The layer JSON contains metadata about how to read the terrain tiles. How are you currently accessing the Quantized mesh terrain data? If you are using the Cesium ion REST API, the doc here describes how to access it: https://cesium.com/docs/rest-api/#operation/getAssetEndpoint
So once you get an access token for Cesium World Terrain, you’d access the layer.json at https://assets.cesium.com/1/layer.json.