While Adam was going through his trials, and the cadets, trying to figure out ways to survive while trying to find each other, Humanity was plunged into chaos. The war between the White Snow faction and the Black star faction had reached a heated stage where civillian casualties was increasing. Hundreds of civilians died on streets due to bombings, social gatherings became the base of mass murder. Genocide on hermit tribes became the new definition of conflict.
Women and children were being slathered like rabbits. Panic filled the atmosphere of every land as no one was left to survive.
Was this what a race should do? Have they lived in peace for too long that they forgot about galactic threats? Wasn't this already extreme?
How many would they need to kill to make a point?