Astral Ant Tribe

Chapter 786 Welcome to the Universe!

Longbai focuses on cultivating specialized blue ants.

Under the huge base, the probabilistic events became stable, and another king was successfully born: Twin Xianghua

At this point, the Pandan Chamber of Commerce, headed by Hei Huai, has six assistant kings who are proficient in water refining abilities: Nebula Pomelo, Nebula Orange, Nebula Lemon, Twin Linghua, and Twin Xianghua.

All were incorporated into the second congregation of the Implantation Department.

Hei Huai returned to Xianglan Mountain and unified command and dispatch.

With so many Zuowang, four or five interstellar trade routes can completely cope with it.

At the same time,

Shuanglang has trained another little flame spider warrior: Shijiao

The Flame Spider Warrior is still somewhat insufficient.

Six hundred years have passed by in a hurry,

Xingyun Zhi harvested a succulent plant god-given seed from the wild desert of Hanlan Star: the Guard Pillar

The top god-given seed!

Originally, Long Bai planned to gradually transform the environment of Hanlan Star into a conventional natural ecological planet.

But later it was discovered that although the growth of succulent plants was not fast enough to form a lush and diverse ecosystem, the probability of giving birth to God-given seeds was not low at all, and the ecology was quite stable.

Under the strong suggestions of Mo Lan and Xing Yun Zhi, we kept it for now.

You can keep it.

Hanlanxing manages to become a very unique succulent plant planet.

The affairs of the azure star system are left to Jubai to handle everything.

Lone Cypress returns to the Capricorn star system.

There are a lot of things,

First, cultivate a batch of medium, small and micro blue ants in the Pandan Mountain ant nest.

Then, the star systems of Xiang Huo and Huo Muli were rotated to replenish medium, small, and micro blue ants for the separate nests in the two places.

Then together with Mo Lan, Bai Wei, and Hong Tao, they led Black Sophora japonica, Nebula Laimeng, Yi Lan, Wen Jing, Bai Qian, Mao Berry and other insects to the end point of the planned third route: the Hongtong star system.

Conduct on-site inspections, rent shops, lease territory, open separate nests, and cultivate a group of ant colonies first.

Black locust, nebula lemon, blueberry, horsetail, white thorn, strawberry and other insects are left to set up shops in advance.

After completing a busy circle, they returned to Xianglan Mountain and rested quietly for twenty or thirty years. Ghost Fan, Xingyun Cypress, Purple Sha, Scale Oak, Poison Bean, and Poison Wheat, who went to study in the Caoya star system, returned after completing their studies.

The two star spiders followed the ant path and went straight to the short-handled horn god-given tree.

The hatch is open,

Feiyang, who was piloting the Star Spider, jumped down quickly.

"Longbai Ant King!"

"King Longbai Ant, look at this. This is the Type 1-1 produced by the Luoqi Chamber of Commerce. The Mutong No. 27 Transport Star Spider is priced at 250 million brand new. An additional 100 million yuan will be charged for installing the original energy conversion device. In total, The new one costs 350 million.”

"This ship has been repaired, renovated and carefully maintained by us. It is 70% new. The price is only 180 million, which is half the price. Is it a good deal?"

Caolong jumped down and said: "Feiyang has always had a dream, which is to personally sell a Star Spider that he renovated. Long Bai, you can be considered half of its elders. Please fulfill its wish."

Dudou followed and advised: "Longbai Ant King, the price is right, you can buy one. It is a pity to deal with it at a low price and make other spiders cheaper. Look, I just bought one!"

Long Bai: "???"

Long Bai: "Why are you buying it?"

Dudou: "Didn't President Bai Wei say that if there are more spiders in the Chamber of Commerce, everyone can take turns to go back to Huangtaoshan for vacation? I have nothing else to do during the vacation. I can drive a first-class star spider to the square to carry passengers and earn some extra money." "

"..."

Long Bai's head suddenly grew heavy, and he waved his claws irritably, saying: "Okay. Lu Dou, Cao Long, I will accept this Star Spider. You two used Wang Baizi's 200 million raw crystals to get it, so there is no need to ask for replacement. It's considered Ghost fan their tuition."

"Wow!"

"Thank you Long Bai Ant King!"

"I know that Long Bai is the most loyal!"

