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

These animals may look no different from plants, but in reality, they are worlds apart.

However, when it comes to this Tree of Life, what exactly is the situation for animals... experts currently have almost no ideas...

This is also normal.

After all, the experts had never encountered this thing before.

After listening with a cigarette in his mouth, Ding Ze thought silently for a moment, "If this thing is an animal, then it should have organs like a heart and brain, right?"

One expert was taken aback by the question, and after a couple of seconds of reaction, he nodded with a wry smile. "Theoretically, that's true, provided that the tree of life is native to this planet."

“I really suspect it came from another planet, so… whether it has a heart and brain is hard to say,” the expert replied.

"..." Ding Ze raised an eyebrow, looked at the expert who had spoken, and was immediately speechless.

Holy crap, even alien creatures have appeared?

"You have quite the imagination," Ding Ze teased.

The expert who had been speaking immediately felt embarrassed and obediently shut his mouth, no longer daring to say anything out of line.

Ding Ze didn't bother to say anything more and asked again, "How are we going to get it out?"

After thinking for a moment, the expert suggested, "We should treat it as an archaeological artifact, without using machines. We should dig it out carefully and slowly by hand, and then clean it with a brush."

“Mr. Ding, although this is very time-consuming, let’s assume our speculation is correct, and it really is some kind of strange animal…”

"So, there's a possibility that if we hurt it, it might move... We have to consider that, don't you think?"

Ding Ze was speechless again.

Using archaeological methods to work on this thing is extremely time-consuming.

How long will this take?

Ding Ze paused for a moment, then said, “I don’t have much time. Using archaeology is fine, but we can’t drag this out for too long. We need to find more people to do it.”

The experts pondered it for a moment.

It's not real archaeology after all... so as long as there's guidance, even if you're not a professional, you can participate without any problem.

“Okay, we will try to speed things up as much as possible,” the expert replied.

That's how it was settled.

The experts didn't dare to delay and quickly left to get to work.

Ding Ze, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, remained silent for a short while.

Well, since it will take a long time to sort things out here, there's not much point in staying here any longer... As for going underground... that's not very meaningful either.

So let's deal with other problems first.

Having made his decision, Ding Ze simply got up and found Janet, "Let's go to Colombia and help Pablo realize his dream."

Janet burst into laughter upon hearing this, and smiled brightly, "Mr. Ding, when did you become Santa Claus?"

Upon hearing this, Ding Ze raised his hand and slapped Janet on the buttocks, saying, "You'll have to serve Santa Claus properly later."

Janet: "....."

Uh.

That's a bit too evil.

"You're disgusting!" Janet imagined it for a moment and said speechlessly.

"Haha," Ding Ze laughed heartily.

Not long after.

The two chatted and laughed as they boarded the helicopter and left the forest.

The matter here was left to Abruzzi and Mickey to handle.

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Medellín, Colombia.

The private plane carrying Ding Ze and his entourage slowly landed.

On the ground, Pablo and a small number of his men had been waiting for some time.

Pablo habitually tugged at his belt, took another drag of his cigarette, looked at the plane that was landing, and smiled.

After all these years, my biggest dream in life is finally about to come true... Pablo couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

The plane landed and the cabin door opened.

Ding Ze, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, shook hands with Pablo and said with a bright smile, "Long time no see."

"Long time no see," Pablo replied with unusual politeness. "Shall we take a rest, or get straight to business?"

"Let's take a break. I need to understand the specifics. This kidnapping operation must be swift, accurate, and ruthless. We can't afford any mistakes, otherwise, it will be very troublesome to deal with," Ding Ze said.

After saying that, Ding Ze asked again, "Actually, it would be easier and more convenient to use the Tree of Life to directly turn you into president. Are you sure you don't want to do that?"

Pablo shook his head without the slightest hesitation. "I am who I am. What's the point of becoming that idiot?"

Ding Ze could understand, because if he were in his shoes, he wouldn't want to either, so he didn't say anything more. "Okay, let's do it as agreed. Let's get in the car and have something good to eat."

Not long after, in a restaurant in Medellín.

Pablo handed Ding Ze the information he had gathered since the last phone call.

Ding Ze lit a cigarette, took the documents, and began to read them.

Upon closer inspection, wow, there are quite a few people in the information, including the president of Colombia, a total of seven.

In other words, for this to be done smoothly, they had to kidnap all seven people overnight, put them on a plane, fly back to America immediately, use the Tree of Life to replace all seven people, and return to Bogotá as if nothing had happened.

Haha~~~

Thinking about it, Ding Ze suddenly remembered a movie starring Nicolas Cage.

Gone in 60 Seconds

Although not exactly the same, they are essentially similar.

“Seven people, that’s a huge challenge,” Ding Ze said to Pablo after exhaling a puff of smoke. “Comparatively speaking, it would be much easier to take down all seven of them in one night.”

Pablo was smart and understood Ding Ze's meaning. He nodded and said, "Yes, so my idea is to replace the president first, and then gradually replace the others. What do you think?"

"As a backup plan," Ding Ze smiled and replied, "I prefer a challenge. Let's see if we can solve this problem all at once. If not, we'll tackle it one by one."

“Okay,” Pablo agreed. The process wasn’t important; the result was what mattered.

“Let’s eat first, I’m hungry. After we eat, we’ll go to Bogotá,” Ding Ze said with a smile.

Time flies.

Ding Ze's private plane took off again, flying from Medellín to Bogotá.

As the capital city, Bogotá is generally quite prosperous, much like some cities in the United States.

For this operation, Pablo recently bought a hotel here, which is currently not in operation.

After disembarking from the plane, the group headed straight to the hotel to plan their large-scale kidnapping operation. (End of Chapter)

Chapter 469 Rapid Action, Kidnapping Begins

Bogotá, Colombia.

Bogotá has a limited number of surveillance cameras, so the Samaritans have a relatively limited field of vision.

In the hotel's conference room.

As per Ding Ze's request, Pablo's men quickly obtained dozens of monitors, computer mainframes, and headsets.

Subsequently, the network engineer brought by Ding Ze efficiently assembled the display screen.

Not long after, the Samaritan appeared and, following Ding Ze's instructions, very quickly retrieved relevant information on the seven targets, as well as nearby surveillance footage.

As it turned out, because these seven targets were all high-ranking figures in Colombia, they all had a certain level of awareness of counter-eavesdropping and counter-surveillance... Only three targets were directly displayed on the screen, while the other four, including the Colombian president, were not.

Fortunately, the Samaritan had already hacked into the phones of seven targets and secretly enabled the listening function.

Look at what's displayed on these screens...

Sincere.

this moment.

Pablo and his men were all horrified.

There's no way around it... this is just too terrifying!

An artificial intelligence called 'Samaritan' is actually capable of doing this.

In this way, wouldn't Ding Ze... practically be able to see the whole world directly?

It's absolutely terrifying.

Pablo was genuinely startled and instinctively took a deep drag on his cigarette.

Ding Ze noticed Pablo's reaction, and a mischievous glint appeared in his eye. He grinned and asked, "You find it terrifying?"