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I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell
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The Undertaker has repeated the end of the world 1,183 times. Having stopped trying to force a happy ending, he tells stories of countless lives, people, disasters, and the cost of trying to save the world.
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Chapter 61
Undertaker arrives at the basement of the 'House of Dolls,' where Jung Sang-guk is bound by Lee Ha-yul’s puppet strings. Lee Ha-yul tortures Jung Sang-guk by driving a nail under his fingernail to assert dominance over his business sector. Undertaker intervenes to introduce himself as the vice-principal of Freiheit Academy, aiming to recruit Lee Ha-yul. He learns from her housekeeper marionette that Lee Ha-yul suffers from a vocal cord disability, rendering her voiceless; the marionette speaks mechanically on her behalf. Lee Ha-yul confirms her identity as the 'Puppeteer' and explains she found the location by following Jung Sang-guk. She demonstrates her ability to infuse strings with auras, a skill she refined after refusing recruitment by the Japanese Magical Girls. When asked why she is killing Jung Sang-guk, Lee Ha-yul claims he betrayed her mother, So-yoon, by neglecting her during illness and forcing a move to Japan out of fear of discovery. Jung Sang-guk regains his tongue briefly to deny the accusations, claiming he moved them to save them from the Ten Legs and that he despises the Second Provisional Government he was forced to lead. He argues that as a politician, he was merely a puppet of state power, mimicking humanity. Undertaker observes that Lee Ha-yul, shaped by watching her father’s hollow performative nature, has become a literal puppet master. Despite Jung Sang-guk’s protests of survival and paternal intent, Lee Ha-yul severs control of his vocal cords and throat, effectively killing him. His final, cut-off utterance is a fragmented denial—'Lies. Everything. All of it.'—leaving Undertaker to ponder the legacy of a man who was a puppet of the state, now dead at the hands of his puppet daughter.
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11:49
Chapter 61
Undertaker arrives at the basement of the 'House of Dolls,' where Jung Sang-guk is bound by Lee Ha-yul’s puppet strings. Lee Ha-yul tortures Jung Sang-guk by driving a nail under his fingernail to assert dominance over his business sector. Undertaker intervenes to introduce himself as the vice-principal of Freiheit Academy, aiming to recruit Lee Ha-yul. He learns from her housekeeper marionette that Lee Ha-yul suffers from a vocal cord disability, rendering her voiceless; the marionette speaks mechanically on her behalf. Lee Ha-yul confirms her identity as the 'Puppeteer' and explains she found the location by following Jung Sang-guk. She demonstrates her ability to infuse strings with auras, a skill she refined after refusing recruitment by the Japanese Magical Girls. When asked why she is killing Jung Sang-guk, Lee Ha-yul claims he betrayed her mother, So-yoon, by neglecting her during illness and forcing a move to Japan out of fear of discovery. Jung Sang-guk regains his tongue briefly to deny the accusations, claiming he moved them to save them from the Ten Legs and that he despises the Second Provisional Government he was forced to lead. He argues that as a politician, he was merely a puppet of state power, mimicking humanity. Undertaker observes that Lee Ha-yul, shaped by watching her father’s hollow performative nature, has become a literal puppet master. Despite Jung Sang-guk’s protests of survival and paternal intent, Lee Ha-yul severs control of his vocal cords and throat, effectively killing him. His final, cut-off utterance is a fragmented denial—'Lies. Everything. All of it.'—leaving Undertaker to ponder the legacy of a man who was a puppet of the state, now dead at the hands of his puppet daughter.
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62
Chapter 62
The chapter opens with the Undertaker reflecting on his memoir’s title, seeking input from the web novel otaku Oh Dok-seo. Oh Dok-seo harshly critiques his proposals, such as 'The Regressor's Epilogue' and 'The Infinite Regressor's Daily Café,' dismissing them as cringe-inducing. Frustrated by the generational gap in taste, the Undertaker concedes, promising not to interfere if Oh Dok-seo provides the final title, a decision he later regrets due to Oh Dok-seo’s questionable judgment. The narrative then shifts to the death of Jung Sang-guk, the former Mayor of Busan, who is revealed to be Lee Ha-yul’s biological father. The Undertaker intervenes just as Lee Ha-yul prepares to commit suicide out of grief or guilt over her role in his death. He persuades her to redirect her lethal talents toward protecting humanity from anomalies, arguing that her survival is crucial. Lee Ha-yul accepts this condition, provided the Undertaker makes no lies. He agrees, noting his own aversion to marriage and fatherhood makes the promise easy to keep. She joins his guild, and the text details her recurring recruitment across multiple regression cycles, where she serves as an A-class supporter. Initially, she resides in the guild hideout, though the Saintess refuses to host her, citing incompatible personalities. Around the 54th cycle, the Undertaker brings Noh Do-hwa, the Master Artisan, into the fold. He requests a prosthetic leg for Lee Ha-yul, who lacks physical legs entirely but suffers from phantom pain and curses. Noh Do-hwa, known for her blunt demeanor and unique ability to perceive lost body parts, examines Lee Ha-yul. Despite her usual impatience, she professionally measures the missing limbs and agrees to craft metal prosthetics. After a rushed five-day turnaround—shorter than the estimated month—Noh Do-hwa delivers the legs in a box engraved with Lee Ha-yul’s name. Upon fitting them, Lee Ha-yul stands for the first time since infancy, expressing profound gratitude to both Noh Do-hwa and the Undertaker. The chapter concludes with a reflective tone, noting that while Lee Ha-yul often used a wheelchair, there were moments, like watching a meteor shower, where she stood freely, destined to die as a human rather than a doll.
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16:28
Chapter 62
The chapter opens with the Undertaker reflecting on his memoir’s title, seeking input from the web novel otaku Oh Dok-seo. Oh Dok-seo harshly critiques his proposals, such as 'The Regressor's Epilogue' and 'The Infinite Regressor's Daily Café,' dismissing them as cringe-inducing. Frustrated by the generational gap in taste, the Undertaker concedes, promising not to interfere if Oh Dok-seo provides the final title, a decision he later regrets due to Oh Dok-seo’s questionable judgment. The narrative then shifts to the death of Jung Sang-guk, the former Mayor of Busan, who is revealed to be Lee Ha-yul’s biological father. The Undertaker intervenes just as Lee Ha-yul prepares to commit suicide out of grief or guilt over her role in his death. He persuades her to redirect her lethal talents toward protecting humanity from anomalies, arguing that her survival is crucial. Lee Ha-yul accepts this condition, provided the Undertaker makes no lies. He agrees, noting his own aversion to marriage and fatherhood makes the promise easy to keep. She joins his guild, and the text details her recurring recruitment across multiple regression cycles, where she serves as an A-class supporter. Initially, she resides in the guild hideout, though the Saintess refuses to host her, citing incompatible personalities. Around the 54th cycle, the Undertaker brings Noh Do-hwa, the Master Artisan, into the fold. He requests a prosthetic leg for Lee Ha-yul, who lacks physical legs entirely but suffers from phantom pain and curses. Noh Do-hwa, known for her blunt demeanor and unique ability to perceive lost body parts, examines Lee Ha-yul. Despite her usual impatience, she professionally measures the missing limbs and agrees to craft metal prosthetics. After a rushed five-day turnaround—shorter than the estimated month—Noh Do-hwa delivers the legs in a box engraved with Lee Ha-yul’s name. Upon fitting them, Lee Ha-yul stands for the first time since infancy, expressing profound gratitude to both Noh Do-hwa and the Undertaker. The chapter concludes with a reflective tone, noting that while Lee Ha-yul often used a wheelchair, there were moments, like watching a meteor shower, where she stood freely, destined to die as a human rather than a doll.
