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

After completing his annotations, Chen Mu finally settled on the new scheme. He called his method of training the snow pit method. Even such a person as Jiang Liang was pretty indifferent toward that name.

Chen Mu didn't care about the name. The results were what mattered.

He planned to promote the snow pit method when Borna and his group completed their project. Jiang Liang was its first beneficiary; his perception had already been restored to its prior level. That was when everyone discovered that his original perceptual ability had reached the top of the fourth level, only a notch below the fifth level. Thinking about it, Jiang Liang's injury was several years ago, which meant he had such an ability that long ago. Such a talent would be considered a gem anywhere.

An Obscure Move