Grass Dragon, Lu Dou, Fei Yang, Poison Bean, and Poison Wheat Spider jumped and cheered.

Feiyang turned around and pointed at the beetle behind him, which had a golden-red carapace with a metallic color and a slightly slender body, and introduced:

"Longbai Ant King, this is the golden red tree armor warrior, Fei Peng!"

"I've met the leader Long Bai!"

Fei Peng greeted.

"well."

Long Bai looked at Ghost Fan and asked, "Is your learning process going smoothly?"

Ghost Fan: "It's going very smoothly. Everyone is proficient in metal abilities and has intelligent brains to help deal with complex problems, so it's relatively easy to learn."

Xing Yunbai followed: "It's not difficult. I learned it easily."

"It's not difficult!"

"Simple!"

Purple Sha and Scale Oak take a stand.

"good very good!"

Long Bai thought for a while, raised his paw and pointed at the Star Spider he just bought, and said: "Zi Sha, can you take it apart? Divide it into its component parts."

"Can--"

Zisha agreed, turned around and boarded the Star Spider, activated his metal ability, and tinkered with it for a while. He first dismantled a large number of precision components from the inside, carefully controlled them, and placed them into the tree trunk hall.

Then a violent dismantling process was carried out, leaving only an empty frame in the entire Star Spider.

Long Bai waved his tentacles and ordered: "Quercus scaly, put it back."

Scale Oak did as he was told and activated his metal ability. The metal components scattered all over the place flew up, moved and rotated rapidly.

Not long after, the complete Star Spider was assembled.

Scale Oak drives and runs twice.

"Chief Longbai, all functions have been tested and there is no problem."

"Very good! It seems that my tuition money should not be wasted."

Long Bai was very satisfied and ordered:

"This Star Spider goes to the azure star system, and it can usually transport insects, cargo, etc."

"In the future, Ghost Fan and Purple Brake will form a team, and Nebula Cypress and Scale Oak will form a team. They will go to the Azure Star System for a rotation every 600 years. If the Star Spider has any problems, we will repair it ourselves. Do you need tools and accessories? You can ask Juniper to arrange for it to purchase them."

"Okay~"

"Understood!"

Ghost Fan, Nebula Cypress, Purple Brake, and Scale Oak agreed.

Longbai turned to Caolong and Yudou and asked about the situation.

Caolong and Yudou disbanded the Chamber of Commerce, and took Feiyang and Feipeng to officially join Baiwei and join the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce.

In addition to Baiwei's old team, Huangtao, Hongtao, Qingtao, Nandi, Dudou, Yuteng, Zhuban, Tianjie, Chandou, and Baiwei herself, there are a total of 10 people.

In addition, there are six pure-blooded Watase Flame Spider warriors cultivated by Ganlang from the Azure Star System, Wuju, Dumai, Elan, Wenjing, Yunxiang, and Shijiao.

The members of the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce just made up 20 people.

Four soldiers will stay in the Bauhinia star system.

Four soldiers will be assigned to each route.

The current number of Zerg personnel is 16 soldiers for three routes, and there are still 4 vacancies for rotation.

Bai Wei and Hong Tao have time to prepare for a breakthrough in the planetary realm.

Du Dou and Du Mai will take turns to rest...

After some preparation, Long Bai and Mo Lan led the team, taking Du Dou, Du Mai, Juniper, Silver Cypress, Rao, Green Stone, and Hong Sang, and set off on the long-distance star spider of the Chamber of Commerce and embarked on a long journey.

[Time: 78th Century - 150 Yuan - 870 Years]

It is the end of another cycle of the Force on the mother star. The laws of the star realm have changed. A large number of Zerg warriors whose evolutionary level is less than the 9th-age Zerg King have set off on the expedition with the accumulation of a cycle of the Force of the tribe.

The Qiming star system has become lively.

Jiao Lan Star,

North 1001 District Square,

Densely packed, warriors from large and small tribes, in groups of three or five, are waiting in the square.

In Huaqi Mountain, Huang Jian led the team personally, with Ziteng, Baizi, Heizi, Zhaoshanhong, Zhaoshanbai and other warriors, waiting nervously.

Several small pioneer warriors have arrived to report the details of the mother planet:

After 18,000 years of development,

Five new divine products were born in Huaqi Mountain, named Diyu, Tianli, Xipu, Hetang, and a woody vine divine product named ‘Suguang’.

