《Satan's arrival, overturning heaven and earth》
As Lillian walked through the dark and gloomy valley, she gradually realized that one cannot live in isolation. Often, setting too many limits diminishes one's own rights.
Resisting the trends means losing out on the convenience brought by technology. Sister Que had urged her to learn computer skills and switch to a smartphone, but she stubbornly resisted, always finding excuses. Perhaps due to her age, she feared being mocked for slow learning and gave up.
In modern technological society, self-sufficiency leads to obsolescence and obscurity, with no one caring. Lillian set her own limits, and after a long period of loneliness and boredom, she had to integrate.
Knowledge relies on learning, but attitude is even more crucial. With features like LINE on her phone, many activities and interactions now occur at her fingertips. Lillian and Smith also began to interact because of technology. Past grievances and discontent gradually faded after "that child" passed away.
Peace is a blessing when there are no problems. In her stable life, Lillian grew even closer to her mother, perhaps her only close relative, and cherished her more.
In 2020, humanity faced catastrophe with the enormous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to strict precautions worldwide. The unimaginable happened, and human contact was restricted.
Lillian felt panic and helplessness due to government restrictions on non-essential activities to reduce infection risks. For the first time in her life, she felt uncertain about the future, suddenly afraid of silently losing her heartbeat or suffocating to death.
With three people in one house—her mother, foreign labor, and herself—all wearing masks day in and day out, she feared infecting her mother. Lillian suddenly felt fortunate that her son had departed this world early; given his condition, he surely wouldn't have survived this disaster. Considering her own exhaustion, she might not either.
Mask shortages, waiting for vaccines, glued to the television all day. Stock market crashes, panic buying, hoping for divine intervention.
Seeing her 90-year-old mother, frail but still clear-minded, everyone felt the impending end of the world in an anxious atmosphere, altering their thoughts. Days were spent in constant fear, struggling to survive in adversity.
Corpses littered the world, cries echoed, and the whole world seemed plagued. Once infected, there was no medicine, no adequate medical care. Life and death decisions were entirely up to the doctors. Lillian finally realized that her family had been abandoned.
When the virus vaccine was released, scenes of people fighting to get vaccinated revealed the ugliness of power. Lillian finally understood.
《撒旦降臨，天翻地覆》
走過陰暗幽谷的林立蓮，漸漸體會到人不能離群。很多時候設限太多，自己的權利就越來越少。
不想跟隨趨勢風潮，就會失去科技帶來的方便。雀姊早說要她學習電腦，要她換個智慧型手機，就是不願意，總拿理由搪塞。也許是有了年紀，怕學習緩慢被笑而放棄。
「獨善其身」在現代科技社會裡，會被淘汰而隱沒，沒人會在乎。林立蓮自地設限，寂寞無聊時間久了，不得不融入。
知識靠學習，態度更重要。手機功能有了 LINE，許多活動、人與人交流，大多在指尖滑動。林立蓮和史密斯也因科技而有了互動。過去的恩怨與不滿，也因 “那孩子” 離世而逐漸淡化。
平安沒事就是福。安穩生活中，林立蓮對母親的依靠更緊密。也許是唯一親人，而更加珍惜。
2020年人類浩劫，新冠疫情的巨大衝擊，搞得全世界嚴加戒備。不可能的事都發生了，人與人接觸受到限制。
林立蓮也因政府禁止非必要性活動，來降低感染風險，而感到恐慌無助。有史以來，第一次感受到前途迷茫，忽然害怕自己無聲無息失去心跳，或壓迫窒息身亡。
一屋三口，母親、外勞和自己，全天帶著口罩來來走走，就怕把病毒傳染給母親。林立蓮忽然慶幸兒子提早離開人世，以他的狀況，一定逃不過此災難。相對自己也因過於勞累，可能也逃不過。
搶口罩、等疫苗，全日盯著電視。股災、搶買物資，期待神人解危。
眼見母親 90 高壽，雖半殘但也還清醒。人人有感於世界末日到來，焦慮的環境，改變思維。戰戰兢兢的日子，困境中求生存。
世界各地，屍橫遍野。哭天搶地，整個世界就像人類瘟疫。一旦病毒感染，無藥、醫療匱乏。生命取捨，全由醫生決定。林立蓮才知道，自己一家子，是被放棄的一群。
病毒疫苗問世，搶打畫面，你爭我奪，看清權力醜陋。林立蓮終於明白了。
