Chapter 165 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 165

Chapter 165 begins with the Undertaker reflecting on his acceptance of his dark past, contrasting it with the general public's struggle. The SG Net forum reveals a disturbing shift: users are reporting pleasure from mosquito bites, with some even keeping 'pet mosquitoes' to bite them repeatedly. This indicates the mosquito anomaly is evolving, exploiting psychological trauma rather than just causing pain. The Undertaker consults the Saintess, who confirms that people feel pleasure from the bites, correlating the sensation with their 'dark pasts' or psychological scars. She suggests that those with deeper traumas, like Sim Ah-ryeon, would feel the most pleasure. The situation escalates as the anomaly accelerates, causing mosquitoes to develop pesticide resistance in days rather than years. Dang Seo-rin reports that guild members are becoming addicted to the bites, with some suffering from blood loss but expressing happiness at being 'liberated' from their pain. The Undertaker considers biological solutions like dragonflies or aura training but finds them insufficient or too slow. He suspects a link to a 'vampire' anomaly due to the pleasure response. The breakthrough occurs when the Undertaker observes a mosquito ignoring human blood to feed on Oh Dok-seo's discarded manuscript ink. He realizes the anomaly is attracted to 'dark pasts'—embarrassing or traumatic memories—regardless of whether they are in human form. He instructs the Saintess to test this by having her leave a diary of embarrassing childhood stories; the Saintess confirms it attracted mosquitoes, keeping her bed bite-free. The Undertaker implements a city-wide solution: he rallies writers across the Korean Peninsula to transcribe their most embarrassing old drafts and social media posts. He compiles these into 'The Top 100 Most Embarrassing Works in Korean Literature' and distributes them to every household. The result is immediate: mosquitoes are lured to the manuscripts on doors, sparing the residents. The chapter ends with Oh Dok-seo realizing the irony that her current serious works will eventually become the 'dark pasts' needed to repel the mosquitoes, and the Undertaker notes that his own lack of embarrassment regarding his past made him immune to the anomaly's lure, allowing him to orchestrate this cruel but effective solution.

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