I Became a Progenitor Vampire

Southern Province, Lisle City.

This city occupied by old monsters has already become a restricted area for life.

In the beginning, there were still bold players who ventured in, but as time went by, bold players became extinct.

Because the atmosphere of the old days began to become stronger, the levels of the old monsters became higher and higher, and ordinary players were killed before they even entered Lisle City.

At this moment, this city filled with the atmosphere of the past is undergoing earth-shaking changes.

The dark clouds covering a hundred miles in the sky were like a large whirlpool covering the sea, slowly rotating, and the center of the whirlpool was Lisle City.

The sky is covered with dark clouds.

As the whirlpool of black clouds rotated, the cracks in the sky were put under tremendous pressure and began to expand bit by bit, making the cracks bigger and bigger.

From the thickness of steel wire to iron rod...

As the gap in space appeared, the chaotic aura of the past began to swarm into Lisle City like an exploding dam.

This directly increased the atmosphere of the past in this evil city tenfold and a hundredfold.

The already lifeless environment around him became even more desolate.

On the contrary, the violent half-rat man who was bathed in the atmosphere of the past has been greatly improved at this moment.

Those below level 10 began to rise crazily to above level 10, and even level 15 violent half-rats began to appear intensively...

Although the potential of the violent half-rats is limited, the aura of the past can quickly make these monsters reach the limit of their potential.

Without anyone noticing, a terrifying army with all levels above level 10 was slowly taking shape in Lisle City.

But this is just the beginning. With the strong atmosphere of the past, the interior of Lisle City has quietly transformed into an old world that can withstand the coming of gods.

The space gate that originally stood in the central area slowly became blurred under the impact of the old power.

If you look carefully, you can faintly see the other end of the space, a plane with countless violent half-rats, completely anchored in the center of the city at this moment.

"Ha ha ha ha......

Finally, I can finally come to this world! ! "

Evil and blasphemous words resounded throughout the sky at this moment.

The surrounding old power seemed to be activated after the blasphemous words were heard, and it gathered crazily in one direction.

After a while, there was a click in the central area of ​​Lisle City, a sound like breaking glass, and the final barrier between the main plane and the other plane was opened at this moment.

The shadowy shadows just now have become clearly visible, and there is nothing blocking both sides.

Countless violent half-rat men looked up to the sky and roared at the same time, making a harsh sound like a sharp blade scratching on the glass.

Heaven and earth trembled with the evil roar.

After being affected by this, the cracks in the sky cracked open again, and a larger gap appeared.

The atmosphere of the past spurted out like a high-pressure water cannon at this moment, turning the city into an ancient city of chaos and eternal silence.

The next second after the sky cracked, an indescribable and terrifying aura surged from the center of Lisle City to the surrounding areas, like a ten thousand-foot-high wave crashing into the surrounding areas.

The world was shocked.

The violent half-rats who were roaring in the sky seemed to have their necks strangled alive at this moment, and suddenly stopped their movements. Some rats saw the cats, and trembled on the ground, extremely humble.

Huhu~

Along with the rolling aura of the past, a tall figure emitting dark light appeared in the center of Lisle City.

The moment that figure appeared in the main seat, it seemed to have touched some ancient rules that existed in ancient times. Click~click~ The sound of chains dragging was heard in the heaven and earth.

But in an instant the ancient rule fell into silence again.

The city of Lisle has completely collapsed, and the ancient rules can no longer affect this ancient city.

After the dark figure exuding an aura of extreme terror noticed this scene, he immediately let out an almost maniacal laugh.

"Ha ha ha ha!

The rules of the new day have been broken, and the glory of the old will once again envelope the land! !

Damn Iroh, God of the New Sun! !

Are you ready for my wrath! I will pull out your soul and burn it with magic flames for a million years! ! "

"I will destroy this world in the name of the God of Plague!!"

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At the same time that the God of Plague came to the main plane, at the edge of the ancient deep forest, deep in the stormy sea, in the center of the Undead Empire, near the royal capital of the Norland Empire...

The cracks in the sky above the old seals were widened one after another. These old evil gods were no longer bereaved dogs escaping the seals this time, but appeared on the main plane in an extremely domineering manner.

The main plane forces that had just adapted to the advent of the old days once again encountered an unprecedented crisis.

