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In 1937, Nanjing was a city of Japanese brutality and desolation, but a church run by international friends was still a temporary sanctuary. A few clergy took in a group of Nanjing female college students hiding in the church, 13 sex workers from the Qinhuai River fleeing the war, and six Nationalist army wounded soldiers who had crawled out of a pile of corpses. The story of their collective struggle against the most horrific massacre in history is one where the 13 most despised women became heroes protecting everyone. In this relatively closed space, they collectively faced the most terrifying and inhumane massacre in history, developing various extraordinary emotions. However, the church was not forever a sanctuary, and the Japanese finally broke in. The wounded soldiers were killed, and the female college students were about to be abducted and humiliated by the Japanese. At this moment, these 13 women, who were considered lowly in everyday life, ignited a sense of chivalry and righteousness in the face of the Japanese invaders' inhumane slaughter: dressed in hymn robes and carrying scissors, they replaced the female students in the church to attend the Japanese Christmas celebration, heading to a tragic death pact.