Chapter 880 Soundly Beating the Gods (8200 words, seeking monthly tickets with a large chapter!)

[Evil spirit, retreat!]

When the heretical god Zhuzhou from another world descended, unleashing a heaven-and-earth-shrouding hand of light, reaching for the Pantheon at the apex of the firmament.

From within the towering and solemn Pantheon, a courageous god clad in full armor, wielding a massive shield, stepped forward to rebuke the enemy.

As soon as He appeared, the world barrier of the Symphony Universe ceased to crumble. When this giant god raised His shield, directly confronting Zhuzhou's massive hand that seemed capable of shattering the structure of space-time, one could even see the cosmic structure above the high heavens beginning to warp. Stars swayed and shifted, and with the movement of this giant shield, starlight surged forth, converging into power to drive the enemy away.

One of the Nine Prime Gods, [Tarkai, the God of Protection], represents all shelter and protection in the world. Even the world barrier of the Symphony Universe is governed by Him.

For a time, even Zhuzhou felt the process of the hand's advancement stagnate.

Just as Zhuzhou was being held back, another god, walking on fire and wielding a giant sword, emerged from the Pantheon, tall and with fiery hair dancing.

Wherever He passed, even space shattered into black rifts. Before the rifts burst open, boundless heat had already melted and ignited all things. The beings of the Symphony Universe, on the continent of Ilothar, immediately saw a rain of fire suddenly ignite in the boundless sky. Scorching hot molten firelight fell like the collapse of the heavens.

One of the Nine Prime Gods, [Maral, the God of Destruction], wields the sacred sword of annihilation, burning away all impurity. It is the purifying divine power used to expel all impurity and filth when the entire universe undergoes cyclical self-destruction.

In an instant, the sacred sword burning with purifying divine power slashed towards Zhuzhou's wrist, aiming to sever the hand of this great enemy from another world!

The cooperation between the two could be called perfect. Protection and destruction, gods who should be opposites, seemed to understand each other perfectly.

The Symphony Macrocosm has not been without invaders. Rather, the number of powerhouses seeking the power of the Genesis Symphony is simply countless, including no small number of Dao Harmonization experts.

But after all, this is a strange world, vastly different from the usual sealed multiverse. These Dao Harmonization experts who came to invade all failed and returned. A small number of unlucky ones even left behind a portion of their avatar's Great Dao, becoming a brand new note in the Symphony Macrocosm, bringing a new melody to the eternal song.

But this time, the cooperation between the God of Protection and the God of Destruction, the [Cosmic Self-Defense Module] and the [Cosmic Cycle Purification Device], yielded no gains.

Because Zhuzhou retracted his hand.

The sacred sword immediately slashed at empty air.

Nonsense, his hand was about to be cut off. He couldn't possibly not retract his hand for the sake of face, right?

If it were other old-brand Dao Harmonization experts who had lived for hundreds of thousands or millions of years, they might have stubbornly resisted in other ways for the sake of face, and then either suffered pain or lost face, bleeding and losing the Great Dao. But he, Su Zhou, was very young and didn't need to care about face.

You cut, I retract, and then try again, wouldn't that be fine?

Sure enough, in the next instant, accompanied by the shattering of the world barrier once again, under the astonished gazes of the two gods, two luminous giant hands stretched out fiercely, one on the left and one on the right, grabbing their divine bodies.

"Come here!"

In that instant, an inconceivable force sufficient to drag the universe's operation erupted. Even though Tarkai and Maral struggled desperately, these two Prime Gods were like children, held tightly in Zhuzhou's giant hands, struggling to escape but unable to.

They even realized in horror that their bodies, and even the divine power of their origin, were being dragged out by Zhuzhou's boundless force, about to leave the entire Symphony Macrocosm!

What would the [Cosmic Self-Defense Module] and the [Cosmic Cycle Purification Device] be if they were separated from the universe itself?

Perhaps they could still have some power, but there was absolutely no way they could force a peak Dao Harmonization expert to retract his hand, as they could within the Symphony Macrocosm.

[Stop!]

At this moment, two giant hands composed of endless clouds and mist suddenly condensed in the vast sky, surging with a gale sufficient to extinguish stars and shake the earth.

