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

Snowwell Milden, along with the camp director, was already waiting nearby.

Upon seeing Ding Ze, Snowwell Milden immediately stepped forward with a smile and greeted him, "Mr. Ding, hello, nice to meet you. My name is Snowwell Milden, and I am one of the elders of the [Longevity Club]."

Upon hearing this, Ding Ze immediately smiled brightly, realizing that the guy in front of him had recently changed his appearance and was no longer the white-haired old man. He smiled and shook Snowwell Milden's outstretched hand, saying politely, "Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you formally."

"Last time in Washington, you left too quickly and we didn't have a chance to meet."

“Haha, Mr. Ding, you are indeed a very interesting person,” Snowwell Milden had lived for too many years and had seen too much of the world. He was not bothered by Ding Ze’s arrogance. “It was indeed a pity last time. Well then, Mr. Ding, I have already asked the kitchen to prepare dinner. Let’s have a meal together.”

"You must have a lot of questions, let's talk about them while we eat."

"No problem, thank you," Ding Ze said with a smile.

The two acted like true old friends, as if the war in Miami had never happened.

******

About ten minutes later.

In the camp's restaurant.

Snowwell Milden extended his hand and politely said to Ding Ze, "Mr. Ding, please have a seat."

Ding Ze smiled and sat down calmly, without the slightest panic. "Thank you."

"Would Mr. Ding like some red wine?" Snowwell Milden asked again.

“Red wine will do,” Ding Ze replied.

Soon after, dinner was served, and the two began to eat and drink.

Abruzzi and his staff were already eating at the table next to them.

“Mr. Ding, you have many questions. Where would you like me to begin explaining?” Snowwell-Milden asked after eating and drinking a little.

Ding Ze took a sip of red wine, put down his glass, and took out a cigarette. "Mr. Milden, do you mind if I smoke?"

“No problem, please go ahead,” Snowwell Milden replied.

Ding Ze lit a cigarette, took a puff, and calmly smiled, saying, "Mr. Milden, on my way here, I think I've figured something out."

“After what happened in Miami, you wanted me dead. I happened to learn about this underworld, so you changed your plans and wanted me to come here.”

"After I arrived, you wanted me to figure out what was inside that giant egg-like thing."

"If I figure it out, you're confident you can destroy me and take the spoils of victory."

"If I fail, I'll die inside that thing."

No matter how you look at it, you're a winner.

"Mr. Milden, do you think my analysis is correct?"

Snowwell Milden nodded readily, "That's the plan, that's right."

“So, to answer your question, I hope you will explain from the very beginning,” Ding Ze said.

“Okay,” Snowwell Milden understood Ding Ze’s meaning and readily agreed, “In the beginning, I and two other friends went on an expedition to the Amazon rainforest…that was almost a thousand years ago.”

"The three of us went through a lot in the Amazon rainforest, and by chance, we discovered the Tree of Life."

"At first, we just thought the Tree of Life was very strange, and the place was very strange too... Then, being explorers, we started to study the tree."

"Later, by chance, a friend and I entered the pool in the tree, and the gears of fate began to turn."

“My friend disappeared without a trace, I took his place, and I realized how magical that tree was.”

"So I killed another friend of mine to keep the secret there."

"After that, using that Tree of Life, I gradually built the Longevity Club and accumulated a great deal of wealth and status."

"After about one or two hundred years, when everything was in place, I began to have doubts about the Tree of Life itself and wanted to know what it was all about, so I started a series of studies around the Tree of Life."

"After much research, I discovered an unknown space at the base of the tree."

“After that, I spent over a hundred years building a passage to this underground world.”

"After seeing this world, I realized that there must be other Trees of Life on the surface, so I immediately began searching for them."

"Time has passed, and hundreds of years have gone by, until now." (End of Chapter)

Chapter 465 discusses defensive measures in detail.

The underground world, the camp of the [Longevity Club].

Snowwell Milden calmly recounted, "Over the past few centuries, we have explored almost the entire underground world."

"You're new here, you probably don't know."

"From a certain perspective, this underground world is very dreamlike, with countless kinds of very strange plants and animals, as well as many animals that have long been extinct in the surface world, such as dinosaurs."

Hear this.

"???" Ding Ze couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

no way.

Holy crap, there are dinosaurs here? Is that even possible?

But you know what... thinking about it is fucking exciting!

After all, they were dinosaurs!

This place is so much fun, I have to catch a few dinosaurs to play with later... Ding Ze made the decision without hesitation.

Snowwell Milden noticed that Ding Ze's eyes were brighter than usual. After thinking for a moment, he figured that given Ding Ze's madness, he probably wanted to catch a dinosaur. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional and found Ding Ze's crazy behavior even more amusing.

"In short, we have spent hundreds of years exploring this underground world and have gained some understanding of it."

“We believe that this underground world is actually alive, and the source lies in that ‘giant egg’.”

"So later, we spent countless efforts studying that giant egg, sending countless people in on foot, by car, and by plane, but in the end, it all disappeared without a trace."

"That giant egg is like a bottomless pit."

"And so it has come to this. You seem to be a very special person. I didn't place too much hope in you, but if there's hope, we have to give it a try, right?"

After listening.

Ding Ze exhaled a long puff of smoke, looked at Snowwell Milden, and silently pondered for a while, noticing a problem. "Just because he wanted to try it out, he attracted me here??? I think there must be more reasons."

Upon hearing this, Snowwell Milden laughed, "Haha, Mr. Ding, you really can't hide anything from me."

After a pause, Snowy Milden continued, "There are other reasons, the fact is that the giant egg has obviously changed in the last fifty years."

"It has become larger, and every now and then there are some not-so-violent noises."

"In the past decade, this change has accelerated."

"At the same time, the entire underground world is also changing. Whether it is mountains and lakes, grass and forests, or wild beasts, they all seem to have become more active."

"What exactly is the end point of this change? Our five elders and our experts have differing opinions and all sorts of ideas."

"My personal opinion is that something inside that giant egg is about to be born, or rather, awaken."

"Because, look, that thing looks exactly like an egg... What if it really is an egg?"

"If that's really the case..."

"Once the things inside come out, what will become of this underground world? More importantly, what will become of the surface world?"

"The altitude from here to the surface isn't actually that extreme... If a leader were to lead those wild beasts to the surface..."

"The surface world is about to face a catastrophe... This time, it may be humanity that will be wiped out."

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

In the restaurant.

Ding Ze lit another cigarette and smoked it quietly.

To be honest, he didn't care much about whether humanity would go extinct or not.

“Mr. Milden, you’ve forgotten something,” Ding Ze said calmly, exhaling a puff of smoke.

Hear the words.

Snowwell Milden roughly guessed what Ding Ze was referring to, but didn't want to talk about it, so he tried to explain, "Oh? What is it?"

Ding Ze smiled. "You elders seem to possess some kind of extraordinary ability. You left the White House that day using this ability, right?"

Snowwell Milden heard this and sighed silently... He really hoped that Ding Ze hadn't realized the problem, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.

next second.

Since the struggle has failed, further struggle is inappropriate.

Snowwell Milden smiled and nodded. "That's about right."

Seeing how concise Snowwell Milden's words were, Ding Ze understood that the guy didn't want to say more, so he didn't bother to press him for details.

He disliked doing useless work. "That ability, was it obtained from that giant egg?"

“Sort of, and sort of not,” Snowwell Milden replied. “Many years ago, we tried to dig down to the bottom of that giant egg to see what was going on.”

"On one occasion, we had an unexpected bonus."