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

After closing the bathroom door, Zhang Heng did not turn on the faucet right away. Instead, he looked at Fan Meinan with worried eyes.

"We may be able to find other ways. You don't have to do this..."

"Yes, you are right, but your friend probably can't wait that long," Fan Meinan insisted. She took a deep breath and turned on the faucet of the bathtub faucet. "I will struggle, and I might try to catch a breath. You, however, have to make sure that my nose and mouth do not leave the water..."

Fan Meinan paused. "Set the time to 4 minutes. If it is too short, I may not be able to look for anything valuable. If it is too long..."

"If it is too long, you may suffer irreparable brain damage. Even if I manage to save you, you'll probably be a vegetable forever," Zhang Heng went on. "When a person is in a hypoxic state, it only takes five minutes before the brain cells start dying off. So, I have to resuscitate you within five minutes."

Drowning