These two cloud-mist hands rapidly reached out, grabbing Zhuzhou's hand. The sound of their collision was like two stars colliding, and the grand sonic waves bloomed between heaven and earth, like the most epic and magnificent drumbeat.

The giant hands from the firmament forcefully blocked Zhuzhou's dragging. The display of such power filled the entire universe's sky with dark clouds and smog, and rolling thunder rumbled, as if the fury of the King of Gods was filling the world.

The heavenly phenomenon changed abruptly, and countless dark clouds transformed into vortexes in the sky, lightning illuminating every corner of the earth. Amid this apocalyptic scene, the humanoid of the azure clouds and the humanoid of light began to struggle hand-to-hand at the edge of the universe.

The gods praised, mortals prayed, and the sea surged with waves, every splash of water reflecting the contest of strength between the two powerhouses in the sky.

"Huh."

Zhuzhou praised with puzzlement: "You're quite strong!"

Although Zhuzhou was not a deity known for his size and divine power, if he were willing, even propelling the universe's operation would not be impossible for him. Among the many Dao Harmonization experts, he could be considered above average.

But this unknown God-King could block his serious dragging.

"Good!" So he praised: "I'll come in and compete with you!"

Having said that, the humanoid of light strode into the Symphony Macrocosm with a laugh, the surging power even causing the cloud-mist giant who was originally contending with him to retreat several steps.

Relatively, Deus was even more shocked at this moment.

The so-called God-King, his authority could encompass the entire universe.

'All things surrounded by light and shadow,' 'All things embraced by light and darkness,' 'All things under the sky,' and in the future, 'All things illuminated by the stars,' these four God-Kings were the supreme rulers of this era of the Symphony Universe, the masters of the universe.

Their might radiated across the heavens, making the music of the Eternal Song spread throughout the realms, transforming into various messages, composing destiny.

As the current God-King, Deus's power was almost equivalent to one-fourth of the entire Symphony Macrocosm. And the Symphony Macrocosm, as an extremely special macrocosm among the heavens, had the 'Genesis Symphony' suppressing it, its power far exceeding ordinary worlds.

And Zhuzhou was actually able to contend with Him, the King of this world, as an outsider?

Instantly, He understood that Zhuzhou was a powerful existence different from all past invaders, far surpassing those Dao Harmonization experts. The other party might have even touched the key to eternity, only one step away!

Then, should He really let the other party take action and inspect the so-called crime of 'using destiny to influence all living beings to realize their dreams'?

[How is that possible!]

Deus knew better than anyone that they had indeed done such a thing!

Although in the eyes of the gods, this was just the most ordinary weaving of destiny, if it were really pointed out, where would the gods' authority lie among all living beings? And without the admiration of all living beings, could these gods still be gods in the next era?

Therefore, at this moment.

With the God of Protection, Tarkai, and the God of Destruction, Maral, as intermediaries, the cloud giant of the sky and the light-flame humanoid from another world were struggling at the end of the firmament.

Above the continent of Ilothar in the Symphony Universe, all living beings could see, as long as they looked up, that two giant gods were barbarically comparing their strength.

The sturdy city in the clouds was scattered like water mist by their surging auras, and many scattered lesser gods and demigods fled in terror.

The sea also churned with giant waves, and the mountains in the sea were shattered like sand under the trampling of the giant gods' materialized Great Dao phantoms, turning into powder, and being ravaged into a long indentation.

Even the entire sky had three giant holes shattered because Zhuzhou had reached out his hand earlier. These holes directly connected to the void, and the churning chaos tides and the space-time turbulence that annihilated all things could be glimpsed through these holes. The endless information of myriad realms contained within could cause a mortal's brain to crash and directly faint with just one glance.

Only the continent, the place with the most life, was calm because Zhuzhou and Deus were unwilling to affect it, thus one could see this magnificent scene rarely seen in the entire multiverse.

Bang! Deus's transformed giant god threw a punch, striking the humanoid face of light of Zhuzhou's descent, immediately knocking the giant's head askew and his body backwards.

But before Deus could rejoice in his successful strike, Zhuzhou took advantage of the backward momentum and kicked out, striking the center of Deus's chest, immediately creating a dent in the chest of the azure cloud giant, who spat out divine blood.

But this was just a warm-up. With a thought, the azure cloud giant immediately summoned continents and mountains from the empty sea and sky. These continents and divine mountains transformed into shackles the moment they were created from the void, locking Zhuzhou's limbs, preventing him from moving.

