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

"Why do you want to throw me into the river?"

"Your teacher told you that I am Kreis's priestess, right? And I don't like people who are disrespectful to Kreis," said the person with an ice-cold tone.

"If that's the case, you might need to kill everyone in Rome because not many people who believe in Kreis in this city."

"Don't quibble. They are not our men, but you are. Or maybe you will eventually belong to us in the future… Your teacher has chosen you as his successor. Not only do you need to inherit his skills, but you'll need to take over his goal. You are supposed to maintain the balance of everything in this world." The priestess stroked the edge of the carriage with her fingers.

"Otherwise, why do you think I took so much effort to approach Commodus? To contribute to the prosperity and stability of Rome?" Zhang Heng, in the carriage, asked rhetorically.

Is This An Oracle?