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

Chen Mu suddenly pushed the button on the apparatus strapped to his left wrist with the right hand that was protecting his face.

A huge deep-red fiery dragon suddenly appeared between Chen Mu and that boy, with that massive dragon head just about stuck to that boy's face. The dragon's two eyes were as cold as ice, as though they would drill into a person's heart, while billows of flame were swirling around the dragon's body. It seemed to have the power to reach the heavens and cover the earth, and nearly pinned him so that he couldn't move.

Dear God, what is this? The blood drained completely out of his face, and his eyes had a look of terror.

He surmised that this huge creature in front of him was the high-grade fiery dragon simulacrum from a three-star fight-card – the 'red eyed fiery dragon.'

Wounded