Mu Yiran lightly stroked Ke Xun's back with one hand, letting him relax as much as possible, and said slowly, "I think the example of antivirus software you gave is quite appropriate, there are some human beings who are indeed people on this earth. of cancer.
"They pollute the air, land, sea, and fresh water, deforestation, slaughter animals, and destroy the ecological chain. For the sake of rights and interests, they manufacture chemical weapons and biological weapons, so that the evil effects of war can be left behind for centuries, and they produce drugs for desire and pleasure. , Promiscuity, they have no sense of responsibility and moral awareness, resulting in frequent health and safety accidents, so many innocent children and adults died of man-made disasters.
"I think these may be what the painter Abel wants to express in his paintings. Environmental pollution, ecological damage and plague infection, human beings have not only destroyed the earth, but also destroyed their own species with their own hands. Sent on the road to destruction.
"The painter Abel is probably an environmentalist and a humanist thinker. This painting is full of irony and criticism. The title of 'reboot' also reveals his anger and boredom, and he hopes to use 'bloodbath' ' way to re-clean the earth, kill all human viruses that are active in the system of the earth, and then restart, so that the system will look brand new and return to normal and high-quality operation.
"Actually, the most unexpected thing about this painting is the name of the artist Abel. I think it may be the artist's pseudonym, and this pseudonym is actually a very important clue. Abel is a character in the Bible, transliterated For Abel, I think you must have heard of it. And in Hebrew, the word Abel means breath, and life.
"So when we first saw the painting and its author's name, we actually had the first clue.
"And if we can think of the "Bible", then the second clue will appear. In the "Revelation" of the New Testament, there is a story about the 'Last Judgment'.
"The general idea of the story is that at the end of the world, there will be the 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' riding on four white, red, black, and gray horses, and will bring plague, war, famine and death to the final judgment. Human beings, when the sky and the earth are out of tune, the sun and the moon will change color, and then the world will be destroyed.
"In this way, the 'doomsday judgment' in the Book of Revelation has the same meaning as the 'earth renewal' in the Mayan prophecy and the 'reconstruction of the universe' in "Tui Bei Tu". At the same time, Abel's painting "Reboot" means the same thing.
"The plague, war, famine and death represented by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are actually what we just said about environmental pollution, ecological destruction, and plague infection. And the chaos and disorder of heaven and earth depicted in the Book of Revelation is similar to this "Apocalypse" In "Restart", the vegetation types in the forest are chaotic and disorderly in the north and south, and it is almost the same situation.
"Then now, all the clues we have listed before basically have an explanation. The hot climate and smog days mean environmental pollution, the vegetation in the forest is disordered, it means ecological damage, and what happens in residential areas The blood disaster of Ebola means plague infection, and there is one last thing: infrasound.
"I never figured out what the infrasound was pointing to here, but when the clues were dug up in 2012 and pointed to the end of the world from 2012, it finally stopped being confusing.
"The end of the world in 2012 came from a Mayan prophecy - of course, this is just a rumor, but it does not prevent the artist from using it as a theme for artistic creation. The Mayan prophecy says that the earth has five cycles of destruction and rebirth, and each cycle is called A 'sun era.' Rumors say that 2012 is the end of the world, after which the fifth solar era will begin.
"And when the end of the world comes, the earth's poles will be reversed, and there will be violent magnetic field changes - this may also explain why there are tropical plants and boreal plants in that forest. The artist wanted to use this expression method to imply that The chaos and disorder of the earth.
"Severe magnetic field changes are likely to trigger magnetic storms, which in turn generate infrasound waves.
"So far, all the clues we have obtained before are actually hints given to us by the artist. From the artist's name, to every seemingly messy and vague setting, it actually points to this painting very clearly. The theme - 'Reboot' is literally both grand and far-reaching, angry and sad, fearful and hopeful thinking.
"If the artist is a real anti-humanist, then maybe the way to clear the level, as you fear, may require us all to die, or leave the last person to trigger the 'reboot' mechanism, thereby Get the autograph and leave the painting alone.
"But I don't think Abel is. Whether it's from the moral of his name, or from his quiet set-up in some details, he doesn't want human beings to disappear completely from this earth in such a desperate way. As Luo Yao said, there is such a coincidence that there are long vines rich in water that he knows in the forest. This may be the ray of hope that Abel left for mankind in his paintings.
"The primitive predicament mentioned by Shao Ling may not be called a predicament. When all man-made products that can pollute and destroy the earth disappear, human beings will return to the most primitive and natural state, just like other species in the entire biological chain. , to live honestly.