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63
Chapter 63
The narrator reflects on his 'early phase' of regressor life, defining runs 1–100 as childhood characterized by a romantic belief that eliminating anomalies would bring peace. During this period, he faced three major bosses: the Immortal Ten Legs (a regenerative octopus-head entity), the Immortal Udumbara (a World Tree fungus), and the Inescapable Meteor Shower (a continental-scale cosmic anomaly). The Ten Legs is dismissed as negligible by the 100th run, while the Udumbara was conquered early by locating its origin in Onyang. The narrative focuses on the Meteor Shower, which erased landmasses globally. The narrator recalls his 23rd run, where he discovered the corpse of Old Man Scho, his primary mentor. Distraught, he leaned on Dang Seo-rin, who could not remember their shared timeline but possessed magic that accumulated lifespan across regressions. He treated her as a substitute companion, organizing a guild to eradicate the Ten Legs. In the 7th year of that run, while walking barefoot on a beach, Dang Seo-rin pointed out the Meteor Shower, which the narrator initially mistook for beauty before realizing its threat. He fell asleep and regressed back to the start, waking up in Busan Station. Confused and disoriented, he witnessed Fairy No. 264 sever the head of Seo Gyu (SG Man), who had just yelled at him. Realizing he had been assassinated or poisoned during his sleep in the previous run, he vowed to live for himself but remained pragmatic, acknowledging the need for community. He immediately began strategizing security, criticizing Dang Seo-rin’s reliance on her own magical defenses. He insisted on fortifying her train headquarters into an 'Ultimate Weapon,' citing risks from hypnosis and assassination. Dang Seo-rin reluctantly agreed after he explained the necessity of layered magical and physical security. After drinking with her and admiring the obscured view of the meteor shower through fortified windows, the narrator slept again and regressed a second time, waking up to Fairy No. 264 and Seo Gyu’s familiar angry greeting, confirming the loop’s repetition.
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12:11
Chapter 63
The narrator reflects on his 'early phase' of regressor life, defining runs 1–100 as childhood characterized by a romantic belief that eliminating anomalies would bring peace. During this period, he faced three major bosses: the Immortal Ten Legs (a regenerative octopus-head entity), the Immortal Udumbara (a World Tree fungus), and the Inescapable Meteor Shower (a continental-scale cosmic anomaly). The Ten Legs is dismissed as negligible by the 100th run, while the Udumbara was conquered early by locating its origin in Onyang. The narrative focuses on the Meteor Shower, which erased landmasses globally. The narrator recalls his 23rd run, where he discovered the corpse of Old Man Scho, his primary mentor. Distraught, he leaned on Dang Seo-rin, who could not remember their shared timeline but possessed magic that accumulated lifespan across regressions. He treated her as a substitute companion, organizing a guild to eradicate the Ten Legs. In the 7th year of that run, while walking barefoot on a beach, Dang Seo-rin pointed out the Meteor Shower, which the narrator initially mistook for beauty before realizing its threat. He fell asleep and regressed back to the start, waking up in Busan Station. Confused and disoriented, he witnessed Fairy No. 264 sever the head of Seo Gyu (SG Man), who had just yelled at him. Realizing he had been assassinated or poisoned during his sleep in the previous run, he vowed to live for himself but remained pragmatic, acknowledging the need for community. He immediately began strategizing security, criticizing Dang Seo-rin’s reliance on her own magical defenses. He insisted on fortifying her train headquarters into an 'Ultimate Weapon,' citing risks from hypnosis and assassination. Dang Seo-rin reluctantly agreed after he explained the necessity of layered magical and physical security. After drinking with her and admiring the obscured view of the meteor shower through fortified windows, the narrator slept again and regressed a second time, waking up to Fairy No. 264 and Seo Gyu’s familiar angry greeting, confirming the loop’s repetition.
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64
Chapter 64
The narrative opens with the protagonist, the Undertaker (Go Yuir), in the 25th cycle of his regression, reflecting on his previous failures. He realizes that his elaborate defenses, including the fortress train and poison surveillance, were useless against an unconventional enemy. Recalling the events of the 24th cycle, he remembers a conversation with Dang Seo-rin during a meteor shower. He had suspected the stars were a threat but kept it secret to avoid revealing his regressor knowledge, causing tension between them. Determined to survive this time, he positioned himself atop Bongrae Mountain in Busan, surrounded by trap lines set by the Puppeteer, Lee Ha-yul, to detect any intrusion.
As he watches the sky, the meteor shower persists far longer than natural, intensifying into a heavy downpour of starlight. The protagonist identifies the phenomenon not as meteors but as monsters. Phase 1 begins as starlight descends; he notes that impacts in Gyeongsangnam-do are fatal, predicting the end of humanity. Phase 2 introduces an ethereal melody broadcasting a lullaby, specifically "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," which resonates with modern human DNA, causing widespread confusion and trance-like states among the populace. The protagonist recognizes this as a weaponized biological rhythm.
The situation escalates as the starlight converges over Busan, forming a bright white arc. The protagonist rushes to the Samcheon World guild headquarters. Dang Seo-rin initially dismisses the threat as a natural phenomenon but quickly adapts upon hearing the protagonist's explanation, demonstrating her sharp intellect. However, it is too late. The lullaby triggers a [Forced Sleep] effect, causing guild members and citizens to collapse unconscious. The protagonist, having resisted or avoided the full impact, verifies that the victims are asleep, not dead. He urges Dang Seo-rin to escape the city to report the anomaly, but the sky turns blindingly white, signaling Phase 4, the final attack. As the light overwhelms them, Dang Seo-rin acknowledges the protagonist's prior suspicions, apologizes for her earlier irritability, and they embrace. Overwhelmed by the heavy eyelids and the distorted, static-filled lullaby, both fall unconscious. The world is engulfed in white light, marking the protagonist's 25th annihilation.
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11:16
Chapter 64
The narrative opens with the protagonist, the Undertaker (Go Yuir), in the 25th cycle of his regression, reflecting on his previous failures. He realizes that his elaborate defenses, including the fortress train and poison surveillance, were useless against an unconventional enemy. Recalling the events of the 24th cycle, he remembers a conversation with Dang Seo-rin during a meteor shower. He had suspected the stars were a threat but kept it secret to avoid revealing his regressor knowledge, causing tension between them. Determined to survive this time, he positioned himself atop Bongrae Mountain in Busan, surrounded by trap lines set by the Puppeteer, Lee Ha-yul, to detect any intrusion.
As he watches the sky, the meteor shower persists far longer than natural, intensifying into a heavy downpour of starlight. The protagonist identifies the phenomenon not as meteors but as monsters. Phase 1 begins as starlight descends; he notes that impacts in Gyeongsangnam-do are fatal, predicting the end of humanity. Phase 2 introduces an ethereal melody broadcasting a lullaby, specifically "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," which resonates with modern human DNA, causing widespread confusion and trance-like states among the populace. The protagonist recognizes this as a weaponized biological rhythm.
The situation escalates as the starlight converges over Busan, forming a bright white arc. The protagonist rushes to the Samcheon World guild headquarters. Dang Seo-rin initially dismisses the threat as a natural phenomenon but quickly adapts upon hearing the protagonist's explanation, demonstrating her sharp intellect. However, it is too late. The lullaby triggers a [Forced Sleep] effect, causing guild members and citizens to collapse unconscious. The protagonist, having resisted or avoided the full impact, verifies that the victims are asleep, not dead. He urges Dang Seo-rin to escape the city to report the anomaly, but the sky turns blindingly white, signaling Phase 4, the final attack. As the light overwhelms them, Dang Seo-rin acknowledges the protagonist's prior suspicions, apologizes for her earlier irritability, and they embrace. Overwhelmed by the heavy eyelids and the distorted, static-filled lullaby, both fall unconscious. The world is engulfed in white light, marking the protagonist's 25th annihilation.
