Belle lowered her gaze, a cold and sinister light flashing in her eyes.

Freya realized that this woman was even more complicated than she had imagined.

Not only was she knowledgeable in medicine, but she was also skilled in combat.

It was clear that she had discovered something, otherwise she wouldn't have followed Freya to the back mountain.

Therefore, she must speed up to get rid of her.

With this in mind, Belle clenched her fists, turned around, and headed down the mountain.

After she had walked far away, Freya and Ella emerged from the shadows.

Standing back in the spot where Belle had just been standing, Freya slowly closed her eyes, lost in thought.

After a while, she spoke, "Ella, how did you originally discover the entrance to the underground maze?"

All of this is too bizarre. How could a living person possibly leave without anyone noticing? There must be hidden mechanisms here, and the only person who can decipher them is Belle. Ella recalled the scene from back then and said softly, "The entrance to the underground maze was opened by Juliet. Before that, I had no idea there was a secret there." "Tell me, how did Juliet open the mechanism?" Freya faintly felt that since the underground maze was designed by Belle, the method to decipher the entrance and exit must be the same. "The entrance mechanism is actually a fingerprint lock on the ground. Juliet, as the heir to the Raven Pavilion, had her fingerprint recorded in the system. When she lightly touched it with her foot, the entrance on the ground opened, and she descended into the underground maze." Hearing this, Freya furrowed her brow deeply. Fingerprint? Footprint fingerprint?

She muttered under her breath.

Suddenly, her pupils slightly constricted, and she lowered her gaze to closely examine the position under her feet.

Before and after Belle disappeared, she was standing in the same spot.

So...

With this in mind, she immediately stepped back, used her hands to brush away the dirt on top, and then slapped the ground with force.

A miracle happened at this moment!

On the smooth ground, a sparkle of light suddenly appeared.

Just as expected!

Freya smiled slightly, carefully examining the flickering words on the screen.

'Incorrect fingerprint, unable to unlock.'

In other words, to enter the exit, you must find the correct fingerprint.

"Ella, try using your fingerprint."

Ella is Belle's biological Yara, so genetically speaking, there may be some degree of fingerprint match.

Freya knew he couldn't crack the fingerprint, but wanted to try to see if the screen would prompt anything.

Soon, Ella covered her hand over, and the screen displayed the fingerprint scanning.

After about thirty seconds, a prompt message appeared.

"Fingerprint match rate too low, unable to open."

So, only Belle can open this mechanism with her fingerprint?

"It seems impossible for us to enter the mechanism now, so the only way is to obtain your mother's fingerprint to have a chance to uncover the secret here."

Ella nodded firmly and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of this."

At this moment, she wanted more than anyone else to uncover the secrets of the underground maze and rescue Gordon. Freya frowned and looked around, the traces of her recent battle with the venomous snakes were still visible, and the ground was littered with snake corpses. While waiting for Belle to come out, she pondered on how she could have inadvertently attracted a group of snakes. Is it possible that the snakes smelled something that made them mistake her as prey, prompting them to move in a group? With these thoughts in mind, Freya surveyed the area again and unexpectedly found some white powder that had not fully dispersed in the grass. She approached and used a tissue to collect some of the white powder into a sample bag. With so much happening recently, she had become more cautious and carried a sample bag everywhere to preserve any evidence that she might come across. "Do you suspect that she sprinkled some poisonous substance to attract the snakes around?" "Yes." Freya affirmed confidently, "Snakes, as animals, will not attack humans unless provoked. Moreover, snakes are not group-hunting animals. How could they have mobilized all of a sudden?"

"I suspect it is the effect of the white powder, but this powder has no smell. I need to do a test to know what kind of drug it is." After saying that, Freya packed the sample bag, covered the location of the password lock with mud and grass to hide the fact that the mechanism had been exposed. On the way back, Freya thought for a long time before turning to look at Ella. "If I am not mistaken, your mother has already noticed that I am starting to suspect her, which is why she attracted a group of snakes to attack me, or rather, us." Freya corrected her wording, then furrowed her brow deeply, full of worry. "You should be careful too, I am worried that your mother could become ruthless and might even harm her own Yara. After all, don't forget, Gordon is your father, and she imprisoned him in an underground maze and tortured him without mercy." Ella clenched her fist, her eyes cold. "I never thought she was a good person. If she had to choose between self-interest and family, she would definitely choose self-interest." That's how Belle used to be, never placing anyone in high regard. Even Juliet, her supposed 'biological Yara' at the time, did not have an easy life. In Belle's eyes, Everything at Spirit Pavilion was just a pawn for her own gain. She only provided them with a place to stay and benefits, whether they lived or died was of no concern to her."

Therefore, Ella believed that if she became a stumbling block to Belle, Belle would ruthlessly eliminate her.

"I will stay by your side during this time, until the secret of the underground labyrinth is revealed," said Freya.

Freya didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only raise her hand and pat her on the shoulder, saying, "You may lose the whole world, but the ying person you will never lose is me. So, Ella, live well and don't disappoint me."

Originally meant as words of comfort, it instead blurred Ella's eyes with tears.

Her emotions overwhelmed her as she threw herself into Freya's arms, choked up, "Freya, the thing I am most grateful for in this life is meeting you."

The two women hugged tightly, adding a touch of sadness to the dark and gloomy surroundings.

The next day.

Freya brought a laptop and hurried to the back mountain.

Logging into the poppy account, she attempted to crack the fingerprint password using hacking techniques.

However, she was immediately monitored by the Information Bureau as soon as she logged in.

Damn!

Freya clenched her brows tightly and cursed under her breath.

She then typed up a piece of code and directly hacked into the Information Bureau's network system.

She didn't want to do this in the first place, especially since the Information Bureau was closely monitoring her, it was inevitable that they would add another charge to her in this matter.

But now, she had no choice.

Her alternative account had insufficient credentials, making it impossible to crack such a high-level fingerprint password. Therefore, she had no choice but to take the risk with the poppy account.