Such methods were actually quite common among gods. They would establish an initial connection with selected potential believers through dreams, then have those potential believers reach a certain location and perform miracles to turn them into true believers. Similar stories existed in almost every mythological system.
As one of the most famous monsters in Norse Mythology, it was hardly surprising that Jörmungandr chose its believers this way. Moreover, the mortality rate among its potential believers was astonishingly high.
According to the old man, he had encountered sixteen potential believers in total. In the end, only three had successfully left the island and returned to human society. The rest had either become permanently lost in the maze or been swallowed whole by Jörmungandr.
And now, he had taken Zhang Heng for the seventeenth potential believer to come ashore.
It was not entirely his fault for being careless. The island was simply exceptionally desolate, with nothing on it. Sometimes, no one came for more than a decade. And as the most vicious monster among the giants, Jörmungandr had always been the one to set its sights on others; no one had ever taken the initiative to provoke it.
The old man also did not believe anyone in the world would be so bent on courting death, so he had no doubts whatsoever about Zhang Heng's identity.
Since that was the case, Zhang Heng simply accepted his new identity and politely asked the old man, "Is this maze difficult to navigate?"
The old man nodded. "I know what you're thinking. This island isn't very large, and the maze at its center occupies even less space. No matter how complicated a maze is, if you use the dumbest method and try every path one by one, you'll eventually find the right route."
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