"What is this place? We're not still in the Sea of Tranquility, are we?"
Looking around, the scenery was very primitive. Standing on the beach and looking to either side, this seemed to be an island? Behind them stretched an endless expanse of azure sea, giving the two of them the illusion that they had never left the Sea of Tranquility and had merely landed on some island.
"I don't know what this place is either."
There were no traces of modern industry. Perhaps this was a world with an ancient setting? Or some remote place? But which was it? A movie? A novel? An anime? A legend?
The possibilities were too broad. With so little information, they had no clue at all.
"We can walk ahead for a while. Maybe this isn't an island, and we just happened to appear by the sea."
Human vision had its limits, after all, and the terrain blocked their view. Their first assumption being that this was an island was also habitual thinking developed after spending some time in the Sea of Tranquility.
"Of course, it's also possible that... we'll run into locals..."
As Yinsen was mentioning another possibility, he noticed a little head popping up from a cliff not far ahead—it was a little girl peeking over at them.
"Look, now we can find out what kind of world this is... At the very least, we can confirm that there are humans in this world."
What Arthur cared about was not that they had encountered someone, but what Yinsen's words implied. "There are worlds without humans?"
"Of course! Humans aren't the multiverse's only intelligent life. Doesn't your world have races like fairies?"
"No, I mean worlds with no humans at all."
Only then did Yinsen understand what Arthur meant. "That isn't strange.