Paintings of Terror

"Before he died, he made this gesture to me." Ke Xun raised his hand and made an OK gesture.

When Wei Dong saw it, he was startled at first, and then shocked: "Ah! This is--that city sports meeting--"

"Yes, it was that time." Ke Xun nodded slightly, "The city sports meeting used our school's sports field as the main field, so the audience was basically students from our school. At that time, Dongzi Tianyang and the others led the audience Come on for me, everyone made this gesture. This is not the meaning of 'OK', this gesture represents the number on my back at the time. 'O' represents 0, middle finger represents 1, ring finger and little finger represent 2, so, I The entry number at that time was 012."

"——2012!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"The dates on some food packaging bags we have seen start with 2 characters. Combined with the number 012 conveyed by Tian Yang, it seems that the background of the events depicted in this painting is undoubtedly 2012." Shao Ling said.

"But this is so strange," Gu Qingqing said, "If the artist painted the real world in 2012, then if such a terrible thing happened somewhere, why was it never reported in the news?"

"Not everything will be reported." Zhu Haowen's words were as sharp as ever.

"No, the content of this painting is not an absolute real event," Mu Yiran said, "The vegetation in the forest is chaotic, it is by no means a mistake caused by the painter's negligence, I am more inclined to be the artist's fault." It was intentional, so from this point of view, this painting is more like what Weidong said, it is a symbolist painting. Everything that happens and displays in this painting has symbolic meaning or comes from the painter's intention. Some kind of imagination and metaphor."

"Then this blurred era is not so much making it more difficult for us to find clues on purpose, but it is actually pointing out the key points for us." Shao Ling said, "The fact is true, and now we know this The year - 2012, is different from any year in this century, this is a number with too many rumors and fantasies."

"2012, the end of the world?" Luo Xie's bloodshot eyes widened, "I feel that Huatui has made things bigger and bigger. No matter how they used to be, they were all in a small area, but now they have directly risen to the whole world..."

"But the end of the world in 2012 is simply a rumor." Wei Dong also had red eyes that had not slept for two days and two nights. "Are we going to find clues in rumors?"

"Maybe the focus is not on 2012, but on the end of the world." Qin Ci said in a low voice, "The reason why we want to blur the time is to wait for us to find the clues of the time and use it to point to a fact, just like us now , when 2012 is mentioned, the first reaction is to associate it with the end of the world, so 2012 may only be equivalent to an arrow, and the 'end of the world' it points to is the key point. For example, what causes the end of the world ?”

...Ebola.

This answer was embedded in everyone's hearts like a wall had been broken. Facing the pale and exhausted Qin Ci, no one said this answer out of their mouths.

"Don't forget the other clues we've got," said Zhu Haowen, who always played a rational and calm role in the team. He took the lead in breaking this short uncomfortable silence, "I think it's possible that the weather on the earth will warm up in general. That’s one of the reasons.” He has always been concerned about the hot climate in this painting.

"And air pollution?" Fang Fei continued, pointing out the window, where the sky has always been gray, "Is that smog?"

"That's right, it's smog, and it's a very serious smog." Wei Dong nodded affirmatively, "Ke Er and I are very familiar with this kind of weather, and the smog pollution in City Z ranks among the top three in the country. "

"Global warming is caused by the massive burning of fossil fuels by humans," Gu Qingqing said generally, "such as the production and manufacturing process of the oil industry, such as the burning of a large amount of coal for heating in winter, and the deforestation of forests, which are then used for burning, etc. Wait, this will produce a large amount of carbon dioxide, resulting in a greenhouse effect. Global warming will lead to the melting of glaciers, rising sea levels, will break the balance of the natural ecosystem, and will eventually endanger all life on earth, including human beings. "

"Air pollution, ecological destruction, and..." There are also terrifying infectious diseases, Luo Xie added silently in his heart, "And the end of the world, what does this have to do with the theme of this painting "Restart"?"

"Could it be...the meaning of restarting after the destruction of the earth?" Shao Ling looked at Mu Yiran.

"The saying of the end of the world in 2012 comes from the Mayan prophecy. From 1992 to 2012, these 20 years are called the 'Earth Renewal Period'. After the renewal is completed, the earth will enter a new era." Mu Yiran said, "So It seems that it is not unreasonable to call this kind of update situation a 'reboot'."

"The Earth Renewal in 2012 in the Mayan prophecy refers to the end of a reincarnation and the opening of a new reincarnation, not the end of the world," Gu Qingqing added to Mu Yiran sternly, "So, what we got This clue in 2012 should point to 'renewal', 'reincarnation' or 'restart', not the end of the world."

"In this way, the same prophecy appeared quite coincidentally in our country's classical wonder book "Tui Bei Tu"," Shao Ling continued, "In "Tui Bei Tu" two images, it is said: 'The universe is recreated in Jiaokang. '. Someone interpreted it as: Jiaokang refers to the seven constellations of the oriental blue dragon, implying the year of the dragon, and 2012 happens to be the year of the dragon. Needless to say, "reconstruction of the universe" means literally. Therefore, "the universe Reinvention' and 'Earth Renewal', together with 'reboot', already clearly point to the same situation."

"Renew and rebuild, start reincarnation?" Wei Dong said.

"This is actually the end of the world," Ke Xun said. "No, strictly speaking, it is the end of mankind. The earth still exists, but human beings will perish. Then a new round of biological evolution will begin, from apes to humans, from the Stone Age By... well, what era is this now, the information age? Or, the nuclear age?"

