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 surf the Internet, so he did not know that the three major guilds had already reached an agreement to look for him.

However, even if he did not surf the internet, he could still guess the attitude of others towards him after his identity was exposed. This was also the reason why he had split up with Fan Meinan, Han Lu, and the others early on, it was also the reason why he had only asked Shen Xixi to help him get rid of the sniper at Fu Lou, but she had stopped him from going any further and continued to help him with other things.

This was because Zhang Heng knew very well that what awaited him was going to be an escape.

Since it was an escape, one more person and one less person wouldn't make much of a difference. On the contrary, it would drag everyone else down with it.

There Was No Way Out