"All items are the same... is the maze resetting itself?!"
Jason was not sure if his assumption was correct, but if the maze was resetting itself, he would only go around in circles, there wouldn't be an end.
Even years could pass without him passing the trials.
As such, the second trial was not only designed to test one's ability to survive inside the maze, but also rational thinking, as well as the ability to tell glamour apart from reality.
It made one look at all kinds of things in detail, questioning if what was in front of them was real or an illusion.
This impressed Jason, but at the same time, he was annoyed because he had wasted too much time.
Yet, one could say that he had figured out everything much faster than others would probably be able to.
However, that did little to ease his mind because he now had to figure out how to pass the Infinite maze trial.