Chapter 498 Three Questions All About Winston
"We can go and see for ourselves." Abella, light as a feather, dropped down from the tree to the ground.
Phillipe followed her lead.
The guards only saw two dark figures flash by; before they could get a clear look, they were down on the ground, unconscious.
"I'll handle the two." Phillipe didn't want Abella to exert herself, so he kicked the guards one by one into the bushes to avoid drawing attention.
When Abella was up in the tree, she saw someone come out from the mountain, turning a stone beside them.
Now, she mimicked the person's actions, turning the stone counterclockwise. Suddenly, the surface of the stone slid open, revealing a crystal-clear scanner.
It must be some kind of access control.
Abella pulled out the app she had developed on her phone and scanned the device. Quickly, the program analyzed all the various access traces on it.
It turned out that this group used a card-swiping method to enter and exit.
Each card was different, with dozens of patterns. Abella entered a string of codes into her phone, separating the patterns one by one.
Soon, one bizarre pattern after another appeared on the screen.
Just then, the scanner suddenly flashed a rapid red light, and a cold mechanical warning sounded. "You have lingered too long. Please verify your identity within ten seconds, or the alarm will be triggered. Ten, nine, eight, seven..."
Among the separated patterns, Abella found a key-shaped one, identical to what Nicole had left them before.
"Six, five, four..."
Abella used the small key to swipe on the scanner, and quickly, the red light turned into a gentle blue.
The mechanical voice softened. "Dear master, welcome home."
Master?
Abella's lips curled up in a smile. "Seems like the things coming up should be much easier."
The door slid open before them, and the highest level of lighting illuminated the corridor.
Abella smirked and explained, "Being recognized as the master by the system means that all traps and hidden weapons won't target her. The path of the master is definitely different from that of ordinary people. Could it be that the end leads to the master's private quarters?"
"Let's find out," Phillipe said, taking her hand as they walked inside.
The path ended, and as Abella searched for the next scanner, a door on the left wall slowly opened, revealing another passage.
They passed through nine doors before finally entering the master's private domain.
Everything here was made of cold stone, giant mythical beasts carved into the ten-meter-high walls to suppress evil spirits, and the eerie electronic candlelight gave off a chilling and terrifying atmosphere. One could mistake it for a vampire's lair; it was so cold and inhuman.
The vast space was frightening, with all the furniture, including sofas and chairs, carved from stone.
Everything told visitors one thing: the master of this place was a ruthless person.
The huge pattern on the floor was also meant to suppress evil spirits.
What kind of harmful things had this master done to use such mythical beasts and the pattern to such an extent?
"There's a path over there." Phillipe noticed another door to the right front.
Abella scanned with a detector and found no cameras or listening devices, so she followed Phillipe into the inner room.
A typical inner room would be a lounge or an office.
But this inner room was actually a laboratory.
The air was filled with a faint smell of blood. Abella sprayed it, and the floor suddenly revealed dense fluorescent markings.
This indicated that a lot of blood had been spilled here.
Could the master have been conducting human experiments here?
Impossible.
At this level, what else would require her personal involvement?
So, what experiments was the master conducting here? Why was there so much blood on the floor? Wasn't this supposed to be the master's private residence? If it was a bloody experiment, why not do it somewhere else?
"These two computers are used most frequently." Phillipe scanned the seven or eight computers in the room with his phone and concluded, "Let's each take one and see?"
Abella was surprised by the scanning software on his phone, but upon hearing his suggestion, she smiled, "Okay."
They sat down side by side, rapidly typing on the keyboards.
The first challenge was to crack the login passwords naturally, which was too easy for them.
They thought they could easily crack the login as before, but the firewalls on these two computers were quite formidable.
"If the master here is really Nicole, I think she's pretty smart. At least she made her own firewalls." Abella continued typing.
Too bad, no matter how strong the firewalls were, they were destined to crumble before her.
It took Abella less than ten seconds to crack them and log in successfully. Unfortunately, the computer interface was blank, so it was probably deleted manually.
She began to restore the data. After sitting in front of the computer for a while, she finally found a hidden data packet taking up a full 6GB of memory.
She connected her phone to the computer, planning to take the data packet back for research, but a red warning popped up on the screen.
[Please answer three questions.]
[Reminder: If you answer incorrectly once, the data packet will self-destruct in 3 seconds, and an alarm will sound.]
[What is his full name?]
Abella thought, 'What kind of question is this?'
With only ten seconds to answer and the clock ticking down, Abella could only type out Winston Medici.
Surprisingly, that was correct.
Did Nicole set this question?
Didn't she fear that others might arrive, fail to answer correctly, and trigger the alarm? This would call everyone on the mountain, resulting in the death of the person.
[When did we get together?]
Abella was speechless.
The screen displayed more large characters: [Countdown ten, nine, eight, seven...]
Abella quickly deduced in her mind. Winston said Nicole disappeared a year ago, and before that, they had dated for a year. Winston had mentioned that the day was a holiday for Christmas, and it was very crowded, so he had gathered the courage to ask her out to New York's most beautiful castle park. That day, her smile was the most beautiful scenery.
Abella asked Phillipe beside her, "When does the castle park have fireworks?"
"The first of every month."
"So, is it December 1?"
With only three seconds left on the countdown, Abella entered the date, and it was correct.
If it weren't for what Winston had told her before, they would have been surrounded and trapped here today.
[When is his birthday?]
Abella was speechless.
She didn't know Winston's birthday, and neither did Phillipe.
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