The Huaqi divine tree must stay and take charge of the thousand-year-old tree.

The three divine products Diyu, Tianli and Suguang each use a divine-level sparkling gold, and they must also stay.

Dozens of shield grasshoppers and long shield grasshopper warriors who are good at fighting were arranged to escort the five divine products, Linnan, Quandong, Jinhe, Xipu and Hetang, as well as a large number of precious wild divine seeds, away from the mother planet.

At noon when the sun was shining brightly,

Suddenly, in the circle marked by the red line in the center of the square for the Star Spiders to dock, the space was surging, and a Star Spider with a foot span of a little over one meter emerged from the Star Web and landed smoothly.

The space continued to surge.

One hundred and seventy-four purple-gold little flame spiders emerged from the Star Web densely.

The little flame spiders opened their mouths in unison, and the power of space was activated.

One by one, the Zerg warriors fell out.

——Here they come!

The square was in an uproar.

The shouting mental power surged back and forth, crisscrossing.

The scene was instantly chaotic.

The warriors of each tribe shouted to greet their juniors.

The Flame Spider Merchants followed and gathered together to make a fuss.

Shield Grasshopper Warrior!

Long Shield Grasshopper Warrior!

And the Barley Bug Warrior!

"This way!"

"Yunji Continent, Huaqishan warriors! This way! This way!"

"Captain Jinli! This way! I'm Shanpao, come to our side!"

"Captain Jinli?"

Huang Qian led the team to rush left and right, and approached the Huaqishan team that gathered together in front, hugged the group, and looked nervous and vigilant.

Similarly, the new Huaqishan insects also saw Huang Qian and his party and squeezed out with difficulty.

"Are you Jinli?"

"I am...you are..."

"Huqishan, Chief Huang Qian! The main force of Huaqishan has gone to the Baijing Star System for development. I am fully responsible for the affairs of the Qiming Star System."

"Count the insects, are the insects here?"

"All!"

"Okay! Don't ask too much! Follow me!"

...

The crowded insects gradually dispersed.

Huang Qian led the team, trotting out of the square and stepping onto the main road.

Zi Teng activated the sea beast's devouring ability, turned into a frost centipede, called on the insects to go up, and carried the insects to run away.

After running for a distance,

Huang Qian briefly introduced: "My name is Huang Qian, this is Zi Teng, this is Bai Zi..."

"We are the insects born from the Force Point during the last Force silence period in Yunji Continent. We have been waiting for 30,000 years, waiting for the Force cycle on the mother planet to end..."

The warrior named Shan Pao added: "Huang Qian and Zi Teng are both our ancestors. There are many more ancient shield grasshopper ancestors from the last Force cycle on the Baijing Galaxy."

"The ancestors of the long-shielded grasshopper and barleyworm tribes are also here, all developing in the Baijing Galaxy."

Zi Teng suppressed his mental power and asked: "Jin Li, have you brought all the divine seeds of the divine product?"

Jin Li: "I brought them!"

Zi Teng: "Five?"

Jin Li: "Yes."

Zi Teng: "Where is the Tilia?"

Jin Li: "With the Tilia sacred tree."

Huang Qian scolded: "Don't ask too much! Let's talk about it when we return to the territory."

The new insects are still a little confused.

Jinli asked in surprise: "Ancestor Zi Teng, is this the ability of sea beasts to devour? Southern Hemisphere, the Scepter of the God of the Ocean?"

Ziteng: "That's right!"

Ziteng already knew the situation on the home planet and asked: "I heard that the force in the southern hemisphere is gradually recovering, and the Citizen Sacred Tree is organizing the use of rough stones to activate the Scepter of the God of the Ocean. Have you all used it?"

Jin Li: "Yes~!"

Ziteng asked: "How is it? Is there anyone who understands '潆'?"

Jinli: "Yes. I. But I am the only insect. The other insects have only realized the ability of sea beasts."

"Then you, little katydid, are very talented and lucky!"

Ziteng praised and asked: "There are forty-five warriors in total? It's amazing if one of them can understand it. I think back then, our conditions were much better than yours..."

Walk along and tell along the way.

One day later, return to the territory of Jiaolanxing North Area 4450.

