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

The size and depth of the cave were way beyond their expectations.

There was no sign of the cave's terminus after 10 minutes of walking. Anxious, everyone was being exceptionally vigilant.

Suddenly, Chen Mu's footsteps came to a halt. Besides him, almost all of the level seven card artisans stopped in their tracks synchronously, looking astonished with a tinge of joy.

There were waves of energy fluctuation! With no exception, all of them felt a distinctive waves of energy fluctuation!

Nobody had ever witnessed a transit window. However, all the narrations regarding the transit windows shared a similar fact, that the transit windows were able to emit waves of energy fluctuations. Despite the fair strength of the waves of energy fluctuations, it was constantly radiating as long as the transit window existed.

The Transit Windows