These continents created from the void were the personification of the 'mass of the universe' itself. Deus's power could create all things under the sky, but most of the time it was unnecessary. After all, the boundless continent of Ilothar was already enough for all living beings to live on.

But now, He was forced to create these worlds, merely using them to bind Zhuzhou as chains.

[Foolish evil god from another world, entering our realm is simply walking right into a trap!]

He rebuked the other party's imprudence, the God-King raised a divine mountain and then threw it towards Zhuzhou. Immediately, a high mountain sufficient to destroy the entire Symphony Universe's ecology instantly transformed into a doomsday meteorite, drawing out a shriek that tore the air apart.

But such an apocalyptic attack was just a test—Deus was unwilling to rashly approach Zhuzhou, to contend with the other party again, even though the other party had already been bound by the earth chains.

Sure enough, the Zhuzhou who seemed to be locked up by the chains merely raised his head and glanced at the oncoming divine mountain. Immediately, a long tail that had appeared out of nowhere suddenly lashed out, the sharp blade tail burning with raging flames. Before cutting through the divine mountain, it had already burned and evaporated it, transforming it into empty dust.

If Deus had rashly approached earlier, then it would have been His God-King body that had taken this sudden blade tail.

"Walking into a trap?"

The nimble and swift long tail swept, easily shattering the earth chains binding his limbs. Zhuzhou's cyan-purple dragon eyes in his dragon-human form seemed to be burning with flames. He grinned and said: "Are you mistaken? This is called delving into the criminal's den—don't quibble, I just clearly saw Alan and Eve."

"A group of gods just messing with two mortals like that? Weaving third-rate tragic scripts? Are you gods psychologically twisted?"

"If I don't capture you and suppress you in the Zhuzhou Heavenly Prison for millions of years today, I don't deserve to be a Dao Harmonization expert!"

[Absurd, what do you know!]

Deus was clearly unwilling to say more. Accompanied by a battle cry, the cloud-mist giant charged up once again, meeting Zhuzhou.

At the same time, the resounding bugle and war drums also sounded in the sky.

In the tottering Pantheon, the gods who had finally geared up and were fully prepared came out one after another, wanting to fight the great enemy from another world together with their God-King!

Apart from the God of Protection and the God of Destruction who had just been rescued, the remaining seven Prime Gods, the 'God of Harvest' raised his scythe. This goddess was usually a tolerant woman, but now, the blade originally used to harvest crops was like a netherworld weapon that harvested souls.

The 'God of Decay' and the 'God of Seasons' were a pair of brothers. The elder brother held an hourglass-like artifact, cursing the distant giant of light; while the younger brother blew the four-colored windmill in his hand, urging the seasons to rotate quickly, accelerating the passage of time and consuming Zhuzhou's power.

The God of War transformed into an eight-armed giant, standing to the right of the God-King Deus, each hand holding a sharp divine weapon, sufficient to slay gods; while the God of the Canghai Sea summoned a chariot transformed from the tide, bearing the heavens and the conquest, and he himself, as the charioteer, shouted battle songs.

Although the God of Trade and the God of Transmission did not appear, all the remaining gods were clad in armor, raising bows and crossbows. Some even took out weapons that were very inconsistent with the style, high-tech weapons, with chaotic shattered light condensing in the muzzle of the launcher.

Single combat?

What a joke!

When dealing with invaders from another world, naturally it's the other party challenging our entire pantheon alone. Their Jizoushin pantheon always goes all together when facing a group of people, and they also go all together when facing one person!

"Good!"

And Zhuzhou also praised: "Very spirited!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he took a deep breath, as if the entire universe's heavens and earth were about to be directly sucked into his abdomen in one breath.

In the next instant, extreme intense light lit up. The inconceivable boundless energy, mixed with the Doutian Divine Lightning, transformed into a torrent of thunder and divine light, shooting towards the gods' battle formation. It seemed that he wanted to completely annihilate all the miscellaneous soldiers with this one breath.

But the God of Protection, who had been crushed in Zhuzhou's palm earlier and was severely injured, stepped forward. With the blessing of the God-King Deus's divine power, He quickly restored his power, and layers of cosmic space-time condensed before the gods, with a revolving rainbow barrier.

