After a rigorous selection process, Liu Kang picks his champion to represent Earth Realm and I've got to say, I find it quite cliche who the game picks to be the champion.
Without posting any spoilers, let's just say the roles were reversed in this timeline and we now have the previous protector fighting against outworlders.
As the heroes venture further into this new path chosen by Liu Kang, the uncover a dark secret that the time keeper and protector tried to prevent. However, it seems like regardless of the timelines, the deadly alliance is inevitable and Tsang Tsung can't avoid being a bad guy.
Kenshi's kicks are deadly!