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

<p>"I represent the apocalypse?" Zhang Heng frowned. "I'm just a mortal. Why would I have anything to do with the apocalypse? And speaking of the apocalypse, the twilight of the gods should be related to you."</p>

<p>"The twilight of the gods is only the apocalypse of the Nordic Gods," Loki said. "I have to admit... Hmm... from more than 2,000 years ago, that war was quite grand and magnificent. The Bards sang about it, and many famous people wrote many beautiful poems to mourn the fall of the gods. They sang about Thor and Odin's battle heroism, the Asgardian gods' valor, and indomitable spirit... blah, blah, blah. You can blame me for that, but unfortunately, they're too old."</p>

The New Apocalypse