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

Sachus was not in a hurry to answer the question. Instead, he looked deeply at songjia. Then, he pointed at the wine bottle on the table and said, "Can I have another drink?"

Hearing this, Sachus picked up the wine bottle again. This time, he did not pour it into the wine glass. Instead, he drank up the remaining half of the bottle in one go. It seemed that only through the tipsiness of the wine could he have the courage to tell the story of the past.

"I am a native of Greenland, half Inuit and half Danish. So every year, I would return to my father's tribe to stay for a period of time. I also hunted fish with them. Many Inuit people live on the ice field, so they are very good at dealing with the bad weather and the environment on the ice field. At that time, I did not like reading, but I was very interested in things like hunting.

The Expedition From 18 Years Ago