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65
Chapter 65
The Undertaker recounts the catastrophic history of the meteor shower, describing it as a top-class anomaly that caused total devastation. Upon touching the ground, starlight instantly evaporates all organic matter and most monsters into beautiful pure white ash, creating a 'Territory of Ashes' that expands globally over six years. By the fifth cycle, Seoul is wiped out, and the entire world becomes an ashland. The Undertaker, a regressor, reflects on his past failures in cycles 25 and 26, where he died witnessing the apocalypse. He realizes that hiding or escaping is futile; the habitable zone shrinks until no surface remains safe. Consequently, he adopts a strategy of endurance, repeatedly dying and resetting to gather intelligence, viewing the Korean Peninsula as a literal hell during the seventh year when the World Tree 'Udumbara' blooms and Cheon Yo-hwa attempts to create an academy city. He notes the spread of a cult worshipping the 'New Buddha' who claim belief grants immortality. Finding the difficulty insurmountable alone, he bides his time. A turning point arrives when he meets Oh Dok-seo, who claims the constellations and the Saintess are her creations. This alliance allows the Saintess to use her overwhelming awakening abilities—specifically Clairvoyance, Telepathy, and Time Stop—to turn the tide. The Saintess impersonates the constellations, issuing a global quest warning of the meteor shower's arrival in six years. The quest frames the reward as 'Survival' and failure as 'Death.' The Undertaker guides the Saintess to manipulate public perception by leaking information gradually through 'special' quests and hidden rewards, such as supply warehouses. Cheon Yo-hwa aids the deception by creating NPCs portraying themselves as refugees from destroyed worlds, warning of a song preceding the starlight. Their combined efforts—including the Saintess's psychological manipulation and the Undertaker's strategic resource distribution—successfully prepare Korean awakeners. A 'Meteor Shower Board' forms on the SG Net, fostering guild cooperation under the leadership of Dang Seo-rin. By the end of the year, all awakeners are unified and prepared for the impending attack, setting the stage for the regressor's final counterattack.
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12:10
Chapter 65
The Undertaker recounts the catastrophic history of the meteor shower, describing it as a top-class anomaly that caused total devastation. Upon touching the ground, starlight instantly evaporates all organic matter and most monsters into beautiful pure white ash, creating a 'Territory of Ashes' that expands globally over six years. By the fifth cycle, Seoul is wiped out, and the entire world becomes an ashland. The Undertaker, a regressor, reflects on his past failures in cycles 25 and 26, where he died witnessing the apocalypse. He realizes that hiding or escaping is futile; the habitable zone shrinks until no surface remains safe. Consequently, he adopts a strategy of endurance, repeatedly dying and resetting to gather intelligence, viewing the Korean Peninsula as a literal hell during the seventh year when the World Tree 'Udumbara' blooms and Cheon Yo-hwa attempts to create an academy city. He notes the spread of a cult worshipping the 'New Buddha' who claim belief grants immortality. Finding the difficulty insurmountable alone, he bides his time. A turning point arrives when he meets Oh Dok-seo, who claims the constellations and the Saintess are her creations. This alliance allows the Saintess to use her overwhelming awakening abilities—specifically Clairvoyance, Telepathy, and Time Stop—to turn the tide. The Saintess impersonates the constellations, issuing a global quest warning of the meteor shower's arrival in six years. The quest frames the reward as 'Survival' and failure as 'Death.' The Undertaker guides the Saintess to manipulate public perception by leaking information gradually through 'special' quests and hidden rewards, such as supply warehouses. Cheon Yo-hwa aids the deception by creating NPCs portraying themselves as refugees from destroyed worlds, warning of a song preceding the starlight. Their combined efforts—including the Saintess's psychological manipulation and the Undertaker's strategic resource distribution—successfully prepare Korean awakeners. A 'Meteor Shower Board' forms on the SG Net, fostering guild cooperation under the leadership of Dang Seo-rin. By the end of the year, all awakeners are unified and prepared for the impending attack, setting the stage for the regressor's final counterattack.
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66
Chapter 66
The narrator, Go Yuir (Undertaker), reflects on his unique role as a master of 'Sword Force' who deliberately fosters the 'Korean Awakeners Alliance' rather than fighting alone. He notes that the alliance members revere him as a Grandmaster due to his free training and immense power, despite his claim to be a pushover. He maintains a 'Super Subordinate' dynamic, ensuring loyalty without demanding repayment, a strategy reinforced by his connections with Dang Seo-rin and Noh Do-hwa. The scene shifts to the Gimhae plains at dusk, where Yuir, Dang Seo-rin, and hundreds of other awakeners gather. The atmosphere is tense but masked by casual banter about dating and history, a psychological tactic to maintain composure before the impending battle. The sky darkens unnaturally as the 'Meteor Shower' anomaly arrives, its starlight acting as a hypnosis-inducing spell. Yuir reveals that the anomaly grows stronger the more humans observe it, necessitating a rapid strike. Dang Seo-rin begins a complex incantation, utilizing the 'Cursed Song' and pre-enchanted radios as magical mediums to extend her song's range. The radio signal coordinates the 700 elite combatants, who all hold brooms. Despite a brief question about the unconventional weapon, Dang Seo-rin confirms that witches require brooms for flight. At Yuir’s command, the alliance members leap into the sky, initiating the first phase of the subjugation against the Continental-class anomaly.
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12:26
Chapter 66
The narrator, Go Yuir (Undertaker), reflects on his unique role as a master of 'Sword Force' who deliberately fosters the 'Korean Awakeners Alliance' rather than fighting alone. He notes that the alliance members revere him as a Grandmaster due to his free training and immense power, despite his claim to be a pushover. He maintains a 'Super Subordinate' dynamic, ensuring loyalty without demanding repayment, a strategy reinforced by his connections with Dang Seo-rin and Noh Do-hwa. The scene shifts to the Gimhae plains at dusk, where Yuir, Dang Seo-rin, and hundreds of other awakeners gather. The atmosphere is tense but masked by casual banter about dating and history, a psychological tactic to maintain composure before the impending battle. The sky darkens unnaturally as the 'Meteor Shower' anomaly arrives, its starlight acting as a hypnosis-inducing spell. Yuir reveals that the anomaly grows stronger the more humans observe it, necessitating a rapid strike. Dang Seo-rin begins a complex incantation, utilizing the 'Cursed Song' and pre-enchanted radios as magical mediums to extend her song's range. The radio signal coordinates the 700 elite combatants, who all hold brooms. Despite a brief question about the unconventional weapon, Dang Seo-rin confirms that witches require brooms for flight. At Yuir’s command, the alliance members leap into the sky, initiating the first phase of the subjugation against the Continental-class anomaly.
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67
Chapter 67
The narrative begins with the ascent of seven hundred awakeners riding cheap brooms into the night sky, a tactic born of necessity to combat the top-class anomaly known as the Meteor Shower. While most awakeners suffer from vertigo and fear, screaming as they climb, the narrator—identified as Undertaker (Go Yuir)—and Dang Seo-rin, leader of the Samcheon World guild, lead the vanguard with proficiency. They ascend past 4,000 meters, entering a dark, oppressive void where the Meteor Shower resides, appearing as stationary starlight. Altitude readings become erratic due to the anomaly's influence. Inside this void, Dang Seo-rin sings the fourth melody of the Cursed Song to provide body reinforcement, protecting the unit from the cold and pressure. Jeong Ye-ji, the Saintess, warns Undertaker that their altimeters are malfunctioning wildly. Upon reaching the target altitude, Undertaker organizes the combat teams, instructing them to form up within 40 seconds. Dang Seo-rin then deploys the fifth melody, 'Mirror of All Things,' creating translucent mirrors around the squad. Seven hundred awakeners unleash their auras into these mirrors, which reflect and amplify the energy forward in a cascading chain, shattering the mirrors but concentrating the firepower. Yu Ji-won reports low loss rates as the teams pass their charges through the chain. Undertaker stands at the forefront, channeling the amassed storm of auras, his own ink-black soul energy dyeing the colorful stream. As he prepares to fire, Jeong Ye-ji uses 'Time Stop' to micromanage his aim, correcting his position millimeters at a time to ensure a direct hit. With the Saintess’s guidance, Undertaker releases the concentrated aura storm. The Meteor Shower reacts, attempting to sing its lullaby to induce sleep, but Dang Seo-rin counters with the sixth melody, 'Antiresonance,' creating a silent zone. In this window of silence, Undertaker’s attack pierces through the anomaly’s defenses. The chapter concludes with the meteor shower’s descending starlight colliding with the ascending strike from the ground, marking the climax of the assault.
