Chapter 194 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 194

The narrative describes the evolution of writers in the Samcheon World Guild into 'Dream Managers' (DMs), professionals who fine-tune dreams for high-status clients using fairy-generated content. This shift created a nocturnal lifestyle where DMs work while clients sleep. The narrator, identified as the Undertaker, learns of this trend through Dang Seo-rin, who explains that DMs are popular but constrained by tutorial fairies, ensuring client safety. Dang Seo-rin reveals she hired a personal DM, a Harry Potter fan, while her rival, Cheon Yo-hwa, hires multiple DMs for various genres (zombie, cult, fantasy), highlighting the intense rivalry between their respective guilds, Busan's economic capital and Sejong's spiritual capital. This competition escalates as other guild leaders feel pressured to hire numerous DMs to maintain social status, mirroring Renaissance nobles patronizing artists. The DM industry boom offers low barriers to entry and high prestige, leading to a literary storm where ordinary citizens aspire to become writers. However, this prosperity breeds dissatisfaction. Writer A, a timid author, expresses burnout to his DM assistant. Despite financial success, he feels degraded by managing NPC bartenders and mixing cocktails in dream simulations, craving the creative freedom of traditional writing. He smashes a wine glass, lamenting his reduction to a service provider rather than a creator. Suffering from 'new-work-itis,' Writer A convenes his former colleagues—now elite DMs—to propose a radical solution: collaborating on a massive, user-generated MMORPG. Rejecting the constraint of servicing individual wealthy clients, they decide to pool their talents to build a shared virtual world, succumbing to the dangerous allure of 'Group Project-itis.'

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