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

"Did you tell him the real situation here? Did you tell him what the explosion of reactor No.4 reactor means?" Besnova asked.

"The explosion of the reactor? That's impossible. Nothing like this has ever happened before. The reactor is not an atomic bomb. How could it explode?" Boulihanov shook his head.

"Then how do you explain the graphite fragments on the ground?"

"I don't know. There is still some graphite in storage at the incomplete Reactor No.5. Maybe it came from there," Boulihanov quibbled.

"Then why did you suggest to Shelbina that he should evacuate the residents of Pripyat?" Besnova continued coldly, "Is it because of a voice in your heart telling you that it wasn't the water tank that exploded but the reactor itself? You don't believe your own nonsense, do you?"

Life-Saving Straw