The three of them forcefully entered the sealed room, only to discover that it was no longer a room for detaining women, but a place where a large number of files were stored.
"We're quite lucky to have found this storage room, and it's specifically for storing documents," Shen Feng said with a smile.
The three then began searching for information in the storage room, hoping to uncover what secrets this mountain held.
However, at that moment, Yue Hengyi suddenly discovered a dusty document with the words "Yan Jing Strategy!" written on it.
Given that Yan Jing had already been destroyed and its reconstruction was not yet complete, why would such a seemingly worthless city have a dedicated strategy? Out of curiosity, Yue Hengyi opened it, preparing to examine the dust-covered file.
However, as Yue Hengyi opened the document and examined it closely, his face immediately turned ashen. He had seen something shocking: the past destruction of Yan Jing was actually premeditated, and the perpetrators were the families of Taiyuan.
"These families are truly a scourge to the nation. I can't believe that even in the apocalypse, these families are still considering their future power and prestige. For their own selfish desires, they have committed so many heinous acts!" Yue Hengyi was furious after reading this document.
Upon hearing this, Shen Feng and Jin Zijue immediately moved closer, wanting to know what kind of content was in this document that could make a seventh-tier ability user so enraged.
Yue Hengyi handed the document to Shen Feng for viewing. He then discovered that long ago, many families in Taiyuan wanted to further their authority, but there were obstacles. The biggest obstacle was Yan Jing. As long as Yan Jing existed, these Taiyuan families could not expand.
Thus, the Taiyuan families devised a plan: to find a way to weaken Yan Jing's strength. Only by weakening Yan Jing could these families seize opportunities for expansion. In the end, the Taiyuan families spent a large amount of resources to cultivate an ability user organization.
This ability user organization was very mysterious, always staying on the mountain and not acting unless deployed, at which point they would perfectly complete their missions. This organization was the Thirteen Taibao of Mount Lüliang. The name was chosen to make the people on the mountain sound more like bandits rather than an official organization.
"So, the people on the mountain were gathered to weaken Yan Jing, and their backing was the families of Taiyuan," Shen Feng realized with sudden enlightenment, finally understanding why these ability users had been on the mountain for so long – it was for a clandestine purpose.
The method these families devised to weaken Yan Jing was very simple: sowing discord. If Yan Jing were united, these families would have no opportunity to weaken its strength. However, by sowing discord among Yan Jing's various factions, it would become much easier. By making these factions within Yan Jing fight amongst themselves, these families could reap the benefits.
Thus, the Taiyuan families continuously carried out their schemes of sowing discord. One of the forces involved was the ability users, which included instigating infighting among Yan Jing's ability users. When the ability users and the Heavenly Chosen Bureau existed, they sowed discord between these two organizations. Later, after the Heavenly Chosen Bureau was destroyed, Yan Jing formed the Heavenly Dragon Bureau, and these people from Taiyuan sent the unwelcome Chen Xinzhi to the Heavenly Dragon Bureau to continue their instigation.
Furthermore, upon learning that Qin Kewe had many ability potions, these families also planned to seize the ability potions and control Qin Kewe. At that time, Qin Kewe was alone in Yan Jing and received no help from anyone. After a month of torture, Qin Kewe was successfully controlled.
Everything seemed to be proceeding according to the Taiyuan families' plans, and it appeared that Yan Jing's weakening was imminent. In a short time, Taiyuan's influence in the north would grow stronger.
However, all these situations encountered an unexpected turn of events: Yue Hengyi returned. After his return, everything had become chaotic.
The Taiyuan families then dispatched the ability users from Mount Lüliang. Upon learning of the group's return route, they ambushed them at sea, intending to kill them. Despite all their calculations, they never expected a typhoon to suddenly appear, which instead carried Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi away. The two narrowly survived.
Ultimately, although Yue Hengyi returned to Yan Jing, he had no idea who the hidden enemy behind the scenes was. Thus, caught off guard, he was once again ambushed. After being led to a designated location, he accidentally killed thousands of people.
It was then that Yue Hengyi realized that all his past mistakes had been anticipated by these people.
"I never expected that everything that happened back then was planned by them. I only now know who the mastermind is – it's these families in Taiyuan! For a long time, these families remained inconspicuous, but they were always manipulating the direction of power from behind the scenes." Yue Hengyi was filled with rage upon learning the truth.
