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

Yu Lin felt that his luck was really bad today.

Carefully looking at the team in front of him, he felt increasingly uneasy. Living in Lijiang City since he was a child, he was very familiar around this area. He dared to strike his chest and promised that there was absolutely no such team in the vicinity. Even the similar ones did not exist at all.

Lijiang City was just a small and remote city with a population of less than three million. There were no local specialties here. Although it was located at the edge of the jungle, it was not suitable for hunting grounds. Hence the card artisans who came here to hunt beasts and pick materials were very few. After so many years, there had been basically no change here

The Discussion