score698Shelves

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    It is unsystematic, not a novice, not a cool novel, so please proceed with caution. The author keeps growing, and the book also grows with it. It is a slow-burning fine novel, worth reading. !?

14. 14 代 For the Ming 代明 Pink Cape粉嫩的海角Historical1.7M WordsCompleted In the summer of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the two capitals and Shandong suffered a severe drought and locusts. Famine ravaged the land, and people ate one another. Yu Mu opened his eyes and found himself in an era when people casually roasted human flesh over a fire. Ahead, corrupt officials cracked their whips like wolves. Behind him, Qing soldiers and rebel bandits stood ready with blades and axes. As a refugee, what was he supposed to do? Should he grovel and die like a blade of grass, 14.3kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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15. 15 荒 The Desert Island Tough Guy 荒岛猛男 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban502k WordsOngoing A thrilling, vivid story with memorable, lifelike characters and lively, concise prose. Desert-island survival, carefree and unrestrained, with an engrossing plot that's impossible to put down. 50kReads6.1Score2kShelves

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    Anti-Japanese sharpshooting!!!!

16. 16 抗 War of Resistance: A God-Tier Sharpshooting Manual from the Start! 抗日：开局赠送神级枪法！ Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban550k WordsOngoing As Marshal Ye lay gravely wounded on the battlefield, at death's door, he unexpectedly bound himself to the “Strongest War of Resistance System.” The System grants him divine-level marksmanship from the start, but assigns bizarre missions. [Ding! The Host's powerful indomitable will and potential to resist the Japanese have been detected. Binding requirements met. The “Strongest War of Resistance System” is beginning the binding process... 1%... 50%... 100%! Binding successful!] 7.1kReads—Score420Shelves
17. 17 对 Talk Trash and Win Prizes 对骂就有奖 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Hao Tie was treated like a pack mule and was about to hit rock bottom because he refused to keep living like one. Then he suddenly got a System that rewarded him for trading insults! From then on, he used verbal sparring to reach the pinnacle of success! 22.1kReads7.1Score1kShelves
18. 18 第 The Number One Hunk 第1猛男 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban559k WordsOngoing Style: urban survival, easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. System: Get rewarded whenever an exciting conflict breaks out. Language: concise and clear. 238Reads6.8Score129Shelves
19. 19 职 The Workplace Tough Guy 职场猛男 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban280k WordsOngoing The male lead, He Jumeng, has a superpower: a very special energy inside his body lets him sense what other people are thinking to a certain extent. It also gives him immense strength, fast strikes, and lightning-quick reflexes. Style: Workplace drama, clear and accessible writing, witty and humorous, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. Emotional push and pull with antagonists, compelling conflicts, a twisting plot, setbacks followed by comebacks, and lively, engaging storytel 28.3kReads—Score1.4kShelves
20. 20 暧 Flirting Makes Me Stronger 暧昧就变强 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban151k WordsOngoing The male lead, He Jumeng, has an incredible superpower: he grows stronger whenever he flirts with beautiful women. Then he suddenly gains the “Business Prodigy” superpower and starts with just 1,000 yuan in savings, gradually building his fortune! Style: A business prodigy superpower, the business world, commercial rivalry, emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, face-slapping, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. 1.9kReads—Score189Shelves
21. 21 乡 The Countryside Is Beautiful Beyond Measure 乡村无限好 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban171k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5.7kReads—Score291Shelves
22. 22 荒 The Tough Guy of the Deserted Island! 荒岛的猛男！ Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban103k WordsOngoing The male lead is handsome, incredibly powerful, and has superpowers: there's a special energy inside his body that can create one uncomplicated object each day. It also gives him great strength, incredible speed, and lightning-fast reflexes. Style: deserted-island survival, full of twists and turns, thrilling and suspenseful, easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with constant romantic tension. 6.6kReads—Score327Shelves
23. 23 安 The Beauties in the Safehouse 安全屋美女 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Sci-Fi & Apocalypse142k WordsOngoing Style: Global furnace apocalypse, safe-house survival. Easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with constant flirtation. System: Global Furnace Apocalypse Safe-House Survival System. Male lead: Hao Jumeng Language: Clear and concise. 2.9kReads—Score221Shelves
24. 24 都 The City's Number One Tough Guy 都市第一猛男 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Wu Nitian didn't want to be a corporate drone, but he couldn't see any light in his future. Just as anxiety and misery overwhelmed him, he suddenly obtained the High-Mindedness System. It told him that no matter what he faced, as long as he tried to maintain a high-minded state, he would receive System rewards from time to time! 2kReads5.7Score165Shelves
