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>"At that time, I only felt that the story Baker told was too ridiculous. He didn't want to tell me what exactly happened, so he used such a ridiculous story to brush me off. I felt that he must have been bribed by Mr. Tam, which made me a little nervous because I couldn't find anyone to trust in the entire team. I wanted to turn around and directly bid farewell to Mr. Tam. Perhaps I shouldn't have accepted this job from the start, but I hadn't completely lost my mind because those ex-soldiers all had guns in their hands. I didn't want to have a conflict with them, especially now that we were in the wilderness and there was no one around. Therefore, before I found an opportunity, I could only continue to be an honest guide.</p>

Attrition