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

Although Zhang Heng had won the gladiatorial performance, he had more things to do next.

Earlier, Commodus awarded him a training sword symbolizing freedom under the eyes of more than 90,000 people. After that, he would need to go to the "Freedom House" on Trajan Square with Mark Reuss. There, Ruess was supposed to help Zhang Heng change his status from a slave to a Roman citizen.

After doing that, he would be considered a citizen of Rome. He had to go back to the place where he lived before to pack his things, bid farewell to a few acquaintances, and move out of the gladiator school. And in the meantime, he had to negotiate with Mark Reuss.

Not That Bad