I Listen to the Symphony in the Abyss

The cicadas chirped loudly, like a thousand rusty chainsaws cutting into the brain. Lin Mo sat on the edge of the bed in the cheap rental house, holding a white medicine bottle tightly in his hand. The label on the bottle is worn, and only the words "Anshen-calming and brain-boosting liquid" can be vaguely recognized, but it actually contains a high concentration of vitamin B complex. He swallowed two tablets, his Adam's apple rolled, and he swallowed the non-existent bitterness. "Five minutes left." He glanced at the clock on the wall. At two o'clock in the afternoon, this is the time when the noise in the unfinished building is the loudest. Three years ago, it was such a sultry June. One month before the college entrance examination, Lin Mo's ears suddenly exploded with countless sounds. There is the shrill laughter of a woman, the muffled sound of the deep sea, and the harsh sound of nails scraping against the blackboard. Those sounds were pervasive, making it impossible for him to think or sleep. Finally, in the examination room, he stared at the words on the test paper, but the words twisted like insects and crawled all over the table. He handed in a blank paper. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.