After returning to the Affairs Department, Chen Chuan immediately began retrieving materials from Shen Yu.
The National Security Affairs Department's archives were extremely comprehensive. Even texts and maps from the Old Era could be found there, and he pulled them all up.
The materials showed that Little Pond Mountain, Maoshan, and Chengze Mountain had actually been connected before the Old Era. Only a flat depression between them had contained mountain paths for people to pass through.
When compared with maps from ancient times, especially hand-drawn maps by people of the Qi Dynasty, the terrain of the three mountains appeared highly unusual. Viewed from above, it looked as if a person's chest and abdomen had been split open. Maoshan was the main body, while Little Pond Mountain and Chengze Mountain were the forcibly separated ribs on either side.
Because this place was the southern gateway to Zhongjing, wars involving Mystic Martial Experts had taken place here throughout successive dynasties. The terrain had gradually changed under those influences.
Especially toward the end of the Old Era, a relatively large battle had occurred here, with each side deploying more than a dozen Mystic Martial Experts.
After that battle, the mountains were completely damaged. Following the founding of the Great Shun Republic, several new roads were simply cleared through the ruptures, and the three mountains were separated from then on.
It was also from that time onward that the old urban legend completely vanished. Ninety-odd years had passed in the blink of an eye, and memories of that time now remained only as legends.
Chen Chuan studied the map for a while. Judging from the outlines of the mountains and the timing of the fissures, it could not be ruled out that the urban legend had been deliberately arranged and cultivated by someone.
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