No Margin for Error

No way... I'll never get these stabilizers fixed alone.

You're the Endministrator? Oh, perfect timing!

Fang Ze, trainee Tianshi, at your service! Wow, the legendary Endministrator? The masters weren't exaggerating!

My mentor was supposed to help with these stabilizers, but she bailed on me last minute!

And ... and these stabilizers need at least two operators for maintenance.

Thank you! The entire Tianshi Pillar Array around Wuling depends on these stabilizing rods!

Okay, popping out the glitchy stabilizers with my Tianshi access. Endmin, you can handle the rest!

Watch out though, the faulty stabilizers may overheat due to an energy imbalance. We'll need jet drones to cool them down.

First, let's stabilize a whole array, then I'll trace what caused the malfunction!

I'd be totally overwhelmed without you... Seriously, you saved this operation back there!

Let me analyze the anomaly... Hmm... Just a program error in the stabilizing rods?

Better safe than sorry! Endmin, I'm heading to the next array. This isn't an isolated case!

The anomaly here... Seriously?! Another program error?

Well, at least the rods are fine. Just some buggy code throwing tantrums.

Endmin, not gonna lie ... I didn't realize how scared I was until it was over. I live nearby. All I could think was ... "Please don't let this go wrong."

Ehehe... Rookie jitters. Maybe I over prepared?

I'll check the central status pillar. Endmin, the third stabilizer array is in your hands!

One more anomaly... Please let this be nothing serious...

With our Tianshi Fang on duty? What's there to worry about?

Ehehe... You're too kind! And don't worry, I'll wrap this up clean and quiet!

Ah, Endmin! Ehem... Third array's down. Same glitch as before, just code issues.

One anomaly remains, but a forced reboot should resolve all irregularities.

Hmm... The first three arrays all had the same glitch, this one should be no different! A reboot will wipe it clean!

Stand back, everyone ... and — engage! Full array reboot commencing!

What the?! The entire array's going critical! Thermal spikes everywhere!

O-okay, Fang Ze... It's okay, breathe... Ma'am covered this scenario...

Um, article 29... Article 29... Manual linkage! Rebalance core systems to stabilize the entire array!

I'll hold the line here! Endmin, now — cool down the fourth array!

Hurry! I can't hold this much longer!

Endmin, I... I couldn't have fixed this alone. Thank you.

The stabilizers care not for guilt. A Tianshi's duty is to detect, confront, analyze, and resolve.

Ma'am...

Come. We'll examine the indicator's data together. Endministrator, please stand by momentarily.

The fault lies near the fourth array... Program checks out... Hardware nominal...

Huh? This Xiranite unit is critically depleted. Reserves can't sustain the array. Impossible... The other peer units are testing normal...

Tianshi don't rely on luck or assumptions. Let me examine this properly...

This Xiranite unit's logs show it endured unprecedented stress surges in a short time frame. The perimeter situation is ... concerning.

Fang Ze ... your protocols were flawless. Your third inspection brought you this close to the compromised Xiranite...

Overconfidence blinded you. You abandoned protocol for a quick fix. Without the Endministrator's assistance, this array would be scrap now.

Flawed execution ... but proper crisis response. You did prevent total collapse, and that counts.

I'm sorry, ma'am! I should have known better. "No margin for error" was drilled into us!

Endministrator, we've pinpointed the anomalous stabilizers. A specialized team will extract, repair, and replace them within the stabilizer array.

A single faulty stabilizer is manageable... But I fear this isn't isolated. All stabilizer arrays may need inspection.

You're saying ... a city-wide maintenance overhaul?!

Indeed. Wuling's stabilizer array hasn't undergone maintenance of this scale in decades...

But there is no margin for error. A single unchecked flaw could bring the entire city down!

Rest assured, Fang Ze is exceeding expectations among this year's trainee Tianshi.

A bit reckless, perhaps. But when it mattered, she stabilized the anomaly. Commendable composure under pressure.

I drill this into every young Tianshi: "Duty above all in crisis." Yet in my heart ... I beg them to value their own survival more.

Stabilizers can be mended. Bones cannot. This time ... we were lucky.

Thank goodness you were here, Endministrator... My student almost messed everything up big time.