"Loki?" The old man was stunned when he heard the name. "Loki is here too? When did he come here? "
The blank look on his face did not seem to be fake, which meant that he had not seen Loki recently.
Of course, this did not mean that Loki had never been here. Considering the latter's shapeshifting ability, he could easily turn into a bird or insect and sneak up to the island without anyone noticing. He might even be able to find Jörmungandr's place of hibernation.
However, Zhang Heng and Meinan's original plan would fail. They would not be able to find out Loki's whereabouts from the old man.
In fact, although it was Beta who lured the three to this abandoned subway line, Zhang Heng could still sense Loki's shadow behind this matter. However, Zhang Heng did not quite understand what Loki's purpose was.
Was Loki targeting him? Since Meinan failed to kill him, Beta lured him here. Did Loki want to use the black python on the island to kill him? If that was the case, Loki had underestimated him a little too much. Or did Loki just want to use him to kill the black python so that he could become Jörmungandr's enemy?
At present, this seemed to be the most likely conclusion.
However, as a monster that appeared in the Twilight of the Gods, Jörmungandr already had a lot of enemies. The gods of Asgard alone wanted to kill it. If Zhang Heng had not been so unlucky to appear in its lair, Jörmungandr probably wouldn't have bothered to seek revenge on Zhang Heng.
During the battle with the black python, Zhang Heng once suspected that Jörmungandr would somehow appear after he killed the black python. Now, the old man's words had overturned this possibility.
Now, Zhang Heng could not see what Loki was trying to do this time. The latter's plan seemed to have a strong start but a weak finish.
However, after that, Zhang Heng's expression changed as if he thought of something. He then asked the old man, "Did someone else come to the island just now?"
The old man's expression changed slightly, remembering what the unknown woman told him. He wanted to deny it on the spot, but he knew that Zhang Heng must have seen his first reaction. If he denied it now, it would only make things worse. So, he felt a little awkward and did not know what to say. In the end, he could only remain silent.
"…"
In fact, the old man was even more confused than Zhang Heng. He could no longer figure out the relationship between the unknown woman and Zhang Heng. According to the woman, Zhang Heng was her boss, and she came here to solve the problem for him. However, she had been busy for a long time, and it seemed that she did not want her boss to know about her existence. Before she left, she specifically told the old man not to tell Zhang Heng about her coming to the island.
The old man could only lament that he had been on the island for too long and could no longer adapt to the complicated workplace environment of the new era.
Fortunately, Zhang Heng did not ask any more questions. He knew that he would not get an answer from the old man. So, he closed his eyes and rested for about half a minute. Then, he jumped off the snake's carcass and boarded the small wooden boat.
The old man could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. This was the sorrow of a strategist. Although he was Jörmungandr's brain in the outside world, and he was responsible for taking care of everything outside while Jörmungandr was asleep, he could not defeat anyone after the death of the black python. He could neither offend the unknown woman nor Zhang Heng in front of him. All he could do was walk on thin ice between the two.
After Zhang Heng boarded the boat, he quickly rowed the wooden boat to the seabed tunnel that connected to the pool. After that, he took out two sets of old-fashioned scuba equipment from the boat and handed one of them to Zhang Heng. However, the latter waved his hand and refused.
"I don't need this thing."
The old man was not surprised. After all, since Zhang Heng could come here, he could certainly go back. Not long ago, Zhang Heng fought with Ah-Hei in the sea for more than forty minutes. At one point, Ah-Hei dived to the bottom of the sea, but he still failed to escape.
After that, the old man put on his diving equipment. His movements seemed a little rusty, and he even studied the use of the breathing apparatus. At the same time, he did not forget to explain to Zhang Heng, "This tunnel is used by Ah-Hei to feed the snakes. As for the believers, there are other ways to enter and exit the island. I didn't expect anyone to come out from here. So, at first, I thought you were a believer who came to the island."
Zhang Heng nodded and did not say anything. He took his travel bag and followed behind the old man.
After that, the two of them entered the seabed tunnel together. When they first came here, there were a lot of turbulence in the tunnel. However, the general direction of the flow was from the pool to the sea. Zhang Heng initially thought that it would be more difficult to go against the current on the way back. He even planned to use his ability to control water to send the two of them back.
However, he did not expect that after swimming less than half a meter into the tunnel, the direction of the turbulence would magically change. The original flow was from the inside to the outside, and it did not take long for the two of them to be sent back to the snake's head carved on the stone.
As soon as he rose to the surface of the pool, he heard Milliped's shout. There was a hint of urgency in his voice.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Heng climbed up the pit and asked Milliped, who was lying at the entrance. The latter looked like an ant on a hot pan. The moment he saw Zhang Heng, he panicked.
"Miss Fan is missing! Not long after you went down, Miss Fan told me that she didn't want to sit here and wait. She wanted to see if she could find anything that could help you. I wanted to help too, so she asked me to find a way to make a rope. After that, we split up. I was on the second floor, and she was on the first floor … After about twenty minutes, I went down to look for her. When I reached the first floor, I realized that she was missing. I shouted, but no one answered. "
Milliped's first words made Zhang Heng's heart sink. He turned around and asked the old man behind him, "Is there anything else here?"
The old man shook his head when he heard Zhang Heng's question. "No. This subway line has been closed for decades, and no one has ever come here. We use this place as a breeding ground for the snakes. In fact, the snakes usually stay quietly in the tunnel. They only crawl out when it's time to feed. They are very obedient."
However, Zhang Heng knew that it was not that no one had ever come here before. He had basically killed all the snakes in the tunnel, and the remaining ones would not be able to cause any trouble. Hence, Meinan's disappearance had nothing to do with the snakes. However, Zhang Heng did not forget that Loki's agent, Beta, had entered this place before they did. He did not see Beta leave the surveillance footage, so it was very likely that the latter was still here.
If there was anyone who was most likely to attack Meinan, it would be Beta.
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