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>Chen Mu flitted about the training room like a ghost. He was fleeting just like a fish with his weirdly twisting body and his feet not touching the ground. Every move was imbued with some unspeakable weirdness. He was so fast he was like a phantom, such that someone with weak eyes would only see a burst of wind flitting by.</p>

<p>His gaze never left the wooden beam standing in the corner of the training room as he bent down and hugged the ground like a cobra, as quick and erratic as always, jerking left and right, which made him hard to discern. Then, about two meters from the beam, he suddenly shot up from the ground like the cobra suddenly raising its head. At the same time, he had already closed with the beam where a red line could be clearly seen.</p>

A Signal