A large number of soldiers came after hearing the news.

The new soldiers looked and asked, and were dumbfounded. The senior Citizen soldiers who left hundreds or thousands of years ago were all here.

"OK OK!"

"Quiet! Quiet! Don't be busy reminiscing about old times yet!"

Huang Yao waved his tentacles vigorously and issued an order: "Bai Zi, Zhao Shan Bai, you quickly organize warriors, measure the land, open nests, and arrange for new warriors to settle in."

"Heizi, Zhaoshanhong, go and pick the six best pieces of land, improve the soil, build up the soil, and prepare for the rebirth of the sacred tree."

"good!"

"knew!"

"Stop talking nonsense now."

"Everyone, move quickly!"

All the insects agreed.

The hearts of trees transformed from God-given seeds are hidden in the abdomens of 15 barley insect warriors.

Jin Li commanded, and everyone separated slightly. The long-shielded grasshopper warrior who was good at wind abilities stepped forward, condensed the wind blade at the tip of his toe, and cut open his abdomen...

Five condensed large tree hearts with a diameter of 30 centimeters were taken out.

Each one was condensed into a size of 15 centimeters in diameter, and many small tree hearts were taken out one after another.

Send him away quickly.

All kinds of life-system abilities burst out and landed on the barley bug warriors for emergency treatment.

Under the organization of Huang Ya, after half a day of busy work, all the preparations were completed.

sunset dusk,

Headed by five divine-grade God-given tree hearts, a total of 200 top-level and double-quality wild God-given tree hearts were buried one after another.

The forty-five new warriors also arranged their territories, and many warriors helped to arrange the rebirth of life seeds.

The water system is capable of watering, and it can be watered thoroughly at once.

The heart of the tree sprouts, regenerates, and grows rapidly.

And because the tree remains cannot be taken away and remain on the home star, the condensed tree heart is also small. After a long journey, energy and nutrients are consumed too much, and most of them resume growth to a few meters or more than ten meters before slowing down.

The five divine products were slightly faster, but they all ran out of energy after reaching more than twenty meters.

Huang Ya also organized the use of original crystals to replenish the force, and mobilized warriors with the ability to assist plant growth to take turns to guard and take good care of it.

Fully half a year later...

One day,

Suddenly, the spiritual shouts of Zerg warriors and Force plants echoed in the mountains and forests.

High in the mountains, the dormant yellow skewers in the caves were awakened and listened attentively.

——Leader Huang Ke!

——Huang Ke, wake up quickly!

——Wisteria, wake up!

——Stupid insect, wake up quickly!

——The soul consciousness of Lin Nan’s sacred tree has awakened~!

——Wake me up!

Huang Zhan stood up abruptly, his figure turned into a shadow and floated out of the nest, flashed down the mountain, and quickly came to the place where the sacred tree took root in the forest south of the lake.

The Linnan Sacred Tree was the first to be restored to a height of over 50 meters, with lush branches and leaves shielding it from the scorching sun.

The temperament of Linnan Sacred Tree has not changed at all. It is still the same, more fiery than the scorching sun, and full of domineering power. It is questioning two young insects.

"The universe has restarted? The White Crystal Galaxy? Is it ruled by the Holy Butterfly Tribe? Why? Just because these butterflies are not easy to kill?"

"seems like it……"

"What is the living environment like? Peace and stability? Or chaos and war?"

"Peace and stability."

"So all the insects that left earlier are still alive?"

"Alive."

"Where are the old katydids who have gone through the Force cycle? How many have died of old age? How many are left behind?"

"As expected, they are all still alive."

"No one has died in tens of thousands of years? Is the ability to 'hibernate' so magical?"

"In the dormant state, the lifespan loss rate is slowed down to one-tenth."

"oh!"

"Where is the seed given by the frost god that day? Is it still there?"

"Of course. If nothing else, the Sky Frost Divine Tree should be in the semi-star realm, or even the planet realm."

Lin Nan Shenshu asked forcefully.

The two young warriors guarding under the tree answered tremblingly.

"Leader Huang Zhan!"

"Leader Huang Zhan, the Linnan Sacred Tree has awakened!"

Seeing Huang Ya's arrival, the two young warriors greeted him and ran quickly to stand behind Huang Ya.

