"Beep. Active source diversion at 6-23. One Egg-Laying Bee Integrated Maintenance Station, mother-and-child type, requires replenishment of liquid-metal machine molds and original chips, and replacement of the Internal Factory module."
Ronan rolled his neck. His soundproof earmuffs automatically activated the response switch. "Lower-level workstation 4-92 received. We have spare liquid-metal machine molds and Internal Factory modules. Requesting supply of two units of original chips."
"Received. Loss data for requested spare parts has been automatically updated... Request approved. Spare parts have entered the freight passageway."
Ronan did not waste any thought on communicating with the Artificial Intelligence and continued studying the work in his hands.
Thirty Segmenters, like thirty Flying Ants, rose and darted around the part clamped in his hands. Their visible trajectories intersected in midair with the invisible yet more rigorous and exquisite outline of a Configuration.
As Ronan observed and tried to understand it, someone poked his shoulder, nearly breaking his train of thought. He looked up to see Liang Lu beside him, gesturing for him to look at the flashing light icons on the transparent isolation shield in front of their workstation.
By now, Ronan was nothing like he had been when he had muddleheadedly taken part in the Offline Test. He quickly found the target among the dazzling visualized data.
"Spare part loss rate: 2.4%;
"Spare part request approval rate: 100%;
"Spare part module usage: 77 units;
"spare parts reuse rate: 31%;
"Lower-level workstation rank: 1."
Ronan gave an "Oh," understanding Liang Lu's meaning. This meant that their workstation group ranked first among the three lower-level workstations of the eight currently operating on this Soil Layer Voyager, based on factors including total workload, work quality, efficiency, and sustainable work capacity.
Worthy of praise. Keep up the good work.
Ronan grinned, accepting his Superior Officer's encouragement, then