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

"Let's talk about what happened early this morning."

After a few questions, Besnova gradually shifted to the main topic.

Katarov subconsciously looked at the three players not far away. He could already tell that the expert group was led by the three people on the other side. They stood on the other side of the room as if playing the role of a jury, whispering to each other to exchange opinions from time to time. They spoke in a low voice, but there was a distance between the two sides, so he did not know what they were talking about.

Thus, the deputy engineer could only look away and rewind his thoughts to a few hours ago.

"In the early morning of the 26th, we were conducting a safety test," Katarov recalled. "You should be clear about the content of the experiment because in January today, factory director Breuhanov reported the test procedure to the Institute of Hydroelectric Engineering..."

Katarov’s Memories