Even though in the next instant, there was a strong light sufficient to illuminate all things in the world, and the sound of the barrier shattering also sounded, there was no doubt that He had indeed blocked Zhuzhou's breath.

[Everyone]

The God-King Deus drove the chariot. He summoned the raging wind and thunder to surround his body, and then pointed to the place where Zhuzhou was, rebuking angrily: [This is war!]

"No."

Zhuzhou, who was confronting the gods, shook his head slightly, his tail gently swaying behind him, denying these words.

He said: "This is an arrest."

But no matter what.

The real god war had indeed begun.

……

All things inevitably have an ultimate destiny, even the gods cannot escape it.

Deus knew this better than anyone.

The current God-King, meaning 'the Firmament Above All Things,' the supreme above all, the god above gods, Deus, had a secret that no one had ever spoken of.

That was, as the God-King, He had memories of when He was a mortal, a beast, an ant, a tree, in countless past eras.

Mortals, mundane objects. What are mundane things?

Mundane people are wretched beings who die when they die, perish when they get something, everything they possess will slip away from their fingers, and everything they crave is forever difficult to perfectly obtain.

In comparison, the gods are the so-called everlasting.

The gods are immortal and indestructible, self-existent and eternal. The things the gods desire will flow into their palms without them having to lift a finger.

Mortals revere gods, admire gods, and desire to become gods, all because of this.

However, the God-King Deus knew better than anyone that when facing the ultimate destiny, humans and gods are essentially the same.

The gods, because they once possessed, are instead more pitiful and sad.

And this destiny is the 'ending.'

[The ending of the book, the end of the story, the final act of the play]

In the past, when recalling the memories of countless eras of reincarnation, when He was a mortal, Deus always closed His eyes tightly.

This tall and majestic celestial deity with long azure hair, transformed from the firmament itself, would always sigh because of this: [The death of humans, the destruction of gods, the end of destiny, the nothingness of existence.]

[Even if they are gods, if they do not achieve eternity, they are just the longest-lived ants among all ants.]

In the Symphony Macrocosm, gods are not eternal, destined.

After the Genesis Symphony completes a four-act cycle of 'prelude, cry, play, end,' a brand new macrocosm will be born in the extinguished song. And at that time, there will be a brand new song that is similar to, but completely different from, the previous Eternal Song.

Naturally, as the loudest of the many notes, those called the gods, are not necessarily successful—the new symphony naturally has a new melody, and most of the old gods will be reduced to mortals.

Only by performing their duties to the best, making their notes more and more sonorous, can the gods ensure that they have a great chance of reviving again in the next era, so as not to lose their divine position.

However, the longest-lasting god, that is, the god who represents 'eternity' among the gods, has only maintained his divine position for dozens of times…

The Genesis Symphony plays eternally, but even the most melodious note in the symphony, the god-king who can be called Dao Harmonization, is not truly infinite, the boundless eternity.

Countless memories emerged in Deus's mind.

In some eras, He was a human child; at other times, He was the offspring of a bird; at other times, He was a tree, weed, insect, or small beast.

The Genesis Symphony has infinite notes, infinite possibilities—as long as the notes begin to play, the future of newborn life cannot be measured.

If it is a human, they may be a sage in the future, or an ruthless criminal. They may be a erudite scholar with a wealth of knowledge, or an ignorant wastrel.

If it is a beast, they may be an excellent hunter, or a clumsy herbivore. They may be a sagacious beast close to humans, or an insect with no will of its own.

Courageous, cowardly, cold, compassionate, intelligent, ignorant… The Eternal Song can encompass all his stories, all destinies.

But the final destiny, whether it is beast or human, monster or hero.

Even the gods.

They, He, will all usher in the ending.

Opening his eyes, the God of the Firmament overlooked the world, and what flickered in his lofty and indifferent eyes was an emotion that was difficult to express in words.

In this Symphony Macrocosm, on the endless continent, the love, hatred, and emotions of all living beings—He could see the love between noble ladies and scholars, and the mutual appreciation between warriors.

He could see heroes making friends, adventuring in various countries, and conquering one evil enemy after another, ultimately challenging the demon king who intended to destroy everything.

He could also see a weak small beast rising from the dense forest, step by step embarking on the path of devouring the flesh and blood of others, becoming a titan beast that even the heroes of the demigods were terrified of.

