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

Chen Mu could roughly guess the reason why Qi Feng was targeting him.

Qi Feng's strength was great, as seen from his previous moves. His speed was

shockingly fast, to the extent that even Chen Mu was slightly surprised. Whoever had to

face a card artisan with such amazing speed and good perception control would have

headaches, and that included Chen Mu.

However, he wasn't planning to surrender. When faced with people like this, the more

one compromised, the more one would be oppressed by them. Now, he gradually felt

that high level battles are not really all that different from street gang fights. Retreating

and tolerating will not earn the opponent's respect. On the contrary, people will think

that you are weak and can be bullied, even any Tom, Dick and Harry would step on you!

Chen Mu's current position was actually very dangerous. Tan Yumin exposed his

A Sharp Counter-Attack