Gu Xixi squatted down and poked the little elephant's back. The little elephant immediately fell to the ground and rolled around as if it had been injured, which was extremely cute.

The adult elephants did not react in any other way, but simply stood there and waited for the calves to get up before continuing their journey.

Gu Xixi took out her camera and captured the scene. Suddenly, in her lens, she saw a little girl wearing green clothes and green pants. The girl had two very thick braids.

Gu Xixi subconsciously exclaimed how good her hair was and how thick it was, then realized what she had done and dared not move.

This girl is only the size of an adult elephant, which means she's only about 30 centimeters tall. Isn't she just a human from Lilliput?!

I encountered people from Lilliput just five meters from where I went out.

Gu Xixi's eyes met those of the Lilliputian girl—or rather, they locked eyes. Just as Gu Xixi was about to speak, she saw the girl suddenly leap over a thick, withered branch in front of her and run off.

At the same time, she was screaming "ah ah ah," clearly terrified.

Although the noise was small, the surroundings were too quiet, so those close to Gu Xixi heard it. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and tried to search.

"Ouch!" The girl from Lilliput fell to the ground, pinned down by a fresh, huge leaf, looking just like a doll about the length of her forearm.

Gu Xixi tiptoed over, picked up the leaf, and raised her hand to stop others from approaching.

After all, anyone who falls down and looks up to see a circle of heads fifty or even sixty times their own size would be scared half to death.

The little girl from Lilliput sat on the ground, her legs covered in blood. She couldn't run anymore, and her eyes were filled with despair as she looked at Gu Xixi.

Gu Xixi reached out and pulled the person up, trying to keep her voice down, "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you. My name is Gu Xixi, I come from another continent, and the others are my partners. We came here together to open a shop and sell things."

"We sell everything: food, drinks, toys, and household items. I see you're injured; would you like me to take you back to get it bandaged before you leave?"

The more Gu Xixi spoke, the more she felt like a child trafficker; her tone...

The little girl stopped crying, but kept shaking her head. "No, no, I won't go back with you. Our continent only has giants and dwarfs. You're not short enough or tall enough...maybe you are..."

"This is terrifying, I want to go back!"

Unable to trust someone who was being forced, Gu Xixi had no choice but to back down. "Alright, then you can leave now. Be careful. You can bring your people with you. Our shop is just ahead. Welcome to come and shop!"

The little girl from Lilliput took off running and, after a minute, finally disappeared from Gu Xixi's sight.

Gu Xixi ignored it and continued exploring.

After walking a few more steps, Professor Wei came over carrying a red mushroom the size of an umbrella. "Xixi, look, wild mushrooms. I sliced ​​and tested them, and they're non-toxic. Let's have mushroom hot pot tonight."

Gu Xixi: ...

Professor Wei is also a mushroom enthusiast.

“Okay, the kitchen can be used.” After Gu Xixi agreed, Professor Wei broke the mushroom in half, pulled up some vines, wove a basket on the spot, and put the giant mushroom inside.

He then continued to pick and choose, collecting various plant specimens.

Less than a hundred meters away, Professor Wei waved his hand, and the other professors immediately went over. The three of them let out a low gasp, while Professor Wei immediately ran back, saying, "You guys keep watch, I'm going back to get some containers to pack up and take it away."

Gu Xixi moved a little closer to look and saw that it was a cluster of bacteria.

[Phyllostachys.]

"Phylloidea!"

Gu Xixi and the system spoke at the same time, "Keep explaining, I got it right, right?"

Yes, this is the same phylum as Soft-walled Bacteria on Earth, a unique group of difficult-to-culture microorganisms that lack cell walls but evolved from the phylum Firmicutes.

[According to metagenomic predictions, they possess outstanding nucleic acid degradation capabilities, play a crucial driving role in the cycling of elements such as phosphorus and nitrogen, and can readily cope with both high-pressure deep-sea environments and normal-pressure terrestrial environments. They hold unique research value in areas such as evolution, pressure tolerance, and element cycling.]

However, due to the slow growth and low abundance of soft-walled bacteria, no pure culture strains of these bacteria have been obtained internationally to date, hindering further in-depth research. The fact that this has appeared here has excited the professors.

After listening to the system's explanation, Gu Xi nodded. It was the same as what she had learned. She remembered someone saying that if she could cultivate this bacterial colony, she could go back and move her ancestral graves.

Professor Wei didn't return for more than ten minutes. By the time they finished dealing with the bacteria, more than half of the time had passed, and they were still less than 300 meters away from the supermarket.

Gu Xixi almost laughed. Tomorrow's travel goal should be changed to reaching a range of two kilometers.

She continued to look around and noticed a very strange tree in the distance. Its straight trunk was entwined with vines almost as thick as the trunk itself... It looked more like a living creature, a snake?

Just as she was about to walk over to look, her calf was pulled by a force. Gu Xixi looked down and saw that the little girl from the Lilliputian kingdom who had run away earlier had returned.

"Don't go over there. That's a giant anaconda. Although it won't attack people unless it does, people can easily get attacked if they get too close."

Gu Xixi stopped and asked her, "Why did you come back? Aren't you afraid of us anymore?"

At the same time, Gu Xixi saw the little girl's clothes clearly this time. They were also made of cotton and had decorations on them. The clothes were all as tight as possible, probably to make it easier to walk in this environment.

Therefore, the level of civilization in this world must be quite high.

“I’m scared, but I just went to your house and it’s definitely a shop. I want to buy medicine from you. We Lilliputians live underground to avoid danger, so it’s hard to find herbs, and they’re expensive. Poor people can’t afford them, but my grandfather really needs them…”

The little girl looked up, her expression stubborn, yet also filled with apprehension and inferiority, a fear of being looked down upon for admitting her poverty.

Gu Xixi nodded, "Since you're here to do business, I welcome you. What kind of medicine do you want to buy? If you don't have gold, silver, rhodium, palladium, or other precious metals, just tell me about the current situation in Lilliput and Giant Country, and I can give you the medicine for free as payment."

The girl from Lilliput was overjoyed, "Really?"

"Really! Go ahead and say it." Gu Xixi nodded, half-squatting down, waiting for the other person to speak.

"Well, our Lilliputian Kingdom and the Giant Kingdom have some friction, but overall it is still peaceful. The place where you are opening your shop is on the border between our two countries. The people of the Giant Kingdom are very tall, more than a dozen of you, and they are extremely fierce and like to kill. Although the two countries have agreed to peace, they are warlike and bloodthirsty, and they will catch and eat any of our Lilliputian people who are alone."

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