This Game Is Too Realistic Chapter 747: Sacrifice for faith
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"Roar——!"
Deafening roars echoed in the tunnels of the Blood Mountain, and the plague champion, covered in blood, walked forward with cumbersome steps.
Not far in front of him, four members of Task Force Alpha were waiting in full formation.
The high-intensity battle like mincing meat caused heavy losses to both sides. Nearly three thousand plague monks of the Bloodhoof clan were killed. Most of the Alphas who entered the tunnels of Blood Mountain were also killed, leaving only about four hundred.
As for the number of damaged drones, there were countless, and the narrow pits were filled with metal fragments and muddy corpses.
It was impossible for just four people to resist the attack of the Plague Champion, but no one retreated.
Their superiors issued an order to fight to the death and not retreat.
Even when they were inoculated with the biological prosthetic body of unknown origin, they were already prepared to die.
The four of them looked at each other, had a brief exchange in the communication channel, and then took the initiative to launch an attack.
Two assault rifles and two Gauss rifles were set up at the end of the tunnel at the same time, emitting alternating yellow and blue fire.
It seems that these humans dared to come out of the bunker and fire. The plague champion let out a roar of pain, stretched out his right arm forward and quickly imitated the shape of the barrel, followed by a line of pale red. The smoke rushed toward Alpha's entrenched position.
The dense spore cloud exploded quickly, glaring into the faces of the four Alphas like exploding grenades, and quickly burned through their gas masks.
Fortunately, they were all inoculated with Xiaoyu's biological prosthetics, and their specifically strengthened immune systems easily blocked the alpha protozoa.
However——
The trouble doesn't end there.
The spreading thick smoke obscured the field of vision. Even if the thermal imaging of the tactical helmet was activated, only the heat source of a mold lake could be seen.
The footsteps that shook the tunnel were approaching quickly. An Alpha immediately took out a solid-state hydrogen battery and threw it out, and then fired an air-burst incendiary bomb in the general direction.
Dense flames instantly rose into the sky, forming a sea of fire that covered the entire tunnel exit.
Two Alphas fired towards the other side of the flames to suppress, while the other two Alphas quickly retreated, trying to distance themselves from the plague champion.
However, this painless attack failed to stop the guy's progress. The three-meter-tall black figure ran over the dense wall of fire like a tank marching in a pothole, and went straight to the front of the four people. .
Its left hand is a large shield, and its right hand is connected to a sword-like mallet, which is in sharp contrast to the Alpha Task Force's equipment, which is so sophisticated that it is almost science fiction.
However, when it comes to the technical content, it is indeed not bad at all compared to these Alphas.
Although Torch did not complete the Gestalt life system, it still achieved a breakthrough on the original basis——
That is, consciousness controls the life process, rather than the life process controlling consciousness.
These plague champions can select the required gene fragments from the designed organs for customized expression, thereby realizing the mimicry of weapons.
This is a singularity that has not been completed even in the prosperous era of "design evolution"!
It can be said that their existence itself is the crystallization of technology, an incredible miracle.
The two Alphas who continued to fire only felt like a train was crashing into them.
The black shadow that pierced through the flames was just a flicker, and it cut them into two pieces, and their broken organs were scattered all over the floor.
They couldn't even make a scream, and the two of them died on the spot.
The plague champion, who was covered in blood, let out a hearty howl. The devastated wounds on his body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the new flesh that grew out was even more ferocious than before.
"Monster."
"There is no doubt about the mother."
The two Alphas looked at this guy in fear, but neither of them retreated.
According to the battlefield situation analysis system, they have calculated that their chance of survival is less than 1%, and turning around at this time will only accelerate their death.
In this case, their deaths must at least be meaningful.
The two Alphas looked at each other and unintentionally opened the safety of the self-destruct plug-in on the exoskeleton.
The moment their life signal is detected to disappear, the self-destruct plug-in will activate the battery that detonates the exoskeleton.
Although it may not be possible to kill that guy, it shouldn't be a problem to cause some trouble for it.
Its recovery power is not infinite. If the damage exceeds the healing limit, you will die.
The teammates who died previously have shared this experience, and all they have to do now is to use the last bit of life left to increase the possibility of survival for the teammates behind them.
The battle is about to begin!
