Chapter 1104 The Seventeenth Guest

Similar methods are actually quite common among gods. They establish initial contact with selected potential believers through dreams, and then let the potential believers arrive at a specific location and perform miracles to transform potential believers into true believers. , there are basically similar stories in different mythological systems.

As one of the most well-known monsters in Norse mythology, it is not surprising that Jormungandr would choose followers in this way, and the mortality rate of its potential followers is also alarmingly high.

According to the old man, he had contacted a total of sixteen potential believers. In the end, only three of them successfully left the island and returned to human society. The rest were either lost in the maze forever, or were simply swallowed by Jörmungandr. Lose.

And now he regards Zhang Heng as the seventeenth potential believer on the island.

This cannot be blamed on his carelessness. The main reason is that this island is extremely desolate. There is nothing on it. Sometimes no one will come for more than ten years. As the most ferocious monster of the giants, Jörmungandr has always been the only one. When it targets others, no one has ever taken the initiative to provoke it.

The old man didn't think there could be such an unimaginable person in the world, so he firmly believed in Zhang Heng's identity.

In this case, Zhang Heng simply accepted his new identity and politely asked the old man for advice, "Is this maze difficult to navigate?"

The old man nodded, "I know what you are thinking. The area of ​​this island is not large, and the central maze occupies an even smaller area. No matter how complex the maze is, as long as you use the stupidest method to try one path, , you can always try the right way."

"Isn't that true?"

"A general maze may be like this, but in this maze behind me you will never find the correct path if you use this method."

"Um?"

"This maze is constantly changing." The old man said, "So the method of going back and trying again and again if you make a mistake will not work here, and not only will the place you walk through change, the maze in front of you will also change. Constantly changing.”

"Is that just a matter of luck?"

"No, this maze is actually to test whether the spiritual connection between you and it is strong enough. The three people who passed the maze before actually didn't put much effort in it. The slowest one only took less than half an hour. The fastest person only spent ten minutes." The old man said, "As long as your spiritual connection with it is close enough, the moment you step into this maze, you will naturally know how to go."

This is not good news for Zhang Heng, because he is not a real potential believer and has no spiritual connection with Jörmungandr at all. The only connection between the two is that Zhang Heng plans to go in and kill it. If If Cheng Sihan is still alive, rescue Cheng Sihan, and then leave the subway line with sisters Fan Meinan and Ma Lu. If possible, get the whereabouts of Loki from Jormungandr.

However, Zhang Heng did not show any anxious or depressed look, but continued chatting with the old man.

The latter seemed to have been on this island for a long time. It was difficult to see people in normal times, and he finally waited for a similar person to come to the island, so he was happy to continue chatting with Zhang Heng.

And I don’t know if it’s because of Zhang Heng’s identity as a potential believer. He also has a very good attitude and answers all questions. After all, if Zhang Heng passes the maze, he will be a believer, and he will be one of his own from now on. But if Zhang Heng doesn’t If he can pass through the maze and hang inside, then the things he knows will not be spread to the ears of a third person.

But even so, the old man still chose to avoid answering some core questions.

For example, Zhang Heng asked it how big Jörmungandr was, its usual activity time, how often it left the maze, etc. The old man would shut up once he heard such questions.

So Zhang Heng changed direction again and started chatting with the old man about his own affairs. This time the old man obviously talked more.

"I have been on the island for fifty-one years. Before I came here, I was a construction worker in a construction team. Our construction team built quickly and the quality of the projects was high. It won many awards and was even in the newspaper. At that time, the capital When the subway was to be built, the first thing the leaders thought of was our construction team. As a result, the noise made during the construction process attracted its attention, and then I was also called by it and came here to become a guide. By."

Although Zhang Heng had almost guessed the identity of the old man before, this was the first time the latter personally admitted it, confirming that he was the missing worker more than fifty years ago.

The expression on the old man's face became a little complicated when he talked about this matter.

It can be seen that he actually misses the previous days. Although it was more than 50 years ago, when materials were relatively scarce, there were neither mobile phones nor computers, but no matter how lacking, it was better than this little red island with nothing. It was much better, and he still had his own family and friends at that time, but many of them are gone now.

However, after such a long time, he seemed to have accepted his fate. The look of nostalgia on his face flashed away, and he returned to his usual appearance.

"Have you ever entered this maze?" Zhang Heng then asked,

"Unfortunately, I am not qualified to enter the maze and can only do some odd jobs outside," the old man said. "I know that you are probably a little uneasy now. Maybe you were frightened by the numbers I mentioned before and are hesitating to do it." Don’t enter this maze, but in fact I think you don’t need to worry so much, because this may be the biggest opportunity in your life. Its vision has always been very picky, and not many people can be attracted by it. I In more than fifty years here, I have only received seventeen people, including you. The last time I received a guest on the island was twelve years ago."

"Twelve years ago?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.

"That's right, and that guy was very impatient. He seemed to be in a lot of trouble. We only spoke less than five sentences in total, and then he plunged into the maze." The old man said, "He He is also the person I told you who finished the maze in only ten minutes. I don’t know what is happening now. When he came to the island, he was still a little-known singer who sang in a bar. If you can pass Maze, I will tell you his name. I am actually also curious about how everyone who left the island lived after that, but I can only find out their news from the next person."

Zhang Heng thought for a while and asked the last question, "Can I use tools to pass through this maze?"

"Tools?" The old man was stunned. "What tools? A ladder? But you don't have a ladder either... It doesn't have any requirements in this regard, so if you have any tools you want to use, I won't stop you." .”