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

When Zhang Heng opened his eyes again, he regained his vision, and it was clearer than before the red tide appeared. This was the first time he used his Filter Lens underwater. Initially, he was worried that the red tide did not fall under the natural category, but now, it seemed that the lens worked well in this red tide.

The red tide disappeared before him, and the seawater became transparent to him within 300 meters.

Zhang Heng soon found Nellie, who had separated from him earlier. The latter now swam toward the ruins. And in front of her, Zhang Heng's old friend, a half-man, half-fish-frog monster, was holding a flashlight, flashing at Nellie to draw her closer to him.

Zhang Heng did not spot other monsters beside him for the time being.

Wall Carving