"What... are you doing here?" Amelia's voice emerged hoarse, as if unused to conversation, her form slowly rising to confront the unexpected visitor.
Bing Xueli, momentarily rooted to the spot, found her gaze drawn away from Amelia. The flick of the switch had unveiled chaos, the laboratory's secrets laid bare under the unforgiving light.
Her eyes locked onto the large test tubes on the left, their contents suspended in a sickly green liquid. "T-That's...." she stammered, her voice trailing off as shock took hold.
Amelia's response, tired yet resigned, broke the silence. "No need to be surprised, it's dead."
The casualness of her declaration sent a shiver down Bing Xueli's spine, her mind racing as she tried to process the scene before her.
The disarray of the laboratory, once a bastion of scientific pursuit, now resembled a scene from a forgotten nightmare.