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13:36
Chapter 67
The narrative begins with the ascent of seven hundred awakeners riding cheap brooms into the night sky, a tactic born of necessity to combat the top-class anomaly known as the Meteor Shower. While most awakeners suffer from vertigo and fear, screaming as they climb, the narrator—identified as Undertaker (Go Yuir)—and Dang Seo-rin, leader of the Samcheon World guild, lead the vanguard with proficiency. They ascend past 4,000 meters, entering a dark, oppressive void where the Meteor Shower resides, appearing as stationary starlight. Altitude readings become erratic due to the anomaly's influence. Inside this void, Dang Seo-rin sings the fourth melody of the Cursed Song to provide body reinforcement, protecting the unit from the cold and pressure. Jeong Ye-ji, the Saintess, warns Undertaker that their altimeters are malfunctioning wildly. Upon reaching the target altitude, Undertaker organizes the combat teams, instructing them to form up within 40 seconds. Dang Seo-rin then deploys the fifth melody, 'Mirror of All Things,' creating translucent mirrors around the squad. Seven hundred awakeners unleash their auras into these mirrors, which reflect and amplify the energy forward in a cascading chain, shattering the mirrors but concentrating the firepower. Yu Ji-won reports low loss rates as the teams pass their charges through the chain. Undertaker stands at the forefront, channeling the amassed storm of auras, his own ink-black soul energy dyeing the colorful stream. As he prepares to fire, Jeong Ye-ji uses 'Time Stop' to micromanage his aim, correcting his position millimeters at a time to ensure a direct hit. With the Saintess’s guidance, Undertaker releases the concentrated aura storm. The Meteor Shower reacts, attempting to sing its lullaby to induce sleep, but Dang Seo-rin counters with the sixth melody, 'Antiresonance,' creating a silent zone. In this window of silence, Undertaker’s attack pierces through the anomaly’s defenses. The chapter concludes with the meteor shower’s descending starlight colliding with the ascending strike from the ground, marking the climax of the assault.
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68
Chapter 68
The chapter opens with a reflection on the Gimhae Plain, once a fertile area now scarred by urban development and anomalous interference. The narrator recalls a mysterious bombing event from seven years ago, coinciding with his arrival as a regressor in Busan Station. Various rumors swirl—shelling, a gate opening, or a secret facility explosion—but the truth remains lost to the void. The narrative then shifts to the present: the narrator, identified as Mr. Undertaker, regains consciousness after fainting during the battle against the continental-class anomaly, the Meteor Shower. The Saintess of National Salvation, Jeong Ye-ji, notes he was only unconscious for a second, revealing her use of 'Time Stop' to monitor the battlefield. She alerts him to a critical development: while the Meteor Shower was successfully torn apart, it did not vanish. Instead, its body shattered into countless fragments of pure starlight that are now raining down toward the Korean Peninsula. Unlike typical anomalies that dissipate, these fragments are expanding across the airspace, threatening to engulf the entire country if not stopped. While the seven hundred awakeners celebrate their historic victory, only Undertaker and the Saintess recognize the impending disaster. Undertaker, aware of previous cycle failures, orders all units to engage the falling debris. The Saintess issues an urgent quest via the constellations: 'Prevent the Meteor Carnival,' with survival as the reward and the destruction of the Korean Peninsula as the penalty. The awakeners dive from the sky to intercept the fragments. The battle is fierce; Dang Seo-rin uses the Seventh Melody, 'Rapid,' burning her lifespan to accelerate the broom-riders' descent. Many squad members sacrifice themselves, their bodies turning to ash as they embrace the starlight fragments to destroy them. Multiple squads are annihilated in the process. As the sky clears and night fades into a dramatic sunset, Undertaker loses consciousness again. He wakes up in freefall, realizing he has lost his broom. Dang Seo-rin is falling with him, holding him in her arms. Amidst the descent, she confesses her love for humanity and admits that while she hated people before, their actions today made her believe in them. She asks him if he hates her; he replies he does not. She urges him to love humanity, just as she does. As the inverted sunset fills the horizon, they fall together. The epilogue notes that from the 43rd cycle onward, better measures were devised, allowing the survivors to return safely, but this specific chapter ends with the beauty of the sacrifice and the red sky.
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18:08
Chapter 68
The chapter opens with a reflection on the Gimhae Plain, once a fertile area now scarred by urban development and anomalous interference. The narrator recalls a mysterious bombing event from seven years ago, coinciding with his arrival as a regressor in Busan Station. Various rumors swirl—shelling, a gate opening, or a secret facility explosion—but the truth remains lost to the void. The narrative then shifts to the present: the narrator, identified as Mr. Undertaker, regains consciousness after fainting during the battle against the continental-class anomaly, the Meteor Shower. The Saintess of National Salvation, Jeong Ye-ji, notes he was only unconscious for a second, revealing her use of 'Time Stop' to monitor the battlefield. She alerts him to a critical development: while the Meteor Shower was successfully torn apart, it did not vanish. Instead, its body shattered into countless fragments of pure starlight that are now raining down toward the Korean Peninsula. Unlike typical anomalies that dissipate, these fragments are expanding across the airspace, threatening to engulf the entire country if not stopped. While the seven hundred awakeners celebrate their historic victory, only Undertaker and the Saintess recognize the impending disaster. Undertaker, aware of previous cycle failures, orders all units to engage the falling debris. The Saintess issues an urgent quest via the constellations: 'Prevent the Meteor Carnival,' with survival as the reward and the destruction of the Korean Peninsula as the penalty. The awakeners dive from the sky to intercept the fragments. The battle is fierce; Dang Seo-rin uses the Seventh Melody, 'Rapid,' burning her lifespan to accelerate the broom-riders' descent. Many squad members sacrifice themselves, their bodies turning to ash as they embrace the starlight fragments to destroy them. Multiple squads are annihilated in the process. As the sky clears and night fades into a dramatic sunset, Undertaker loses consciousness again. He wakes up in freefall, realizing he has lost his broom. Dang Seo-rin is falling with him, holding him in her arms. Amidst the descent, she confesses her love for humanity and admits that while she hated people before, their actions today made her believe in them. She asks him if he hates her; he replies he does not. She urges him to love humanity, just as she does. As the inverted sunset fills the horizon, they fall together. The epilogue notes that from the 43rd cycle onward, better measures were devised, allowing the survivors to return safely, but this specific chapter ends with the beauty of the sacrifice and the red sky.
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Chapter 69
The narrator reflects on his tendency to focus on Dang Seo-rin but shifts attention to Sim Ah-ryeon, revealing her personal life. Sim Ah-ryeon, known online as the troll 'OldManGoryeo,' is introduced as a talented artist and healer with the 'Grudge Orb' ability. She greets the narrator, holding an easel, and explains her intention to paint landscapes at the Han River. The narrator assists her, noting her swift and impressive painting skills, which he recognizes as genuine talent despite her abrasive online persona. The narrative then transitions to the state of the Korean Peninsula during the 95th cycle. Thanks to the narrator's regression knowledge and the 'Growing as an Awakener' game system facilitated by Jeong Ye-ji, awakeners have advanced rapidly. Strategies against anomalies like the Meteor Shower are refined; for instance, Dang Seo-rin developed 'Heavenly Net' magic to catch debris. Awakeners are growing stronger, but the narrator notes the risks: the corruption of the Saintess into the 'Executioner' and the acceleration of global threats. While painting, Sim Ah-ryeon awkwardly asks the narrator to delay the subjugation of the Meteor Shower so she can paint it, citing the aesthetic value of its destruction. The narrator, initially shocked by the absurdity, recalls how she previously painted the 'Ten Legs' (a crawling Cthulhu-like entity), which went viral on SG Net. Despite her usual trolling, her realistic anomaly sketches were praised by high-ranking users like Go Yuri and Cheon Yo-hwa, validating her artistic talent. Seeing her joy at the positive reception, the narrator has a sudden epiphany. He places a hand on her shoulder and asks if she has ever considered becoming a constellation, leaving Sim Ah-ryeon confused.
