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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 · SF
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611 Chs

The Dingbird

編集者: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The dingbird was about three meters long, its whole body a bluish-black with a long beak, sharp talons, and eyes like rubies. It had long, featherless wings. The thing people found most strange was that the wings were wrapped in a layer of light blue-green glow. They were so fast they looked like green lightning.

Brenton had turned white. The first time he encountered a dingbird, he had only ever heard how scary it was. But when he saw it with his own eyes, he really felt the terror. They were really fast! In front of them, card artisans with good speed simply looked like snails.

Dingbirds were carnivorous and social animals who generally hunted in formation. Their talons were incredibly sharp, and they could easily penetrate the thick skin of a striped rhinoceros. The most terrifying thing was their high-speed attack. If you hesitated at all, you would be dead. Their weight was similar to a shuttle car, and their speed was who knew how much faster!