"I have nothing I can tell you in advance about the final test."
The guide left Xu Zhi at the door with only those words.
Nothing she could tell her?
Xu Zhi grew even more curious.
Without much hesitation, she directly steered her wheelchair into the room.
As the door closed behind her, Xu Zhi was still puzzled. What exactly was this test meant to assess?
The room was completely empty. There was nothing inside, save for the fluorescent tubes overhead, which had an unusually strong presence.
Then, the lights gradually dimmed. Pale patterns emerged across the surrounding walls, floor, and even the ceiling. The patterns seemed to possess no attribute; they were merely etched into the surfaces. Yet after a single glance, Xu Zhi was astonished to discover that this was the most exquisite and complex circuit she had ever seen in the real world.
"What kind of circuit is this?"
Xu Zhi pondered inwardly, but the moment the circuit lit up with a radiance that belonged to no attribute, she immediately sensed something unusual.
The spot on her palm where Midnight had left its mark seemed to answer some kind of summons, beginning to grow faintly warm.
Unlike the intense sensation she had felt when attempting to connect with a Familiar before, this time it was more... subtle?
It was as though some medium in this room was linked to Midnight, and through that connection, she too had been noticed.
As the light of the surrounding circuit intensified, so did the warmth in her hand. Yet Xu Zhi sensed no "danger."
She even felt a pull, as if it came from Midnight, yet somehow did not entirely match it.
She roughly guessed what this test was measuring.
Xu Zhi simply relaxed her mind. Looking at the circuit on