It's as if a supercomputer, without consciousness, remains forever in standby mode. It lacks purpose and waits for someone to use it.
However, the Pyramid's various indications show that humanity is being dominated by the Orderers.
The Orderers have even created something akin to religious belief for the lords.
They refer to the Orderers as the great Masters of Order, the same self-proclaimed title on the Stele.
If it is as Xi He says, then the Orderers, these mysterious mechanical bodies without life or consciousness, must be manipulated from behind the scenes by a living, conscious being.
That person might have died, but the programs they left behind, like a precision gear instrument, have begun to slowly turn, until the day their purpose is fulfilled.
But there is another possibility.
Everything Xi He has said could be false.
Song Que was even more inclined to the latter.
"I don't believe what you say."