Fang Xiang

This is both a work of science fiction and an exploration of the meaning of life, love, literature and art. Brainpower is no longer the main ingredient for being human in this far distant future world.  Spirituality, physical balance, and diligence all come together as integrity for Chen Mu, the Card Apprentice.  The cards which Chen Mu masters in his own scrappy way, distill all the powers of the cosmos –  human and nonhuman –  into something that is not a book, not technology, and neither art nor magic, but is these and more.  Learn about these strange cards, which can embody everything you might imagine for the future of technology, but also a future beyond technology which promotes the best, and sometimes the worst, from mankind’s past.

The Card Apprentice

The idea was beautiful, but reality was cruel, and the road would be twisty.

Without talking about that token card, he had never even heard of any of those other eleven one-star fantasy cards, which would be a huge challenge for him. But still Chen Mu didn't feel the difficulty. On the contrary, he felt very happy. He would be focusing all of his attention on making those few cards.

Expecting Copper to return, he imagined that it would not be so easy then to concentrate on his research like he was.

The students who were passing by diverted their paths upon seeing Zuo Tingyi's nasty face as he was returning to school. Just then he heard a small group of students in a discussion.

"Have you heard that the cracking group broke several pieces of the school equipment yesterday?"

"Cracking group? You mean those cracking that something like "Chance Encounter" thing?"

Grand Revelations (4)