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

Starting on that day, Copper was busy with the second installment of the "Legend of Master Shi" card play, which finally gave Chen Mu a little break.

He had finished three of the twelve cards, leaving nine cards, among which was the token card. Still, the more he used the token card, the more proficient he had gotten with it. By that time, although his perception hadn't gotten obviously better, based on his deployment of it you couldn't say it had stood still.

Chen Mu didn't use up too much time to smoothly complete the remaining eight one-star fantasy cards.

And now there was only that one dedicated token card remaining.

It had to be said that the token card was a very magical card. The token card can only be used together with other cards, since it had absolutely no value on its own. In that regard, it was like a person's brain, which plays a central role, but doesn't have any use all by itself.

The Twelve-Card Simple Water World