Just when the Plague Champion was planning to quickly execute these two guys and then search for the next target, a scorching flame passed through the two Alphas without warning and rushed towards its face. Door!
It subconsciously raised its left arm to block, and the hot flames were quickly swallowed up by the flesh-red spores on the shield. Although the flame did not cause fatal damage, it still caused a slight pause in its progress.
The two Alphas suddenly had surprised expressions on their faces and looked back.
I saw an exoskeleton warrior standing behind them, holding a large-caliber shotgun in his hand.
"Get away!"
The edge of the water roared, and the manual "Fire Dragon" shotgun continued to fire, spraying hot tongues of flames towards the guy holding the shield.
Continuously enduring the scorching damage, the Plague Champion let out a roar of pain, used the shield of his left arm to hold up the blazing flames, and rushed straight up.
At the same time, a power player stood up with a ceramite shield, looked at the roaring right arm, and rushed forward without dodging.
"Winter——!"
The dull sound echoed in the tunnel.
The strength player holding the shield dropped his knees, but that was all.
The plague champion's eyes widened in astonishment, looking at the intact shield in disbelief.
The simulated biomass battle ax on its right arm can even tear through armored steel, but it failed to leave a single scratch on it!
Obviously it doesn't know that this thing is a structural material used on the space station.
Although the effect against armor-piercing bullets is somewhat poor, the effect of "anti-impact with high-speed objects" is one of the best.
The player who took the hit dropped his shield, rushed up to the plague champion, then roared and stuck the needle tied to his waist into the monster's thigh.
Type B strain has a significant inhibitory effect on type J strain. This inhibitory effect is not only reflected in the phagocytosis of J-type strains, but also inhibits the proliferation of J-type strains.
The self-healing ability of the Torch Church's biological power armor is provided by the Nagobacterium flora, which was also the result of the analysis of "Garn"'s remains by the Alliance Biological Research Institute last year.
So the Alliance used this technology to create a "J-type strain inhibitor", specifically used to limit the self-healing ability of the Torch's biological power armor.
The duration of the inhibitor can last for at least three minutes, and during these three minutes, the recovery efficiency of the biological power armor can be reduced by at least 90%.
Until it completely metabolizes the injected "toxin".
The plague champion who received the injection let out a roar of pain, raised his right leg forward violently, and kicked away the strength player holding the needle.
The player hit the rock wall and fainted with a groan. He seemed to have been disconnected.
The plague champion angrily tore off the needle stuck in his right leg, but was horrified to find that blood could not stop pouring out of the rice-sized needle hole, and there was no sign of healing at all.
Seeing that the attack was effective, the other player who followed the edge into the hole looked happy, squatted on the ground and set up an RPG rocket launcher, turned on the safety and roared.
"RPG!!"
White smoke burst out from the launcher and hit the shield hard. The flames of the explosion flew in all directions, flying away large pieces of stone and almost sending away all the friendly troops in the hole.
He protected his head with his arms and took two steps back. He held the edge of the shotgun and looked up, only to see the Plague Champion who had been hit by a high-explosive shell as if nothing happened.
The shield connected to the guy's left arm was blasted with a hideous wound, but the damaged area was still healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"What the hell?! Why is it useless?!" The guy carrying the RPG was suddenly shocked.
Bian Bian was also stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and yelled at him.
"Right leg! The needle **** the right leg! Aim for the right half of the body!"
His knowledge level is average and he doesn't quite understand what biological power armor is.
But if you compare it to anesthesia, it seems that only the area where the needle is inserted is numb.
Similarly, it is likely that only the area hit by the needle is inhibiting recovery efficiency.
"Grass!"
Suddenly coming to his senses, the player immediately inserted a new warhead into the launcher, continued to aim at the staggering retreating plague champion, and pulled the trigger.
"RPG!!"
Another streak of white smoke flew out, this time hitting the plague champion's right leg impartially.
The shrapnel from the explosion was like a raging storm, swishing into the right side of the big man's body.
The Plague Champion let out a roar of pain, his eyes filled with incredible fear as he looked at half of his body bleeding profusely.
Its recovery ability has lost its effect!
More than that——
The entire right half of the body seemed to have lost consciousness, and power was passing away at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Without giving it any chance to breathe, he rushed forward with the edge of the Flame Dragon shotgun and emptied the magazine as it kept retreating.
