Chapter 331 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 331

The Undertaker, narrating from his 777th life, explains that his approach to ending the apocalypse was not a single event but a patchwork of actions from multiple cycles. He recounts commissioning over 400 memorial portraits from Sim Ah-ryeon for the nameless dead of the White Night. A caravan, led by Noh Do-hwa and Yu Ji-won, transported these paintings to the Han Riverbank in Seoul to confront Ten Legs, a massive monster formed from the unburied corpses of those who died without proper funerals. Ten Legs roared, terrifying the National Road Management Corps troops, but the Undertaker held his ground, conserving his Aura to keep Leviathan dormant. He laid out the portraits and chrysanthemums, recalling how he used his Complete Memory to restore the faces and memories of hundreds of victims by traversing fairy dreams, forcing Ah-ryeon to paint their likenings despite her exhaustion and the physical toll on her hands. When Ten Legs charged, the Undertaker knelt and bowed, mentally replaying the daily lives of the painted subjects. The monster began to shrink and shed its constituent corpses, realizing it had been mourned. The core of Ten Legs revealed itself as Professor Adele, wife of Emit Schopenhauer, a patchwork entity with two hearts who had died in the White Night while giving a lecture. The Undertaker offered her an urn containing Emit Schopenhauer’s ashes, promising to wait for her husband’s return. Adele pressed the urn to her hearts, uttered his name, and collapsed, causing Ten Legs to disintegrate into a pile of miscellaneous materials and bones. Noh Do-hwa noted that this elaborate solution was a waste of resources compared to simply killing the monster with Aura, but admitted she preferred this method. Later that night, Yu Ji-won visited the Undertaker’s tent. She had modified her Mini-Map skill using antique electronic watches to display real-time population counts across the globe, which were dwindling. She placed a watch over their location, showing a count of 78 survivors. Ji-won confessed that meeting the Undertaker at age 14 was her greatest fortune, transforming her from a monochromatic chess player into someone who could create color. Her Aura rose from her hand, painting the night sky with a cosmic aurora. She declared that while the Undertaker believed Awakener power stems from misfortune, meeting him was her exception. She asked to be his 'error,' choosing coexistence over his solipsistic 'Void.' The Undertaker accepted her choice. The chapter concludes with the system announcement that Leviathan is being subjugated.

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