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13:54
Chapter 69
The narrator reflects on his tendency to focus on Dang Seo-rin but shifts attention to Sim Ah-ryeon, revealing her personal life. Sim Ah-ryeon, known online as the troll 'OldManGoryeo,' is introduced as a talented artist and healer with the 'Grudge Orb' ability. She greets the narrator, holding an easel, and explains her intention to paint landscapes at the Han River. The narrator assists her, noting her swift and impressive painting skills, which he recognizes as genuine talent despite her abrasive online persona. The narrative then transitions to the state of the Korean Peninsula during the 95th cycle. Thanks to the narrator's regression knowledge and the 'Growing as an Awakener' game system facilitated by Jeong Ye-ji, awakeners have advanced rapidly. Strategies against anomalies like the Meteor Shower are refined; for instance, Dang Seo-rin developed 'Heavenly Net' magic to catch debris. Awakeners are growing stronger, but the narrator notes the risks: the corruption of the Saintess into the 'Executioner' and the acceleration of global threats. While painting, Sim Ah-ryeon awkwardly asks the narrator to delay the subjugation of the Meteor Shower so she can paint it, citing the aesthetic value of its destruction. The narrator, initially shocked by the absurdity, recalls how she previously painted the 'Ten Legs' (a crawling Cthulhu-like entity), which went viral on SG Net. Despite her usual trolling, her realistic anomaly sketches were praised by high-ranking users like Go Yuri and Cheon Yo-hwa, validating her artistic talent. Seeing her joy at the positive reception, the narrator has a sudden epiphany. He places a hand on her shoulder and asks if she has ever considered becoming a constellation, leaving Sim Ah-ryeon confused.
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Chapter 70
The Undertaker (mc_narration) reflects on the 'Regression Alliance,' a secret society formed during his dozens of regressions, comprising himself, the Saintess (jeong_ye_ji), and Noh Do-hwa, who control the peninsula's spiritual and material resources. He introduces Sim Ah-ryeon (sim_ah_ryeon), revealing to her that his power stems not from luck but from regression. Sim Ah-ryeon, initially shocked, becomes relieved and intrigued. The Undertaker proposes a new strategy: to monopolize information safely, he will create a new constellation persona, 'The Librarian of the Great Library,' to distribute anomaly strategy guides via SG Net. He recruits Sim Ah-ryeon as the co-moderator, leveraging her artistic skills to create illustrations for an 'Encyclopedia of Anomalies.'
The Undertaker and Sim Ah-ryeon spend half a year gathering data on anomalies like 'Ten Legs' and 'Udumbara' to populate the encyclopedia. Upon SG Net's launch, the 'Encyclopedia' board is highlighted in red. Sim Ah-ryeon, initially nervous about managing the community and 'fooling' so many, is reassured by the Undertaker. The plan succeeds as users begin reporting verified anomaly encounters and strategies. A pivotal moment occurs when the 'Librarian' account doxes a non-member, exposing his identity and guild affiliation. This display of omniscience terrifies users, eliminating skepticism and cementing the Librarian's authority. Sim Ah-ryeon embraces her role, energetically managing the board and encouraging information sharing. However, the chapter ends with a minor error: Sim Ah-ryeon accidentally posts a comment under the Librarian account instead of her own, causing a brief panic as members screenshot the mix-up, reminding the Undertaker to enforce stricter operational protocols in future cycles.
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13:50
Chapter 70
The Undertaker (mc_narration) reflects on the 'Regression Alliance,' a secret society formed during his dozens of regressions, comprising himself, the Saintess (jeong_ye_ji), and Noh Do-hwa, who control the peninsula's spiritual and material resources. He introduces Sim Ah-ryeon (sim_ah_ryeon), revealing to her that his power stems not from luck but from regression. Sim Ah-ryeon, initially shocked, becomes relieved and intrigued. The Undertaker proposes a new strategy: to monopolize information safely, he will create a new constellation persona, 'The Librarian of the Great Library,' to distribute anomaly strategy guides via SG Net. He recruits Sim Ah-ryeon as the co-moderator, leveraging her artistic skills to create illustrations for an 'Encyclopedia of Anomalies.'
The Undertaker and Sim Ah-ryeon spend half a year gathering data on anomalies like 'Ten Legs' and 'Udumbara' to populate the encyclopedia. Upon SG Net's launch, the 'Encyclopedia' board is highlighted in red. Sim Ah-ryeon, initially nervous about managing the community and 'fooling' so many, is reassured by the Undertaker. The plan succeeds as users begin reporting verified anomaly encounters and strategies. A pivotal moment occurs when the 'Librarian' account doxes a non-member, exposing his identity and guild affiliation. This display of omniscience terrifies users, eliminating skepticism and cementing the Librarian's authority. Sim Ah-ryeon embraces her role, energetically managing the board and encouraging information sharing. However, the chapter ends with a minor error: Sim Ah-ryeon accidentally posts a comment under the Librarian account instead of her own, causing a brief panic as members screenshot the mix-up, reminding the Undertaker to enforce stricter operational protocols in future cycles.
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Chapter 71
The chapter opens with the Narrator reflecting on a past interaction with Oh Dok-seo during a previous regression loop (run 562). Oh Dok-seo, exhibiting symptoms of 'Chuunibyou' (a fictional delusion of having special powers or secret identities), expressed a strong fascination with the 'Library Society,' a mysterious organization rumored to combat anomalies. She asked the Narrator how to join, praising the group's cool, secretive image, noting their presence in the SG Net's Encyclopedia of Anomalies. The Narrator, adopting the persona of an older, knowledgeable figure, agreed to explain. He detailed the Library Society's history, claiming it was an ancient, hidden organization with global branches, including one in Cheorwon, Korea. He described their hierarchy, ranging from Knight to Duke, and their mission to eradicate anomalies using specialized 'Librarians.' He mentioned the 'Black Notebook,' a prophecy book containing predictions of the world's end. Oh Dok-seo was captivated by the noble titles and the romantic notion of secret librarians fighting darkness. However, the Narrator abruptly revealed the truth: the Library Society does not exist. He declared himself to be the founder, the Duke of the Black Library, and the master of the Great Library. He explained that he created the myth to amuse himself, a common tactic for an SSS-class Regressor who has manipulated events for thousands of years. The origin of this fabrication, he recounted, traces back to the 46th run. Inspired by his work maintaining radio broadcasts in East Asia (such as 'Nymphcalypse'), he encountered an anomalous radio broadcast from North America in the 1950s era. The radio, a Zenith K731, transmitted messages from 'Zone 7' of a 'Foundation.' The voice, belonging to Martin Russell, a chief director, reported the fall of the zone to a dragon entity, noting that nuclear weapons were ineffective. The narration explains that electronic devices often become 'contaminated' by anomalies, mimicking human speech or launching mental attacks. This particular broadcast was a genuine, desperate plea from a trapped survivor, claiming only six people remained in Bunker 24 on Molokai Island, Hawaii. The Narrator found the authenticity of the voice intriguing, contrasting it with typical anomalous static, and notes the entities were converging on North America rather than spreading globally, leaving the fate of the Foundation and the true nature of the anomaly unresolved within his memory.
