According to Tomson’s understanding and experience, to accurately diagnose a mech’s issue, a formally trained technician would first need to know the circumstances under which the problem occurred. After careful questioning and analysis, they would use various diagnostic tools to conduct a thorough inspection, then feed the data into a computer for calculations to determine the possible faulty components.


    However, the young man named Yun Yi standing before him seemed to be overturning this conventional wisdom.


    Yun Yi simply checked the repair records provided by the mech’s owner, entered the control room, and started the engine. In less than three minutes, he jumped out and, without using any tools, manually removed the part with just a small-scale anti-gravity generator.


    "Should this part be repaired or replaced?" Yun Yi pointed to the dismantled flow balance regulator and asked.


    Tomson, wanting to test Yun Yi’s true capabilities, knew what the issue with the mech was and understood that repairing the flow balance regulator required specialized training. Only intermediate-level technicians or above would have systematically learned this. Initially, Tomson had only wanted to assess Yun Yi’s diagnostic skills. But since the problem was already identified, he decided to let Yun Yi try his hand at the repair.


    "Go ahead and repair it," Tomson said, pointing to a room nearby. "You can get any tools you need from there."


    Yun Yi didn’t object. He nodded and headed to the tool room. Moments later, he returned carrying a toolbox. Tomson recognized it immediately—it was a specialized set of tools for repairing flow balance regulators.


    He knows how to use these tools?


    Tomson was stunned. Repairing a flow balance regulator could be done with standard tools, but it would take a lot of time and might result in slight errors during calibration. This specialized toolset, however, made the repair process much easier and ensured optimal calibration.


    But… even most senior technicians didn’t know how to use this specialized toolset.


    Swift Mechanics had once had a senior technician who could use these tools, but after that technician was poached by another company, the tools had sat unused for years. Now, unexpectedly, this young man had brought them out again.


    Yun Yi’s movements weren’t particularly smooth, showing signs of inexperience. Although he had studied the use of these tools, this was his first time actually using them. He recalled the materials that Zhao Xuanxin had given him, which the Zhao Song royal family had gone to great lengths to obtain, and matched them to the tools in his hands. Gradually, Yun Yi mentally rehearsed the entire repair process.


    Taking a deep breath, Yun Yi’s hands suddenly moved faster.


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    Under Tomson’s wide-eyed gaze, Yun Yi worked like a seasoned technician, with no wasted movements. In no time, the flow balance regulator was disassembled into a pile of parts. Yun Yi picked out the damaged component and began repairing it.


    Can he reassemble it?


    Suddenly, a sense of unease crept into Tomson’s mind. What if Yun Yi could only disassemble it but not put it back together? Swift Mechanics did have technicians who could correctly assemble flow balance regulators, but they were only two intermediate-level technicians. With the recent surge in business, it would be hard to spare their time for this task. If Yun Yi couldn’t reassemble it properly, the delivery date for this mech might be delayed significantly.


    Before long, Yun Yi had finished repairing the damaged component and began reassembling the entire flow balance regulator.


    With the help of the specialized tools, it didn’t take long for Yun Yi to complete the assembly and perform the calibration on his own.


    Taking the reassembled flow balance regulator from Yun Yi, Tomson was not just pleasantly surprised—he felt like he had stumbled upon a treasure. Without a word to Yun Yi, he rushed to the testing equipment to inspect the regulator.


    The error was less than 0.002!


    Looking at the number displayed on the testing equipment, Tomson stared at Yun Yi as if he were seeing a monster, his heart filled with astonishment. Before this, if the company’s top two intermediate technicians had repaired this flow balance regulator, it would have taken them three to four hours just for disassembly and reassembly, and the final error would have been no less than 0.1.


    This was truly a treasure!


    For the first time, Tomson felt genuine gratitude toward Manager Chen. Although the man usually didn’t accomplish much and often nitpicked, this time he had brought in such a gem. How could Tomson not be grateful?


    After Yun Yi reinstalled the flow balance regulator into the mech, Tomson took him to several other mechs awaiting repair. This served two purposes: first, to let others witness Yun Yi’s skills so they wouldn’t complain about unfair treatment when assigning tasks; second, to see just how capable this young man really was.


    One by one, the mechs were repaired under Yun Yi’s hands, each completed in a remarkably short time and with excellent results. The number of onlookers grew from one or two to almost the entire repair staff. Even the two intermediate-level technicians, after watching Yun Yi repair two mechs, admitted they were no match for him.


    As a result, Director Tomson immediately announced that Yun Yi would become the company’s third intermediate-level technician, with a base salary of 800 credits per month plus bonuses. Yun Yi was very satisfied with the compensation. After exchanging pleasantries, the two intermediate technicians told Yun Yi that the base salary of 800 credits was just a small part of the earnings, with the bulk coming from bonuses. If he could complete more than 30 medium-level repair tasks in a month, he could easily earn over a thousand credits in bonuses.


    After the two left, Yun Yi finally had a moment to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Generally, repair tasks were divided into high, medium, and low levels, corresponding to senior, intermediate, and junior technicians. The assessment tasks Tomson had given him were mostly low-level, with only two medium-level tasks, which he had managed to complete smoothly. If they had been high-level tasks, even with his extensive knowledge of mech repair, Yun Yi estimated he could have completed less than 40% of them on his own.


    Of course, in a small company like Swift Mechanics, which lacked senior technicians, even if a high-level repair task was identified, they would advise the client to take it to a larger company. Unless it was a mech like the Red Mane Charger Model VII, which they had sold themselves, in which case they would contact the manufacturer’s repair department to send someone over.


    After completing the necessary procedures with Tomson’s help, Yun Yi officially became a technician at the company.