Chapter 342 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 342

The Admin of the Infinite Metagame reveals her grand design to the Regressor (Undertaker). She explains that she viewed the Monster Wave, Nut, the Mastermind, and Infinite Void not as rival Outer Gods, but as mere game mechanics or data to be devoured and reinterpreted. By framing the world as a video game, she positioned herself as the supreme player and raid boss, binding herself to the 'shackles' of fiction: she had to remain a boss figure and could not directly defeat 'main character' irregulars like regressors or prophets. She explains that she eliminated the six Prophets because they could read the future, which would cause a stalemate. She destroyed them by forcing their minds to process the entire cosmos's data, causing their brains to explode. With the Prophets gone, she focused on the Regressor. She initially underestimated him, dismissing his Complete Memory (perfect recollection of pain and happiness) as an F-rank skill and his Time Seal as a help to her. She believed he would collapse under the psychological weight of regression like the Swordmaster Schopenhauer did. However, the Regressor persisted for hundreds of cycles. The Admin realizes her first miscalculation: his Complete Memory prevented the psychological decay typical of regressors by preserving happy memories. To counter this, she deployed Oh Dok-seo as a 'Book Possessor' (similar to a Prophet) in the 555th cycle, subtly biasing the book's narrative to make Dok-seo hate and fear the Regressor. She intended for them to clash, allowing her to manipulate their dynamic. However, the plan failed because the Regressor had acquired 'Mind Reading' in the 554th cycle. The Admin is enraged, realizing that Cheon Yo-hwa (Infinite Void) had interfered. Cheon Yo-hwa, acting as a tactician, guided the Regressor to acquire Mind Reading to see through Dok-seo’s manipulated thoughts. A flashback reveals that in the 554th cycle, Cheon Yo-hwa asked the Regressor for help cleaning out her family’s cult estate. While exploring, they discovered a headless statue with a Buddha head and an eye patch. The Regressor touched the statue, triggering the acquisition of Mind Reading. Cheon Yo-hwa had orchestrated this discovery specifically to ensure the Regressor would have the skill to counter Dok-seo’s prophetic insight before the Admin could fully execute her manipulation. In the 555th cycle, when Dok-seo approached the Regressor, he used Mind Reading to see her true, non-hostile thoughts. Instead of clashing, they built trust, causing the Admin’s carefully constructed 'game' to collapse. The Admin concludes that the Regressor was undone by a strategist who fell in love with him and manipulated the timeline to protect him.

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