Mia nodded, both ears twitching at once.
"It's not just butterflies, meow~"
Just as she finished speaking, something caught Zhang Xixi's eye.
At the base of a giant tree beside the street crouched something that looked like... a squirrel.
It was two sizes bigger than the squirrels on Blue Star, with dark green fur and an outrageously fluffy tail, bigger than its own body, like a cloud.
And its tail glowed, as though it had a lantern hanging from it.
It sat on a tree root, clutching a fist-sized fruit, its black, beanlike eyes watching the passing tourists curiously.
It wasn't afraid of people at all.
Zhang Xixi immediately crouched down and aimed her selfie stick at it.
"Guys, look! This little squirrel's tail is glowing!!"
"Look at it nibbling on that fruit it's holding! It's so cute!!"
The live chat went wild again.
"What kind of heavenly creature is this!"
"This squirrel-looking thing actually comes with built-in special effects?"
"I keep a squirrel at home! I love this Elven one so much. Please, streamer, go ask if it's for sale! I want to bring it home as a husband for my squirrel!"
The green squirrel took two bites of the unknown fruit, tilted its head to look at Zhang Xixi, then shot up the trunk with a whoosh and disappeared into the leaves.
Zhang Xixi stood up. Before she could recover from that "cuteness overload," she saw two little white deer with glowing vines twined around their antlers walking quietly past a storefront on the other side of the street.
One of the deer even turned its head and touched its wet nose to the back of a nearby tourist's hand.
This place didn't seem to be a shopping street.
It was an Elven version of a zoo, botanical