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>"The Chinese couple stopped me and told me to slow down because I was the fastest. I was about to reach the limit of the umbilical cord. If I continued climbing for a while, they probably wouldn't be able to keep the umbilical cord inserted into my body. "But how could I care about such things? There were more and more monsters down there. My mind was filled with how to get out of this damned place. After hearing their words, I even sped up.</p>

<p>"But then I heard the wife of the Chinese couple warn me that if I don't slow down, all of us will die here. She said that the reason why the monsters down there didn't attack them was very likely because of the baby behind me. That child was now living on their blood. Once they died, that child would also die. If that child died, then the monsters would no longer have any scruples. At that time, the Doctor and I wouldn't be able to live.</p>

The Expedition Ended