Because these old evil gods who descended on the main plane are complete bodies, they possess peak divine power and have not turned into mortals like the gods.

The only good thing is that these old evil gods have not completely collapsed due to the rules of the main plane, so they cannot leave the sealed land in a short period of time.

But everyone knows that the storm has arrived, and an unprecedented war may begin tomorrow.

It is not only the ordinary residents who are frightened, but also the gods who are far from regaining their power.

Everyone knows that once the rules of the main plane can no longer restrict the old evil gods who have come to the world, then they may usher in the end.

In fact, the most tragic thing is those gods who have been hunted by careerists in the main plane before they have officially collided with the evil gods of the past.

During this period, from time to time you can hear news that believers of certain gods can no longer sense the presence of their gods...

Everything is heading in an unknown direction.

But the beings on the main plane of glory did not know that it was not just the main plane that had undergone tremendous changes. On this day, the entire multidimensional plane entered a countdown to destruction.

In the plane of the undead, countless skeletons are buried in this land. In this plane that has existed since the beginning of creation, fifteen undead monarchs looked up at the sky at a certain moment.

Click~

Along with a crisp sound, cracks appeared in the sky in the plane of the undead that had not been affected.

The old breath gurgling out is as rich as water.

The cataclysms of the past have finally invaded this evil place.

The plane of the undead is like this, and the bottomless abyss, which is the most evil place in the world, cannot escape the influence of the past at this moment.

Click~

Crisp crackling sounds sounded in every corner of the abyss, whether it was on the surface plane of the first layer or the bottom plane of the abyss 600 layers below.

As long as you look up at the sky, you can see clearly visible cracks like spider webs.

Cracks cannot be touched, have no entity, and cannot be destroyed. They are the manifestation of rules.

The rich power of the old days filled the air instantly, and the entire world exuded a rotten and permeable aura. Even the evil and murderous demons felt a fatal threat at this moment.

The old power never cares whether you are an evil or a good person...

Upon noticing the changes in the world, countless terrifying demon gods hidden in the bottom plane of the bottomless abyss roared up to the sky.

The terrifying pressure rose one after another like a storm, and the entire abyss was filled with divine power.

For countless years, the abyss has never been illuminated by light.

The fallen evil gods will all hide in this extremely evil place. No one knows how many terrifying evil gods have been hidden in the abyss that has existed since the beginning of the creation of the world over such a long period of time.

But at this moment, these powerful sleeping entities were awakened.

Because they sensed fatal danger, yes, danger, and that breath made their souls tremble.

That is the power of the old days, the power that destroys everything in the world.

The Old Ones once ruled the land of Chaos before the world was created by the Creator God.

Now, He has been reborn and returned.

This time He will annihilate everything and return the entire multiverse to nothingness and chaos again.

In the deepest part of the bottomless abyss, there are a large number of demon masters who have existed since the creation of the world. After these terrifying existences woke up from their endless dormancy and slumber, they directly plunged the entire abyss into chaos.

The demon master wanted to occupy a powerful plane to resist the coming old threat, but the original master naturally refused to give up and began to resist crazily.

Chaos and killing are the eternal themes of the abyss. This time, the abyss is completely in chaos.

There is no way to know the changes in the abyss from the outside, and Li De doesn't have much thought to worry about anything else at the moment.

After Green City realized that the power of death was enough to corrupt the twelve-winged Seraph, he assigned the task of managing Green City. He rode the bones alone and returned to the City of Dawn as quickly as possible.

He has been coveting the twelve-winged Seraph Eyes for several years, and this time he will definitely take this powerful being for his own use.

After entering within a thousand miles of the City of Dawn, Li De waved his hand, opened the space in front of him, and rode the dead bones back to the Bone Burial Ground.

Entering the Bone Burial Ground, the power of the entire plane instantly blessed him. The surging power made him feel so comfortable that he almost groaned... This is a big sword.

After waiting for a while, he finally came back to his senses and felt that everything in the Bone Burial Ground appeared before his eyes.

At this time, the undead are still fighting with the demons. Demons and undead are pouring in from the space gate every second, and thousands of demons and undead are dying every minute.

The sword of the Lord of Darkness is really sharp. He has killed so many demons, and the loss of the undead is probably countless.