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Chapter 71
The chapter opens with the Narrator reflecting on a past interaction with Oh Dok-seo during a previous regression loop (run 562). Oh Dok-seo, exhibiting symptoms of 'Chuunibyou' (a fictional delusion of having special powers or secret identities), expressed a strong fascination with the 'Library Society,' a mysterious organization rumored to combat anomalies. She asked the Narrator how to join, praising the group's cool, secretive image, noting their presence in the SG Net's Encyclopedia of Anomalies. The Narrator, adopting the persona of an older, knowledgeable figure, agreed to explain. He detailed the Library Society's history, claiming it was an ancient, hidden organization with global branches, including one in Cheorwon, Korea. He described their hierarchy, ranging from Knight to Duke, and their mission to eradicate anomalies using specialized 'Librarians.' He mentioned the 'Black Notebook,' a prophecy book containing predictions of the world's end. Oh Dok-seo was captivated by the noble titles and the romantic notion of secret librarians fighting darkness. However, the Narrator abruptly revealed the truth: the Library Society does not exist. He declared himself to be the founder, the Duke of the Black Library, and the master of the Great Library. He explained that he created the myth to amuse himself, a common tactic for an SSS-class Regressor who has manipulated events for thousands of years. The origin of this fabrication, he recounted, traces back to the 46th run. Inspired by his work maintaining radio broadcasts in East Asia (such as 'Nymphcalypse'), he encountered an anomalous radio broadcast from North America in the 1950s era. The radio, a Zenith K731, transmitted messages from 'Zone 7' of a 'Foundation.' The voice, belonging to Martin Russell, a chief director, reported the fall of the zone to a dragon entity, noting that nuclear weapons were ineffective. The narration explains that electronic devices often become 'contaminated' by anomalies, mimicking human speech or launching mental attacks. This particular broadcast was a genuine, desperate plea from a trapped survivor, claiming only six people remained in Bunker 24 on Molokai Island, Hawaii. The Narrator found the authenticity of the voice intriguing, contrasting it with typical anomalous static, and notes the entities were converging on North America rather than spreading globally, leaving the fate of the Foundation and the true nature of the anomaly unresolved within his memory.
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Chapter 72
In the 562nd run, mc reflects on his 46th run's naivety regarding global travel, contrasting it with his current access to the "Foundation Broadcast," a mysterious radio signal from Martin Russell in Hawaii. The broadcast is unique to the Zenith K731 radio and remains silent if anyone other than mc listens, leading to skepticism from Sim Ah-ryeon and Jeong Ye-ji, who suspect mc is playing a prank. Mc notes the broadcast's content shifts with each cycle, revealing details about world-ending anomalies like "The Great Dragon" or "Moonlight," which serve as inspiration for mc's own classification system.
Mc explains to Oh Dok-seo the rationale behind the "Library Society," a fictional organization used to standardize anomaly threat levels for clarity. He details Levels 1 through 5: Village-class (local threat), Polis-class (city destruction, e.g., Ten Legs), Continent-class (species extinction, e.g., Udumbara tree), Ocean-class (planetary devastation, e.g., Asura), and Outer God-class (the ultimate enemies). Oh Dok-seo is horrified by the scale, particularly regarding the skipped 558th run, but mc reassures her with a fabricated training curriculum to hide the truth of her past failures.
As Oh Dok-seo leaves, the Zenith radio crackles with Martin Russell's latest despair, reporting a zombie virus in California and nuclear missile misdirections. The narrative then jumps to the 924th run. Seo Gyu alerts mc to a surge in traffic on the Library Society board on SG Net. Sim Ah-ryeon has seemingly expanded the board into an "Encyclopedia of Anomalies," complete with accurate illustrations that are impossible to delete due to an entity called "Illustrator." The posts are being generated rapidly in multiple languages, with anonymous contributors like "Burning Artist V" and "Cheon Hae-gak M" enforcing strict, bizarre rules, such as punishing Viscount Seo Hwa-ga (Jeong Ye-ji) for viewing illustrations. Jeong Ye-ji attempts to track the source but fails, as her Clairvoyance cannot identify the users, suggesting the posts are being generated by anomalies or an unknown entity accessing SG Net. mc is left unsettled by the realization that his fictional setting has autonomously evolved into a dangerous reality, highlighting the persistent unknowns even after hundreds of cycles.
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Chapter 72
In the 562nd run, mc reflects on his 46th run's naivety regarding global travel, contrasting it with his current access to the "Foundation Broadcast," a mysterious radio signal from Martin Russell in Hawaii. The broadcast is unique to the Zenith K731 radio and remains silent if anyone other than mc listens, leading to skepticism from Sim Ah-ryeon and Jeong Ye-ji, who suspect mc is playing a prank. Mc notes the broadcast's content shifts with each cycle, revealing details about world-ending anomalies like "The Great Dragon" or "Moonlight," which serve as inspiration for mc's own classification system.
Mc explains to Oh Dok-seo the rationale behind the "Library Society," a fictional organization used to standardize anomaly threat levels for clarity. He details Levels 1 through 5: Village-class (local threat), Polis-class (city destruction, e.g., Ten Legs), Continent-class (species extinction, e.g., Udumbara tree), Ocean-class (planetary devastation, e.g., Asura), and Outer God-class (the ultimate enemies). Oh Dok-seo is horrified by the scale, particularly regarding the skipped 558th run, but mc reassures her with a fabricated training curriculum to hide the truth of her past failures.
As Oh Dok-seo leaves, the Zenith radio crackles with Martin Russell's latest despair, reporting a zombie virus in California and nuclear missile misdirections. The narrative then jumps to the 924th run. Seo Gyu alerts mc to a surge in traffic on the Library Society board on SG Net. Sim Ah-ryeon has seemingly expanded the board into an "Encyclopedia of Anomalies," complete with accurate illustrations that are impossible to delete due to an entity called "Illustrator." The posts are being generated rapidly in multiple languages, with anonymous contributors like "Burning Artist V" and "Cheon Hae-gak M" enforcing strict, bizarre rules, such as punishing Viscount Seo Hwa-ga (Jeong Ye-ji) for viewing illustrations. Jeong Ye-ji attempts to track the source but fails, as her Clairvoyance cannot identify the users, suggesting the posts are being generated by anomalies or an unknown entity accessing SG Net. mc is left unsettled by the realization that his fictional setting has autonomously evolved into a dangerous reality, highlighting the persistent unknowns even after hundreds of cycles.
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Chapter 73
The narrator, identifying himself as the Undertaker, reflects on his history as a mastermind who established the National Road Management Corps, SG Net, and various front organizations. He admits that his narrative is defined more by colossal failures than successes and uses this context to recount a specific blunder involving the creation of a cavalry unit, inspired by the 'Charge of the Rohirrim' in *The Lord of the Rings*. He recalls acquiring the film after being scolded by Sim Ah-ryeon for not having seen it, a decision that sparked his obsession with cavalry. During a Regressor Alliance meeting, he proposed raising horses as a fuel-independent transport solution, citing rapidly depleting fuel reserves. Noh Do-hwa, commander of the National Road Management Corps, questioned the logistics of breeding horses in a void-infested world. The Undertaker clarified that he did not want ordinary horses but genetically mutated, superior creatures capable of endurance and combat, to be created using void anomalies. He presented a presentation where he outlined the plan to use Gremlins as an alternative, but when Do-hwa expressed skepticism about horse breeding, he revealed his intent to use the void itself to accelerate evolution. Sim Ah-ryeon intervened, noting that the Undertaker had previously proposed a 'Howl’s Moving Castle' style steampunk fortress, which made the horse idea seem relatively more acceptable, and advised Do-hwa to concede. The Undertaker then proceeded to establish 'Idea Ranch' near Daesan-myeon. He cleared out local anomaly hybrids, the 'Slogoblin' and 'Goblime,' and personally ferried over 200 horses from Jeju Island using an aura-coated oar, accepting only 500ml of oil from Do-hwa. He also negotiated with the Magical Girl Association in Japan to import four high-quality racehorses, rowing back across the East Sea without fuel. He invited Noh Do-hwa, Seo Gyu, and Sim Ah-ryeon to inspect the ranch half a year later. During the safari truck ride, the mood was tense; Do-hwa appeared mournful, likely due to the Undertaker's fabricated excuse that Sim Ah-ryeon had a cold, preventing her from attending. The group arrived at the ranch, and the Undertaker activated the truck’s horn, mimicking the cavalry charge sound effect. As the horn blared, Do-hwa whispered her resignation, saying, 'God damn it,' acknowledging the inevitable, albeit chaotic, success of the undertaking.
