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

In the extreme pain, time seemed to have lost its concept.

Ivy didn't know how much time had passed.

The backlash constantly impacted her psychological defenses, leaving her no time to care about what was happening around her. Her consciousness was always clear, and even if she wanted to pass out, the severe pain from the backlash would wake her up instantly.

She could only be forced to silently endure the huge backlash alone, unable to think of anything, unable to do anything.

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A sphere containing high-level healing magic was suspended in the air, continuously scattering magical light particles downwards.

After the body endured all the backlash damage, the wounds on the body stopped increasing, but the healing magic could not erase the pain, and the skin under the bandages was still slowly oozing blood, making it difficult to heal.

Ivy lay on the hospital bed, breathing weakly.

Ye Jiyan sat beside the bed, holding her hand, and continued to cast magic, trying to cloud her brain with illusions.

Thanks to him, even though the severe pain was still washing over Ivy's nerves, she was able to spare some of her mind to think.

"What's wrong?" Shi Zhimeng's low voice came to my ear.

"I tried my best." Ye Jiyan withdrew her hand and observed Ivy's condition. "Although I couldn't relieve her pain, at least she can hear us talking."

In response to his words, Ivy slowly tilted her head.

Even though her eyes were wrapped in thick bandages, she couldn't see anything.

Shi Zhimeng held her hand.

"sorry."

"sorry Sorry……"

Tokieda Meng kept apologizing.

"I'm sorry... I couldn't get the gem to resist the backlash."

"We've fallen into a trap."

"The second exploration team was also wiped out, for the same reason as last time, but... the family head said that this time they found traces of human intervention."

"The disaster was deliberately created by someone, with the purpose of preventing us from getting the gem. The suspicious person has been caught, but interrogation takes time. A new exploration team has also been sent out. This time it will definitely be foolproof, but it also takes time..."

"I should have thought of it earlier. Why didn't I think of it then?"

Shi Zhimeng lowered her head in regret: "If I had noticed it sooner, this wouldn't have happened. I was paying attention to the progress of the gem search every day, but I never thought of doubting them."

"hateful……"

Although she wanted Shi Zhimeng not to blame herself, Ivy couldn't even speak. She could only try to move her fingers and hold Shi Zhimeng's hand.

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When Zhi Meng and Ye Jiyan pushed the door and walked out, the others had been waiting in the room outside for a long time in agony.

Ying rushed over again, her eyes red, obviously she had cried several times: "Senior Shi, why did Avi become like this? What happened to her?"

"Is Vivi's condition still serious?"

Compared to Ying Youyou's panic, Wan Ye Xi was obviously much calmer.

"I tried hard, but it only had a small effect." Ye Jiyan looked helpless, "It can't change anything."

"Even Ye classmate said so..."

They have realized the seriousness of the situation.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault." Shi Zhimeng felt very guilty.

"Don't say sorry anymore, Amen."

"You knew the reason from the beginning, right?" Chu Yu asked seriously, "The situation has become like this, can you stop hiding it?"

“Chu Yu, don’t say that, this is also Weiwei’s plan.”

"No." Shi Zhimeng shook her head. "Chu Yu is right. I think... there is really no need to hide it anymore."

But even so, she still chose her words carefully, selectively revealing the most crucial parts.

"What Xiao Wei is suffering from now is a kind of damage called 'time backlash'."

"Time backlash?"

"Because she... came from the 'future' in order to change your final death."

"The future..." Ying turned pale again and repeated silently. She had never heard Ivy talk about this before. It sounded like something that could subvert her worldview. It turned out to be the secret that Ivy and Tokieda had been hiding until now.

"We were going to die in the end? Because of the blue flower?" Chu Yu remained calm and quickly guessed the key reason.

Wan Ye Xi had known about this part for a long time, but the only thing she didn't know was... the part about the backlash of time.

"That's right. In the first round, you didn't realize the truth about the blue flower until you died of poison one after another. But in the world of the second round, this ending has been changed."

"So... the bigger the gap between the worlds of the second and first rounds, the stronger the backlash will be." Tokieda Meng paused for a moment and added, "But this is also something that is destined to deepen as time goes by. Even if Xiaowei does nothing, it cannot be avoided."

"I once gave her a gem that could resist the backlash of time, but as the backlash became stronger, the gem exceeded its endurance limit and shattered not long ago."

Hearing this, Ying's eyes suddenly turned red, and she was very sad: "I know... I saw it with my own eyes, Avi's necklace broke, and then she..."

Wan Ye Xi signaled Ying to suppress her sadness again and let Shi Zhi Meng continue speaking.

"When the cracks appeared in the gemstone, I asked my family to send out an exploration team to look for new gemstone sources... They are very rare, but not impossible. The danger level of the secret realm is very high, so when the exploration team was wiped out for the first time... I thought they really encountered an unrecorded danger as described in the report."

"But the second time..."

Tokizhi Meng told them with difficulty about the second group wipeout, the appearance of human traces and the traitor.

The atmosphere became heavy.

"We had guessed that the enemy had noticed something, but we didn't expect that they would start with the Shi family's exploration team..."

The enemy's actions were more difficult to detect than expected. While they were working hard to crack the unpredictable poison, the enemy's forces had already infiltrated the Toki family's main household.

Everything suddenly made sense.

"So the gardeners have been delaying action because they are waiting for Xiao Wei's necklace to break." Chu Yu recalled what Ye Jiyan had said.

The enemy is waiting for something.

"It seems so. They already know that this day will come sooner or later."

"So they've been waiting...!" Ying was fidgeting again, worried, "Avi's necklace has been broken, what are they going to do next? Will Avi be in danger?"

No one answered.

Honestly, they had no idea what the enemy's next move would be.

"When can we get the new gems as soon as possible?" Wan Yexi asked calmly.

"Traveling, mining, and returning would take at least... a month."

One month can be said to be short or long.

But for Ivy, who was suffering from the backlash, it was too long.

"Avi is already in so much pain, and he has to be tortured for another month?" Ying's pupils trembled again, and she shook her head vigorously, "No, this won't work. Isn't there a faster way? ... Oh, let me help too! If I help look for it, will it be faster?"

Seeing that Ying was about to collapse again, Chu Yu hugged her in his arms, trying to calm her down and not be impulsive: "Xiao Ying, you will only cause trouble for them if you go."

"But Avi..." Hotaru choked again.

"Can I go?" Wan Yexi suddenly said, "I'm confident that I won't be a drag. If I rush over to join them, will it at least be a little faster?"

Shi Zhimeng nodded firmly: "Sure! The exploration of the secret realm has only been going on for less than three days. We can definitely catch up with them if we go now. I will go with you!"

She seemed to have found a way to "atone for her sins" and desperately seized this opportunity.

"Thank you, A Meng." Wan Ye Xi expressed his gratitude sincerely.

"Then I too..." Chu Yu was about to speak, but saw Wan Yexi shaking his head.

"Chu Yu stays here. The enemy's movements are unclear. You are responsible for protecting Weiwei's safety. Similarly, Ye Jiyan also stays here. I hope you can alleviate Weiwei's pain as much as possible and let her hold on until we come back."

“…Okay.” Chu Yu finally nodded.

Wan Ye Xi was right, they all had important things to do.

"Yeah." Ye Jiyan also nodded. He rarely showed a serious expression, and there was no amusement in his eyes anymore.

"Youyou." Shi Zhimeng called Ying Youyou.

She looked distraught, her eyes full of self-disgust and powerlessness.

When she looked up, Shi Zhimeng smiled firmly and seriously: "Trust us, we will be back soon! Before we come back, no matter what happens, please...stay by Xiao Wei's side!"