However, the opponent could directly make up for any loss of undead, which made him sigh that the Skeleton Sea tactics were indeed invincible.

"Your Majesty..."

After sensing Li De's aura, Amy, who built a plague laboratory in the Boneyard, immediately came to salute.

While this guy is currently performing the task of raising pigs in the abyss, he is also studying the plague.

"Amy, what happened to the plague you studied last time?"

After returning to the Bone Burial Ground, Li De felt less anxious. The Twelve-Winged Seraph had become a piece of cake and could not run away.

The smile on Amy's face instantly brightened when she heard this.

"Your Majesty, the plague we studied last time has made new progress in the past few days..."

"Oh? How's the effect?" Li De's eyes lit up instantly.

“You can watch it for yourself.”

Amy smiled mysteriously, and then a thumb-sized glass tube appeared out of thin air in her hand, with half a tube of green liquid sealed inside.

If you look carefully, you can see that there are countless tadpoles swimming in the liquid. The densely packed microorganisms can scare people with trypophobia to urinate.

Li De opened the properties panel with some curiosity.

unknown plague

Quality: Special (highly contagious, but low secondary contagion)

Characteristics: It can greatly improve the physical fitness of the infected people, but it will also cause the opponent's body to mutate. If they cannot withstand the erosion of the plague, they will die directly.

Introduction: An unknown plague, those infected will become deformed.

It is indeed a plague... Judging from the introduction alone, I am afraid that no one would dare to experiment easily.

This thing has its pros and cons.

After showing it for a while, Amy threw the plague in her hand into the sky, and then the glass tube burst with a click.

The green liquid instantly turned into a thick mist, and then began to slowly fall down.

Below, a level 14 two-horned demon is being beaten by a level 15 black warrior. It is already scarred and it seems that it may be killed at any time.

But the next second, the green mist directly eroded the demon's body. His nostrils, mouth, wounds, skin, eyes, etc., were filled with countless microorganisms that were too small to be detected by the naked eye.

The two-horned demon with scars all over his body was already in extreme despair. At level 14, he was no match for the level 15 black warrior in front of him.

But just when he thought he was going to die, a terrifying force suddenly surged out of his body.

In an instant, the two-horned demon's wounds quickly healed and scabbed.

But what surprised him even more was that the scabs on the wounds did not fall off but began to spread around his body.

Within a few breaths, the double-horned demon's body was wrapped in a thick layer of scabs, as if he had put on a layer of thick armor, and his defense power was greatly improved.

Not only the appearance, the strength within the body of the two-horned demon is also increasing rapidly, the muscles become stronger, the bones become stronger, and the blood becomes more viscous...

In the blink of an eye, an extremely ugly two-horned demon with its entire body, including its face, wrapped in a gray-black hard shell appeared.

Although the appearance of this two-horned demon became extremely ferocious and terrifying, in return he gained greater power.

The two-horned demon was overjoyed when he noticed this change. He didn't care at all about the change in appearance. When did the demon care about his appearance?

I don’t even feel ugly, I feel very majestic.

The black warrior on the other side who noticed the change in his aura also felt that something was wrong at this moment. The bone knife in his hand was slashing wildly. He wanted to completely kill this damn demon.

But the two-horned demon who had completed his transformation felt that he was capable again, and immediately became mad and rushed towards the black warrior.

The bone knife flashed past, and the black warrior's sword slashed hard on the two-horned demon.

Originally, according to the Black Warrior's estimation, this sword could not kill the two-horned demon, but it would also leave a huge scar on his body.

But at this moment, it was like a blunt knife striking the cowhide, making a muffled sound upon impact.

When the two-horned demon noticed this, he was immediately ecstatic. How could this layer of horn be so strong? ?

He immediately rushed forward with a ferocious expression, hugged the Black Warrior and then bit and attacked like crazy. He saw hope of a comeback.

After a few blinks, poof~ blood spattered, and a huge head fell to the ground.

The black warrior looked at the broken bone knife in his hand with an extremely angry expression. He still killed the level 14 two-horned demon with violence. Although there was only one level difference between level 15 and level 14, the essence of life was very different. .

But even so, the cost of killing the opponent is still huge, and the difficulty of winning has increased several times.

