Paintings of Terror

The giant cows ate and drank until it was dawn before they dispersed, and the caretaker entered the farmhouse to feed everyone.

"We will go to the lawn in a while, and we will quietly approach the place where we dug the ditch yesterday," Mu Yi whispered to the others, "The giant cows have not slept all night, and they will definitely rest in the management room in the morning. This is our perfect opportunity." Opportunity. We only have one morning to escape, and we will be discovered by them when we eat at noon, so we can't stop for a moment, and we can run as far as we can. Now we don't know what's going on outside, if we run away halfway, Don't worry about others, save yourself first, find the signature and leave as soon as possible."

Everyone nodded, and Qin Ci said: "Although it sounds ruthless, in this case, keeping yourself is indeed the most important thing, but we should also help each other as much as we can. I think so, let's make an agreement Mark, if you get separated during the escape, if you still have the energy, leave a mark indicating the direction along the way, so that everyone can meet up, maybe whoever finds the signature first, even if you leave the painting first, others can follow the mark Find it."

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Qin Ci drew a few marks on the ground that could point the way and express simple meanings, so that everyone could memorize them in their hearts.

After breakfast, the giant cows let humans go to the lawn for a walk as usual, but the plan couldn't keep up with the change, so the giant cows singled out Mu Yiran and Ke Xun and put them in the cage.

"Don't worry about us, Dongzi, you still follow the original plan!" Ke Xun shouted at the red-eyed Weidong, "As far as you can run, you must find the autograph and go out!"

Before Weidong could say anything, Ju Niu had already left the farmhouse with the cage in his hand.

Ke Xun and Mu Yiran stared out from the cage door, only to feel that they were being led away by two cows for a while, and entered a huge room where a huge car was parked. The car was thrown on the back seat, one of the giant cows drove, and the other sat in the co-driver. After a while, the car drove out of the farm.

"Where do you think we will take us?" Ke Xun asked Mu Yiran, "A big hotel in the city? Or a vegetable market?"

"Maybe it's an underground casino." Mu Yiran sat down leaning against the cage wall, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

Ke Xun thought for a while and understood: "You mean that through last night, these cows saw our potential, and decided to take them to the underground casino to gamble on this place, and then rely on us to fight other humans, okay? Earn huge gambling money?"

"Eighty nine is not far from ten." Mu Yi suddenly closed his eyes.

"Yes, the cows here have all the bad habits of humans." Ke Xun came over and sat next to him, "I feel that we may die this time, so we have to find a way to escape. For Do you have any ideas about signing?"

"I have no clue." Mu Yiran opened his eyes, frowned slightly, and fell into a rare confusion.

"Don't worry," Ke Xun raised his hand, trying to flatten his brows, but retracted it half way up, "Think slowly, I can't help you, the answer is probably right in front of you, but it's only a window away Paper, once you pierce it, there will be."

Mu Yiran didn't say anything, but just stared at a certain void, deep in thought.

Ke Xun didn't bother him, stood up quietly and walked to the side of the cage, stretched his neck and looked out hard, barely able to see a little scene outside the car window, a large area of ​​trees was passing by in front of him, and occasionally a group of sparrows made noise fly over.

"Hey," Ke Xun turned his head to look at Mu Yiran, "Do you think it's strange that since the human beings have become smaller and the cows have become larger in this painting, and the status of the two has been reversed, the human beings have become inferior?" Animals, cows have become higher animals, so what role do birds play in this world?"

Mu Yiran suddenly raised his eyes when he heard the words, and met Ke Xun's gaze.

"I just saw a flock of sparrows, about the same size as the real world," Ke Xun continued, "but the ratio between humans and cows is a bit strange, even in the real world, the size of domestic cows and humans is also different It’s not too big, but here, the ratio of cows to us is the same as that of humans to cats and dogs, but the sparrows don’t change much. What scale did the artist use to conceive this painting?”

"There is only one possibility." Mu Yiran also stood up, "The name of this painting does not match the painting itself. The title of the painting "Animal World" is a bit too big, but the painting itself does not A grand view of the world.

"The painter wants to use points to cover the surface, highlighting only one or two key points, to render a world he wants to create, but unfortunately, he is just a young painter after all, young and energetic, but not mature enough.

"In the process of painting, he ignored some small details, or he wanted to use these small details to highlight the key points he wanted to express. Unfortunately, the conception was not perfect, and the desired effect was not achieved. Instead, it was neither fish nor fowl. "

Ke Xun made an expression of "I see": "It seems that we have made a preconceived mistake, thinking that all the paintings we enter are impeccable and famous paintings, so we will not go to the flaws in the paintings at all. I think, the paintings on display this time are all works of young painters. They just debuted, so they may not be perfect. We only think about the central meaning he wants to express, but ignore the flaws in this painting or even say that there are bugs. .”

