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Oh, crap!

Why-Man's sending us a message!

D? O...

Y O U...

Do you wanna die?

Do you wanna die?

Do you wanna die?

Do you wanna die?

Do you wanna die?

Uh-oh!

So the enemy's saved us the trouble of engaging with them.

I like it.

Try replying in as many languages as you can, Francois.

Wait, hold on.

Slow down. Don't set them off.

Whisper, whisper...

So...

They're ignoring everything we say?

They've stopped sending us any signals, too.

That's not all bad, though.

We learned a few things.

First, Why-Man has some kind of intent.

He has no intention of responding to our calls, but he does give us warnings.

And he's so snotty about it, too.

Which means he isn't going to rain down a ton of Medusas or anything.

Not immediately, anyway.

In other words, get in there before Why-Man loses patience.

Right to the source of the signal on the moon.

Wait, no way. Hold it.

You mean we're landing? On the moon?!

So by "going to the moon,"

you didn't mean just orbiting it in a spaceship,

but that we're going to be hippity-hopping around on it?

What's the point of going if we aren't?

How else would we greet our esteemed Why-Man?

We're about to run around the entire Stone World to make

a rocket engine,

a spaceship,

and a spacesuit.

The three big pieces of a moon landing!

Our destination is in Spain.

We'll gather fluorite in Barcelona.

Fluorite?

We'll need fluorite to make both the spaceship and the spacesuits.

Off we go!

To the birthplace of the Age of Discovery: the Mediterranean Sea!

Fluorite:

a mineral that emits light when it's heated,

and serves as an important material in spacesuits and spaceships.

I want it!

Yes. I, too, have longed for it and dreamt of having it in this Stone World.

Really?

Off to the Mediterranean Sea!

There, we will finally obtain...

Olive oil!

What about the fluorite?!

I want that, too, but I also want the olive oil.

Greed is good.

We will travel the world in our New Perseus and have everything.

We'll travel through the Atlantic to Spain, the land of passion.

To the city of Barcelona!

That's a lot of place names. I can't quite picture all of it.

You have no idea how far we're going.

We actually made it in a week!

The New Perseus really is amazing.

I hate to break the mood, but let's get started harvesting olives.

Chelsea, do you know where to look?

Roger!

Our destination is...

Do we really have so much time to waste?

We need to set up camp anyway, with food, clothes, and shelter.

So why not enjoy some sightseeing in Spain?

There's nothing here, though!

It's a stone world!

All done!

Well, then, off to gather some olives!

Let the world's greediest man, Ryusui-sensei, have at it.

Now we throw the crushed olives in a centrifuge and squeeze out the oil.

Cooking is a science.

A centri...

Oh, of course.

You need a mega-whirly-spinny machine.

Done!

Already?!

Total piece of cake for Kaseki.

I've always, always wanted this.

Our dinner table will be so, so much richer now.

Extra virgin olive oil ajillo.

Olive Oil Acquired!!

And here we have The Carefree Fisherman's Mediterranean Pasta.

That name makes it sound so much more legit.

I missed the fragrance of olive oil.

It's starting to feel like Spain.

If you want to taste a country, start at the table.

We villagers have never even experienced it.

Holy crap, that's good!

Gracias!

Hay más comida si quieres.

"We have more if you'd like."

Francois, you freak! You speak Spanish, too?

I learned it from the South Americans who were revived.

I'm only a beginner,

but I believe that the first step to earning one's trust

is to respect their culture.

Well said! You're the best, Francois!

Thank you.

Es delicioso!

He seems really happy.

Gracias!

"Gracias"?

I've heard that before, too.

What does it mean?

It means "thank you."

Gracias.

Gracias!

I learned a lot of Japanese, too.

Holy crap! I worked hella mighty hard for real!

That's amazing.

I feel like you're mixing a few people's speech patterns.

Securing food is crucial since we're reviving so many people.

All this food is making me want some snacks for dessert.

I know, right?

Damn it! Why me?!

You're the master explorer, Chrome.

Surely you're used to being chased by beasts.

That makes you the perfect bait!

Holy crap!

Wild...

...cows?!

I like it.

Bulls in Spain can only mean one thing!

Where did you learn to bullfight, Ryusui-chan?

I didn't.

It's just guts and pro gamer skills, I guess.

Yeah, you definitely have guts.

With milk and olive oil, we can make that Spanish snack.

Add a dash of potato starch, and it'll stay chewy even after it cools.

You're paying us?!

In coins?

10,000 Dragos Ferronibium

We did acquire all sorts of superalloys, after all.

5,000 Dragos Ferromolybdenum

1,000 Dragos Ferronickel

The rare metals themselves ensure the coins' value.

500 Dragos Ferrochrome

Hard Currency Acquired!!

Look at these goody-two-shoes.

They've taken the lead in this new world with amazing science,

and yet they're making an effort

to build their own nation without dominating it from above.

You don't need to thank us.

We aren't doing it for your sake.

I'm simply greedy and want everything.

I believe you.

We keep traveling from country to country to revive people.

We don't even have the time to rule over anyone.

Everyone who works is a professional.

And professionals are remunerated accordingly.

That is how the Ryusui Conglomerate operates!

It also means that we get control over the new world's global currency.

He's got something sinister on his mind again.

Hey, sounds great!

Give me some work, too!

Bring it on!