And this is just a microcosm of the battlefield. After being infected by the plague, although high-level undead still have advantages over low-level demons, they can no longer overwhelm them.

On the contrary, demons of the same level have begun to rub against the undead of the same level.

Suddenly, the demons in the area infected by the plague became powerful, killing the undead and retreating steadily.

Seeing this, Li De couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

Although after being infected with the plague, it will become extremely ugly and no different from a monster, but in exchange for a lot of fighting power.

He made a slight estimate and found that the combat effectiveness of demons infected by the plague had definitely increased by more than 50%.

Of course, more than 30 demons did not withstand the erosion of the plague and died directly along the way, but compared to thousands of successful cases, he did not pay too much attention to these death tolls.

If you want to become stronger, how can it be possible without paying the price?

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the undead who were not affected by the plague at all and were still jumping around and said curiously.

"Amy, is there a plague that can also infect the undead?"

As special beings, the undead have many talents that ordinary beings do not have, such as immunity to toxins, immunity to plague, immunity to diseases, etc.

Therefore, it is basically impossible for ordinary plague to infect the undead.

"Your Majesty, if you want to infect the undead, you must create a plague that can touch the soul...but this will take a lot of time."

Hearing this, Li De waved his hand, "No need to think too much, I just asked casually.

Continue to study the plague just now and improve it until it can no longer be changed.

Once it is confirmed that it can be used, it can be used directly on the disordered army in the gravel plane to increase the combat effectiveness of the demonic army. "

He did not forget to directly possess a demon army of hundreds of thousands of people.

Now that there is no problem in developing Amy's plague, it can be used to improve the combat effectiveness of his army.

"As you wish, Your Majesty." Amy's expression was also quite happy, and Li De praised her as an honor.

"Okay, you go down and do your work."

After seeing the progress of the plague, Li De did not stay any longer and teleported directly to the twelve-story bone altar.

The mysterious sarcophagus he carried out of the sealed place was still double sealed by the Tears of Purification and Angel Wings.

The most eye-catching thing is the angel wings. At this moment, these holy wings have turned into black and white colors, full of negative energy.

But despite this, the angel wings are still releasing a large amount of sacred power to suppress the sarcophagus.

It can be seen how incompatible the two are.

Open the properties panel.

Twelve-Winged Seraph

Status: Transforming, transforming race - Fallen Angel (irreversible)

Transformation time: 2823 years (the power of death can be consumed to accelerate transformation)

introduce:......

Li De nodded with satisfaction after taking a look.

The Twelve-Winged Seraph still had three thousand years of transformation time left, but because the angel wings continued to output sacred power to suppress the sarcophagus, the transformation time was reduced.

But with the 300 million death power in his hands now, it is enough no matter whether it is reduced or not.

After thinking for a while, he waved his hand and tried to take the angel wings off the sarcophagus, but the other party was indifferent.

Li De frowned, his mental energy filled the air, and after a moment he shook his head helplessly.

He found that this thing seemed to have taken root and had formed a tacit enchantment cycle with the Purifying Tears below.

If he takes it off forcibly, it will only break the barrier, but it will most likely damage the Purifying Tears below.

After trying several times and still getting the same result, Li De couldn't help but feel a little pain in his balls. Was he stuck on the first step? ?

After pondering for a moment, he made a decision directly.

If you can't take it off, don't take it off, just convert it directly.

Inside the sarcophagus below is the evil god of the old days, using the power of the old days. Although the power of death is negative energy, it is part of the power of glory, which is essentially different from the power of the old days born in chaos.

He doesn't have to worry about the escaped death power nourishing the beings in the sarcophagus.

No longer hesitating at the moment, with a thought in his mind, the power of death condensed into a thick fog rolled over the bone burial ground and began to pour crazily into the twelve-story bone altar. The huge power of death made every bone on the altar burn brightly. .

As the only special building in the Bone Burial Ground, the Bone Altar has the effect of accelerating the transformation of high-level lives into undead.

After the power of death poured in, the Altar of Bones began to emit a white light, but this light had nothing to do with holiness. Instead, it made people feel palpitating like seeing white bones in a cemetery.

After death entered the altar, it began to be slowly transported to the angel wings under the operation of ancient rules.

The angel's wings trembled, seeming to sense the danger coming, but the sleeping twelve-winged Seraph had already lost the ability to resist. Even if he knew something was wrong in the haze, he was unable to resist his ravage.

