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The SCV drill bit paused for a few seconds before starting.

Rhodes noticed this detail. When repairing Casal on the battlefield, this engineering vehicle hadn't hesitated at all; it would drill and get to work, and then leave once the welding torch was on. But now, faced with the neatly stacked, consecrated standard components on the control panel, the SCV's robotic arm slowed down.

The operator in the cockpit first used the sensor at the end of the robotic arm to scan each material on the supply table one by one, the movements were so gentle as if he was checking the precision level of these things. After the scan was completed, the SCV's auxiliary robotic arm extended from the side, pinched the first Blessed Alloy skeleton with very little force, carefully lifted it in front of the vision sensor and rotated it repeatedly to check it before placing it into the pre-processed fixed fixture.

The SCV then began to treat the damaged area inside Casal's chest cavity. Unlike the brutal operations on the battlefield, this time it did not cut directly with a drill. Instead, it first used a thin auxiliary probe to probe every inch of broken metal along the edge of the wound, marking all the deformed structures that needed to be removed. Only then did it start the drill and precisely cut off the first piece of damaged armor liner along the marked line.

The cut-off waste was not simply thrown on the ground; the SCV's auxiliary arm caught it and placed it steadily in the waste recycling area on the side of the control panel.

This action caused several mechanical priests on the observation platform to simultaneously utter subtle binary whispers.

Rhodes didn't understand binary, but judging from their reactions, this action seemed to have touched on something. He quietly turned his head to look at one of the accompanying personnel responsible for translation, who lowered his voice and said, "The Code of Mechanics stipulates that parts removed from a priest's body, even if damaged, should be properly placed, not discarded, because they were once part of the Machine Soul."

Rhodes raised an eyebrow. SCV's operating system certainly didn't have this rule written in it, but the engineering specifications of the Terran Federation did have a standard procedure for the recycling of valuable parts. All parts disassembled from high-value mechanical units, whether or not they were damaged, should be classified and stored for subsequent analysis or recycling.

This engineering specification, purely based on economic and technical considerations, surprisingly aligned with the doctrines of the Mechanicus.

Rod breathed a slight sigh of relief without making a sound, but only half a sigh, as there were still many steps to be taken.

After the cutting was completed, the SCV began installing the first replacement skeleton. It removed the Blessed Alloy skeleton from the jig and gently traced an arc along the skeleton's surface with the end of its auxiliary arm—an action that had absolutely no mechanical repair necessity and was more like a ritualistic touch.

The observation platform fell silent instantly.

The visual arrays of several cyborg priests simultaneously magnified their focus, staring intently at the mark left by the SCV's robotic arm as it scraped across the alloy skeleton. Grion, who had been holding the robotic arm to his chest, slowly lowered it.

"That is..." Tarian's voice carried a hint of uncertainty, "The curvature of that scratch deviates from the standard blessed scratch by less than 0.3%."

Rhodes' heart skipped a beat.

Blessing scratches? There's absolutely no way such a thing could be in the SCV's operating manual. It's highly likely that it's part of the Terren Federation's precision mechanical installation specifications, which requires technicians to perform a sliding inspection along the surface of critical load-bearing components before installation to confirm that there are no micro-cracks or machining defects. The standard trajectory for this inspection action is an arc with a specific curvature.

However, the curvature of this arc is almost exactly the same as the blessing mark of the Mechanicus.

Coincidence? Or have they truly arrived at the same conclusion in their approach to precision parts?

Rod dared not think too much; he could only continue watching.

SCV precisely embedded the skeleton into the predetermined position within Casal's thoracic cavity, and then initiated the welding process. Unlike the "snap" welding style used on the battlefield, this welding was divided into three stages: first, low-temperature preheating, allowing the skeleton and the surrounding native structure to slowly reach similar temperatures; then, the actual welding, with the welding torch moving at a constant speed along the joint line, resulting in a uniform and dense weld; and finally, slow cooling, with the auxiliary arm spraying a thin layer of sealant to cover the weld surface.

After each skeleton is installed, the SCV repeats the arc sliding detection action, maintaining almost the same curvature each time.

Throughout the entire process, there was not a single prayer or a single binary praise. The only sounds in the workshop were the hissing of the welding torch, the low hum of the drill bit, and the subtle hydraulic sounds as the joints of the robotic arm rotated.

But the reactions of the mechanical priests standing on the observation platform kept changing as the repairs progressed.

It was first when Gryphon frowned again as the SCV was dismantling the second damaged piece of armor. The dismantling sequence of the SCV was different from the standard procedure of the Mechanicus. It was dismantled from high to low according to the priority of structural stress, rather than according to the "outside to inside" order prescribed by the doctrine. Just as Gryphon was about to speak, Herek raised his hand and he shut his mouth again.

Then came the surprise: when SCV installed the transmission lines, it did not thread the lines one by one into the pre-set conduit channels like the technicians of the Mechanicus. Instead, it first divided all the lines into three groups according to the signal transmission frequency, and then installed them in order according to the groups.

This grouping method had never been used in the Mechanicus, but after the third group of pipelines was installed, Tarian scanned the signal with diagnostic equipment and found that it was no different from the sanctity brought about by the Mechanicus' traditional rituals.

Tarian remained silent for a long time.

The final step is to seal the chest armor panel.

The SCV aligned the new armor panel with the opening in Casal's chest, and the end of the robotic arm once again traced the iconic arc along the panel's surface before firmly pressing the panel into place. The surrounding fixing bolts were then tightened one by one with precise torque.

The click of the last bolt being tightened echoed throughout the workshop for a long time.

Herlek's mechanical eye watched as the SCV slowly retracted its robotic arm, retreating to the edge of the operating area. The entire engineering vehicle sat there quietly, with a faint residual heat from the maintenance still clinging to the drill bit and welding torch.

The casting director turned around and faced the twelve mechanical priests on the observation platform.

"Any more questions?"

The silence lasted for about ten seconds.

Graeme lowered his head, his mechanical fingers unconsciously rubbing against the railing, before finally shaking his head slowly. Tarian shook his head as well, and the other priests looked at each other, then all shook their heads as well.

No one raised any further objections.

Rod leaned against the wall on the side of the observation platform, finally relaxing his fists that had been clenched all day, his palms sweaty.

He later realized something: SCV's maintenance procedures certainly didn't contain the prayers of the God of Machines, nor did they contain any concept of machine souls. But the precision mechanical maintenance standards of the Terran Federation—those standard operating procedures regarding parts recycling, pre-installation surface inspection, staged welding, and high-coverage lubrication—essentially pointed to the same goal as the technical standards of the Machine God Cult, which were wrapped in a religious ritual.

Treat the machine in your hands well.

The only difference is that one calls this "engineering specifications," while the other calls it "the doctrine of the god of all machines."