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

“Come in first…” Ivy gave up his seat, acting calmly.

She thought of many possibilities in an instant and had already prepared herself mentally in advance.

Tokieda Meng didn't say anything, but reached out to Ivy's collar and picked up the pendant of the necklace.

The crack on the pendant gem seemed to have become deeper than before.

Shi Zhimeng had a gloomy expression.

“Is it about replacing the gemstone?” Ivy seemed to understand.

"I just received news that the exploration team responsible for finding and mining gems... was completely wiped out."

Ivy's heart sank.

"Total destruction?"

"The most likely scenario is that they encountered an unrecorded danger, but it doesn't matter... The battle process was recorded in the photo necklace, and we will be able to analyze it quickly, and then send out a new exploration team..." Shizhi Meng said, "It's just... I'll make you wait a little longer."

"I'll ask my father for help, but I don't know if I can do it before the necklace breaks."

Tokieda Meng felt sad for the annihilation of the exploration team, but she was also worried about the backlash that Ivy would suffer after the necklace was broken.

Evie shook her head.

"I'm not in a hurry, thank you."

"Sorry." Tokizhi Meng was still in a low mood.

“Those exploration teams that were wiped out…” Ivy hesitated.

"I will make arrangements for tomorrow, you don't need to feel guilty. I promised to help you, and I will do my best." Shi Zhimeng gave her one last look, turned and left, "Go to bed early, I will take care of everything."

In the quiet room, moonlight shines through the window.

Ivy looked at the gem on the necklace and estimated the remaining time.

It doesn’t matter… there’s probably still plenty of time.

……

……

The secret forest of Nanbanli is a dark corner that seems to have been forgotten by the world, filled with a depressing atmosphere.

Tall trees covered the sky, their branches and leaves intertwined so densely that no light could penetrate. A thin layer of mist was diffused around, and they moved close to the ground, as if carrying a slight chill.

In the mist, strange stone statues can be vaguely seen. They have different shapes and look mysterious and ancient. Some have empty eyes, while others have hideous faces and are extremely dangerous.

When they were just teleported into this secret realm, everyone gathered together and lowered their heads, almost without leaving any extra glances.

But from the corner of his eye, he could tell that their initial location was in a place called the 'Stone Statue Forest'. According to the Adventure Manual, this was a high-risk area.

It seems they are out of luck.

"Don't look any statue in the eye."

The most urgent task is to cross this dangerous forest of stone statues.

Before moving, the leader of the exploration team gave everyone a final reminder: "If you find it difficult to do so, close your eyes and keep up with your teammates; if you still end up looking at the statue... keep staring at it until you are out of the forest of statues, and never look away."

So, the members of the exploration team lined up in a line, with those in front pulling those behind, and walked carefully through the forest of stone statues.

Many people had already closed their eyes, including Ivy and the others. They held each other's hands, closed their eyes tightly, and followed the team.

……

One of the main reasons why the Stone Statue Forest is a high-risk area is that... every stone statue in it is alive.

They are essentially creatures of the secret realm: gargoyles.

They are usually in a semi-dormant state, but once they sense the sight of an adventurer, they will wake up and hunt down the adventurer who sees them.

However, if you keep your eyes on it, it will remain in a state of pretending to sleep and will not attack.

On the contrary, the moment the sight is withdrawn, the gargoyle will move its position in the fog, gradually approaching the adventurer, and eventually find an opportunity to kill him.

With the strength of the exploration team, it is not difficult to destroy a gargoyle.

But fighting means moving your eyes around.

If we rashly start a battle in the forest of gargoyles, it will easily awaken more gargoyles, which would be putting the cart before the horse.

Therefore, the safest and fastest way is to walk with your eyes closed.

The team leader did not use his eyes to explore the way, but instead used magic to explore the terrain and avoid all the stone statues along the way.

"We have now arrived at the location of the signpost stone tablet. People in the map group, please memorize the contents on it."

It is said that there are many stone statue forests like this one in the secret realm. They need to determine the direction of the stone statue forest so that they can more quickly locate the location of the cursed statue they are looking for.

As someone who had helped the map team before, Ivy also tried to use magic to sense the surrounding environment, and then she successfully captured the location of the stone tablet.

The fog in the forest seemed to have the effect of weakening magic power. The magic power she released became extremely heavy and was completely unable to replace her eyes.

But through a short period of magical exploration, she found that although the surroundings seemed quiet, many dangers had already been lurking.

Many gargoyles have come to life. They tried to approach the members of the exploration team, but they were locked in their gazes and could not move forward.

As they moved forward, the fog covered the stone statue and the vision. The gargoyle was able to hide in the fog and continue to move. It tried to attack the exploration team from another direction, but was then spotted by a sharp sight.

"This is probably the Stone Statue Forest No. 3 mentioned in the literature." Someone from the map team has used magic to explore and interpret the contents of the stone tablet. "We are heading in the right direction. If we continue walking, we will be able to get out of this stone statue forest."

"Okay, move forward normally, don't make a mess."

The exploration captain stabilized the situation, and they continued to move forward in an orderly manner until they passed through the forest of stone statues safely.

After hearing permission, everyone finally opened their eyes.

After leaving the forest of stone statues, the surrounding fog almost settled, and the scene in front of us became much clearer.

According to historical records, after passing through the No. 3 stone statue forest, you will pass through a pseudo-human village.

They immediately looked around and soon found a village in the woods in a low terrain.

……

The dark shadows of the trees were like silk, weighing heavily on the village in the forest.

The torches around the village swayed in the wind, shining through the shadows of the trees, making it look so desolate.

From afar, in the open space in the center of the village, a group of strange people wearing black robes and masks were forming a circle, muttering to themselves.

Those voices were like the whispers of demons, low and hoarse, echoing in the air.

In the center of the circle is an altar stone statue that exudes an evil aura. The altar is dark and old, made of stacked huge stones. On top of the base is a strange and twisted stone statue, and in front of it is a row of strange offerings.

It is worth noting that there is a cross hanging around the neck of the altar stone statue, which seems to exude some kind of bewitching magic.

That was exactly one of Ivy's targets, the Blood Curse Item.