Chapter 23 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 23

In the 560th cycle of the Canned Hotel, the narrator seeks advice from Oh Dok-seo on cultivating motivated writers. Oh Dok-seo, described as a nerd-fashion trendsetter with a red bob and band-aid, advises a harsh approach: writers are laborers driven by scarcity and despair. She instructs the narrator to deny comforts, threaten death, and maintain the writers' physical integrity to maximize output. The narrator implements this 'shock therapy' by replacing the luxury hotel with a shabby refugee camp, surrounding the area with a thousand charging Isekai trucks, and withholding gourmet services. While the writers begin producing a massive volume of manuscripts with unprecedented speed, the quality proves disastrous. The narrator discovers that the forced despair has warped the stories into 'pure literature' focused on hopelessness and gore, rather than the entertaining web novels desired. When the narrator complains to Oh Dok-seo in the next cycle, she dismisses the concern, arguing that authors should not sell their souls for the reader's amusement and that the work possesses 'spirit.' The 561st cycle also fails, leaving the narrator to realize that both excessive comfort and excessive suffering are counterproductive. Concluding that the key is external validation and competition rather than internal misery, the narrator alters SG Net by launching a Novel Serialization Board. This system allows members to buy chapters with daily login points, which authors can use to purchase desirable items like fairy bodyguards, hotel stays, or Constellation consultations. Initially met with skepticism, the board gains momentum when the official announcement reveals high-value redemption items. Users like OldManGoryeo and SwordMarquess begin serializing, sparking a 'Great Serial Age.' The resulting works are of high quality, blending the depth of apocalyptic experience with the fun of web fiction. The narrator explains this success to Oh Dok-seo: writers are attention-seekers who need the 'gladiator' dynamic of competition and audience love, not just suffering. The chapter ends with the narrator supporting a niche author, 'BadEndingLover,' with a donation and a pedantic comment about spelling, a habit that proves useful later, before being interrupted by a truck honking outside.

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