"This is an old planet after all.

Jin observes the topography of Hale as he tours the planet in .

According to him, the topography of Hale is generally gentle.

This is due to the geological concept of <>.

Simply put, the Himalayas and Alps on the earth are mature landforms, where sharp rocky peaks rise high due to uplift and erosion, while those that have been weathered and eroded to become rounded and smooth in their convexities are called senile landforms.

In Japan, the Kitakami Mountains are similar to these landforms.

Here in Hale, the mountains were also rounded by such erosion, and we could see that they were in the process of changing from a mature landform to an old age landform.

"......I see the <......<."

A huge basin centered near the equator of the continent. The center of the basin is a mine where ore was once mined.

Nowadays, the mines are abandoned because the ore has been mined to a profitable level.

The area is in the middle of a huge continent, so there is almost no rainfall. There are no plants or animals in the basin.

"It would be nice to bring a resource satellite here, wouldn't it?"

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Jin had planned to place the resource satellite brought from Zipert in this central basin and make use of it.

Fortunately, there are few living creatures in the area, so the impact on the ecosystem is not expected to be significant.

"In some cases, we may even crush it."

We don't know what the satellite will look like.

Are they spherical, like the moon Uni, or irregularly shaped, like Phobos and Deimos, moons of Mars, the fourth planet in the Sol solar system?

I guess we'll find out when we get there."

Jin was looking forward to that time.

It was 12 o'clock in the morning, and Jin decided to have lunch.

The menu consisted of toast, vegetable soup, bacon and eggs, and kuhe.

Jin ate a piece of bread with plenty of marmalade on it.

"Yes, it's good.

The staff, including the <>, is making every effort to keep the quality of the food high even on board the ship.

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After lunch, we went back to observe Hale from the central bridge.

"Well, there is a marked difference between areas with vegetation and areas without vegetation.

The mining area is surrounded by mountains because it is a basin, and the mountain slopes outside the basin are covered with greenery. More than 70% of the green area is the result of the efforts of <> and others.

Forests can also be seen here and there.

"If it's this green, there's nothing to worry about."

It is a joy to see that the surface of the land, which had only a few drought-tolerant plants when Jin visited about 400 years ago, has been transformed into a lush green land.

Since few artifacts remain on the surface, it looks like a primitive planet. It is simply that most of the artifacts were taken out of the planet by the originals when they left the planet.

What little remained was weathered away, leaving little trace.

The last of the Haelians ended their lives on the man-made satellite <.

"The plants you planted were originally from Hale, right?"

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"Yes, I did."

There were quite a few seeds that had been stored at 700672 and Tester's place, so we used them to grow seedlings and planted them in Hale. The planting site was also 700672.

The knowledge of No. 700672 and Tester was also very useful in terms of planting locations.

The information about the topography and weather conditions for this plant was very useful.

"Was there not much fauna in the area?"

"I see. ......"

I was afraid to bring in such creatures from Arus because I didn't know what kind of negative effects they might have. We were afraid to bring such creatures from Arus, because we did not know what kind of negative effects they might have.

"And microorganisms of any kind?"

Jin, with his limited knowledge of medicine, could not decide whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

However, he decided that if the had lived in such a state for a long time, at least there would be no great harm to them and their descendants.

There would be no problem with this closed system of Hale, Jin thought during the flight of <>.

In Japan, pulmonary tuberculosis, smallpox, and measles are becoming epidemics of the past, but now there is an epidemic caused by bacteria and viruses brought from abroad.

Jin was confronted with an unanswerable question, "Isn't it enough to eradicate everything just because it is harmful? .......

Reiko's voice called him out of his reverie.

Father, we are just above the basin.

"Oh, I see."

The huge basin, which had been visible in the distance, was now below us.

"It's still a great view, even after all these years. ......"

In Hale, the topography is so large, so huge, that the scale is several times larger than that of the earth.

I was never much interested in traveling even when I was in modern Japan, so I was always amazed when I came to this world.

"I thought I was getting a little used to it. ......"

The scale of Hale is astonishing. It is as different from a box garden or a diorama as a real landscape.

Jin noticed something when he looked at such a basin.

"Was there a little bit of water in the basin?"

The center of the basin was concave, and there was a sign of water in the basin.

But the water had seeped into the ground and there was nothing left.

"I wonder if it will seep out from the foot of the mountain. ......"

Several rivers flow out of the foothills of the mountains that surround the basin.

Most of them were probably rainwater that fell on the outer slopes of the basin, but a percentage could be water from within the basin.

"It would be bad if there were ...... mineral poisons in the mix."

Hopefully it would be filtered out as it passed through the ground, but if it was completely water soluble I wouldn't hold my breath.

"What?　...... I knew it."

There are some places where copper sulfate and nickel sulfate solutions are seeping out.

"I guess it could be used for chemical experiments."

Being a chemistry-phobic Jin, he has done little in the way of synthesizing chemicals such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and sodium hydroxide.

The only reagent he has is the one he received from No. 700672.

The only other thing I have is sodium bicarbonate ...... from some spring water in the village of Kaina.

However, with copper sulfate, copper plating is possible without using magic, and with nickel sulfate, nickel plating is possible.

(If Saki were here, he would be jumping up and down with joy. ......)

(If Saki were here, she would jump up and down and be happy... ) Jin suddenly remembered the old <.

And flew over the basin.

Since it is aligned with the rotation cycle, it is always around 8:00 a.m.

However, the time on the ship moves forward.

Jin has dinner in the mess hall, and afterwards he is back on the central bridge looking down at the world below.

< is approaching the western edge of the continent, and a huge bay is visible below.

The bay is about the size of the Australian continent on Earth.

This also gives you an idea of the scale of Hale.

"It's a great view. ......"

Jin, who was observing the view below, let out a small sigh.