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 Zhang Heng returned to school, he sent Shen Xixi a WeChat message to make sure she was safe.

Shen Xixi replied with a "Negotiating" after a quarter of an hour. "Thank you, don't worry," she added after a pause.

Zhang Heng knew that Shen Xixi was no longer in danger but he didn't know what her discussion with Arc of Light was all about. With her personality, it was obviously impossible to make her hand over her people to them just like that. Otherwise, the war wouldn't have even happened in the first place.

Zhang Heng was wrong this time. Shen Xixi and Arc of Light had completed negotiations quicker than expected. Before the war even began, Arc of Light have achieved its goal. After the union's collapse, they no longer cared about the four "murderers," the excuse they used to start the war. They had to make sure that they put a good ending to the show, on the surface at least.

Presumption