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

Does this possibility exist?

It might really exist!

Maybe that's the truth?

“Mr. Milden, perhaps you were right,” Ding Ze replied, slightly excited.

Snowwell Milden shook his head with a wry smile. "I hope not... because if that's the case, then the giant egg below cracked open a long time ago, and this black tree grew out of it."

"Then, nothing major happened on this planet."

Ding Ze blinked, understanding Snowwell Milden's meaning, and smiled, "That's true. In any case, we'll know once we dig to the bottom."

“Yes,” Snowwell Milden nodded in agreement.

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The two found nothing special at the bottom of the pit and, after wasting several hours, came out.

Then, at Snowy Milden's suggestion, the two climbed up the black tree and went all the way to the coffin filled with black liquid.

This coffin is not a single coffin; it is more like a branch on a tree canopy, formed by its inexplicable twisting.

Experts, too, can only speculate on this, without any definitive conclusion.

Experts believe that many, many years ago, the Black Barrier tribe likely placed a coffin on top of the tree, forcibly altering the growth of that part of the canopy.

Of course, this is just speculation.

As for the black liquid in the coffin... the experts tested it repeatedly.

The test results... well, it's hard to describe.

Because this black liquid contains a small amount of elements that experts have never seen before... elements outside the periodic table.

The experts were understandably both shocked and excited by this.

The reason is not complicated at all.

New elements...

As a scientific expert, putting everything else aside, just taking out this unknown element and casually announcing it would definitely make him famous throughout history and be remembered by future generations for a very long time.

The truth is, most experts have the urge, or rather the idea, to do so... but they dare not for the time being because of Ding Ze's infamous reputation.

On the tree canopy.

Snowwell Milden nimbly crouched down beside the coffin, his eyes wide, looking very closely at the black liquid inside.

After looking around for a long time, Snowy Milden turned his head and slowly surveyed the surroundings before asking Ding Ze, "Mr. Ding, is this where you pulled that girl out?"

Ding Ze, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, nodded. "Mm."

"Then, the girl told you a story: two tribes fought, the girl was captured, and imprisoned here for hundreds of years..." Snowwell-Milden said earnestly.

“Hmm,” Ding Ze noticed that Snowwell Milden had something on his mind and asked directly, “What are you thinking about?”

Snowwell Milden shook his head slightly. "This story has too many loopholes and is very illogical."

"It's not that it's completely unreasonable, but rather that it's a mix of truth and falsehood."

"I know a little about the history of the Black Barrier Tribe... The story the girl told about the Black Barrier Tribe is not a big problem."

"The Black Barrier Tribe did indeed live on the ground at first, but later, for some unknown reason, they moved underground."

"But what's the point of the Black Barrier Tribe kidnapping a young girl and imprisoning her here for hundreds of years?"

"You should know that this place... this black tree is a sacred tree for the Black Barrier Tribe, and not just anyone is qualified to come up here."

“Normally, who would imprison their enemy on their own sacred tree?”

There was a pause.

Snowwell-Milden added, "I suspect that the girl is very likely a member of the Black Barrier tribe, and a very high-ranking one at that."

"If that's the case, then the cannibals you met after that were actually descendants of the Black Barrier tribe."

Oh wow, is that even possible? (End of Chapter)

Chapter 517 Strange Creatures, Creepy and Terrifying

Amazon rainforest.

A story, if you twist it and interpret it from a different angle, can take on a different meaning.

Time flies by.

Ding Ze and Snowwell Milden's group first went to the tribe that the girl had visited.

The tribe remains burned and unchanged.

Snowwell Milden personally led his team to conduct a thorough inspection, and instructed his subordinates to take videos and photos to ensure nothing was missed.

After finding nothing particularly noteworthy, the group moved again to the cave where the Tree of Life was located. Then, without wasting any time, they managed to descend to the bottom of the Tree of Life.

There used to be a bunch of giant pythons in this place.

Later, those giant pythons were either killed or escaped.

Oh right, the bodies of that girl and some of her tribesmen also fell here that day.

At that time, Ding Ze didn't give much thought to the corpses of the girl and her group, thinking that feeding them to the giant pythons was quite appropriate.

Afterwards, the employees destroyed the giant python and removed its corpse. Whether they found the girl's body... Ding Zezhen really didn't know.

However, regardless of the circumstances, there are no corpses here at this moment.

Snowy Milden examined the area carefully but found nothing. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and shook his head. "It's a pity. There's no way to determine whether the girl is dead or not right now."

"I think there's a good chance that the girl is still alive, and might even be active in this jungle."

"Because that tribe disappeared afterward?" Ding Ze asked upon hearing this.

Snowwell Milden nodded and added, "There are many underground passages around here, and most of those giant pythons come in through those passages."

"It's possible that after the girl fell, she also left through the passage, returned to the tribe, and led the tribe away immediately."

Is this possible?

Yes, there are.

Just, why?

There must be a reason for doing this.

“If that’s really the case,” Ding Ze thought for a moment and then said, “then they should have gone back to that big pit in the Black Barrier Tribe after that?”

Snowwell Milden nodded. "Very likely."

"And then what?" Ding Ze asked.

Snowwell Milden shook his head. "I can't be sure, I can only suspect... I think they might have gone down."

"???" Ding Ze raised an eyebrow. "Sigh, another bunch of unanswered questions. It's giving me a headache. Oh well, let them come one after another. Now that you've gone on, something comes to mind."

Is there a passage here that connects to the underground world?

Snowwell Milden shook his head without hesitation. "No... We spent a lot of time back then and found many paths down, but in the end, none of them could be connected. The cost was too high, it wasn't worth it. Just then, we found another path, so we gave up on this place."

"Alright," Ding Ze said, slightly disappointed, "So what's the matter? Are we still going to waste our time here?"

Snowwell Milden thought for a moment, "No, let's go back to the underground first."

A decision was made.

The group didn't hesitate and moved quickly.

Snowwell Milden did not explain the passage on the Peruvian side and split up with Ding Ze.

Ding Ze had no objection.

And just like that, more than ten days later.

Ding Ze returned to the underground world through the passage from America.

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Underground world.

As agreed before parting, after resting for a few hours at the camp to recover his strength, Ding Ze selected a group of employees, boarded a helicopter, and flew to the camp where Snowwell-Milden was located.

It didn't take long for both sides to assemble. Then, because the distance wasn't far, they didn't take a helicopter and moved on foot.

The wild animals in the forest will not attack Snowwell Milden.

In a way, Snowwell Milden is like a human-shaped venom-repelling drug, which is quite comical.

The forests of the underground world are so vast and magnificent that walking through them can be quite oppressive.

Ding Ze really disliked this environment and felt quite uncomfortable.

After walking for about twelve hours, we finally arrived at our destination.

“We’ll rest here for a few hours, eat something, and recover our strength,” Snowway Mildenchödinger said. “Once we go down there, it’ll probably be hard to have another chance like this, because I think it’ll be full of those creatures again down there.”

Ding Ze nodded, had no objection, and obediently rested.