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

<p>Carefully sticking the two thin camouflaging membranes on the surfaces of the mysterious card, it become nothing more than an ordinary three-star power card. To confuse people, Chen Mu also specifically put a number of three-star power cards into his card wallet. It would be hard to tell which was the real and which was the fake. Using himself as the precedent example, Chen Mu had been rather successful with faking. If you didn't look very closely, it would be very difficult to pick out the mysterious card from among all the three-star power cards.</p>

<p>Having finished, Chen Mu breathed a little more easily. He didn't go right away to get his commissions, but instead immediately conducted a close self-examination. For the last week, there hadn't been another situation like the one on the shuttle train. That green filament as fine as a hair had disappeared without any trace, and his body looked completely normal.</p>

Cruel Reality