To all who witnessed it, this day showcased the ugliness of human nature. When faced with death, people thought only of themselves, not their families.
Some, however, swam against the current. The Night Watch, for example, were willing to pay the ultimate price to protect the world. Other underworld forces lurked in the shadows, refusing to act unless their own lives were at risk. Meanwhile, many martial artists who typically hid in the mountains, like the hidden sects of Shaolin Temple, emerged to battle the fiends. Even most people at Shaolin Temple were unaware, and now that the four hundred and thirty-four of them had come down from the mountain, it was uncertain how many would ever return.
At this moment, battles raged in cities across the globe.
