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

Something quietly changed in Ivy's heart.

When she jumped out of the dream, the cross of blood curse was right in front of her.

As if it was a reward for completing a level, she reached out and grasped the thing.

Then, she learned how to use the cross... and how powerful it really was.

The prophecy of the underwater mermaid echoed in my mind.

Everyone is still alive, yet seems to be fading away.

The silver cross quietly tells the story of the world.

She sadly accepted her change.

Perhaps she had been preparing for this since then.

She has already decided...

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After that, the exploration team continued their journey to find the poisonous cursed statue. Along the way, they tried their best to avoid all possible dangers, carefully recorded the terrain and environment, and corrected their route in real time.

After four days of travel, they finally found the cursed statue of the poisonous angel.

During this period, the first batch of poisonous insects had reached the time of poisoning. In order to avoid wasting precious experimental materials, Ivy fed them a very small amount of antidote ingredients, extending the time of the next poisoning to five to eight days. However, she could not control the specific time. She was in the wild in the secret realm and it was difficult to ensure the precision of the operation.

There are less than three days left before the second batch of poisonous insects will take effect.

"That's... what we're looking for."

Deep in the darkness and mystery of the forest, the cursed statue stands like a nightmare shadow.

The surrounding trees became twisted and deformed due to its existence, and the branches and leaves turned black and dry, as if the vitality had been drained away. Strange spots of light fell on the land covered with black and dead leaves, making it look mottled.

The main body of the statue vaguely shows a human figure, its face is hideous and twisted, revealing a strange atmosphere, and deep in the eyes seem to be carved with dark green rune patterns, jumping and flickering like ghost fire, full of danger. A pair of carved wings, like a nightmare web, are intertwined in a messy way, showing a gloomy and mottled tone against the shadows of the trees, flashing a dangerous luster.

The body of the statue was entangled with strange grey vines, which were covered with sharp thorns, some of which were even embedded in the body of the statue, extending a tortuous line of cracks. Under the feet of the statue was a dead land with no grass growing. A circle of black scorch marks separated this circle of dead land, and it seemed to attract all the life around it to destruction.

"Be careful not to appear in front of it. Let's stay behind it."

They found a relatively safe place to set up camp, and the magician who was best at defensive runes in the expedition team built a range stand to prevent attacks from the small secret creatures roaming around in the outside world.

The exploration team members' tense mood for many days finally relaxed at this moment.

Taking advantage of this rare period of safety and free time, they stepped up their field research on the statue of the poisonous angel, and confirmed, corrected and supplemented the contents recorded in the literature.

Everything is done to increase the success rate of detoxification.

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Anyone who is stared at by the poisonous angel statue will be cursed by it, surrounded by a poison that is harmless to them, but cannot be touched by others. The cursed person will lose their loved ones and friends one after another because of their desire to touch, until they are completely alone, and the cursed poison will harm them and take their lives.

This is the curse of the poisonous angel.

A harmless little bird caught in a secret realm was placed near the cursed statue as arranged by them. It had undergone almost no treatment and was only deprived of its ability to fly.

The members of the investigation team hid far behind. They set up a very complete defense barrier that could completely block out the outside sounds, smells, sights, etc. Although they could see the outside world normally, from the outside, they could only see a closed hemisphere.

They speculated that perhaps this would block the 'visual touch'.

But despite this, the investigation team was still very cautious. They did not use their eyes to directly look at the situation of the bird. Instead, they turned their backs and used magic imaging to replace vision. They also placed another secret creature in the barrier to see the scene near the statue on their behalf.

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After a long wait, the bird seemed to look into the eyes of the statue.

Through magic imaging, everyone saw that the bird was surrounded by a layer of magic that did not belong to it.

Then, based on their signal, the outside team members in charge of the actual operation placed the second bird near the statue.

Everyone began to record the results.

"Number One made the noise, and Number Two died."

"The 'touch' of sound confirms existence."

"As long as you don't hear it, it seems to be okay."

So, bird number three, whose hearing was sealed, entered the field.

“Survival.”

Number Three jumped up and down, moving anxiously back and forth near the statue.

"Confirmed that the line of sight has been touched, number three is also dead."

"Change to the next one."

Bird number four, whose hearing and vision were sealed, also died shortly after entering the venue.

"There's no need to make eye contact. As long as No. 1 sees it, the eye contact will take effect."

"The ones on our side are still alive." The members of the investigation team paid attention to the status of the secret creatures in the barrier. "If it is not seen by it, the visual contact will not take effect."

"I turned back... I'm not dead yet."

"Well... let's find a way to block its vision."

The members of the investigation team continued to explore the mechanism of the poisonous curse to ensure that no possibilities were missed.

Perhaps the creatures in the secret realm did not have the concept of "relatives" and "friends". Not long after being poisoned by the curse, it was poisoned to death by itself without any warning.

All the birds that died from the poisonous curse turned into a pool of poisonous liquid and soaked into the ground.

After careful experiments, they came to the following conclusions:

Visual touch is one-way, and can be avoided by sealing the cursed person's vision or covering the whole body.

The touch of smell does not exist.

Auditory touch can be avoided simply by blocking hearing.

Physical contact exists, as long as you don't touch it, it's fine.

Indirect contact with the contact object can also trigger 'physical contact'.

During this period, the cursed person will be immortal and cannot be killed by external forces no matter what.

If two cursed beings meet at the same time and touch, the creature that was cursed first will have the advantage and will invalidate the curse of the other cursed being, and then poison him to death.

The cursed cannot be born at the same time. Under the gaze of the poisonous angel statue, there must be a sequence.

Two creatures whose all ways of touching have been sealed appear together and can survive.

The cursed creatures in the secret realm can only survive for two hours at most before they are attacked by the poisonous curse.

Two of the poisonous insects brought in from outside the secret realm were used for duration verification, and it was confirmed that they could survive for a maximum of ten hours.

People outside the secret realm... there is no way to confirm it, but after being cursed, they should live longer than the poisonous insects.

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"Let me think, is there anything else I can add..." The leader of the investigation team held the manuscript full of words and rubbed his forehead with a headache, "I think there is nothing more."

“Even if there is, there’s no way to catch the bird.”

There is only half a day left before the poison of the latest batch of poisonous insects will take effect.

They are going to make the final confirmation.