Reborn as a short-lived loli who can only live for three years

"singing?"

Hearing him say this, Ivy seemed to have some impression.

When I first browsed the secret realm information, there was an adventure record that mentioned the singing of mermaids...

It is said that it is located somewhere on the seabed, and whoever finds it can receive a prophecy.

The pure white conch is the only way to find the mermaid.

"I found this conch in the sea... just now." Chu Yu said.

"You went downstairs just now?" Ivy was a little surprised.

Chu Yu nodded.

"It was dark under the sea, and I could move more easily than they could, so I went down to take a look as well."

Unlike other people’s diving and swimming, Chu Yu directly shuttled under the sea surface in the form of a shadow, and his speed must have been very fast.

According to Chu Yu, beneath the sea surface are longer and larger roots that extend downward as if they were deeply rooted in the seabed.

But Chu Yu did not travel to the bottom of the sea in one breath. Instead, he saw a white conch entangled by long roots and vines on the way. At that time, the conch was emitting a pure white, dazzling light, which was extremely conspicuous in the dark deep sea.

In order not to distract the combat team's attention, Chu Yu brought the conch up first after confirming that it was harmless.

"It still sounds dangerous." To Ying, this was no different from an exciting adventure.

"Sorry, I should have told you in advance." Chu Yu apologized.

“Do you think I can hear better?” Ivy guessed why they called her over. “But my symptoms are not serious now.”

"That's because..." The high-level magician said halfway when he started to feel dizzy and forgot what he was going to say.

Ye Jiyan had no choice but to answer for him: "You have experienced the most serious symptoms before, so you may have this 'qualification'."

"Oh……"

"Listen to it." Ye Jiyan handed the conch to her.

Ivy took the conch and put it to her ear. Ying beside her stared at her nervously again.

At first, she heard nothing.

There was no singing, human voices, or even the sound of waves.

until...

In an instant, she found herself at the bottom of the sea, surrounded by corals emitting colorful fluorescence. In the huge shell in front of her, sat a mermaid.

The mermaid blinked her fluorescent green eyes, which could almost penetrate the human soul.

I saw it open its mouth faintly, making the sound of waves and ripples.

Somehow, Evie seemed to understand its language.

it says--

"I've been waiting for you for a long time"

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"How is it?" Ying couldn't help but take away the conch from her ear again, with a worried look on her face, "You listened for a long time, but you didn't move."

Ivy came back to his senses. The surroundings were still the familiar scene, nothing had changed.

"Judging from your reaction, you must have heard something different." Ye Jiyan looked at her with interest, patiently waiting for what to say next.

The others were also waiting curiously for her to tell them what she had heard.

Ivy nodded slightly.

"Yes."

"What did you hear?" Ying asked curiously again.

Ivy recalled what she had just seen and replied, "I 'saw' it, and... I already know where it is."

……

"It's out there on the ocean floor waiting for us... When the root system of these algae is destroyed, we won't be able to find it anymore."

This information magically flooded into Ivy's mind. A line that only she could see even appeared in her eyes, pointing all the way to the depths of the sea, towards the direction of the mermaid.

Ying's expression changed again: "Does that mean we have to get into the water as soon as possible?"

"That song..." The high-level magician with the most serious symptoms spoke slowly at this time, "It also gave me an urge to... jump into the sea. I thought... it was the mermaid's temptation."

"It doesn't rule out the possibility," Chu Yu said, "but it does want us to find it."

"Are we going down?" Ye Jiyan asked.

Ivy looked left and right, and said hesitantly: "...Ask me?"

“Don’t pay attention to their opinions. They are just tools to help us explore.” Ye Jiyan said in front of a group of high-level magicians.

It is indeed offensive to call someone a tool in front of him/her.

Even Ivy, who usually treated passers-by as air, felt a little guilty at this moment.

"Aren't you curious about the prophecy?" Ye Jiyan seemed to not believe that she would not be interested.

……

“…I am a little curious.” Ivy admitted honestly.

"Then, let's set off immediately?" Ye Jiyan looked at her.

Ivy found that he had restrained his thoughts. Ye Jiyan not only treated the high-level magicians around him as air, but even treated Chu Yu and Ying Youyou as air as well.

"What do you think?" she asked the other two.

Chu Yu did not object, and suggested a way to reach the bottom of the sea faster: "I can take you to move...if you don't mind."

Another month or two has passed, and I don’t know if Chu Yu’s stealth leading skills have improved.

"I... I'm a little scared." Ying still couldn't overcome the fear in her heart, "I don't want to cause trouble for Avi, so I won't go."

"Okay." Ivy nodded.

……

……

Eventually, Chu Yu, Ye Jiyan, and Ivy, along with a few high-level magicians who were prone to seasickness and those who were not, formed a temporary underwater exploration team.

Although severe poisoning symptoms would affect underwater exploration, considering that mermaids' songs can only be heard by people with severe symptoms, the scenes seen on the seabed might vary depending on the severity of the symptoms.

The high-level magicians got ready and jumped into the water.

Chu Yu, along with two companions, sneaked down quickly in the dark sea.

The sea water seemed to be rapidly retreating, and it was pitch black around, and almost nothing could be seen.

Ivy originally wanted to observe the huge algae root system during the dive and confirm the work status of the combat team.

But it's a pity.

Ivy lost consciousness in the middle of the process.

When she woke up again, she was already at the bottom of the sea. The diving rune seal she carried with her expanded outward into a spherical air barrier, and a group of high-level magicians were surrounding her using healing magic.

Chu Yu's eyes were wandering as he stayed beside her, muttering something like "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, practice more, practice more."

Not far away, Ye Jiyan also unfolded a spherical air barrier, but in a lying flat position.

The spherical barrier floated up and down with the waves, and the people inside were motionless, as if they had been dead for a long time.

If Ye Jiyan hadn't occasionally covered his forehead with his hands, trying to calm the suffocation and nausea brought by the shadow stealth, Ivy really thought he was killed by Chu Yu.

The results are obvious.

They verified through their own experience that Chu Yu's stealth leading skills were still very poor.