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 sky had darkened completely at that moment. Dusks in the Heavenly Drum Village District were particularly short.

Fifteen hundred card artisans and 300 battle shuttle cars set off for the snow silkworm ravine with great energy. Wen Zuofu was dead set on removing that thorn in his side. Not one of the Dark Fog card artisans sent by him had returned last time. He was rather shocked that the opponent's capabilities were beyond his imagination.

It wasn't that he didn't like the look of those people. If anything was to be blamed, it was their choice of location, which made Wen Zuofu somewhat uncomfortable. The snow silkworm ravine was situated between the Downstream Alliance and the House of Qiao and slightly to the north. If they were to form a union with the House of Qiao, the two would undoubtedly be able to render each other instant mutual assistance.

Ambush