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

Zhang Heng spent some time searching the bottom of the pool once more to confirm that Jermaine Gardner was indeed not here. Just like the pit above, there was no other entrance or exit to the pool.

Thus, Zhang Heng shifted his gaze to the head of the stone carving snake. This time, Zhang Heng was no longer attracted by the pair of ruby eyes. He no longer paid attention to the lifelike carving techniques, focussing his gaze instead on the mouth of the snake.

Zhang Heng's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly understood what this stone carving was used for.

It was not an underwater sculpture of a work of art but a door!

The entrance to this door was in the snake's mouth, which was wide open.

The Red Island