25. 25 唐 Nine Beauties of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝九个美女 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Historical170k WordsOngoing Style: Clear and easy to understand, witty and humorous, lighthearted, with plenty of romantic tension. System: Tang Dynasty Get-Rich-Quick System. Male lead: Wang Jumeng Female supporting characters: Nangong Qian, Murong Ying, Li Jiaojiao, and others Language: Concise and straightforward. 35Reads—Score125Shelves
26. 26 宋 The Song Dynasty’s Number One Tough Guy 宋朝第一猛男 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Historical418k WordsOngoing Wu Jushuai opens his eyes to find himself in the Song Dynasty, transformed into an ugly man with the same name. The System, however, requires him to collect “admiration points from peerless beauties” to become handsome. The top courtesans of Bianjing, noble ladies from wealthy families, and chivalrous women of the martial world are all left blushing by his poetry and modern-day flirting techniques. The villains grit their teeth and grumble, “That guy's ugly and lecherous. What makes him so speci 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 猛 A Stingy Tough Guy with 500 Million, on a Trip with a Beauty 猛男有五亿还抠门，旅行遇美女 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban100k WordsOngoing Style: After striking it rich, the macho Cao Jumeng has 500 million yuan but still sticks to his top-notch frugal habit of treating every yuan saved as a yuan earned. He meets beautiful women while traveling. The story is easy to follow, funny, lighthearted, and full of flirtation. There is emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. Problems crop up one after another during his travels, and he finds ways to solv 876Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 一 I Make 100 Million a Day, So I Do Whatever I Want 一天进账一亿，我放荡不羁 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban99k WordsOngoing A detailed look at urban survival and the complexity of human nature. Emotional sparring, gripping conflicts, a roller-coaster plot, and one satisfying moment after another. System: Earn 100 million a day. Every 10 million can be spent to buy or upgrade a superpower. 3.3kReads—Score230Shelves
29. 29 明 One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty 明朝一百个美女 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Historical236k WordsOngoing I woke up to find that I’d transmigrated into the male lead of One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty, and gotten bound to a rather improper “Humorous Get-Rich System.” As long as I make the villains laugh, silver automatically lands in my account. So I let loose, pushing my luck at the edge of death every day. Then one day, I cornered the peerlessly beautiful villainess Su Meier against a wall. “Miss, have you heard that a smile takes ten years off your age? If you smile a few more times, may 2.3kReads—Score178Shelves
30. 30 荒 Desert Island Wilderness 荒岛荒野 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban269k WordsOngoing System warning: Excessive intimacy with NPCs is prohibited. Ren Yingying catches Hao Shuang and Wang Qian acting flirtatiously. Ren Yingying sneers. “So this is how System users behave?” She turns and disappears into the depths of the jungle, while Su Yan secretly watches everything. That night, a red warning suddenly pops up from the System: Emotional bond instability detected. Survival points will continue to drain. Hao Shuang stands by the bonfire, his face deathly pale, when Wang Qian sudden 1.5kReads—Score124Shelves
31. 31 我 I’m a Ming Imperial Clansman, Not a Bandit 我，大明宗室，不想当流贼 Pink Cape粉嫩的海角Historical1.0M WordsOngoing In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the splendor of “the Great Ming, whose dominion encompassed the seas and lands, surpassing the Three Dynasties and eclipsing Han and Tang, whose subjects filled all beneath the heavens...” had quietly faded away. The realm was in turmoil and the great edifice on the verge of collapse. Barbarians ran rampant, rebels wreaked havoc, natural and man-made disasters abounded, and the starving dead lay everywhere. Amidst the smoke of war that now blanketed the land, 46kReads8.7Score4.3kShelves
32. 32 崇 Chongzhen: I’ve Transmigrated, So Why Should I Fear the Bandit King? 崇祯：都穿越了，谁还怕闯王啊？ Chu Nanfeng楚南风Historical3.2M WordsCompleted [No System + No Harem + Bloody Battles + Suppressing Pirates + Political Intrigue + Conquest] Mei'er... why were you born into the imperial family? Zhu Long, a university student and soldier, transmigrates as the Chongzhen Emperor, and from the start, he’s supposed to kill a princess. With Li Zicheng’s million-strong army surrounding the capital, Zhu Long glares at the sea of rebel troops and raises the Son of Heaven’s sword in fury. He won’t hang himself! He won’t accept his fate! He’ll kill co 8.2kReads8.6Score830Shelves
33. 33 我 I Went to the Late Ming to Save the Righteous 我去明末救义士 Pest Control Doctor除虫医生Historical637k WordsOngoing Entirely handmade, absolutely no AI, so updates are slow! Read at your own risk, and don’t rush me. In 1642, the Ming dynasty’s final struggle had already failed, and the darkest hour in Chinese history was about to arrive. To prevent three hundred years of national collapse from repeating itself, countless people transmigrated into the past. Could the Chongzhen Emperor have died so easily without someone guiding him? As the Jiashen Catastrophe looms, see how Tian Youjia and his three brothers f 129Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A masterpiece worth recommending