But, also the same.

He saw the noble lady forced by her family to give up her love with the scholar and marry other nobles. He saw the scholar depressed and eventually drunk to death, turning into a skeleton—not only him, even if the noble lady forgot her past love with the scholar, she would die alone after only a few decades, or be surrounded by several children.

After the hero's team conquers the demon king, they should naturally return to their respective lives, whether it is returning to the mountains or opening up a new kingdom, or even becoming a new demon king themselves. In the final analysis, they will all usher in the ending.

Everything will end, until the originally vivid rumors become legends, become myths, and then be forgotten.

Even the gods will take turns to replace each other, and the gods are not decisively different from mortals—it is nothing more than a longer lifespan and greater strength, even being able to change the rules of the world. With one word, even the melody of the symphony will be changed to Dao Harmonization, the God-King.

They must also face their own ending.

Just like the former God-King of Time, Danpu, who became the current God-King of Light and Shadow, Aptu, Deus was very clear that even if he had been the God-King for more than a dozen eras, as long as he had an accident, or even if he was just unlucky, he would usher in the end called 'death' like the countless mortal lives he had experienced in the past.

This is the final ending that the gods in the Symphony Macrocosm cannot avoid.

Unless.

[Achieve eternity]

The Dao Harmonization experts from the outside world, and the God-Kings of the Symphony world, are essentially two branches of the same realm—one pursues infinity, and the other desires eternity.

The former has endless power and lifespan, and the latter has innate authority and divine power.

It takes countless seekers to produce one of the former, while the latter, as long as they are a member of the Symphony world, as long as they are chosen by fate, can easily achieve it.

In addition, there is a third type, casting an absolute level… but only extremely special universes can give birth to this path.

They seem immortal and indestructible, but in fact, they also have an essential gap from eternity.

Just like mortals and gods, it seems that they are completely different, but in reality, they are still things that have an ending and will eventually decay.

Although the Dao Harmonization experts from the outside world are indeed longer than the God-Kings of their Symphony world, they are also more difficult. But even so, Dao Harmonization experts are not without means of attrition. They can be beaten to the point where they can only sleep forever, leaving a mark waiting to be revived, which is no different from death.

Compared to infinity, the difference between living for a hundred years, a million years, and a hundred trillion years is so small that it can be ignored.

Living things will surely decay; finite numbers will surely be exhausted.

Only eternity cannot be recorded in years with any number, and can never usher in decay.

Eternity can transcend destiny!

Just like the Genesis Symphony itself, it exists, and it must exist in all possibilities. This is the source of eternity.

And Deus did indeed grasp the tail of eternity.

The Genesis Symphony, the initial note, implies the existence of 'eternity.'

The key to eternity was finally found by him.

The God-King's gaze condensed in his era, in the boundless 'world of passionate performance', in the center of the continent called Ilothar, in the city of Anros, a seemingly ordinary girl was ignorantly following her father, waiting for a prophecy in the temple.

Eve should have stayed quietly in her seat, but because she wanted to be with her father, this playful little girl with long golden hair quietly got up, picked up the hem of her skirt, and followed her father Alan's footsteps.

Then, after avoiding the perfunctory patrols of several temple guards, and relying on selling her cuteness to lead the way to a trainee priest, the little girl came to the reception room where her father and the High Priest were meeting.

Immediately afterwards, she heard that prophecy.

[Alan of Moal City, your life is destined to be smooth sailing, with wealth and glory surrounding you. This is the glory and blessing of the gods. Above the high sky, your star is shining.]

[But you are also destined to fall. You will die at the hands of your own daughter, because she is a source-less person without father or mother. Her existence will occupy your light. Unless she leaves before you, otherwise you are destined to die because of her, dying early.]

Eve saw her father Alan clenching his fists, the veins on his face bulging, seeming to want to rebuke 'nonsense'... but when has the High Priest's prophecy ever been wrong? Even children know that the priest's prophecy is the will of the gods.

And the gods are destiny itself.

"As long as I live... will my father die early?"

The young girl opened her mouth slightly, she lowered her head disappointedly, looking at her hands and the gorgeous long dress on her body.

Honey bread every morning, afternoon tea every afternoon, and the stories told by her father at night, the warmth of gently stroking her forehead…

All of this was the love her father gave her.

