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

It was already the third day of high-speed stealth transit.

Chen Mu's prediction wasn't off, and the other three establishments hadn't filled in the gap left by the Cang Jiang Military Force, only sending a small number of card artisan scouts. The Spinulosa Disk's outstanding reconnaissance capability gave the Wood Brigade the ability to discover those scouts from a long distance and thus avoid them. Judging from their expressions and movements, they lacked sufficient alertness, probably because they felt that there wouldn't be any unexpected situations in that place.

There were plenty of small towns in that area, so that it wasn't really what would be meant by deep forest, and there also weren't any ferocious wild beasts.

Some Talent!