Speech Is Banned Globally, and the Aphasic Person Alone Controls the Name of All Things

A "semantic virus" is spreading around the world - every time a word is spoken, the thing corresponding to the word disappears from reality. The first person said "apple", and apple trees all over the world withered overnight. The second person said "electricity" and half the earth fell into darkness. The third person said "love" and humans started killing each other. The whole world was forced into silence. Only one person can speak - a man born with aphasia named Xie Wuyan. He lived twenty-two years without speaking a word. And today, he had to speak. This is a story about "language". Language is mankind's greatest invention and its most dangerous weapon. When speaking becomes a crime and silence becomes the only way to survive, can you still remember the word you most want to shout?