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 thousand swallows wavy blades!

The screaming of countless swallow-shaped wavy blades pierced the eardrums as it pressed down. If one were to say that those spinulosa wheels had darkened the sky like rain, then the thousand swallows wavy blades were diametrically opposite. The sky was suddenly lit up, with the light shining from them pricking the eyes enough to hurt. The screaming wavy blades had covered all of the brilliant apes.

The whooshing sound kept up, and as the swallow-shaped wavy blades hit the ground, the dust would fly. If they were to fall on the body of an ape, the blood would spurt like flowers blooming, sending up shrill screams from the brilliant apes.

The brilliant apes hadn't planned any kind of firm defense against such a dense and powerful attack, and they completely collapsed.

But then very shortly those apes showed a toughness and tenacity beyond that of any other creature.

The Amazing Tailless Shuttle