Chapter 266 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 266

The MC’s group arrives in New-New Delhi, led by Mayor Manav, who introduces himself to the MC, who adopts the alias ‘Undertaker’. Manav, an aging but physically robust Awakener, is cautious yet polite, noting the city's unusual stability compared to other ruined areas. While the MC’s companions, Lee Ha-yul and Sim Ah-ryeon, privately mock the mayor’s modest accommodations and marvel at the MC’s linguistic fluency, the MC confronts Manav about the city’s worship of the Trolley Dilemma Anomaly. Manav admits the Trolley is an Anomaly and reveals its hidden utility: survivors of the Trolley’s daily sacrifice gain 24 hours of immunity to other Anomalies. He demonstrates this by showing an underground railway network connecting buildings, allowing him to control who is sacrificed. Manav explains that he sacrifices 113 slaves daily to protect the city’s population of over 100,000, a system he maintains by framing the Anomaly as a divine blessing. The MC warns Manav that Anomalies are unpredictable and cannot be fully controlled, cautioning against the arrogance of believing one can harness them indefinitely. Manav accepts the advice politely but remains unconvinced. The scene shifts to an epilogue years later, where the MC and Ah-ryeon return to New Delhi to find it utterly destroyed. All corpses lie on the railway tracks. The MC deduces that the Trolley Anomaly eventually rejected the utilitarian logic of sacrificing slaves when the cumulative number of slaves exceeded the citizen population, or simply chose to eliminate the citizens instead. The city was erased in a single day of annihilation. The MC reflects that while humans justify divisions with religion, Anomalies are true utilitarians, indifferent to moral distinctions.

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