Before going to sleep, I lay in bed, and the image of that symbol involuntarily appeared in my mind.

As I kept thinking, drowsiness overwhelmed me, and I fell asleep after turning over.

At night, I vaguely felt a throbbing pain in my abdomen and an extreme thirst.

I got up and searched the whole room for any leftover bottled water, but found none.

My nasal passages and throat were dry to the point of pain, and there seemed to be a ball of fire in my lower abdomen, drying up all the moisture in my body.

I stumbled into the bathroom and turned on the faucet.

The water pipe made a gurgling sound, but not a drop of water came out.

The feeling of thirst in my mouth intensified, and I desperately sucked on the corroded faucet, hoping to get some residual water from the pipes.

A strong taste of rust filled my mouth, and the abdominal distension gradually turned into cramps.

I lifted my head and saw my withered face in the mirror, limbs dry and blackened, but my abdomen irregularly protruding.

Dark blue veins crawled over the sunken parts of my abdomen, as if there was a huge segmented pumpkin inside.

I screamed in terror and despair, but my throat was so dry that I couldn't make a sound.

The woman in the mirror still stared at me with her numb and hollow eyes, and her cracked lips moved a few times, repeating, "Kill me."