People are watching American TV shows, and they are also watching American-style iaido.

Washington.

Both the White House and the Pentagon are unsurprisingly in complete chaos, and almost everyone is on edge.

"America is facing unprecedented challenges!" The President of the United States uttered this nonsensical statement with great enthusiasm.

On the other side, the international airport.

Several planes landed one after another, and the five elders, who looked completely ordinary and had nothing special about them, walked out of the airport and got into the bulletproof luxury cars that Elder Ricky had arranged to wait for them.

The Samaritans noticed the unusual nature of the situation and promptly marked the five elders and Elder Ricky.

However, because the surveillance is not yet complete, the Samaritan cannot yet determine what exactly is going on with these five elders.

Time flies.

Elder Ricky and his top bodyguards, carrying the five elders, successfully entered the White House and arrived at a conference room in the West Wing.

The meeting room was very quiet, a stark contrast to the noise and bustle outside.

The five elders sat down in silence one after another.

Elder Ricky fawned over the White House's drinking water, then obediently stood quietly to one side.

“Rickie, sit down,” the eldest elder said, glancing at Ricky.

Upon hearing this, Ricky quickly returned the smile and then obediently sat down, not daring to misbehave.

“Rickie, Ding Ze has caused us so much trouble,” the eldest elder said, looking at Ricky with a cold gaze. “You handled this matter terribly, to the point that I have to doubt your abilities.”

Upon hearing this, Elder Ricky broke out in a cold sweat. He dared not argue and quickly bowed his head to admit his mistake, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault."

"It is indeed your fault. If you ask me, you should go into the incinerator," the hot-tempered elder said coldly at this moment.

hum.

Having lived for so many years and held such a high position of power, Elder Ricky really didn't want to die.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I know I was wrong. Please give me a chance to make amends. If I can't make amends, I'm willing to crawl into the incinerator myself," Elder Ricky said, making an exaggerated promise with trembling fear.

Hearing this promise.

The five elders looked at each other, and without exchanging any words, they reached a consensus.

“Rickie, this is your last chance,” the eldest elder said, his voice almost devoid of emotion.

Elder Ricky breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and relaxed considerably. "Thank you, Elder."

“Now, tell us the latest situation in detail,” said the eldest elder.

Elder Ricky didn't dare to delay for a moment. "The Samaritans is online, but as far as I know, it's not fully online yet because the hardware facilities aren't perfect."

“Ding Zexian has put Miami under full surveillance. Our people are being exposed one by one… That Samaritan, as we know him, seems to actually be able to think.”

Hear this.

The eldest elder, whose brow furrowed slightly, interjected, asking, "Washington?"

Elder Ricky understood and shook his head. "Uncertain. Before our people were arrested, they reported that Ding Ze's plan was to follow Miami closely and have Washington go online..."

"Now, it is possible that Washington is under complete surveillance."

The eldest elder frowned, somewhat annoyed. "Why are you only bringing this up now?"

Elder Ricky was startled, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."

*************

Miami.

Trucks and planes are busily transporting various hardware, including servers, to Miami.

Subsequently, the hardware was immediately moved to a building in the city center, where Ida Hassan and his team debugged and installed it.

Ding Ze couldn't help in this regard, so he didn't get involved. He left the professional matters to the professionals. Therefore, he let the Samaritan review the Tree of Life in the Amazon rainforest online.

While the Samaritans may not be able to fully monitor America today, the internet is open and not significantly affected by hardware limitations.

The truth is, from the moment it officially launched, Samaritan was like a super studious baby, frantically searching for all kinds of information on the Internet.

By this point, the Samaritans possessed far more information than any human being.

It didn't take too long.

A set of information appeared clearly and logically on the screen in front of Ding Ze.

Ding Ze lit a cigarette and started watching with Janet.

John Abruzzi and Mitch had been there for a while before taking their staff out to participate in the cleaning operation.

Time passes slowly.

Ding Ze looked at a bunch of incredibly long-lived trees from all over the world, until his eyes were a little tired. Fortunately, after reading a bunch of stories and legends related to the Tree of Life, he gained some insights.

To be precise, it's an idea.

“Samaritan, mark these incredibly long-lived trees on the planet,” Ding Ze said to the Samaritan, having come up with an idea and figuring it wouldn’t be difficult to try.

The Samaritans are incredibly fast.

In no time.

A three-dimensional model appeared before Ding Ze's eyes.

Ding Ze looked at it carefully but couldn't find any pattern. He thought for a moment in silence and said, "Make a 2D model."

soon.

The entire planet was essentially flattened out.

This makes it much simpler and clearer.

This is not.

Janet was shocked. "Holly shit!" (End of Chapter)

Chapter 433 Preparing to Unplug the Network Cable

Miami, in a building in downtown Miami.

When the Samaritans laid out the entire planet, and then looked at the countless long-lived trees scattered across it... the situation became much clearer.

The trees in the picture were clearly linked together to form a pattern resembling a giant creature.

The very clever Janet immediately recognized it and exclaimed in surprise, "It looks like a huge... lying-down animal!"

Janet wanted to say dinosaur, but it didn't quite feel right, at least not like the dinosaur pictures everyone had seen.

Ding Ze took a drag of his cigarette, remained silent, and began to ponder.

Regardless of the specifics of this pattern, it is quite clear that the unusually large trees scattered around the world are very likely not a coincidence.

The reason those big trees can live so long is related to the underground conditions.

After a brief silence, Ding Ze turned to the Samaritan and told him the location of the Tree of Life in the Amazon rainforest, asking him to analyze the characteristics of the Amazon rainforest and find other places where the Tree of Life might exist.

The amount of data analyzed in this way is very large.

But that's alright, that's the power of the Samaritan.

It didn't take too long.

There were eight more markings on the picture in front of Ding Ze.

At this moment, if the five elders of the Longevity Club saw these markings, they would definitely be unable to remain calm and composed.

There is no other reason.

The nine Trees of Life that the Longevity Club had found and possessed over the years were so easily discovered by the Samaritans.

How can we stay calm now?

Looking at the eight marks, Ding Ze grinned, "Don't you think these nine dots connected together look like a super big heart?"

Janet heard this, blinked, and was shocked again, "Good heavens! It really is!!!"

Ding Ze chuckled and exhaled a puff of smoke. "There are probably nine Trees of Life in this world... No wonder after I took down the Tree of Life in the Amazon rainforest, the Longevity Club only launched one attack, and then it was as if they gave up."

"So that's what happened. They still had eight Trees of Life. Losing one isn't such a huge loss."

After a pause, Ding Ze continued, "It seems we'll have to go down there sometime soon..."

to be frank.

Ding Ze knew nothing about the underground world or what was inside. So, going down there? To put it bluntly, it was practically a death sentence.

Ding Ze really wasn't confident.

Moreover, it's important to know that underground and above-ground are completely different.

Putting everything else aside, let me just mention one point.

If you encounter trouble while doing things on the ground, you can get support.

Underground... well, don't even think about any support. It's basically a desperate gamble. If you encounter a life-or-death crisis, you're very likely to die.

but…….