"Linnan Sacred Tree! You finally woke up."

Huang Ya couldn't help but said proudly: "Welcome to the big world of the universe!"

Lin Nan: "..."

Lin Nan spoke in a bad tone and asked: "Leader Huang Zhan? Is there such a leader in Citi Mountain? Which generation and hilltop are you from? Why don't I have any impression?"

Huang Zhan was stunned and reminded: "I was in the last period of silence of the Force... I, Wisteria, Wisteria, Dragon Cypress Ant King, and Melanchorus King, their generation of insects, all moved to the Purple Linden Insect Kingdom and passed through it. Genocide Crisis.”

Huang Ya was shocked: "Linnan Sacred Tree, don't you remember?"

"nonsense!"

"of course I remember."

"Huang Xuan, right?"

"I remembered!"

Linnan Shenshu had obviously been in contact with too many insects for too long, so his memory was a little confused. He thought for two seconds before remembering, and asked in confusion:

"Is your insect still here? Where is Tengluo? I remember that it realized there is '潆', right?"

"Yes——"

Huang Qian's enthusiasm cooled at the speed of light, and he choked up and explained: "Tengluo went to the Baijing Star System to develop. I took Ziteng and stayed in the Qiming Star System to guide the new little warriors and wait for you and Quandong Shenshu to arrive."

"Oh——"

Linnan Shenshu asked: "Just now, I heard from the two stupid insects behind you that the Holy Butterfly Tribe ruled... … What does Baijing galaxy mean? Points and a large number of secondary source points ... "Huang Cuxi thought about it, directly launching the ability of the tree flower heart, and directly wrote the consciousness of Lin Nan Shenshu related knowledge about the knowledge of all kinds of universe. Ye Xiang broke through the half -star realm, and now the soul ability. Now, it is one of the top gods in the universe. Lin Nan was silent for a while, then asked, "Huang Qian, are you at the half-star level?"

Huang Qian: "Yes."

Lin Nan asked, "What about Tengluo? It must be at the half-star level, right?"

Huang Qian: "It serves as the star master of the tribe, and has priority in resources supply. It is also developing in the Baijing galaxy. I guess it is almost at the star level now, right?"

Lin Nan asked, "What about Ziteng? I remember that there were two little guys who left with you that year, Baizi and Heizi?"

Huang Qian: "Yes. At present, they are all at the half-star level like me. The resources in the Qiming star system are limited, so everyone stops at the half-star level..."

As he was talking,

Ziteng, Baizi, and Heizi, leading thousands of insects, rushed towards this side.

"Linnan Sacred Tree!"

Ziteng called out in surprise, holding a spider silk bag in his claws, opened it, and took out a purple-red crystal...

Linnan looked at him and asked, "Are you... Ziteng?"

Ziteng's movements froze, and he was stunned for a moment, saying, "I am Ziteng! Linnan Sacred Tree, don't you recognize me?"

"Nonsense! There are so many insects, and the energy aura is almost the same, how can I remember them?"

Linnan asked, "What's in your claws? I sense it's a good thing!"

"Source Crystal!"

Ziteng spoke quickly, and said briefly, "Dawn In the star system, there are powerful beetles that imitate the source gems, using the original crystal as the medium and producing it with their abilities. A first-level original energy treasure. It can improve the life level of the original force plant to a certain extent, and it can also accelerate the growth of the original force plant, assist the original force plant to comprehend the original energy, comprehend the laws of the universe, and accelerate the speed of condensing the "mark". "This thing is expensive." "We save money and reserve a batch for you, Lin Nan Shenshu." Zi Teng said, took one, ran forward, activated the hydra tentacles to roll it, and pressed it on the tree trunk. Huang Qian suggested: "Lin Nan, the sacred tree, you try it! Wrap it with your mental power, pull it, integrate it into the trunk, and slowly absorb the power inside."

"Numbular!"

"I remember, Huang Qian, you are a nitpicking, nagging character!"

Lin Nan scolded, tried to wrap the crystal with mental power, easily pulled it into the trunk, and sensed it again, and praised:

"Good stuff! Really good! It is really beneficial to my growth and perception!"

Lin Nan praised, changed his tone, and asked: "Is this made by insects imitating source gems? What about more advanced source gems? Didn't you prepare a few for me?"

Zitherang: "...prepared."

