After that, the girls learned about the state of this world from Chiharu and Yuri.
Ever since they could remember, it had always been snowing in this world. There were occasional clear days, but the climate had always been cold.
The food was all things whose origins they could not identify. Most of the time, they ate canned goods and military rations.
As for animals and plants, those existed only in books. To the two of them, the familiar everyday scenery was a world blanketed in endless white snow, crumbling urban ruins, and the wreckage of all kinds of weapons.
"Then why did you go so high up?"
After hearing their story, Tita looked utterly incredulous.
"It's dangerous up there, and so much of this place has already deteriorated. What if something happened? Besides, there's clearly nothing up there."
"...Yeah, there's nothing up there."
At Tita's question, Chiharu sighed. She did not seem inclined to answer, but Yuri beside her spoke up with a grin.
"What does it matter? What matters is getting up there. If we could, we'd like to keep traveling, too."
"Where to?"
"The moon!"
Everyone was left speechless as Yuri excitedly pointed toward the sky. Then Fang Zheng let out a chuckle.
"Sure. If you want to see the moon, then go see it."
"Huh? Mr. Fang Zheng?"
The girls were immediately startled by Fang Zheng's words, while he simply shrugged.
"What's the big deal? For us, getting to the moon or the sun is easy. Besides, they finally have a wish they want to fulfill. Aren't you going to help them? It's no trouble at all."
"I guess that's not a problem..."
Ling frowned slightly, but in the end, she nodded.
"All right, we're going to the moon!"
"Awesome!"
Yuri immediately threw both hands into