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

The two waited for about half an hour, after which the gate of the military base opened again. The naval chief walked out, and Nellie immediately greeted him. She came with huge expectations, but the naval chief only disappointed her greatly with his reply.

"I told your story to my superiors, but it was so absurd that he found it hard to believe."

"What about the photo? Did you show him the photos?"

"Of course," the naval chief nodded. "Those were shocking photos, but they only prove that the underwater ruins near Yonaguni Island are real. And this is something that the archaeological community should be worrying about. We also don't know if these photos are fake or real."

When Nellie heard the naval chief's reply, her heart sank. After that, she heard the chief continue.

Hallucination