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

Zhang Heng stood in front of the mirror in the living room, staring at the reflection of his seventeen-year-old self.

Three years ago, his height and figure were starkly different from what it was now. Fortunately, his attributes—strength, and speed included—were preserved in this quest. After that, Zhang Heng unlocked his Mate 7 and looked at the time. The screen displayed today's date as Wednesday, April 13, 2016.

Zhang Heng had no idea what happened during the previous day. Even if he did remember it, it wouldn't help much because he was now in a dungeon. A quest where the setting mimicked the real world was actually quite a troublesome one. He would now need some time to figure out the difference between this world and the real world, and he couldn't tell for sure whether his past memories would have a positive or negative effect.

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