Chapter 168 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 168

The atmosphere aboard the plane is tense as multiple versions of the Undertaker and Dang Seo-rin face off, poised for a battle royale. The narrator, identifying himself as the 'most just and rightful original Undertaker,' halts the violence. He warns his counterparts that killing each other constitutes the 'Jar of Solitude,' a curse where the last survivor transforms into a vermin-like anomaly. He cites the 'Giant Potato Robot Saintess' statue in Busan as a terrifying precedent for such a fate. While some Undertakers are skeptical, a female Undertaker (a variant of Dang Seo-rin) proposes a solution: instead of fighting, they should compete in determining the 'best world' or 'best Undertaker,' with the losers committing suicide to preserve reality. This logic, rooted in Leibniz’s philosophy of the 'best of all possible worlds,' resonates with the regressors who fear becoming anomalies. The group accepts this, initiating a series of challenges to determine the superior variant. The narrator wins through strength, intellect, mental fortitude, luck, and historical knowledge. The final challenge is a game of Go against the last remaining female Undertaker variant. The narrator wins by half a point. Accepting defeat gracefully, the female Undertaker apologizes to her Dang Seo-rin and they embrace, kissing before their bodies dissolve, sparing the plane from total destruction but claiming their lives. As the remaining passengers depart, the plane lands on the Uyuni Salt Flats. The sunset reflects off the water, causing the remaining Dang Seo-rin variants to crumble into white salt instantly. The plane and seats also disintegrate. Only the narrator and the original Dang Seo-rin remain. The narrator explains that the salt flats acted as a 'Mirror World,' an anomaly that trapped them in a reflective loop. He declines to answer how they will return, noting only that it took three months to cross the Pacific Ocean on foot.

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