In 2001, the organization fractured, and the five theaters went their separate ways. Anomalies became weapons in the games between nations. On New Year's Day, 2004, the North American Theater released every contained entity without warning. Within forty-eight hours, the continent had become a death zone swallowed by an eerie red fog, an event known as the "Crimson Death Knell."
The remaining four theaters set aside their differences and, with the help of a benevolent, higher-dimensional intelligent anomaly that sacrificed itself, sealed off North America at a terrible cost. But all the Guardians fell into slumber. In the aftermath, the world order was reshaped. Led by Huaxia, the new permanent members dissolved TAO and established the globally centralized Anomaly Defense Council, or EDC, to contain anomalies. Long Lin, an utterly ordinary investigator, was sent to Shu after the 411 Incident. Who could have guessed that Long Lin would one day become...