Li De glanced at the attribute panel. The power of death was falling crazily at a rate of millions per second.

Correspondingly, the conversion time of the angel wings' attribute panel also decreases rapidly as the power of death is consumed.

He could see with his naked eyes that in the angel wings, as the power of death poured in, the holy aura became weaker and weaker, and a terrifying evil was brewing inside.

That is not the evil that ordinary people can imagine, it is filled with the purest darkness, killing and blood.

When the most holy beings in the world fall, their holiness will turn into the purest darkness.

This is a saying circulated among the Lords of the Abyss. The more holy one is, the darker one is.

In human terms, after the fall of a holy life, it will gain power far beyond that of ordinary life.

This is also the reason why those evil gods of the abyss work tirelessly to lure the gods of the heavens to fall, because the gods of light will become more powerful after they fall.

Now, by chance, Li De is doing what all the evil gods of the abyss desire - to seduce a twelve-winged seraph to fall.

Angels of this level have a first-class status in the light god system, and are not even inferior to some non-combat gods.

Having such an opportunity and telling it will definitely make the powerful demon master jealous.

As the huge power of death poured in, the Tears of Purification below also reacted, and its blue energy began to spread wildly, suppressing the sarcophagus in a more domineering manner.

The mysterious sarcophagus also sensed something was wrong and wanted to resist, but under the power of the Tears of Purification, all this became in vain.

Li De watched all this silently and did not make any additional moves. The sarcophagus was too mysterious and he would wait until the angel came out before making any plans.

At the same time, he was also full of expectations at this time.

Especially when he saw the white spots on the angel's wings disappearing bit by bit and black taking over all of them, he opened his eyes even more and couldn't bear to look away at all times.

Because he is about to have a twelve-winged seraph that makes everyone fearful!

This feeling is like opening a love letter sent to him by the goddess he has a crush on, like a magical weapon in a game that must be drawn ten times in a row...

Although it only took a few minutes, this process seemed as long as half a century for Li De.

Finally, at the end, no more holy light came out of the angel wings, and the sacred power suppressing the sarcophagus below completely disappeared, and he let out a long breath.

At this time, the angel's wings had turned into pure black, so transparent and so deep.

And the power of death on his attribute panel now only has a few ten million left.

Seeing this scene, Li De was very sad.

For several years, a huge amount of energy, manpower, and material resources were spent, and even the troops of the Lord of the Abyss were used to obtain the power of death for him.

After years of sowing and countless efforts, it is finally time to harvest.

Li De's breathing slowed down a bit at this time, and his eyes were fixed on the angel wings.

He could feel that after the divine power faded, the dark power became the only one.

A terrifying aura was brewing inside, and the power of death did not disappear, but was completely absorbed by the twelve-winged Seraph.

In other words, that angel is being transformed by the power of death...

This process of transformation is like the process of a dragon egg being hatched, transforming bit by bit.

When Li De saw this scene, he seemed to remember something and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"I remember when I hatched the god Asrega, I used the power of death to reshape his divine body, and used the power of faith to condense his soul...

Now that the power of death is there, can I continue to input the power of faith to make the twelve-winged Seraph more powerful? "

After this idea came up, he felt that this operation should be the right thing to do, so he decided to try it immediately.

He glanced at his attribute panel out of the corner of his eye. At this time, the number of followers of the Twilight Sect had exceeded 15 million.

Due to the two reasons of conquering Green City and conquering the Centaurs, the number of followers of the Dawn Sect has skyrocketed to 3 million. It is foreseeable that this number will at least double in the future.

The power of faith that nearly 20 million believers can bring to him every day is already an astronomical figure.

At this moment, the Twilight Sect has just over 12 million followers, while the Dawn Sect has over 6 million followers.

As a newly promoted landlord and wealthy man, Li De instantly smiled.

He felt like he could do it again.

My heart expanded rapidly, and finally I no longer felt as helpless as before.

No longer hesitating, he took one step forward and arrived at the twelve-story bone altar out of thin air.

Standing firmly beside the sarcophagus, he stretched out his right hand slightly and placed it on the angel's wings.

After confirming that it was correct, Li De took a deep breath, and the power of faith surged out like a dam bursting on a high mountain.

