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

"Dear audiences, dear audiences! We are about to announce a shocking piece of news!" the host of the Heavenly Drum Village District channel said in an exaggerated manner, "Just today, we have proven that the distinguished ace unit of the Blood Tinge Card Artisan Team, Blood Hammer Unit is no more. All of them are dead. There is not a single survivor including the leader of the unit, Wu Yan. Following this is a footage that our journalists risked their lives for as they followed the Blood Tinge Card Artisan Team's scouting team into the jungle."

The screen changed, and the audiences who were watching the Fantasy Card Receiver gasped together!

Countless corpses lied on a snowy ground, in very different and random ways. The scenario was staggering! The cold weather had preserved the corpses and kept them intact. Every wound and injury on their bodies could be seen clearly.

Su Heiming