In Youquan City, the Golden Rose is a symbol of deformed beauty, while the pupa is a prison for sick souls. Here, everyone has a "golden rose chrysalis" implanted behind their ears. As lies accumulate, the metal wire grows quietly, embodying the hypocrisy of human nature into biological mutation.
Funeral director Lin Yi, who appears to be a pioneer of charity, actually controls the funeral industry. He uses metal chrysalis behind the ears of the deceased to record lies during his lifetime, believing that he is atonement for others. Gu Chen, a psychiatrist, feeds "lie jellyfish" with hypnotic drugs, creating collective cognitive confusion, but loses himself in the treatment. The talented singer Jiang Jiang uses his singing to induce collective self-mutilation, but in fact he is spreading the memory code of the deceased. Lu Zhou, a senior reporter, creates fake news to manipulate public opinion and turns crimes into urban legends.
When the "Golden Rose Project" surfaced, the entire city became a breeding ground for pupae. Lin Qian swallowed all the metal pupae in the sea of fire, and her body crystallized, eventually turning into a statue. There was a half-broken crystal pupa in her hand. But behind the ears of the residents of Fog City, golden stains spread, and group hallucinations became a reality.
This is an autophagy of human nature and an extremely dark aesthetic feast.
Purpose: By constructing a dark world full of conspiracies, mutations and memory manipulation, it explores profound themes such as the hypocrisy of human nature, the alienation of redemption, the blurring of memory and truth, the danger of collective depravity and the alienation of beauty. With its ultimate dark aesthetic style, it reveals the dark side of human nature, and warns people to stay awake in the fog of hypocrisy and lies, and to be wary of the danger of group depravity.