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13:22
Chapter 73
The narrator, identifying himself as the Undertaker, reflects on his history as a mastermind who established the National Road Management Corps, SG Net, and various front organizations. He admits that his narrative is defined more by colossal failures than successes and uses this context to recount a specific blunder involving the creation of a cavalry unit, inspired by the 'Charge of the Rohirrim' in *The Lord of the Rings*. He recalls acquiring the film after being scolded by Sim Ah-ryeon for not having seen it, a decision that sparked his obsession with cavalry. During a Regressor Alliance meeting, he proposed raising horses as a fuel-independent transport solution, citing rapidly depleting fuel reserves. Noh Do-hwa, commander of the National Road Management Corps, questioned the logistics of breeding horses in a void-infested world. The Undertaker clarified that he did not want ordinary horses but genetically mutated, superior creatures capable of endurance and combat, to be created using void anomalies. He presented a presentation where he outlined the plan to use Gremlins as an alternative, but when Do-hwa expressed skepticism about horse breeding, he revealed his intent to use the void itself to accelerate evolution. Sim Ah-ryeon intervened, noting that the Undertaker had previously proposed a 'Howl’s Moving Castle' style steampunk fortress, which made the horse idea seem relatively more acceptable, and advised Do-hwa to concede. The Undertaker then proceeded to establish 'Idea Ranch' near Daesan-myeon. He cleared out local anomaly hybrids, the 'Slogoblin' and 'Goblime,' and personally ferried over 200 horses from Jeju Island using an aura-coated oar, accepting only 500ml of oil from Do-hwa. He also negotiated with the Magical Girl Association in Japan to import four high-quality racehorses, rowing back across the East Sea without fuel. He invited Noh Do-hwa, Seo Gyu, and Sim Ah-ryeon to inspect the ranch half a year later. During the safari truck ride, the mood was tense; Do-hwa appeared mournful, likely due to the Undertaker's fabricated excuse that Sim Ah-ryeon had a cold, preventing her from attending. The group arrived at the ranch, and the Undertaker activated the truck’s horn, mimicking the cavalry charge sound effect. As the horn blared, Do-hwa whispered her resignation, saying, 'God damn it,' acknowledging the inevitable, albeit chaotic, success of the undertaking.
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Chapter 74
The Undertaker, acting as a guide rather than a guild leader, transports Noh Do-hwa, Sim Ah-ryeon, and Seo Gyu to Idea Ranch in a modified safari truck. He prepares snacks for the outing, aiming to bond with the group. Upon arrival, Sim Ah-ryeon expresses excitement about the trip, noting it is her first time being invited out by someone she considers a 'hyung.' However, the group is immediately unnerved by the ranch's fortress-like appearance, featuring a ten-meter-high barbed wire fence and concrete walls. The Undertaker dismisses these as secondary attributes, insisting on the ranch's true essence, and opens the heavy gate while simultaneously locking the truck's windows with iron bars, claiming it is for safety. This causes Sim Ah-ryeon and Seo Gyu to sweat nervously, though the Undertaker remains cheerful.
The safari tour begins, introducing the ranch's 'horses,' which are clearly mutated creatures resembling dinosaurs. The first horse, Kkingkki, walks on two hunched legs and has green skin, prompting Noh Do-hwa to identify it as a dinosaur. The Undertaker denies this, but Seo Gyu excitedly corrects Noh Do-hwa, explaining it is a Velociraptor, and lectures them on *Jurassic Park*, much to Noh Do-hwa’s horror. Next, they observe Byojoki, a three-horned horse resembling a Triceratops, and Kongkongi, a head-butting horse resembling a Pachycephalosaurus. Noh Do-hwa comments on the crude nature of the names while the Undertaker proudly defends the animals' aesthetics.
The tour culminates with the introduction of Keongkeongi, the ranch's prized specimen. The Undertaker coerces Sim Ah-ryeon out of the truck by threatening to expose her online identity as 'OldManGoryeo' on SG Net. Once outside, he throws a goat leg into the forest to lure Keongkeongi, who emerges as a massive, carnivorous predator with powerful hind legs. The creature roars like a T-Rex, causing Sim Ah-ryeon to faint from the overwhelming sight. The Undertaker embraces the beast, calling it his child, while Noh Do-hwa critically notes that he is overpowering a T-Rex with brute strength. Despite the terrifying nature of the animals, the group returns, and Noh Do-hwa proposes breeding 1,000 Keongkeongis for a cavalry unit. In the epilogue, the National Road Management Corps rejects the carnivorous Keongkeongi due to its high meat consumption (100kg/day) and instead selects the docile, low-maintenance Kongkongi for military mounts. The Undertaker laments the loss of 'romance' in cavalry warfare, leaving him to ride Keongkeongi alone into the sunset. Noh Do-hwa admits to watching six *Jurassic World* movies, confirming her isolation from modern culture.
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Chapter 74
The Undertaker, acting as a guide rather than a guild leader, transports Noh Do-hwa, Sim Ah-ryeon, and Seo Gyu to Idea Ranch in a modified safari truck. He prepares snacks for the outing, aiming to bond with the group. Upon arrival, Sim Ah-ryeon expresses excitement about the trip, noting it is her first time being invited out by someone she considers a 'hyung.' However, the group is immediately unnerved by the ranch's fortress-like appearance, featuring a ten-meter-high barbed wire fence and concrete walls. The Undertaker dismisses these as secondary attributes, insisting on the ranch's true essence, and opens the heavy gate while simultaneously locking the truck's windows with iron bars, claiming it is for safety. This causes Sim Ah-ryeon and Seo Gyu to sweat nervously, though the Undertaker remains cheerful.
The safari tour begins, introducing the ranch's 'horses,' which are clearly mutated creatures resembling dinosaurs. The first horse, Kkingkki, walks on two hunched legs and has green skin, prompting Noh Do-hwa to identify it as a dinosaur. The Undertaker denies this, but Seo Gyu excitedly corrects Noh Do-hwa, explaining it is a Velociraptor, and lectures them on *Jurassic Park*, much to Noh Do-hwa’s horror. Next, they observe Byojoki, a three-horned horse resembling a Triceratops, and Kongkongi, a head-butting horse resembling a Pachycephalosaurus. Noh Do-hwa comments on the crude nature of the names while the Undertaker proudly defends the animals' aesthetics.
The tour culminates with the introduction of Keongkeongi, the ranch's prized specimen. The Undertaker coerces Sim Ah-ryeon out of the truck by threatening to expose her online identity as 'OldManGoryeo' on SG Net. Once outside, he throws a goat leg into the forest to lure Keongkeongi, who emerges as a massive, carnivorous predator with powerful hind legs. The creature roars like a T-Rex, causing Sim Ah-ryeon to faint from the overwhelming sight. The Undertaker embraces the beast, calling it his child, while Noh Do-hwa critically notes that he is overpowering a T-Rex with brute strength. Despite the terrifying nature of the animals, the group returns, and Noh Do-hwa proposes breeding 1,000 Keongkeongis for a cavalry unit. In the epilogue, the National Road Management Corps rejects the carnivorous Keongkeongi due to its high meat consumption (100kg/day) and instead selects the docile, low-maintenance Kongkongi for military mounts. The Undertaker laments the loss of 'romance' in cavalry warfare, leaving him to ride Keongkeongi alone into the sunset. Noh Do-hwa admits to watching six *Jurassic World* movies, confirming her isolation from modern culture.
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Chapter 75
The chapter opens with the MC reflecting on his preference for alien invasion and disaster movies, such as 'War of the Worlds' and 'Mars Attacks!', noting that their historical inaccuracy—lacking real-world elements like Awakeners—makes them enjoyable fantasy rather than realistic thrillers. Sim Ah-ryeon and Seo Gyu critique these films for their logical flaws, such as aliens failing to scout Earth or having flimsy lower bodies easily cut by aura blades. The MC contrasts this with 'Annihilation,' which he feels accurately depicts the void, before introducing the 'Achilles Cliché': the trope where invincible aliens possess a specific, often ridiculous weakness. He notes that real anomalies rarely offer such mercy, though rare exceptions exist.
The narrative shifts to a recollection from the 98th cycle. A meteor shower, coinciding with the continent-class anomaly 'Meteor Shower' ravaging South Gyeongsang Province, drew attention when a specific object fell into the Yamato Basin of the East Sea. Initially dismissed as a regular rock or a recurrence of the anomaly, the event was largely ignored by the busy MC until he visited Kanazawa, Japan, for a meeting with the Magical Girl Association. While walking the beach at night with a Magical Girl representative—a woman in a frilly goth-lolita outfit carrying a black umbrella—the group spotted the falling object. The Magical Girl identified it as a 'UFO' or 'flying saucer,' prompting the Association to launch a serious investigation. The Association, a massive faction operating thirteen modified aircraft carriers, deployed the 'White Blossom' to the site. The MC joined the team, leveraging his status as 'Undateikeo.'
