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 amber glowing threads abruptly slowed within the scope of what was enshrouded by the snowflake-shaped energy bodies, as though they were in some high-resistance liquid that they could only penetrate with great difficulty. The incredibly fast amber glowing threads had slowed to a snail's pace, giving the illusion that time had stopped.

Xiaobo's expression shifted. Every one of his adversary's energy bodies was in the shape of a six-cornered snowflake, and each corner was unique, matching every possible category and forming a weird magnetic field. That magnetic field had led to the scene in front of him.

Xiaobo gave out a cold groan, letting off a few more amber glowing threads from his hand. They followed a strange trajectory in a detour around the region to his adversary's body.

The Wheel’s Timed Explosion