With tens of thousands of black strands polishing at once, the efficiency was more than ten thousand times greater than Shen Le working alone.
Shen Le estimated that polishing and leveling this Buddha statue by himself would take at least ten or twenty days. If he got unlucky and had to redo parts of it, it might even take one or two months.
Yet with countless strands working together, all the work was finished in just one day.
Most importantly, there were many winding, cramped corners where Shen Le simply could not fit his hands.
Even using wooden picks was troublesome.
But was that a problem for hair? Not at all! As long as the space in those corners was wider than a single strand of hair, the strands could polish it properly!
And all Shen Le had to do was brew himself a cup of tea, sit leisurely to one side, and direct them:
"Don't pull inward with all your strength. Don't use individual strands! You'll leave marks in the lacquer surface! Ah, this is good—use a whole bundle of hair to polish together with the lacquer dust. The effect is perfect!"
"Wait! Wait! This is the painted area! Don't polish it like that! The restoration principles and methods for painted areas are different!"
"Slow down, slow down. You—yes, you—come over and let me check whether there's any damage. Spread out! Spread out! Good, move yourself beneath the microscope and stop—"
Throughout the entire Studio, only his voice rang out continuously. The hair strands, meanwhile, followed his instructions: advancing, retreating, polishing with force, relaxing—
This included delivering themselves beneath the microscope for Shen Le to inspect, then soaking themselves in the Silk Fibroin Solution.
Then, the Talisman representing "healing" turned silently. The Silk Fibroin Solution seeped into the strands,