The Card Apprentice

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.

Fang Xiang · Sci-fi

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611 Chs

The Transformation (VII)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Chen Mu's perception drew in the card ink flowing down to the nib of the pen. That induced a wonderful alliance between the two the instant the ink made contact with the card blank. The fine oscillations of his perception were continually changing, causing the correspondence between the card blank and the ink to keep producing rich transformations.

The continuous, fine, high-frequency oscillations of his perception made high demands on the card master. The flow of perception in such a state was stunning. Perfectly keeping up the oscillations of his perception could reduce the wear and tear on it to the greatest extent possible. Wear and tear was a problem every high-level card master had to face.

The higher the level of the card, the more complex the skills it would involve. The demands on perception would also be higher.

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