Xiao Daidzhao

Growing up with eccentric materialistic parents who left him in the care of his grandfather for a job overseas, Zhang Heng had learned to adapt and be unfettered by the oddities and challenges in life. But he would soon learn the baffling truth about the world he thought he knew when one day at midnight time froze and he found himself in a world so quiet and still it was deafening. That night, he discovered that he had 24 hours more than everybody else and thus, marked the beginning of his adventures. The mysteries surrounding his newfound ability only deepened when a strange old man claimed to have given Zhang Heng that ‘gift of time’ and recruited the young man to participate in a cryptic ‘life-changing’ game on his behalf. Little did Zhang Heng know that accepting those terms meant embroiling himself in many versions of reality and exposing himself to the hidden secrets of the world—a decision he could never undo.

48 Hours a Day

"Where did you meet that cyber enforcer?"

"On the travel bus, from Toulon to Marseille. He was holding a laptop, and he was the only person on board who could speak English. I had no other choice. How about you?"

"Monaco, casino, I met a young couple that hacked poker machines."

"You're so lucky. It's nice to enter a quest with no communication barriers," the man with piercings sounded envious.

"Sorry, I just asked two questions. You can ask me two questions as well." Although the man with piercings was very cautious, he was also very upright and insisted on not taking any advantage.

He was also a relatively alert person. Those who were not cautious wouldn't be able to survive a competitive mode quest. This made Zhang Heng regret his previous proposal about the division of labor.

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