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1.2 Million players have logged into a VR game that cannot be logged out. There is no GM, no customer service, and no announcements. The system leaves only one rule: there is a Boss in each area, and you must defeat it to enter the next level. To die is to really die. Programmer Lin Yichen discovered something wrong on his first night in the abyss - this darkness had a heartbeat. Once every 0.03 Seconds, faster than anyone can perceive, but it's there. In the vibration of the mine walls, in the temperature difference in the air, in the gap between each player's last breath when they die. It's not a bug. It is alive. It's called Om. Lin Yichen's breathing lasted exactly 4.03 Seconds. 4.03 Is a prime number - not divisible by any frequency. This meant that Om could not consume him, and it also meant that he could never fully merge with Om. This is a story about "listening". Someone hears Om and chooses to be its heart. Someone hears Om and chooses to be the knife that stabs it. Someone heard the buzz, and after 4.03 Seconds of silence, he only said four words - "I heard it." 1.2 Million people survive in five areas. Abyss, deep sea, winter, jungle, desert - every area is a part of Hum's body, every breath rewrites the map, and every boss is not a monster but a door of Hum. And the door to return is never found. 4.03 Seconds can be a breath, or just a "Mom".