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

When Zhang Heng charged at Nasika, his partner did not help him fight off Zhang Heng.

The reason why he made such a decision was that he was too frightened. After a while, he calmed himself down and started to assess the situation. In his opinion, if Zhang Heng had concealed his strength earlier, he should not be much stronger than Nasika. In other words, even if Nasika could not defeat him, he should at least be able to hang in there for a while.

Thus, he chose this opportunity to kill Varo, the weakest gladiator in the arena. After that, he planned to work together with Nasika to attack Zhang Heng.

There shouldn't be any problem with this strategy. It was true that Varo was weak as he thought he was. As soon as he approached him, Varo started to lose his calm. Besides, retiarius was a profession that focused more on offense instead of defense. Once Varo lost his calm and began to focus on defense, it was equivalent to revealing his opponents' weakness.

Total Victory