Inside the banquet hall, it was empty and deserted; all the foreign guests, bodyguards, and etiquette ladies had already left!

The leftovers on the long table had been cleaned up thoroughly, and now the entire hall had only Xia Guolong and Lovich remaining!

Lovich took out a box of exquisite Cuban cigars from his pocket, lit one for himself, and then handed one to Xia Guolong!

Swirling smoke rose slowly, carrying a delicate fragrance.

Yet, a deep bitterness spread across the face of Russian President Lovich as he looked at Xia Guolong and said softly:

"Brother, our time is running out!"

"Yes, not much time left..."

Xia Guolong, at this moment, was not as fierce as before. His emotions were extremely calm, even giving a deathly calm impression, but in his expression, there was a hint of inexplicable and confusion:

"My countless compatriots in China, I wonder how many will survive this catastrophe?"

While saying this, a deep pain spread across Xia Guolong's face, his brows almost knitted into a knot!

Lovich sighed deeply and then said:

"According to the information I've received, the United States has been extremely active recently! They have secretly cultivated a large number of top experts to deal with this disaster! The most famous among them is one of the Twins, Vera! It seems the rumor is true, there really is a mysterious person behind the United States helping them!"

"Mysterious person?"

Xia Guolong's eyes flashed slightly, his brows slowly furrowing, and he murmured:

"Who could this mysterious person be? Having technology exceeding all countries, creating a large number of experts with the Energy Source Stone, this person is too strange..."

"Strange? Hehe... Brother, let me show you something even stranger!"

At this moment, President Lovich's lips curled into a mysterious smile, then walked to the side and took a black suitcase from a corner!

When Lovich opened the suitcase, Xia Guolong was surprised to find it contained a stack of photos!

Many of these photos were already yellowing and were black-and-white, appearing definitely not taken by modern color cameras, but rather old-style camera photos from back in the day!

And only a few were color photos!

"What's so strange about these photos?"

At this moment, Xia Guolong flicked through a few photos and found they were all of different scenes!

Some were taken on the battlefield, some in hospitals, and some on street corners!

Moreover, the characters in these photos were all different, with no connections whatsoever!

However, hearing Xia Guolong's puzzled words, Lovich's lips curled into a mysterious smile and he pointed to the inconspicuous places in the photos where an elderly figure appeared, saying directly:

"Brother, do you see the old man here? He appears in all these photos! Meaning, all these photos inadvertently captured the figure of this old man!"

Hmm?

Xia Guolong furrowed his brows even deeper, carefully examining these photos and finding Lovich was right.

Whether on the battlefield, in a hospital, or on the streets and alleys, the elderly man's figure was inadvertently captured!

"What's so strange about that? It's normal to photograph unrelated individuals during shooting; even a common person could appear in countless photos of others!"

Xia Guolong looked entirely puzzled as he turned to Lovich!

But Lovich pointed at the photos, his eyes flashing:

"Brother, photographing unrelated people is indeed not strange! The strange thing is the time!"

While saying this, Lovich first picked up a battlefield photo and said directly:

"This photo was taken in 1810, during the Siswan War, featuring a group of escaping refugees; this old man appears in it!"

Subsequently, Lovich picked up an old hospital photo, his eyes filled with terror:

"This one was taken in 1868, in Dellesburg Hospital; this old man similarly appears in the photo! And after 58 years, the old man's appearance hasn't changed at all!"

Putting down the hospital photo, Lovich picked up a street photo, his expression filled with boundless dread and incredulity:

"This was taken in 1903, in France, Paris! A tourist took this photo of French street scenery! And here again, the old man's figure appears, 93 years after he first appeared, and his appearance remains unchanged!"

One photo after another was picked up by Lovich, his tone trembling and panicked, telling each story:

"This was taken in 1943, on Green Street, New York..."

"This was taken in 1980, at a farm in Australia..."

"This was taken in 2001, by an explorer in the Columbia Jungle..."

...

Each word spoken by Lovich made Xia Guolong's face change repeatedly, the fear and disbelief on his face growing more intense and shocking!

"No... Impossible! How... How could it be the same person... How can someone live so long, and their appearance hasn't changed at all, it's illogical..."

Xia Guolong was almost incoherent; the matter gave him a chilling sensation!

Seeing Xia Guolong's fear, Lovich's face similarly showed a deep bitter smile; the first time he heard the intelligence report, his expression was almost identical to Xia Guolong's, unable to believe it, yet tremendously scared!

"Brother, I've already had our Russian experts carefully analyze and verify it. Across different time periods, the elderly person captured in these incidental photos is indeed the same individual!!!"

Boom!

These words rang like thunder in Xia Guolong's mind!

From 1810 to now, it's been over two hundred years of history, and now it's clear that someone really did live for that long!

Even more unsettling is the person's unchanged appearance. This revelation made Xia Guolong's trembling body shudder!

Only after a long while did Xia Guolong's emotions stabilize, staring directly at Lovich and asking:

"Are you suggesting this elderly person is related to that mysterious figure in the United States?"

"Not just related..."

Lovich's lips curled into a deep bitter smile, then pulled out a modern latest high-definition color photo and placed it before Xia Guolong:

"This is the last-known photo of the elderly person. His last appearance was near the United States' White House! I suspect he's... that mysterious figure!!!"

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