With a series of bangs and bangs, the towering body finally fell heavily to the ground and stopped moving at all.
Seeing that the boss was finally killed, all the players cheered excitedly.
Looking at the friendly forces arriving for reinforcements, the two Alphas had a blank expression on their faces.
The edge paddled to the side of one of them and explained the situation in a concise and concise manner.
"On the edge of the leader of the Alliance Death Corps, just half an hour later, the Torch Church launched a surprise attack on almost all positions on our front line, especially the Weifu military base."
The Alpha looked at him and asked.
"Then...why are you here?"
"Because we are needed here," Bing glanced at the plague champion lying on the ground, grinned and continued, "Furthermore, the enemy's attention at the moment must be on the Weifu military base, and now is The best time to take down the Blood Mountain! The administrator asked us to take down the nest hidden deep in the Blood Mountain at all costs!"
"Understood." The Alpha nodded, and white mist floated out of the gas mask, "We will do our best to support you."
Edge Paddling asked with a smile.
"I've announced my identity, what about you? What's your name? Where is your captain?"
The man spoke concisely and concisely.
"Alfa 1006, our captain is everywhere, don't worry, just talk to me."
The edge stroke was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and stretched out his fist.
"This name is too long...just call you Ah Liu."
The man nodded, bumped his fists with the edge, and reloaded the weapon in his hand.
"Tell me your plan."
Edge: "We plan to directly attack the main body of the Brood. As long as the source of the plague is solved, those mutants are not worth mentioning at all."
Ah Liu looked at him indifferently.
"You are carrying a high-yield bomb?"
"There's no need to use that thing." With twenty gnawers that looked like mountains of meat, debt-ridden eyes came out from behind and said with a cheerful smile on his face, "Just use them. That's enough."
This is the smallest one, and the fatter guys can't squeeze in at all.
I don’t know why, Luo Yu’s brother’s fruiting bodies obviously know how to control their “shape”, but these guys he raises are like retarded people, they only know how to eat and stuff all day long, and then turn themselves into balls. , apart from helping to move things or build a bridge, it has no use at all on the frontal battlefield.
But it's fine now.
Finally there is a chance for them to come in handy.
Seeing those fruiting bodies, Ah Liu immediately understood what they meant and nodded.
"Understood, I will protect you."
The two teams joined forces, reversed the previous decline, and launched another attack deep into the Blood Mountain.
There are fifty plague champions wearing biologically powered armor. Task Force Alpha has killed ten of them before, and there are nearly forty left.
These guys have different abilities. Just like those plague monks, they have twisted forms and unexpected fighting methods, and their tactics are so cruel that it makes your scalp numb.
But for Task Force Alpha and the Death Corps, this level of fear is nothing more than drizzle.
Especially the latter.
They are a group of guys who don't even pay attention to the waves. They even dare to use the most primitive weapons to charge at fruiting bodies and evolved bodies that are hundreds of times larger than themselves.
Now that their equipment is no longer what it used to be, there is no reason to frown.
The **** fighting continued throughout the tunnels, and the strong smell of blood even overshadowed the putrid smell emitted by the spores.
Both sides have beliefs they resolutely defend and reasons that they must not back down.
It is precisely for this reason that both sides also suffered huge casualties.
Soon only half of the forty remaining plague champions were left.
And most of the remaining half were panting, their recovery and physical strength were on the verge of reaching their limits.
Standing in the "palace", Sodo gradually showed a trace of panic on his face, and the previous excitement and shouting could no longer be seen.
It can feel the passage of life among believers and hear the lamentation of the Plague Lord.
The **** it believes in is calling to it, urging it to stop those rude guys at all costs.
However, the group of rude guys seemed to be endless. Some people kept falling down, and others kept coming up from behind. Even the personal guards of His Majesty the Beast King could not withstand the continuous torture.
The fat body trembled, it shook its toad-like cheeks, and grunted from its mouth.
"Dear Lord of Plague... Your servant cannot stop them with this weak body. Please give me a stronger body, and I will eat them all for you."
It muttered, its ugly face full of piety, but no one answered its prayer.
Not only the mother's nest hidden in the deep pit, but also the "Beast King" who controlled everything tensed up and was stunned by the situation in front of him.