The angel wings refused to resist this power, as if they had turned into a black hole that swallowed everything, and the power of faith was swallowed up by its whale.

After receiving the blessing of the power of faith, the black angel wings emitted a dark light, and a terrifying aura slowly emitted.

Although there is only one wisp, it is enough to scare the hearts of veterans with strong minds.

The distance was blocked by fog, and the demons and undead who could not observe the Bone Altar felt an inexplicable chill down their backs. They subconsciously stayed away from the Bone Altar even in the midst of a life-and-death fight.

That is the instinctive fear of life.

Li De noticed this change and the smile on his face gradually bloomed.

His perception was correct, the power of faith could indeed enhance the power of the twelve-winged Seraph.

He could clearly feel that with the integration of the power of faith, some of the rules in Angel Wings seemed to be completed.

But to enhance the power of a being like the Twelve-Winged Seraph, the power of faith required is astronomical.

The power of faith accumulated by the Twilight Sect had been exhausted in less than ten minutes.

Li De looked at the bottomless pit-like angel wings and could only grit his teeth and look at the power of faith of more than 6 million people in the Dawn Sect.

Even the wealthy landlords cannot afford to be so prodigal... They are poor again.

However, the other party seems to be a 40-year-old young woman. She is in great demand at the moment, and the power of tens of millions of faith is not enough.

At the moment, with a somewhat experimental mentality, I began to input the power of faith from the Dawn Sect. In the end, I found that the twelve-winged Seraph really didn't care about meat and vegetables, and didn't care about the power of faith on the light side, and just swallowed it up.

A few minutes later, just when the power of faith of the Dawn Sect was about to be drained out, Li De finally sensed the saturated aura coming from the angel wings.

He stopped after realizing this information.

But after the power of faith poured into the angel wings, the twelve-winged Seraph was not born immediately. Instead, the other party fell into a deeper transformation.

It seems like hatching an egg.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes...

Two solar hours later, Li De raised his eyebrows slightly. After two solar hours of observation, he could feel that it would take at least three days for the twelve-winged Seraph to complete its transformation.

He lowered his head and glanced at the sarcophagus next to him, stretched out his hand, and directly sealed the thing with the power of the plane.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he sat cross-legged on the bone altar and waited. He wanted to see the birth of the twelve-winged Seraphim with his own eyes.

But it didn't take long for him to give up. The plan couldn't keep up with the changes. A piece of news brought by Harrison made him immediately walk out of the burial ground.

Harrison has the authority over the Boneyard, so the city hall speaker can open the space door and report the news to Li De.

In the office of the city hall, Li De looked at Harrison with a serious face.

"You mean, news came from the Crimson Moon and cracks appeared in the sky of the lost plane?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Although Harrison didn't understand why Li De was so serious about this matter, he still answered respectfully.

"The president of Crimson Moon specially marked the message with extreme urgency, telling you to go to Crimson Moon immediately."

Li De's eyes flickered when he heard this, and regular cracks appeared in the sky of the earth... Does it mean that the old days will come to the earth? ?

When he got the news, he was not as shocked as he imagined.

Because when he could summon a small fireball on the earth, he was already mentally prepared.

But no matter what, he must return to Earth immediately.

There are cracks in the sky, which means too much.

If the old days really come, can the earth resist those monsters of the old days?

Li De had no answer for this.

He looked at Harrison with his deep eyes.

"Harrison, when I broke through the legend, I found a way to enter the lost plane. The lost plane is very critical, so I am going there right away."

"There is one thing you must always pay attention to - the Twelve-Winged Seraph has completely fallen at this time.

She will wake up in three days. I will try my best to come back within three days. If I don’t come back, you can comfort her..."

Harrison was not surprised to hear Li De's words. From his perspective, the lost plane was just an ordinary plane. The only special thing was that it was far away from the main plane, and people from it could be reborn.

Li De even dared to occupy the abyss. What's so great about a lost plane.

In contrast, the news about the twelve-winged Seraph made him even more excited.

"All will obey your orders, Your Majesty."

Li De took a deep look at Harrison and said nothing more. He directly shattered the void in front of him, plunged his body into the depths of the Bone Burial Ground and fell into a deep sleep, and then returned directly to the earth.

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