Images of the seafloor are coming in one after another.
The "Mere Old Man" said that this was an interim report, but since he had to spend a lot of time on the way, it is becoming a half real-time report on the current situation.
"I wonder if the has been expanding under the sea?"
"Well, I think they have been monitoring for a while the distortion of the earth's crust and the effects of filling the planet's core with superheavy materials."
"Yeah, I think Hannah is right too.
Jin and the others followed the screen, each expressing his or her own opinion.
The < that was sending us the images was now diving to a depth of 1,500 meters.
This seems to be the deepest part of the ocean. Of course, the trench area is excluded.
"The sea around Horai Island is also about 1,400 to 1,600 meters deep."
Jin said.
"The seafloor east of the Laurentian continent is probably about this deep."
"The trench looks to be more than 10,000 meters deep, though."
Hanna added to Jin's line.
"Ten thousand meters. ......"
Jin thinks that it would be quicker to use a combination of <> and <> to get there.
He is guessing that <> would not be doing anything in the 10,000 meter deep sea .......
"I'm sure we can manage with the warding if we just want to observe."
If we can invert the boundary that compresses even adamantite, the strongest metal, it should be able to withstand not only 10,000 meters but also 10 times that much water pressure. Theoretically.
"Oh, what's that?"
"......Daiou...... No, that's a Kraken."
Two kraken were camped in a hollow in the deep sea.
They appear to be resting.
Since the habits of giant cephalopods are completely unknown, everyone began to watch them with great interest. .......
"......, it's not moving."
"It's not moving."
"It doesn't move. It's boring."
We stayed still for 15 minutes. They got tired of watching and asked the old man to show them another place.
The old man then instructed < and the screen started to show another place.
"Hmmm...no ...... mermaids...no <>..."
"Jin, I don't think that <> is in these deep waters."
Mr. Goose, why is that?
"Well, I can almost tell from his body shape and eyes. Even though it's deep, it must live at a depth deep enough for light to reach it.
"I see. ......"
The red sea bream is also considered a deep-sea fish, but it lives at depths ranging from 50 meters to 200 meters.
The <> look a bit like snappers in terms of body shape and eye size.
Therefore, they might live at a depth of about 200 meters at the most, Guth said.
I see. ...... but well, since we're able to investigate this area, let's keep going."
"Yes, I agree with Jin about that. We might find something unexpected.
"Hmmm.... ...... has already found two submarines that look like submarines.
"That's true."
As we were watching the images of the ocean floor while exchanging such conversation, we made another discovery.
"Whoa, what's that?"
"......3 is that the second submarine?"
It was a cylinder-shaped artifact.
We can get an approximate size by comparing it with the < that is working with < who is sending us images.
According to the image, it is about 5 meters in diameter and 20 meters long. The cylindrical shape is not flattened at both ends, but bulges out into a hemispherical shape, indicating that this is a pressure-resistant structure.
"Do you think this is also from ?"
"That's what we have to assume for now."
"We need to pull up this one, too."
Thus, Jin and his team obtained three types of submarines or deep-sea equipment that they thought belonged to the .
* * * * * *
At the same time, discussions were underway in <> regarding the >.
"Next, we would like to discuss .
<><> is a knowledge that Jin brought 400 years ago ...... and should have been lost exactly.... ...is a concept.
It is a means to point to a point on the Ars, and an essential part of the international community.
< has been determined without any problem, but the < has not been determined.
This is because there was a dispute over which country should be the reference <<0 degrees>.
Ever since the <> was inaugurated, the issue had been on the agenda, but it had been postponed without being decided.
By the way, Jin is using a world map in which Horai Island is 0 degrees longitude, but he is not imposing it on the world.
Or rather, we are avoiding to disclose it because it would lead to the identification of Horai Island.
"You want to set <>, which is located almost in the center of <>, to 0 degrees. ......"
"No, no, that would be too much trouble because of the mixing of east and west longitude. We would like to go through our country, which is at the eastern end of the <>, except for the former Kingdom of Leonard, ......" "No, no, that would be too much trouble, because it would mix up the eastern and western longitudes.
"Then you can go through our country at the western end ......"
"No, no, if the four duchies join the conference, your country will not be the westernmost one. We will still be based on the easternmost ......"
What? It's only logical that we should be centered on the center.
It is not. It's still .......
No, no, no. ......
"............"
And so on and so forth. Sion sighed inwardly, having heard this kind of exchange for nearly 200 years since he became a representative of the .
(......Ha......When it comes to this topic, each country refuses to budge. ......I wish Jin would just decide, but I guess that's not going to happen. (......)
Jin has no intention of spreading the fact that Horai Island is located at 0 degrees longitude to the public because it would be easy to identify the location. This has not changed over the past 400 years.
However, Zion would like to have enough of this, so he dared to ask Hitoshi D. for his opinion.
"Yes, I would like to ask for your opinion since it seems to be in dispute.
"......Yes, I think it would be a good idea to first of all decide on what country the country is from so that it will be easy to use.
"Do you have any specific suggestions?"
Zion asked for more opinions. She did not want to prolong the situation.
"Well, how about thinking in terms of ...... the date line passing through a point that is easy to understand?"
"That's certainly a new perspective."
The date line is a line that tells us where a planet's day begins. Of course, there is no visible line.
Suppose that the line runs through an inhabited area.
Then the date changes every time you cross that (imaginary) line. This is not a good thing for a country.
Incidentally, the Earth's date line runs through the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
The date line is not a straight line like the meridian line, and when there is an island on the line, the date line is bent to accommodate it.
The South Pacific country of Kiribati had a date line running through the middle of the country until 1995. In other words, the dates were different within the same country.
Now, the date line has been bent to a large extent to accommodate the new date line.
"I see. ......"
"That was a blind spot. ......"
"Let's think about it from that point of view, shall we?"
Jin D's opinion seemed to change the direction of the meeting a little.