Especially the Beastmaster.
He originally thought that the Weifu military base was threatened, and the coalition forces would at least mobilize troops from various positions to return to defense, but he did not expect that they still did not intend to abandon the Blood Mountain position and the Alpha Task Force that was almost stuck in the mountain.
There are at least 3,000 troops reinforcing this mountain, and most of them are awakened ones.
Their fearless fighting style made even the plague monks who had castrated their sense of pain feel a bit of fear.
He didn't want to take action personally.
But if these troublesome guys are not dealt with, he may not have a chance to get out of here and meet the manager.
With his pale green eyes, he stared at the soldiers standing in front of him, and the Beast King, who directly controlled a plague champion, let out a mighty roar from his mouth.
"Get out of the way."
The voice carried a sense of spiritual pressure, just like the suppression of the lower ones in the food chain by the upper ones.
However, something even more astonishing happened to him. Instead of showing expressions of fear after hearing his voice, those people showed excitement in their eyes.
“Damn it, this thing can speak human language!”
"MMP! This time it has to be a real boss, right?"
Loading the shotgun in his hand, the outlaw howled excitedly.
"Brothers! Start a group!"
What responded to him was a loud scream.
"Oh oh oh!"
"???"
Looking at these guys whose emotions suddenly boiled over, the Beast King was stunned for a moment.
It wasn't until a rifle grenade exploded in front of him that he roared with an angry look and rushed towards the noisy group of guys.
His right arm was like a battle axe. With just one sweep, the guy standing in front of him flew away with his shield and body.
However, what he didn't expect was that in the face of his violence and strength, those noisy guys became even more excited.
The pair of holes burning with fighting spirit seemed to be eyeing some delicious prey.
It was this arrogant disrespect that made the anger burning in his chest boil even more.
These weak human beings...
Are they all masochists? !
With unprecedented rage in his chest, the Beast King tried to calm his breathing, but found that his spirit could not control the out-of-control emotions.
The violent power flows in his veins, unprecedentedly uncontrolled by his consciousness.
That feeling is just like the desire for food, it is also a biological instinct.
The reason why he was able to control his emotional ups and downs and make the calmest decisions before was simply because he was in the holy realm and did not have the physical entity to exist in the mortal world.
And he has been away from the mortal body for so long that he has long forgotten how to restrain his instincts.
"Roar——!"
Completely angered, he was like a runaway wild horse, killing the group of ants blocking his way.
Seeing his irritable and irritable appearance, those players only felt that this boss was very realistic.
Especially the guy who was picked out first.
On his return to the line, he coughed up a mouthful of blood, shouting excitedly while coughing.
"Brothers, try harder!"
"This BOSS is in a hurry!"
……
On the other side, deep in the underground rock mass of Blood Mountain.
Ah Liu and his group continued to move forward with edge paddling and debt eyes.
The remaining forces of Task Force Alpha are basically here.
What is disappointing is that the team that originally had more than a thousand members now has only 112 members left.
As for the edge paddling side, apart from a dozen brothers, there are twenty uniquely styled "babies" that the big eyes of Debt are looking after.
The passage under their feet at this moment is the road mapped and mapped by Task Force Alpha at the expense of nearly a thousand drones and hundreds of team members.
Based on the tracking of the bodies of the fallen members of the 13th Squadron, they have locked the approximate location of the nest.
Most of the plague monks of the Bloodhoof clan were pinned down near the palace of the prophet named Sodo.
This place should be heavily guarded, but instead there is not much defense force, only dozens of plagues.
I guess there must be a problem with the Bloodhoof Clan's command system, otherwise those guys have clearly deployed a careful plan to avoid flaws in such a critical place.
For example——
The plague lord must use the "Beast King" or the "Prophet" to communicate with the minions below. After all, those plague monks are not its real fruiting entities.
If the Beast King and the Prophet are unable to take care of each other at the same time, it is very likely that the command system of his subordinates with primitive communication methods will be blocked.
In fact, let alone those mutants, their own command system does not always work in such complex tunnel terrain, and the signals are often intermittent.
Even if you don't consider the electromagnetic pulse trap hidden in the tunnel, the solid rocks themselves are natural barriers.
I don’t know what method Alpha uses to maintain organization, but they do have to rely on the "offline scheduled contact" plug-in to pass on some important information.
