After a brief pause, Xiaohua closed her eyes to focus before shaking her head. "I don't know for sure... but it does not feel like it wants to harm or hurt us."
"Mhm, that's right. It does not feel malicious at all." Xiaoliu agreed with Xiaohua's assessment.
"Then what kind of emotion is it projecting?" Yu Qi asked gently.
"It feels extremely lonely." Xiaohua opened her eyes, looking up with a sorrowful expression.
"Lonely?" Yu Qi was genuinely surprised and confused by the description.
"Very, very lonely." Xiaohua nodded slowly.
Those simple words made Yu Qi's heart tighten with a subtle pang of unease. She looked at the massive steel door once more. If something had truly been locked away and sealed behind this door for years, decades, or perhaps even centuries, what exactly had MicroTech unearthed? And why did it share such a profound resonance with Xiaohua and Xiaoliu that it actively called out to their spirits?