Huang Qian: "Three thousand years ago, the Dragon Cypress Ant King My subordinate, King Heihua, returned from the Baijing Galaxy to the Qiming Star System to do some work and brought 9 source gems. The Redwood leader didn't know that there would be five divine products on the mother star, nor did he expect that five divine products would come up at once, so he only prepared 9. "

"Lin Nan Shenshu, you first use the source crystal to resume growth and break through the Three Trace Realm, Nine Trace Realm, and Star Trace Realm as soon as possible. When you are in the Star Trace Realm, use the source..."

"Okay. Okay."

Lin Nan didn't have the patience to listen, interrupted a little irritably, and asked: "The ant called Longbai is still alive? I remember that the ant was smart, bold, careful, and black-bellied. In an orderly environment, it shouldn't be too bad, right?"

Huang Qian choked.

Zi Teng replied: "Longbai Ant King has developed very well! When it was in the Qiming star system, it explored the remains of the old universe and made a fortune. With this wealth, it entered the Baijing Galaxy and purchased a large number of source gems and leased zero-level source points. The development speed has surpassed our Citi Mountain."

"Longbai Ant King is organizing the old members of the Southern Hemisphere, Wanglan Continent, and Boshu Bay United Kingdom. He plans to entangle more than a thousand ant kings and queen bees to form a super force for joint development."

"Oh——"

"Ambitious fat ant."

Lin Nan meditated, sorting out the various information he had just obtained from searching, pondering for a moment, and said angrily:

"Calculating, shouldn't the old Citizen katydids enter the universe 18,000 years earlier than the ants? The first-mover advantage of 18,000 years was actually overtaken by the ants? Sequoia, holm oak, and star persimmon are leading Citigroup Mountain Insect? I know the Star Persimmon Insect very well, and its abilities must be fine. Where did Sequoia and Holm Oak come from?"

"……no."

"...It has nothing to do with me!"

Ziteng didn't dare to speak.

"The Sequoia is the ancient ancestor born in the same generation as the Citizen Tree..."

Huang Ya introduced carefully and said: "Our Citizen Mountain is not developing slowly. I heard from Hei Hua that when he left, Citi Mountain had already confirmed that it would lease the zero-level source point. I guess it has been rented and operated now... "

"OK OK."

Lin Nan Shenshu interrupted and shouted: "Jin Li, what are you doing hiding behind? Come up and talk to me..."

Word spread.

One after another, all the insects in Citi Mountain arrived.

Lin Nan Shenshu was lecturing while retrieving the information that Huang Yao had transmitted using his 'write' ability.

Suddenly shocked, he asked:

"Huang Ya, the divine grade god-given seed is still in the star mark realm stage, and you can't condense the 'mark' at will?"

"It's best not to gather traces that have nothing to do with abilities. Otherwise, if you break through and advance to the semi-star realm, the effect of the divine fruit produced may change in an undesirable direction."

Huang Ya replied, feeling something bad, and asked: "Linnan Sacred Tree, then you are...could you say..."

Lin Nan said solemnly: "It's a bit troublesome! In the Force Star Realm, I comprehended and condensed 71 divine patterns!"

Huang Zhan and all the insects were dumbfounded.

"The problem... shouldn't be... big..."

Huang Ya spoke with difficulty and asked nervously: "Linnan Sacred Tree, what about the Quandong Sacred Tree? How many 'divine patterns' has it condensed?"

"Quandong is okay, stopped at road 33."

Lin Nan said with a heavy tone: "Jinhe has condensed 53 divine marks. Xipu has 17, and Hetang has 9. The nine marks have just been unified into one."

Huang Zhan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When it comes to the starry sky, the 'Golden Pattern' ability given by the divine Golden Myrobalan is already very average, and it can't be much worse.

With more marks, there is hope of mutating into better abilities.

The 33 divine patterns on the Quandong Sacred Tree are not too many and should not be too cluttered.

There is nothing wrong with the divine product born after the two trees of Xipu and Hetang.

The only problem is the Linnan Sacred Tree...

Huang Ya didn't dare to say it clearly.

Linnan Sacred Tree carefully thought about the knowledge and information related to the evolution and growth of force plants, and realized that it seemed, maybe, only he would have problems, and fell silent... (End of this chapter)

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