"Any questions?"
Seeing the commander of the Death Corps keep glancing at him, Ah Liu cast an emotionless look at him and asked.
Seeing that he noticed his gaze, he didn't hide it, so he simply asked.
"No, I'm just curious...how do you communicate with each other?"
A Liu: "It's very simple. Our thinking is shared, and everyone is a communication node."
Hearing these words, a strange expression appeared on his big-eyed face, and he couldn't help but ask.
"What should I do if I accidentally think of something strange?"
Perhaps because this was not a secret in the first place, Ah Liu did not hide it and spoke concisely.
"For us, there is no such concern. We have already removed some tissues in the cerebral cortex. Even the necessary thinking activities are carried out based on the Alpha Task Force as a whole."
Big Eyes of Debt: "Removal...but why do we have to do this step?"
"Why..." Ah Liu pondered for a moment, "I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking. Maybe it's to improve combat effectiveness, maybe it's to eliminate other hidden dangers, but even if you put these aside... you Don’t you think this is very convenient?”
The debtor looked at him in astonishment with his big eyes.
"Convenient?"
Ah Liu nodded and said succinctly.
"Even from an individual standpoint, meaningless thoughts will only increase unnecessary suffering. Is our sacrifice meaningful, what will we get after victory, and why we can only eat four bowls at most in one meal Donburi... Even if we get the answer, nothing will change. In this case, I don't think there is anything wrong with saving this part of the computing power. At least we can enjoy the remaining time in the plan without any worries."
After a pause, he continued.
"For this, I have to thank you. Our life should have ended half an hour ago, but now it seems that we can still have breakfast tomorrow."
Looking at this guy, Edge of Water felt a trace of sympathy in his heart for some reason, his Adam's apple moved and he said.
"...I'll treat you to as many bowls as you want when I get back."
Ah Liu nodded and said.
"I appreciate your kindness, but this is not a matter of money. However, we are still looking forward to seeing something new in the canteen tomorrow."
Looking at this rigid guy, he made a helpless expression.
"Shall we eat at the head office together?"
He can order a few more dishes, and these guys who always focus on one dish can also have a change of taste.
Ah Liu thought for a moment and nodded.
"No problem."
Their commanders didn't say they couldn't eat with friendly troops, but most people found them boring and didn't want to get close to them.
The target is getting closer and closer, and the rancid smell in the air is getting stronger.
Everyone was in high spirits and stopped talking to each other.
At this moment, a spacious underground space came into view.
In the center of the underground space, there is a deep pit more than 100 meters wide.
A variety of wooden and iron utensils were placed next to the deep pit, decorating the entire cave into an altar with a mystical atmosphere.
In addition to the altar, there is also a group of plague monks with three heads and six arms, numbering more than a hundred.
Their ugliness cannot be described in words. Even the multi-legged beasts with tentacles are much cuter than them.
Seeing the intrusion of the uninvited guests, the group of plague monks immediately howled and rushed forward, trying to tear the intruder into pieces.
However, this small number is no different from cannon fodder to the Alphas who have completed the assembly.
They were already familiar with the unique fighting methods of these monsters and their almost metamorphic self-healing ability. With the firepower formed by alternating fire while keeping a distance, they could easily pin down these hundreds of monsters to death. In the tunnel.
The group of people came to the side of the deep pit. The dark red mist seemed to be floating out from here. Just standing on the edge of the pit and looking down, they could feel the threat of death.
The surrounding alpha protozoa are restless, and they cannot corrode these guys.
The call coming from the dark place seemed like the howl of a wild beast, and it also seemed to be begging for mercy.
Bian Huishui gave Debt Big Eyes a look, indicating that it was time for him to take action.
Although he was well aware of the content of the task, and could not fault the compensation given by the manager at all, but he really wanted to push down the baby he had raised with his own hands, Big Eyes still had a problem in his heart. A trace of intolerance.
He is not really a newborn after all.
Looking at the fat boys with round bellies, he said nonchalantly.
"Xiao Hui, there are also little Xiao Hui, little Xiao Hui... Don't blame dad after you go down. Dad also had no choice but to do it. It was all forced by the manager..."
Listening to his casual thoughts, Bing Shui couldn't help but roll his eyes.