We have plenty more work!

Lots of materials to gather!

I want fluorite!

And we've come full circle!

We're getting everything!

This greedy monster's insane!

Japan's all out of big fluorite crystals.

We can gather plenty here by the sea in Barcelona.

Fluorite Acquired!!

These rocks are so translucent and sparkly.

Yeah, and they're pretty when they fluoresce under heat.

So that's why they're called "firefly stones" in Japanese.

Is this for glasses?

It's a lens made by polishing fluorite.

Its refractive index and dispersion properties are different...

Point is, it's a super high-precision lens for professional applications.

Like our insanely upgraded fluorite telescope.

Oh, man!

Is it just me, or can you see the craters, too?

With a super big one of these, we could even find Why-Man on the moon.

We aren't finding a crystal that big.

And we won't be making any artificially for a long time.

We'll be flying off once we find Why-Man!

A rocket?!

Although...

It's tiny! Lawl!

I'm about the only one who could fit.

You haven't realized you're bigger than before, huh?

You're right.

It's a model rocket.

I'd love to attach Xeno-sensei's jet engine prototype to it and test it out.

Amazing, huh?

I know it's not to scale, but seeing this really gives you the sense

that we're slowly getting closer to the moon, even in this Stone World.

Though, to get there,

we're going to need some super precise trajectory calculations.

In other words, for our next city, we'll be heading to...

The city of mathematics, in India!

The city of mathematics?

Yeah.

India's always had insanely advanced math education.

They're known all throughout the world for being good at math.

And we're absolutely going to need their

remarkable computational abilities for our super precise trajectory calculations.

A-ha, so that's why we're going to India.

How are we gonna get to India from Spain by boat?

We'll have to make a long trip past the Cape of Good Hope.

Holy crap.

Now, we're going to run into some trouble with our New Perseus on our way there.

We're burning more fuel than we expected.

We won't make it past the Cape of Good Hope to India.

No probs!

You'd have to be a freak to solve all of that with just science.

Right.

Guess we're making some more fuel out of organic waste, huh?

Yeah.

Which is why we brought the whole plant on board.

But we're going to be stuck here until we've fueled up.

For months, or even a year.

Here!

Is there no water connecting this part?!

We just need to zip through this skinny part here!

I mean, look! Isn't this a massive shortcut?

That's the Suez Canal.

A shortcut conduit opened by humankind to connect two seas.

Wait, I feel like I've heard about this before.

The Banana whatchamacallit.

The Panama Canal.

The one that almost completely dried up after 3,700 years of neglect.

I wonder how the Suez Canal's doing.

It's connecting two happy waters of the same height.

We might have a better shot at crossing it than Panama, but...

So we can save an entire year if we take the shortcut through the Suez-whatever!

Here we go again with Kohaku-chan rushing straight into battle.

We were quick to give up on the Banana Canal.

It's time to challenge this so-called canal once more!

I don't want to wait, either.

I wish I could agree.

But as the captain, I refuse.

We don't even know if the canal's still connected.

Charge in blind without so much as a sea chart,

and if we're met with a dead end, we may not even be able to return.

Am I right?

If only we could check ahead of time, right?

You're the world's greatest geographer, aren't you, Chelsea-chan?

You'll make me blush with your flattery.

Maybe if Chelsea could get a good look from far away

with some insane telescope or something...

Sweet!

We can draw up a whole-ass sea chart of the Suez Canal!

Dead easy!

Yeah? So, how does it look?

Can we make it through this Suez Canal?

Scribble, scribble, scribble...

Welp, it's blocked.

Yep, horrible luck as always.

Wait, this is hilar!

It's blocked for sure, but...

The canal itself is still connected,

and I guess it's closed off by a dam of debris?

The climate must have changed in the past 3,700 years.

Yeah, and there must have been a ton of tree growth for that short while.

But there's no way it would have lasted.

It must have fallen apart, washed away, and piled up there.

Then we destroy it with all our forces!

It's twenty kilometers away.

It doesn't look safe to get on top of it to dismantle.

We'll have to blow it up.

We'll need to secure the passage first, or we may not be able to return.

We can't take the ship into the canal.

In other words, blow up the wall

inside the canal from outside the canal, twenty kilometers away.

There's no way...

How?

The team figures it out

Hang on...

Are you serious?

The village team doesn't figure it out

Yeah.

Dynamite

Wirelessly controlled fins

We're adapting the miniature rocket.

Fuel

Xeno's jet engine

Superalloy

Science is power.

For example, you don't need me to tell you that your rocket

and a ballistic missile are fundamentally one and the same.

It took Xeno-sensei and me a lot of time to put together our first rocket.

Fire!

Go!

And we're using that power of science to go forth into the future!

Okay!

Suez Canal opened and broken through!

Crap, we're taking a huge shortcut!

Now we can head straight for India!

And what are we looking for in this place you call India?

Good question, Kohaku.

Combine that rocket missile and India's mathematical prowess...

...and we can finally pay a visit to Mister Why-Man.

We're acquiring the final piece— the talent—we need for our spaceship!

Math is all-powerful...

and he is humanity's almighty mathematician!

The Universe Is Written in the Language of Mathematics

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This is a work of fiction, but the plants, animals, and production methods described are based on reality. Foraging and making things on your own accord is extremely dangerous and, in some cases, illegal. Please do not imitate without expertise.