"So Abel kept the beasts, worms, snakes and all the animals in that forest, which proves that his intention was never the destruction of the earth, or even the destruction of mankind. He kept the forest and other species, kept the most Primitive and natural biological chain, in this biological chain, he has always left a place for human beings. He hopes that human beings will go back to their original place and re-fit into this original biological chain in the most natural way. And laws, along with other species, live on this earth endlessly.
"Judgment at the end of the day, the earth is renewed, and the universe is rebuilt. This painting criticizes the destruction of the earth by human beings and the harm and involvement of the same kind. What we want to renew and recreate is the original ecological earth in the most natural state. The original ecology Human beings should have a place on such an earth.
"In this case, if we want to find the signature, we should not need to kill all the people and completely wipe out the human beings on this earth, but maybe we should start from scratch after accepting the punishment and lessons from nature. "
When Mu Yiran's words fell, before Ke Xun could react, he heard a rustling sound behind him. When he came over, even Wu You stared at Mu Yiran with wide eyes and shocked and sighed.
"Brother-in-law... You are really amazing!" Luo Meng rubbed his eyes and sat next to Ke Xun, "Brother, can I hug my brother-in-law's thigh? Just for a moment."
"How long have you slept and woke up?" Ke Xun looked at the people who were still in poor spirits.
"I can't sleep well, I'm worried about Brother Qin." Wei Dong lowered his voice, with a deep worry on his face.
Ke Xun glanced into the distance, and saw that Qin Ci had fallen on his side on the ground with his back to this side, wondering if he had fallen asleep.
"Have you all heard the analysis of Yi Ran just now?" Ke Xun asked.
"I've listened to it," Shao Ling said, "but it's enough. I agree with his reasoning, but I think this Abel has some extreme primitivist concepts, and protecting the ecological environment does not mean regressing to primitiveness. A superior living standard is still needed, but what human beings urgently need to do is to make all aspects of life as environmentally friendly as possible. To achieve this, the road is long and difficult. However, the works of art criticism and literary criticism, viewpoints It is normal to be sharp, otherwise it will not be able to sting those numb and cruel people, not to mention that there is a behind-the-scenes force in the painting that exaggerates and intensifies the resentment of the painter—these are not important for the time being, what is important now is how to do it. According to Mu's reasoning, combined with the theme of 'reboot', go look for the signature."
“The emergence of AIDS, Ebola and other rainforest pathogens is the inevitable result of the destruction of the biosphere. Some people think that the earth is like a carefully designed computer, seemingly immune to the act of destroying it, but In fact, it has the ability to protect itself." Mu Yi raised his eyes, looking at the gray sky in the distance, and the virgin forest standing quietly under the sky, "The technique of checking and balancing is not only the wisdom of human beings. It is also the wisdom of the universe. Nature has its own means to balance everything. When the destruction of the earth makes the energy unbalanced, then the 'computer' of the earth will activate its self-defense mechanism.
"Some people think that the earth has its own immune function against humans, or a 'killing function'. When it detects the 'invasion' and destruction of human beings, when the destruction has exceeded the limit of the earth's tolerance, then this function will Will start, trying to use its own way to eliminate the infection of this parasitic human being.
"This view coincides with the theme of this painting. The earth is equivalent to a computer system, and all natural things on the earth are equivalent to system files. When the human system executive program is infected with a virus and starts to destroy other system files, The defense and anti-virus functions of the earth system are activated accordingly.
"And now, it's the last step of the antivirus program: after killing, restart the computer. What we need to find is the restart button, or the place where you can tick √ in front of this option.
"As for where this place is, I have a speculation that may seem absurd," Mu Yiran said here, meeting everyone's gaze, "Usually when we want to download some computer software, we What kind of software is easy to focus on and tend to?”
Everyone was about to think, but they heard Zhu Haowen answer word by word: "Green software."
"—Green antivirus software!" Several people suddenly shouted in unison.
"Tropical rainforest is the deepest species reserve pool on earth, and it is also the largest virus reserve pool on earth." Mu Yiran nodded slightly, "It is said that the Ebola pathogen comes from the tropical rainforest, so can we understand that the Ebola pathogen comes from the tropical rainforest? Bola virus is the execution program used by the tropical rain forest 'green anti-virus software' to kill the human virus? Then the option of 'restart after anti-virus' is in the 'green anti-virus software'?"
Everyone was immediately excited, "Go to the forest! Go to the forest to find it! No wonder the forest is also a part of the painting!" Wei Dong said, looking at Fang Fei, "Sisters, what you suspected is right, the existence of the forest in the painting is indeed Very important!"
Fang Fei nodded at him.
"Hey!" Luo Meng suddenly slapped his leg, "Brother-in-law's speculation is not absurd at all, because—green is an environmentally friendly color!"