If this **** is so intolerable, why did he accept the task of selling his wife?
No one forced him.
There are a lot of nibblers in Qingquan City. Although there are not many who are so fat, it would be better if they get better.
Before Debt’s words could even be finished, the twenty fruiting bodies seemed to be unable to listen any longer. They called out “Eeh” as a farewell, and then jumped into the deep pit with their legs. Go down.
They are just a "cell" in Xiaoyu's body. Xiaoyu has already given them orders before entering the hole. They do not need orders from the "keeper" to carry out the task to the end.
However, Lidou Dayan looked deeply shocked when he saw this, his eyes widened and his mouth opened wide.
"What the fuck?! Is it so real?"
He didn't even get to say a proper goodbye to his children!
Edge: "People are just fruiting bodies and have no self-awareness. What do you think?"
The drum washing machine next to me couldn't help but complain.
"That's it! I just want to buy a wife for 100 silver coins. What do you want?"
"I'll blanch it!"
Ignoring the noise of those guys, Ah Liu walked to the edge of the pothole and looked down.
"Is this enough?"
Patting the big-eyed debtor on the shoulder, the roller shampooer said with a smile.
"Probably! Our work has been completed, and the rest is all up to Xiaoyu. If it doesn't work, we can still throw this guy down, he also carries Xiaoyu's seeds."
Big Eyes: "%￥#@!"
Ah Liu nodded, but frowned slightly when he looked at the deep pit.
The indicator on his helmet showed that the surrounding spore concentration was changing rapidly.
Obviously, those fruiting bodies were indeed a poison to the nest named after Alpha at his feet.
However, toxicity is relative, and "Alpha" is not the same type as the mother nest in Qingquan City.
The latter shared most of the organic matter with its children, but this guy hoarded most of the organic matter on himself.
The two sides explore the path of evolution in completely different ways.
If the Brood in Qingquan City is a king who canonized countless knights and lords, then this Brood is a wizard living in an ivory tower.
It is even so stingy that it does not share its own material at all, but uses the power of believers to expand its territory.
"...the concentration of alpha protozoa is declining and the concentration of spores is increasing."
"The missiles stopped launching and their aggressiveness weakened... Is it a judgment that the danger has been eliminated? Or is it just that there is no spare power."
"If it is the latter, the spore concentration should decrease simultaneously."
“Is ‘victory certain’?”
"Unpleasant."
"If the conclusion is drawn based on the number of fruiting bodies that have been invested... twenty fruiting bodies may not be enough to completely swallow this guy. It does not rule out other possibilities. The fruiting bodies alone are not enough to swallow this guy. Need something else."
"What is the assessment result of the possibility of mobilizing fruiting entities from the rear?"
"0, it will take at least an hour to spread the news, and according to information provided by friendly forces, the rear is in an emergency and may not be able to support us."
“If ‘Alpha’ is allowed to adapt to being swallowed by ‘Xiaoyu’, or ingest its gene fragments for targeted evolution, I am afraid that this attack method will lose its deterrent significance.”
In just a few breaths, the group completed the communication through radio waves.
As for what to do next, they already have a unified consensus in their hearts.
The attack is effective.
But it's not enough.
Looking at the friendly soldiers who were laughing and scolding, Ah Liu looked at the edge of the water and suddenly spoke without warning.
"I may have to miss my appointment tomorrow."
The edge of the water was stunned for a moment, and the big eyes that were holding the head of the drum washing machine were also stunned.
Before all the players came to their senses, Ah Liu had already taken off his exoskeleton, gas mask and helmet.
Only now while paddling along the edge did I realize that the guy turned out to be a girl with long hair.
I can’t hear it at all just by listening to the sound...
Not just Ah Liu, everyone moved in unison, leaving their weapons and equipment where they were.
Although the battery of the exoskeleton can be the last bullet, what they want to do is not to destroy the nest, and that little damage is of no help against a creature of this level. Only strategic-level bombing can completely destroy it. it.
The little feathers on their bodies are the final bullet.
In between countless injuries and healings, that little guy has become a part of their body and grown.
Although they could feel that the guy didn't really like them very much, just like other survivors in the military base.
But that kind of thing doesn't matter.
No one showed even a moment's hesitation. They calmly walked towards the bottomless abyss and jumped in...
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