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

"So now, you found me after everything has settled. It's just you and me now, the two remaining remnants of the Balance Blade. Oh. And maybe your teacher is still alive. But considering his age, I don't think he'll be getting to the place I sent him," Lucilla chuckled. "We are the only surviving members of the Balance Blade now. Admit it. We have already lost the fight. If I were you, I won't waste my precious time on a dying person. You should leave Rome overnight before they catch you."

"Maybe." Zhang Heng was noncommittal. "What about you? Why don't you leave this place?" he then asked.

"Because I am the daughter of Aurelius, the wife of Lucius, and Augusta of the Roman Empire. I will not run away. No matter where I escape to, someone is bound to recognize me," Lucilla continued. "They won't do anything to me for the time being because I'm the only blood relative of Commodus, and they must take this face into consideration."

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