Chapter 404 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 404

The chapter opens with the narrator, Mr. Matiz (the Undertaker), and Cheon Yo-hwa performing an elaborate, theatrical greeting ritual in the Tower of Babel, the inner sanctum of the National Road Management Corps headquarters. Noh Do-hwa, the Director, watches with visible irritation, questioning how both twin sisters, one of whom was supposedly time-sealed, can exist physically. Matiz demonstrates his ability to shift forms, reverting from his 'Cheon-hwa' magical girl persona to his true 'Undertaker' identity and back, further exasperating Do-hwa. Once settled, Yu Ji-won serves tea as the group begins a serious discussion. Matiz shifts from teasing to analytical, proposing a hypothesis to Do-hwa and Ji-won: that the regressor Go Yuri exists separately from the current timeline's constraints. They review Go Yuri's testimony, where she recalls a past where the Cheon twins were never born, suggesting she has knowledge of alternate world-lines. Yo-hwa corroborates this, noting her mother’s frailty and Go Yuri’s role in ensuring their twin birth. Matiz and Do-hwa brainstorm the necessity of twins; Matiz realizes the key lies in the 'Taegeuk.' He deduces that the separate entities Infinite Void (Yin) and the Mastermind (Yang) were originally a single, omnipotent Outer God named Taegeuk. This god runs infinite simulations to ensure its own victory. However, humanity has an advantage: a regressor, Mr. Matiz himself. The Taegeuk god, lacking human intellect or mental fortitude, cannot tire, meaning it will eventually crush humanity in an endless war of attrition unless the variable is changed. Matiz realizes the only solution is to split the single Outer God. He deduces that Go Yuri, possessing vast power, artificially split the god by forcing Cheon Yo-hwa’s mother to give birth to twins—splitting one person into two distinct vessels (Yin and Yang) to fragment the god’s power. This act reduced the god’s strength, turning a 'Lunatic' difficulty world into 'Normal,' allowing humanity to survive. Go Yuri, however, vanished from all memories, leaving gaps marked by '[404 - Not Found]' in everyone’s pasts. To find the truth about Go Yuri, Matiz infiltrates the dreams of his allies, including Yu Ji-won, Jeong Ye-ji, Lee Ha-yul, and others. He discovers identical memory voids in every single person he investigates, confirming that Go Yuri’s existence was systematically erased from the world’s history, leaving everyone except Matiz, due to his Complete Memory, unable to recall her.

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