Chapter 1102 Pebbles and Writing

This is a world without any life.

When Zhang Heng saw it for the first time, he thought he was back on the moon again, because there was nothing here except the bumpy surface, and there was an aura of deathly silence and desolation everywhere on the island.

Both the soil and the rocks were dark red, as if someone had deliberately painted them with fuel as a prank. Moreover, when Zhang Heng tried to use the [Hidden Sheath] to cut off a piece of rock, he found that there was actually red underneath the cut. The viscous liquid flows out, just like the blood flowing in the veins.

There are a lot of red rocks like this on the entire island, and they look varied and scattered everywhere. The rocks are surrounded by red pebbles, but these pebbles are generally larger than ordinary pebbles and look more beautiful. It's plump, and actually looks more like...an egg.

Zhang Heng picked one up and knocked it on the red rock. As a result, a corner of the rock was chipped off, but the egg-shaped pebble was unharmed.

So Zhang Heng used the [Hidden Sheath] again, but this time it took a little effort to open up the red pebble and reveal what was inside.

It was a newly formed snake embryo, and it was actually alive. At least it was still alive when Zhang Henggang cut the pebbles. Its body twisted a few times, but it was obviously not grown enough to break out of the shell. Because he was released early, he could no longer absorb nutrients from the egg liquid. He struggled on the ground, seemingly trying to crawl back into the cut red pebbles, but the next moment his tail was stepped on by Zhang Heng. .

Zhang Heng wanted to see what this little snake in the red pebbles was capable of, but he saw that the little snake struggled slower and slower, and after less than a minute, it lay on the ground and stopped moving.

After that, Zhang Heng tried to kick the little snake with his toes, but the snake didn't react at all. Considering its age, the possibility of feigning death was basically ruled out, so Zhang Heng stabbed the tip of the [Hidden Sheath] into the snake. The belly of the little snake goes up from there until the upper jaw is opened.

Zhang Heng squatted down and examined the body of the little snake, and found that except for living in the extremely hard red pebble, its physiological structure seemed to be no different from ordinary snakes.

This is good news for Zhang Heng.

Because there are many red rocks on this island, and there are countless red pebbles near the rocks. If there is a small snake hidden in each pebble, and these small snakes have any special attack methods, then when they break out of their shells, they will Out, even if Zhang Heng had the T-148 in hand, he would probably have only one way to escape by jumping into the sea.

But at least now it seems that this worry will not happen. In addition, the dead little snake also reminded Zhang Heng of something. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then inserted the [Hidden Sheath] back into his waist and continued to move towards it. Walk to the center of the island.

Zhang Heng had a hunch that something was waiting for him there.

…………

Inside the station.

Although Fan Meinan had no choice but to agree to Zhang Heng's request to stay above, she had no intention of just sitting and waiting. Even if this station was not Jörmungandr's lair, it was still an important place for its activities. Fan Meinan still hoped that You can find some clues to deal with Jormungandr.

The gods and creatures that appear in Nordic mythology are probably the most human-like among all myths. Almost every one of them has various emotions, will be jealous and will fall into rage. At the same time, they also have weaknesses like humans, and they have some opinions. Seemingly powerful gods or creatures may even have instant death weaknesses.

The most famous of them is probably Baldr, who was killed by mistletoe. Baldr, the god of light, had a dream one day, dreaming that he was dead. His mother was very frightened when she found out, so she asked all creatures in the world to swear to her never to harm her. Baldr, weapons, stones, even diseases and flowers were sworn to her.

Only Xie Xie was not asked to swear an oath because he was too weak. This was later found out by Loki, so Loki, who thought the matter was not big enough, encouraged General Hodel, the god of darkness, who had always had a conflict with the god of light, Balder. A mistletoe was thrown at Balder. In the end, Baldr, the majestic god of light, was pierced through the chest by the mistletoe and died. Loki was also expelled and punished by the gods because of this incident. In the end, he and the gods completely turned against each other, but this is a story later. .

Overall, the story seems to suggest that the Norse gods each had their own Achilles' heel.

Fan Meinan was recalling the stories related to Jörmungandr in Nordic mythology, and wanted to find out the latter's weaknesses while checking the station. Malu on the side also wanted to help, but Fan Meinan declined, mainly because of the latter. Even if you join, you don’t know what to look for.

However, Fan Meinan also found some work for Malu, who really had nothing to do. He asked him to look through the snake corpses and try to see if he could find a snake corpse long enough to crawl down the hole.

So the two of them started to act separately.

Ma Lu was picking up snake carcasses on the second floor, and Fan Meinan returned to the first floor. She held up her flashlight and scanned every corner of the station little by little, not letting go of any clues. As a result, her search like a dragnet still failed. It really paid off.

Fan Meinan found a mark behind a load-bearing column. At first, she didn't pay much attention to the mark, thinking it was just normal wear and tear during the construction process. But when she looked at it a second time, Fan Meinan noticed the mark. The rules contained in the traces.

These scratches were not caused by accidental bumps, but were left intentionally by someone. Fan Meinan tried to wipe away the accumulated dust on the pillar, revealing a line of crooked handwriting underneath.

- It's there, dangerous!

Is it there, dangerous?

Fan Meinan did not expect to see the handwriting left by other people besides them here. Considering that this place has been abandoned for more than fifty years and has completely turned into a snake nest, this line of writing can probably be traced back to more than fifty years ago. This subway line was still under construction.

Who could its owner be, some construction worker back in the day? Fan Meinan thought of the missing worker in Malu's story, and wondered if this line of writing might have been left behind by him as a warning to future generations.

However, this sentence is a bit too vague. I don’t know who the “there” refers to, Jormungandr, and I don’t know where the “there” in the second half of the sentence is.

But Fan Meinan did read from this sentence that someone had been here before them, and the word "danger" at the end was also carved very hard. It can be seen that the person who left this sentence was nervous in the heart at that time, as if It felt like something terrible was about to happen to him.

And while Fan Meinan was squatting there to study the writing on the load-bearing column, in the tunnel on the other side of the platform, a pair of eyes were quietly looking at her.