#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

long long mod = 998244353;
//入力が必ず-mod<a<modの時.
struct mint{
    long long v = 0;
    mint(){} mint(int a){v = a<0?a+mod:a;} mint(long long a){v = a<0?a+mod:a;}
    mint(unsigned long long a){v = a;}
    long long val(){return v;}
    void modu(){v %= mod;}
 
    mint repeat2mint(const long long a,long long b){
        mint ret = 1,p = a;
        while(b){
            if(b&1) ret *= p;
            p *= p; b >>= 1;
        }
        return ret;
    };
 
    mint &operator=(const mint &b) = default;
    mint operator-() const {return mint(0)-(*this);}
    mint operator+(const mint b){return mint(v)+=b;}
    mint operator-(const mint b){return mint(v)-=b;}
    mint operator*(const mint b){return mint(v)*=b;}
    mint operator/(const mint b){return mint(v)/=b;}
 
    mint operator+=(const mint b){
        v += b.v; if(v >= mod) v -= mod;
        return *this;
    }
    mint operator-=(const mint b){
        v -= b.v; if(v < 0) v += mod; 
        return *this;
    }   
    mint operator*=(const mint b){v = v*b.v%mod; return *this;}
    mint operator/=(mint b){
        if(b == 0) assert(false);
        int left = mod-2;
        while(left){if(left&1) *this *= b; b *= b; left >>= 1;}
        return *this;
    }
 
    mint operator++(int){*this += 1; return *this;}
    mint operator--(int){*this -= 1; return *this;}
    bool operator==(const mint b){return v == b.v;}
    bool operator!=(const mint b){return v != b.v;}
    bool operator>(const mint b){return v > b.v;}
    bool operator>=(const mint b){return v >= b.v;}
    bool operator<(const mint b){return v < b.v;}
    bool operator<=(const mint b){return v <= b.v;}
 
    mint pow(const long long x){return repeat2mint(v,x);}
    mint inv(){return mint(1)/v;}
};

int main() {
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(nullptr);

    long long M,N; cin >> M >> N;
    vector<long long> X(N);
    for(auto &x : X) cin >> x;
    X.push_back({M+1});

    mint answer = 0;
    long long back = 0;
    mint div6 = mint(1)/6;
    for(auto x : X){
        long long ok = x-1-back;
        mint add = ok%mod;
        add *= (ok+1)%mod;
        add *= (2*ok+1)%mod;
        add *= div6;
        answer += add;
        back = x;
    }
    cout << answer.v << endl;
}