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 did not expect Gaby to bring him to Mark Reuss's residence. The latter's Domus was not in the gladiator school but was instead located diagonally across the street, which was a good location.

The Domus referred to the mansions of the wealthy. Unlike the modern villas, a Domus looked more like a small fortress, with a shape of a shell. There were almost no windows in this building. Unlike the kind of apartment that the ordinary people inhabited, the Domus had no balcony as well.

Zhang Heng then followed Gaby into the gate, through the entrance, and came to the front hall. Although there were no windows, it was bright enough inside the building. This is because the front hall did not have a roof. Such a design allowed the sunlight to pour into the hall and rainwater collection.

Ally