Mu Yiran nodded slightly: "After figuring this out, we can redefine this painting. Through the various encounters we have experienced in the past few days, and through the imbalance between cows, humans, and birds, we can infer that , what this painter actually wants to express is not the entire animal world, but just one or several animals, and the subversive relationship between them and humans.”

"Obviously this kind of animal is a cow," Ke Xun said, "What he wants to paint is actually cows and people."

"However, through what we have experienced in the past few days, the cows he painted are not just cows," Mu Yiran said, "For example, Bi Jing, the stuffed ducks are fed ducks, so the cows have the shadow of ducks. .

"Another example is the experience between you and Dong Dong yesterday, it was like a cockfight or a dogfight, so the cow has the shadow of a rooster and a dog.

"Coupled with the way of management and feeding, it may be like pigs, sheep or poultry.

"So this painter concentrated and exaggerated some of the phenomena he has seen of humans treating animals on cattle."

"From this point of view, I feel... Does this painter have a kind of sympathy for animals?" Ke Xun touched his chin.

"Yes," Mu Yiran nodded, "So Zhu Haowen's statement is almost on the right track. The artist may not be an extreme vegetarian, but he is probably an animal protectionist. However, I suspect that It is a bit exaggerated that he is an animal protector. His thinking may not have risen to such a height. Judging from his cramped conception, his worldview is too narrow. He doesn't care about all animals. He probably only cares about certain animals. There are several kinds of animals, so it’s not too bad to say that he is an animal lover.”

Ke Xun raised his eyebrows: "Generally, people who have pets at home can be called animal lovers. Those who own dogs love dogs, those who own cats love cats, and those who own parrots love parrots. All kinds of animals also have certain kindness, but they are not enough to appeal for other kinds of animals, or even pay attention to them all the time. It can only be said that they love the house and the crow, pushing this and that.”

"It can be said," Mu Yiran said, "Since the artist drew this painting from a narrow perspective, it can be deduced that the artist is not a pure or extreme animal protectionist.

"This is not a painting that rises to a more macroscopic and in-depth humanistic thinking and humanitarian criticism. His ideological nature is only limited to small-scale phenomena.

"But of course, this does not mean that such a small-scale issue does not have the value of exploration and deeper thinking. It just appears a little more emotional in the way of expression and conception.

"To put it bluntly, this painting is more like a personal handicraft that uses painting to vent."

"This kind of emotion is understandable," Ke Xun said. "When I was in school, if I wanted to vent, I would break records other than masturbation. This is also a kind of creation or creation."

Mu Yiran glanced at him coldly: "Since it's venting, it's obvious that he was angry about related events. An animal lover, he was angry because of animals, and reversed the relationship between humans and animals in the painting. status, then the reason for this anger should not be difficult to guess."

Ke Xun's gaze sank, and he spat out two more serious words: "Cruel."

"Animal cruelty is unacceptable and unforgivable for every animal lover," Mu Yiran said in a deep voice, "I suspect that the painter himself has raised animals, and this animal has been tortured and killed by humans." .”

"Cow?" Ke Xun put his hands on his chest, "Cows are rarely seen in cities, and the painter came from the countryside or the mountains?"

"It's unlikely to be a cow," Mu Yi shook his head, "Cows are considered labor force in the countryside, and it is unlikely that they will be tortured and killed unless someone has a problem with the owner of the cow, but it will not rise to the whole human being. I am more inclined that the animals raised by the painters are very common, and in the real society, the killing of such animals is very common."

Ke Xun frowned slightly: "A dog, or a cat."

"I think it should be a dog." Mu Yiran said, "When I entered the painting, although the time was short, I still saw part of the patterns in the painting. Besides the cow, there are also cats, but the position of the cat deviates from the main picture and belongs to the The background part, so cats are just incidental, dogs are more likely.

"I remember that when we looked down at the whole farm from the vent, we said that the shape of the whole farm looked like a big crouching dog. Dark lines and metaphors left behind.

"And there is another more powerful evidence, which is the painter's pen name."

"Lex?" Ke Xun raised his eyebrows.

"Lex is a very common English name, and no one will be suspicious after reading it." Mu Yiran said, "But now that I think about it, it obviously has a different meaning.

"There is a dog in the United States who has been awarded a high honor award, and its name is Lex.

"During the US-Iraq War, its owner unfortunately died, and Lex himself was seriously injured. There were more than 50 bullets in his body, but even so, Lex just kept dragging the owner to the doctor's room with his mouth." before.

"So, the artist chose such a pseudonym, which probably came from it."