34. 34 崇 Chongzhen: My Life Has Been on Thin Ice 崇祯：我这一生如履薄冰 The Clear Breeze Chases Dust, Leaving No Common Souls Behind清风逐尘不留俗人Historical2.0M WordsOngoing (An immersive experience of Zhu Youjian's life and the true nature of the chaos at the end of the Ming dynasty! Not a power fantasy!) At the end of the thirty-eighth year of the Wanli reign, a report that Liaodong postal couriers had frozen to death was being used by a eunuch to prop up a table leg. The rice wasted at banquets by wealthy gentry in Jiangnan was worth more than three years of disaster relief in Shaanxi. Nanmu timber for the construction of the three great halls in the Forbidden Ci 566Reads6.4Score103Shelves

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    OK, OK, OK

35. 35 殖 Colonizing the Ming Dynasty 殖民大明 Shang Bigmouth尚大嘴Historical1.6M WordsOngoing Wang Ding obtains a magical piece of jade that can open a spatial rift, creating a gateway to the Ming dynasty. There, Wang Ding finds wealth and glory in a new world. This is the story of how he saves people and kills them. 5.2kReads8.8Score308Shelves

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    Obtain wealth and glory in Ming Dynasty

36. 36 反 Overthrow the Qing, Not Restore the Ming: The Gods Descend in a Golden Age of Abundance 反清不复明：神降糠稀盛世 We All Have Mental Illness我们都有精神病Historical150k WordsOngoing Kill! Kill! Kill! Li Wei never expected that this time gate, truly his own, would lead straight to the sixteenth year of the Kangxi era. He had brought his brothers here to make a fortune, and the backer funding them was eager to see huge profits. But the sight of starving people strewn across the land filled him with uncontrollable fury. Upright official or corrupt official, if they served the Qing, they were all to be killed. Forced to take to the mountains and become bandits? If they caused t 1.9kReads—Score199Shelves

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    Kill! Kill! Kill! Li Wei also didn't expect that this space-time gate that truly belonged to him would lead directly to the sixteenth year of Kangxi. He brought his brothers to make a fortune, and the financial backer behind him was also eager to see a huge profit output. However, the sight of hungry people in front of him made him furious. Any honest or corrupt officials, as long as they are Manchu officials, will be killed. There is no need to be forced to go up the mountain to become a bandit. Just make trouble in your own territory and kill them all. Li Weili admitted that he was not a good person, but he could not see the bad in others. In his own land, he is the emperor.

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