Chapter 184 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 184

The narrator reflects on the nature of self-reflection, comparing a certain individual to a 'bathroom mirror' that fosters baseless confidence and ignorance. This individual is revealed to be Hong Bi-cheong, the Sword Marquess of Yuldoguk, who introduces himself with grandiose claims of supremacy. He is speaking with the narrator, referred to as 'Brother Undertaker.' The narrator explains the context: it is the 671st cycle, and the Public Officer Noh Do-hwa is bedridden from Void Poison infection, leaving the narrator as the only capable negotiator with the Sword Marquess. The narrator confronts the Sword Marquess about abandoning his duty to tend the Gimhae Plain, which threatens the spring harvest and, consequently, the survival of Busan and the Korean Peninsula's infrastructure. The Sword Marquess dismisses this as mundane but reveals he has a more pressing duty. He presents a plant with a green body and yellow, egg-like segments, claiming it is a 'wicked' substance called opium that harms humanity, though he asserts it lacks the addictive properties of traditional opium. The narrator, recognizing the plant as rice, questions this claim. Logic dictates that a narcotic without addictive properties or side effects is essentially a harmless drug or panacea. The narrator urgently persuades the Sword Marquess to cultivate this 'rice-opium' to settle old grudges with European imperialists. The Sword Marquess initially refuses but, upon the narrator's insistence, agrees to farm it. Within a fortnight, the plant, dubbed 'dopamine' by the narrator, grows rapidly. To verify the Sword Marquess's claim of no side effects, the narrator organizes a test using five prisoners infected with 'Murder Addiction Syndrome.' Using an anomaly room that allows time acceleration via a red button, they subject the prisoners to one-year sentences. After the time jumps, the prisoners emerge physically and mentally healthy, having endured the isolation by consuming the plant. With no negative side effects detected by Sim Ah-ryeon, the narrator immediately orders large-scale cultivation, renaming the plant 'dopamine' and declaring victory. The narrator views the Sword Marquess as a god for providing this key to invincibility.

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