The three then continued to read through the files, eventually coming across even more astonishing content that was related to Shen Feng.
The reason Shen Feng had a falling out with Yan Jing was actually because his wife and children were bullied. However, this incident was also orchestrated. Under normal circumstances, Shen Feng's relationship with Yan Jing would not have deteriorated. But ultimately, under the planning of these families, a group from the Heavenly Dragon Bureau attacked Yuzhou. Coincidentally, Shen Feng returned at this time, leading him to go on a killing spree and wipe out the Heavenly Dragon Bureau members in Yuzhou, thus causing a rift with Yan Jing.
"These bastards are truly insidious. I never imagined they would do so many wicked things behind the scenes!" Shen Feng was also enraged at this moment, as he hadn't expected these families to constantly scheme against others for their own power, disregarding the lives of those below them, and instead focusing on their schemes and tricks.
These families treated almost all forces as pawns, as if they were the only ones pulling the strings. However, the cost of this was that they had schemed against too many people, resulting in an excessive number of deaths. And now, they had not given up on continuing to expand their power.
No one had expected the downfall of Yan Jing. And since these families could not expand in a short period, the surrounding areas were all plagued by famine. After occupying these areas, they still had to support more people. Thus, the Taiyuan families had been very conservative in recent years, with no plans for expansion.
However, after Bingcheng expanded, these families could no longer sit still. If Yan Jing were to be annexed by the forces in the northeast, their power would further shrink. Thus, these families finally came up with a sinister plan: to create internal strife and force He Qiuan to retreat beyond the passes.
The plan was indeed successful, but only partially. This was because He Qiuan exposed the matter, and then He Qiuan led his troops to attack Taiyuan. Taiyuan urgently recalled the Thirteen Taibao of Mount Lüliang, asking these elite ability users to protect them.
"At this moment, all I want is to kill, to kill all these family members!" Yue Hengyi said angrily, feeling that his life had been ruined by these people.
If he hadn't been ambushed, he would have married Qin Kewe by now and would not have experienced the subsequent hardships. Six years had passed, and Yue Hengyi finally learned of the conspiracies that had occurred, and all he wanted was to kill the masterminds one by one.
After reading the contents, Shen Feng and Jin Zijue also took a deep breath, suppressing their anger. "We thought these families were insignificant, but now it seems they are truly detestable. Tomorrow morning, we will storm Taiyuan and uproot these families."
Just then, a loud alarm suddenly blared from outside. It turned out that the monitoring center had been discovered. At this moment, many soldiers realized that there were intruders on the mountain, and they began searching the mountain.
"If we are to uproot these families, we must show no mercy. These soldiers are controlled by the families; not a single one can be left alive!" Shen Feng said sternly.
Finally, the three closed the file room, took the documents related to Yan Jing with them, and then left the underground. When the soldiers saw outsiders appear, they did not hesitate to raise their rifles and start shooting. However, their weapons posed no threat to the ability users.
Shen Feng instantly vanished from his position. His speed had reached three times the speed of sound, and he could now dodge bullets. He then unleashed his abilities, and countless wind blades appeared in the air, piercing the bodies of the soldiers. In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and countless people fell under the invisible and intangible attacks.
Jin Zijue unleashed countless bolts of lightning from his body. Previously, when his controlled arcs of electricity struck humans, they would not be injured, only paralyzed for a long time. But now, he began to unleash his abilities without mercy. These lightning bolts, upon striking humans, would kill them instantly.
Ordinary soldiers, let alone some low-level ability users, could not deal with them. Moreover, all the people on the mountain this time were individuals at the seventh-tier ability user level or higher. Thus, after being attacked, these soldiers fell one after another.
Yue Hengyi did not act at this moment, not because his strength was insufficient, but because if he unleashed his abilities, he would kill too many innocent people. Therefore, he chose to hold back.
The three spent an hour killing all the soldiers on the mountaintop, then released all the women who had been held captive underground. They said to the women who had suffered greatly, "Do not be afraid. We are here to save you, but you also need to help us by testifying to the crimes of these demons."
These women had no right to resist and could only agree. After being imprisoned for a long time, they finally gained their freedom.
After obtaining the documents, the three left the mountain and flew towards the sun. Their flight speed was similar to that of birds, so even if they were detected by radar, they might not be attacked.