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

Everyone in the lounge could only hear cheers and screams outside, but they did not know what happened out there. Fortunately, they weren't left hanging for too long because Zhang Heng had reappeared at the lounge's door.

"Are you... Are you back here to take your helm?" the gladiator who kindly reminded Zhang Heng to take the helmet asked innocently.

"No, the battle is over." Zhang Heng said as he sat back in his seat.

All the gladiators were in an uproar upon hearing this. They had imagined all kinds of possibilities, but they had never expected that the battle would end so soon. Habitus had been considered to have completed his battle quickly when he took a quarter of an hour. However, when compared to Zhang Heng's performance, it was as if Habitus had taken a century to complete his battle. Zhang Heng's time spent fighting was just enough for a gladiator to enter and exit the arena.

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