Similar methods are actually quite common among gods, establishing an initial connection with a selected potential believer through dreams, and then allowing the potential believer to arrive at a specific place and perform miracles to convert the potential believer into a true believer, and there are similar stories in different mythological systems.

As one of the most recognizable monsters in Norse mythology, it's no surprise that Jörmungård would pick believers in this way, and it also has a surprisingly high mortality rate among potential believers.

According to the old man, he had come into contact with a total of sixteen potential believers, and in the end, only three of them managed to leave the island and return to human society, and the rest were either lost in the labyrinth forever or swallowed by Jörmunga.

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

This can't be blamed for his carelessness, the main reason is that this island is unusually desolate, there is nothing on it, sometimes no one will come for more than ten years, and Jörmungandr, as the most ferocious monster of the giant clan, has never been the only one who has targeted others, and no one has ever taken the initiative to provoke it.

The old man didn't think that there would be such a thoughtless person in this 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 labyrinth difficult to walk?" ”

The old man nodded, "I know what you're thinking, the area of this island is not large, and the area of the central labyrinth is even smaller, no matter how complicated the maze, as long as you use the stupidest method to try one path at a time, you can always try the right way." ”

"Isn't that so?"

"A normal labyrinth may look like this, but the maze behind me will never find the right path if you use this method."

"Huh?"

"This labyrinth is constantly changing." The old man said, "So the method of going wrong and then going back and trying and making mistakes over and over again will not work here, and not only the place you walk will change, but the maze in front of you is also constantly changing." ”

"Is that pure luck?"

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

This is not good news for Zhang Heng, because he is not really a potential believer, and there is no spiritual connection between him and Jörmungård, the only connection between the two is that Zhang Heng intends to go in and kill it, rescue Cheng Sihan if Cheng Sihan is still alive, and then leave the subway line with the Fan Meinan sisters and Ma Lu, and if possible, get Loki's whereabouts from Jörmungard.

However, Zhang Heng did not show any anxious and frustrated looks, but continued to chat with the old man.

The latter seems to have been on this island for a long time, and it is difficult to see people in normal times, so he doesn't agree to wait until a similar person who goes to the island, so he is 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, his attitude is also very good, and he basically answers all questions, after all, if Zhang Heng passes through the labyrinth, he will be a believer, and from now on he will be his own person, and if Zhang Heng fails to hang in through the labyrinth, then these things he knows will not reach the ears of the third person.

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

For example, Zhang Heng asked it how big Yermungad was, the usual activity time, how often he left the maze, etc., and the old man would close his mouth once he heard such a question.

So Zhang Heng changed direction again and began to talk to the old man about his own affairs, and this time the old man's words obviously became more.

"I have been on the island for 51 years, before I came here I was a construction worker in the construction team, our construction team construction speed is fast, the quality of the project is good, won a lot of awards, or been in the newspaper, when the capital was going to build a subway, the first thing that the leaders above thought of was our construction team, and the movement during the construction process attracted its attention, and then I was called by it, and came here to become a guide."

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

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

It can be seen that he actually misses the old days, although it was more than fifty years ago, when there was a relatively scarce material, there was neither a mobile phone nor a computer, but no matter how scarce it was, it was much better than this small red island where there was nothing, and he still had his family and friends at that time, but now many of them are gone.

However, after such a long time, he seemed to have accepted his fate, and the remembrance on his face flashed away, and he returned to his usual appearance.

"Have you ever been in this labyrinth too?" Zhang Heng then asked,

"It's a pity that I'm not qualified to enter the labyrinth, I can only do some miscellaneous work outside," the old man said, "I know that you are a little apprehensive now, maybe you are frightened by the numbers I said before, and you are hesitant to enter this labyrinth, but in fact, I don't think you need to worry so much, because this may be the biggest opportunity in your life, its vision has always been very picky, and there are not many people who can be looked at by it, I have been here for more than 50 years, including you, and I have only received seventeen people, It was twelve years ago that I last hosted a guest on the island. ”

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

"That's right, and the guy is an impatient, he looks like he's in some big trouble, and we didn't say more than five words in total, and then he plunged headlong into the maze." The old man said, "He is also the one I told you about who walked through the maze in only ten minutes, and I don't know what happened now, when he came to the island, he was still a little-known little singer, singing in the bar, if you can pass through the maze I will tell you his name, I am actually curious about how everyone who left the island is doing, but I can only ask from the next person about them." ”

Zhang Heng thought for a while, and asked the last question, "Can you use tools through this labyrinth?" ”

"Tools?" The old man was stunned, "What tools, ladders, but you don't have a ladder either...... It doesn't ask for anything in this regard, so I won't stop you if you have any tools to use. ”