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

Thinking about it, Chen Mu was a little entranced. Remembering he had killed a person in broad daylight without hesitating, he felt that his heart was getting harder and harder. Although he'd previously gone through bold and ruthless battles, compared to now, those were just playing around.

He didn't feel the least bit satisfied, and he couldn't hold back an inexplicable sigh. That was left behind from the high-intensity battling of the past few days, where his moves had gone after the greatest lethality! As he thought about it now, it made him rather uncomfortable.

Ah Sang was cautiously attending to him by his side. At the beginning, she had thought that ugly man wasn't more than an ordinary ace. She now knew he was a first-rate ace who could be on the Black-Line Star Listing, so her anxiety was hard to avoid.

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