Infinite Survival: Cards on the Table, the Card-Drawing Boss Is Super Timid

Yan Ya17K Novel Network

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Word count: 155K words

Summary

During a graduation trip in senior year, the bus Yu Bin is riding is attacked by a giant tentacled monster, and everyone aboard dies horribly. Using the "Death Rewind" skill she drew from a card-drawing system, she relives the events again and again, yet can only watch helplessly as her friend Xu Ruosi dies to save her. When the army and superpowered individuals arrive, she meets Chu Mo and others and is drawn into a survival world overrun by contaminants. The skills she draws are often useless or usable only on companions, so she can only struggle to survive in ghost realms, dreams, and sealing incidents through timidity, observation, and luck—while the unhinged male lead watches her grow the whole time.

Editor's review

An infinite-flow power fantasy built around death rewind and card drawing: fast-paced with many dead ends, the contrast between Cthulhu-style monsters and useless card draws provides plenty of light entertainment, and the pairing of a timid heroine with an unhinged male lead has flavor. Suited to readers who enjoy fast-paced, short-form infinite-flow stress relief; weaknesses include a short length, a world and characters that feel somewhat rushed, and some skill setups that lean on memes.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy infinite-flow and card-drawing system setups
Readers who prefer a mix of Cthulhu horror and light banter
Romance readers who want a timid heroine paired with an unhinged male lead

Not a good fit for

Readers who dislike death loops and horror-gore description
Readers who prefer long, substantial worldbuilding and rigorous setups

Reading tips

Accept the comedic tone of "death rewind plus useless card draws" first; don't scrutinize the power balance of every card
Pay attention to Yu Bin's detailed observations of monsters—many survival paths hide in environmental information
Treat Xu Ruosi's sacrifice as the starting point of the heroine's growth; the later emotional line revolves around this guilt

About the publisher

17K Novel Network

17K Novel Network (17K小说网) is a publishing platform centred on online literature, with 10,912 titles in its catalogue; publicly available information is limited, and its founding background and country or region are not confirmed. Judging from the existing titles, its publishing scope covers common categories such as male-oriented fiction, Eastern fantasy, urban fiction, female-oriented fiction, time-travel and alternate-history stories, and selected fiction, spanning male-oriented cultivation and urban-life themes as well as female-oriented time-travel and quick-transmigration narratives. Representative titles include Deities: Recruiting Earth Players from the Start, Rebirth of the Nine-Tailed Superstar, Quick Transmigration: When a Max-Level Boss Becomes a Toxic Dad, Supreme Pill King, My Beautiful Wife, Chaos Tang, Wind Howling through the Jianghu, and Great Qin: My Inner Thoughts Overheard by the Ancestral Dragon from the Start, most of which unfold with the length and pacing of online serialization. Representative authors include Yang Zhizhi, Yuyi Tingbing, Xuanyuan Lvedan, Zhenyong, Manyu, Wuweijiu, Meng Qingxuan and Tianyan Junran, reflecting a publishing approach built on contracted online authors and organized by genre.

FAQ

Is this book romance or infinite-flow?

It is mainly infinite-flow survival and a card-drawing system, with a romance line between the heroine and the male lead.

Is the heroine very strong?

Not really; she relies mainly on death rewind, observation, and luck, and her skills often seem useless.

How long is it?

It is completed, about a hundred-plus chapters, a medium-short length.

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About the author

Yan Ya Author

Yan Ya is a web-fiction author about whom little public information is available. Only one work by this author is currently included in the collection, namely Infinite Survival: Cards on the Table, the Gacha Boss Is Super Timid. Classified as a premium novel and quality web fiction, the book combines, as its title suggests, infinite-flow survival with a gacha system and builds its protagonist around a strong contrast: the character hailed as a “gacha boss” turns out to be remarkably timid, while the phrase “cards on the table” hints at reveals of identity and plot twists. Since the author's nationality, dates of birth and death, and writing career are not found in public sources, this profile makes no guesses and focuses instead on the themes and stylistic features visible in the existing work. Judging from the available clues, Yan Ya is skilled at building suspense and a light, humorous narrative rhythm within genre conventions, using game-like settings to drive the plot and character contrast to create reading pleasure. A fuller picture of the author's work will have to await more publications.