The survivors who venture out now may still have enough kindness in their hearts, but such kindness is contingent on it not affecting their own interests.
Once something threatens their safety, they will act decisively, showing no mercy. You must understand that although the Traditional People are usually humble, that is just a habit formed from learning Confucian culture.
But a habit is just that, think of the cry Chen Sheng and Wu Guang made, "Would the nobility and officials be there if not for their birth,"
Think of the phrase Jack Oliver uttered, "The blue sky is dead, the Yellow Sky will rise, the year of Jiazi, all under heaven will be prosperous,"
And the eternal masterpiece made by Huang Chao, still passed down today, "Waiting for the eighth day of the ninth month of autumn, when my flowers bloom, I'll slaughter all after, a fragrance that pierces the skies through the capital, with the whole city adorned with golden armor."