"It means that if I disappear sooner, my father can continue to be a rich man, and even have his own wife and children, instead of a daughter like me who was picked up…"

The girl did not covet such enjoyment, she was just a little reluctant to part with such happiness and warmth.

Deus overlooked the world.

The Sky God-King knew that under the operation of fate, Eve would choose to pretend that she did not hear this prophecy because of luck, wanting to stay with her father for a little longer, and continue to spend a few years of happy days with Alan peacefully.

However, after a few years, Alan would begin to encounter misfortunes frequently, and the source of each misfortune was because of Eve's actions.

Accidents like Death Coming one after another emerged.

Just taking Eve out to watch a play almost resulted in being kidnapped by a crazy kidnapper, and the cruise ship they took crashed into a magic crocodile traveling in the river.

The unfinished apple attracted a venomous snake from nowhere; the homework papers placed at random were blown to the ground by the wind, almost causing Alan to step on them and fall on his head.

Fate began to turn.

Under the control of the gods, Eve would try to stop the occurrence of these disasters herself, but she would return in vain again and again. She could not help her father, and after a long period of contemplation, she would choose to commit suicide to avoid affecting Alan's destiny.

Deus would not pay attention to what happened next.

Whether Eve successfully committed suicide, or Alan stopped her, and the result continued to be affected by Eve's 'destiny' and died as the prophecy foretold.

The final Eve would definitely choose the 'ending' with her own will.

Eve is the note representing [Eternity].

If she were a god, she might be [Eve, the Goddess of Eternity], the mother who bestows existence and life to all things—such a god, if she became a God-King, might be able to continue eternally.

However, in the Symphony Universe, who can be eternal? In a universe that does not have eternity at all, the Goddess of Eternity could not possibly awaken from the beginning.

Rather, it is better to take out her characteristic of eternity and let their gods try to break through the realm above the God-King.

Called, the realm of 'Eternal Anchor Point.'

And this requires the note representing the Eternal Song to choose 'abandonment' again and again.

Just like in this era.

In the first life, Eve herself chose to leave and die.

In the second life, Eve herself chose the end and died.

In the third life, Eve chose to give herself up and die.

And in the already scheduled fourth life, Eve would calmly choose to wait and then die.

In the cycle of birth and death of the seven great eras, Deus waited patiently, and finally the destiny he had woven was about to reap the fruits… When the Eternal Note was silent, and the power representing the essence of the Eternal Song was shared, all the gods would exist forever!

——Why are there so many memories?

——Why did Deus suddenly start thinking about his plan?

——Why would a dignified God-King, an ultimate powerhouse comparable to the peak of Dao Harmonization, suddenly sigh about his past hardships and difficulties, remembering the past bitterness and thinking about the present sweetness?

The answer is simple.

Of course, it was because Deus had been punched in the head at this moment, and even his immortal soul began to tremble, and his Great Dao divine intention fluctuated!

In short, he had been soundly beaten and was dazed!

"You're not willing to cooperate with the investigation, are you!"

Such a voice could be vaguely heard resounding through the heavens: "It seems that I have to reason with you before you will cooperate!"

Everything happened in an instant.

When Deus recovered from the countless distracting thoughts that were constantly shaking, Zhuzhou had just thrown a punch, at the cost of his abdomen being pierced by the God of War's spear, knocking the God-King off the chariot.

At this moment, the embarrassed cloud-mist giant rolled several times, stood up from the churning sea. Deus raised his head somewhat blankly, and then saw Zhuzhou knocking down the God of War, the God of Decay, and the God of Canghai Sea one by one—although he was also cut once in turn, his body decayed, and he was sent flying by a chariot.

But Deus was very clear that his subordinates had suffered severe damage to their origin. Without his help, it would take them more than ten years to recover, while that Zhuzhou had only lost a little of his Great Dao outer appearance, just skin wounds.

[No]

Watching Zhuzhou, who had stood up again, pulling out the long spear and the broadsword inserted in his body, and then eating them like biscuits and sugar cane, and even regaining his energy because of this.

The God-King understood in his heart at this moment: [I can't beat him at all—this Zhuzhou is outrageously strong, this is simply not an opponent that our pantheon alone can defeat.]

No matter how helpless, Deus could only make a difficult choice at this time.

[I can only… call for reinforcements!]

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