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

By the second day, when Sue Lochiro detected that the concentration of poisonous gas in the air wouldn't have any influence on humans, everyone went back into the ravine.

The once snow-white ravine was now unrecognizable. Everything in the ravine was charred black, and there were the bodies of bugs all over the place. The snow silkworms were covered in green and looking scary as hell. Even the card artisans who had been through hundreds of battles couldn't help their expressions changing when they saw that scene.

They moved very quickly, knowing that it would become their main base for a long time.

The intense explosions had changed the terrain in the ravine, with both the snow and earth layers blown open to show purple colored rock underneath.

The Trial