Mu Yiran's eyes flashed when he heard the words, and he was about to speak again, when he suddenly heard a "boom", and everyone hurriedly followed the sound, only to see Wu You fell on the table, as if fainted.

Everyone's hearts sank, and Fang Fei, who was closest to her, squatted down and stretched out her hand to test her forehead for a moment, then looked up at everyone who was nervously waiting for her answer, and said, "It's nothing, it's just a simple faint."

The participants hadn't closed their eyes for two days and two nights. During this period, they were tortured by heat, thirst, hunger and fright. People with weaker bodies and spirits naturally couldn't hold on at this time.

Shao Ling took out his mobile phone to check the time, and said, "The night is over, let's leave this house first."

For the two companions who died tragically by their side, everyone couldn't bear to look at or mention it any longer, and left the house silently. The sky outside would light up, and there was no freshness of dawn in the air. What was inhaled into the nasal cavity was thick blood. Out of the air, there is an extremely uncomfortable dusty smell in the lungs and respiratory tract.

Except for Ke Xun, who had the best physical strength, and Mu Yiran, who had the strongest will, everyone else was in a very tired and depressed state. Luo Xun even felt a little unstable when walking, and fell asleep at any time while walking.

"We have to take a break," Shao Ling said, "It's half the effort to find an autograph in this state."

Ke Xun glanced at Qin Ci calmly, but was noticed by Qin Ci, and smiled at him wearily: "Xiao Shao is right, let's rest first, if the brain is too tired, it is useless for pondering clues Help, sharpen your knife so you don't miss a woodcutter, let's rest first."

Ke Xun put Wu You, who was still fainting on his back, on the ground, and the others sat on the ground, but Qin Ci went to a place far away from everyone, sat there and closed his eyes.

Maybe it's because everyone's nerves are too tense from the moment they entered this painting until now, in the process of being constantly moving and being frightened. Once they relax, sleepiness and fatigue immediately overwhelm them. After a while, Wei Dong, Luo Kuo, Fang Fei, and Gu Qingqing all leaned together and fell asleep one after another. Even Zhu Haowen and Shao Ling were on the verge of falling asleep and waking up.

Ke Xun and Mu Yiran leaned side by side, talking in a low voice.

"Are you sleepy? Lean against me and sleep for a while." Mu Yiran stretched out his hand and gently hooked Ke Xun's chin.

"Can't sleep," Ke Xun tilted his head and rested his head on Mu Yiran's shoulder, "I'm worried about Lao Qin, this Ebola hemorrhagic fever scares me a lot, I'm afraid that Lao Qin will fall here... of course, Although our current clues have advanced one step further, we still can't figure out where the signature will be and what form it will appear in, and in fact I have a bad hunch, or guess."

"Let's talk about it." Mu Yiran said in a warm voice, as if wanting to soothe his anxiety.

"I thought, if this painting is about the end of human beings, then we...would be the only last group of people surviving in this world?" Ke Xun continued to lean on Mu Yiran's head Looking up at him, you can only see his perfectly curved chin.

"This idea is indeed very possible." Mu Yiran held his bent knees, which were sitting cross-legged, and gently stroked them.

"If we say that the world was destroyed by air pollution, ecological destruction and plague infection, then I think human beings will not be extinct at once like dinosaurs, but in a chronological order, so until the end, death We are the only people left in this world, and we are the last human beings in this world."

As Ke Xun said, he stretched out his hand to hold Mu Yiran's hand that was lying on his knee, and clenched it tightly, "Restarting means a new start, just like the option in the anti-virus software in the computer - the anti-virus is completed. After that, it will automatically restart. We humans are the "poison" on the earth. We must kill all of them before we will be restarted. Does that mean...we people must die before we can reach the "restart"? Will there be a signature? But this painting is not "Reverse Journey", and there is no other timeline where we can obtain salvation in this way, so what is the use of this signature?"

Mu Yiran turned his head, kissed him lightly on the bridge of the nose, and said softly: "Your thinking is a little pessimistic, maybe it's because of the influence of what happened to Lao Qin. I also have some speculations that I didn't have time to talk about just now. Do you want to hear it?"

Ke Xun put his arms around his waist, and quickly cheered up: "Yes!"

The author has something to say:

Dr. Qin felt everyone's love for him, and was so moved that he didn't have a headache or vomit blood anymore. It tastes delicious~

Seeing everyone's concern and love for our Dr. Qin, Xingyue, who upholds the principle of never spoiling, is also very moved, so she decided to break the principle and spoil a little here, and tell everyone: Be careful Putting it back into my belly, Xunyue is a very soft-hearted person, and I also feel sorry for the characters that everyone loves~~~ In fact, Xunyue has already hinted in frustration in the words of the last chapter, saying " Don’t dare to move” hahaha~~

And, everyone, don't let some irrational and moral comments affect your mood when reading the article. Let's read the article happily and discuss happily. Seeing the strong girlfriend power you have shown in order to protect Xunyue and this article, Xingyue I was very touched and also very distressed. I was afraid that everyone would be in a bad mood because of this, and I was even more afraid that everyone would be entangled with unreasonable things.

So we just turn our faces to face the sun, those darkness will just be left behind and trampled under our feet, why should we care about it~~

Hug my dears, okay~