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

Zhang Heng did not wake up on time at midnight Beijing time, which was not good news for him.

This meant that his ability to time-freeze might not be able to fully take effect on the thing in the city under the ice, and this discovery would undoubtedly affect his next plan.

Zhang Heng wanted to go to the city under the ice to take a look, but of course, he was not an iron-head. Whether it was the story that Sartrus told or the warning from Nyala TOTIP, they all showed how dangerous the place was.

Zhang Heng's biggest reliance was his ability to stop time. In his original plan, he planned to find the city under the ice first and then wait for the extra 24 hours to arrive before going down, as for whether he should investigate and leave quietly after entering, or think of a way to deal with the huge figure in the palace, it would depend on the specific circumstances at that time.

But now, he might have to reconsider his trip to the ice plains.

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