"It was more than reaping what they sowed." Su Wuwei's eyes were cold. "Not one of the people who died here was innocent."
He raised his foot and crushed the howling Calamity beneath it, his distant gaze fixed ahead. Flames spread from under his feet and clung to the streamers of his white robes, rising in searing arcs.
"Did you know, Mu Bingge? When Doomsday first began, the countdown on the Doomsday Tower was like an hourglass draining at incredible speed. It kept advancing, reaching thirty percent in just a few decades.
"All sorts of plans were proposed during that time. Some wanted to abandon the Present World and find another home; others frantically concentrated resources to build their own safe houses. For a time, every ugly thing tore aside the skin called humanity and exposed its bloody insides.
"Prices collapsed, laws ceased to function, resources drained away, and riots erupted everywhere. Many countries went mad then, with war ready to break out at any moment. It was then that [Streetlamp] killed the maggots frantically sucking up resources, and [Trickery] slaughtered the schemers who wanted to establish supreme authority amid Doomsday.
"Only after more than a hundred thousand such people died did the madness gradually subside. Countless countries dissolved and vanished. Every existing government in the Present World suffered a tremendous shock. And the ridiculous thing was, the surging progress of Doomsday slowed down.
"I don't even know how people felt back then. The laws were just, but the Law Enforcers were not, and neither was the judicial process. The sky was dark then, so dark that not a trace of light could be seen.
"Those at the top wanted to save something. Their policies were good, but by the time they were implemented, they had become a carnival for