Inside the submerged UFO, the team used poetic magic to illuminate the flooded, maze-like corridors filled with a gasoline-like smell. Telepathic magic revealed no life signs, only machines. The MC detected a physical object ahead and tapped it with his sword. He announced that the occupants were dead. Inside the craft, over 120 alien corpses were found, melted beyond recognition. The cause of their death remained unknown, leaving the incident unsolved. Intrigued by the mystery of superior technology failing without human intervention, the MC returned in the 99th cycle. He negotiated with the Magical Girl Association, trading future help with the Inunaki subjugation in exchange for the use of their primary aircraft carrier, the 'White Blossom,' to investigate the crash site from the moment of impact.
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Chapter 75
The chapter opens with the MC reflecting on his preference for alien invasion and disaster movies, such as 'War of the Worlds' and 'Mars Attacks!', noting that their historical inaccuracy—lacking real-world elements like Awakeners—makes them enjoyable fantasy rather than realistic thrillers. Sim Ah-ryeon and Seo Gyu critique these films for their logical flaws, such as aliens failing to scout Earth or having flimsy lower bodies easily cut by aura blades. The MC contrasts this with 'Annihilation,' which he feels accurately depicts the void, before introducing the 'Achilles Cliché': the trope where invincible aliens possess a specific, often ridiculous weakness. He notes that real anomalies rarely offer such mercy, though rare exceptions exist.
The narrative shifts to a recollection from the 98th cycle. A meteor shower, coinciding with the continent-class anomaly 'Meteor Shower' ravaging South Gyeongsang Province, drew attention when a specific object fell into the Yamato Basin of the East Sea. Initially dismissed as a regular rock or a recurrence of the anomaly, the event was largely ignored by the busy MC until he visited Kanazawa, Japan, for a meeting with the Magical Girl Association. While walking the beach at night with a Magical Girl representative—a woman in a frilly goth-lolita outfit carrying a black umbrella—the group spotted the falling object. The Magical Girl identified it as a 'UFO' or 'flying saucer,' prompting the Association to launch a serious investigation. The Association, a massive faction operating thirteen modified aircraft carriers, deployed the 'White Blossom' to the site. The MC joined the team, leveraging his status as 'Undateikeo.'
Inside the submerged UFO, the team used poetic magic to illuminate the flooded, maze-like corridors filled with a gasoline-like smell. Telepathic magic revealed no life signs, only machines. The MC detected a physical object ahead and tapped it with his sword. He announced that the occupants were dead. Inside the craft, over 120 alien corpses were found, melted beyond recognition. The cause of their death remained unknown, leaving the incident unsolved. Intrigued by the mystery of superior technology failing without human intervention, the MC returned in the 99th cycle. He negotiated with the Magical Girl Association, trading future help with the Inunaki subjugation in exchange for the use of their primary aircraft carrier, the 'White Blossom,' to investigate the crash site from the moment of impact.
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Chapter 76
The Magical Girl Association's aircraft carrier arrives at the target waters, where the group engages in fishing. A blind magical girl asks Undateikeo about Korean awakeners who foresee the future. Undateikeo attributes his knowledge to a constellation rather than a prophet. Suddenly, a UFO crashes into the sea, triggering a tsunami that nearly capsizes the ship. The crew stabilizes the vessel using magic. As the UFO floats to the surface, the blind scout detects life signs within. An alien with eight scythe-arms leaps onto the deck, attacking immediately. Undateikeo engages it in combat, discovering its strength is six to seven times that of the previous 'Ten Legs' enemies, with a highly advanced martial arts system. The alien's power overwhelms the Magical Girls. Seven more aliens rain down from the UFO, melting their skin like wax. One girl is killed instantly; another is maimed. The blind scout is pierced by a tail. The remaining Magical Girls urge Undateikeo to retreat, but he refuses, knowing 120 such aliens exist. He prepares to fight to the death to gather intelligence on a potential queen or larger force. Suddenly, the aliens begin writhing in agony, their skin melting away rapidly. Undateikeo tests the phenomenon and discovers water dissolves their bodies instantly. He names them the 'Warrior Race' and realizes their weakness is water, explaining their previous failures on Earth. He reflects on the threat of a future invasion with waterproof suits. Sim Ah-ryeon interrupts his thoughts, urging him to make a wish as a shooting star passes. Undateikeo silently wishes for the aliens to abandon Earth, and the star twinkles in response.
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14:22
Chapter 76
The Magical Girl Association's aircraft carrier arrives at the target waters, where the group engages in fishing. A blind magical girl asks Undateikeo about Korean awakeners who foresee the future. Undateikeo attributes his knowledge to a constellation rather than a prophet. Suddenly, a UFO crashes into the sea, triggering a tsunami that nearly capsizes the ship. The crew stabilizes the vessel using magic. As the UFO floats to the surface, the blind scout detects life signs within. An alien with eight scythe-arms leaps onto the deck, attacking immediately. Undateikeo engages it in combat, discovering its strength is six to seven times that of the previous 'Ten Legs' enemies, with a highly advanced martial arts system. The alien's power overwhelms the Magical Girls. Seven more aliens rain down from the UFO, melting their skin like wax. One girl is killed instantly; another is maimed. The blind scout is pierced by a tail. The remaining Magical Girls urge Undateikeo to retreat, but he refuses, knowing 120 such aliens exist. He prepares to fight to the death to gather intelligence on a potential queen or larger force. Suddenly, the aliens begin writhing in agony, their skin melting away rapidly. Undateikeo tests the phenomenon and discovers water dissolves their bodies instantly. He names them the 'Warrior Race' and realizes their weakness is water, explaining their previous failures on Earth. He reflects on the threat of a future invasion with waterproof suits. Sim Ah-ryeon interrupts his thoughts, urging him to make a wish as a shooting star passes. Undateikeo silently wishes for the aliens to abandon Earth, and the star twinkles in response.
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Chapter 77
The Undertaker, Go Yuir, reflects on his unique awakening ability, [Time Seal], which traps targets in their happiest day forever, serving as a final sedative for humanity during the end of the world. He introduces Yu Ji-won, a woman with rare SR-grade silver hair who approaches him seeking a way to escape the pain of life. The narrative shifts to recount how Yu Ji-won joined his inner circle during the 5th cycle. Yu Ji-won, then a subordinate to Guild Leader Dang Seo-rin, impressed Go Yuir by sharing his deep appreciation for *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* and related strategy games. Despite Dang Seo-rin’s skepticism regarding her lack of traditional merit, Yu Ji-won demonstrated her utility by citing her Latin major, which allowed her to translate lyrics and documents, prompting Go Yuir to promote her as his aide. Her primary asset is her 'Minimap' ability, which manifests as moving chess pieces on a map to track known enemies and allies. However, the ability has strict limitations: it only works in cities Yu Ji-won has physically visited, defined specifically as having visited a convenience store for over a minute. Go Yuir exploited this by traveling across the Korean Peninsula with her to ensure the Minimap covered the entire country, creating a comprehensive real-time surveillance network of key figures. While Samcheon World thrived under the triumvirate of Dang Seo-rin, Go Yuir, and Yu Ji-won, the broader world faced starvation and anomaly attacks. Yu Ji-won, driven by ambition and a desire for power, struggled with the grim reality of the cycles. She eventually attempted to flee to Japan or China, but Go Yuir revealed that escape routes were closed and her ability would be useless in unvisited foreign lands. Realizing she had no escape and facing despair, Yu Ji-won asked Go Yuir to use [Time Seal] on her. Go Yuir revealed his secret identity as a regressor, explaining that each cycle improves the world. Upon hearing that the 5th cycle was better than the 4th and that the 6th would be better still, Yu Ji-won reconsidered her request for death, arguing that being sealed in the 5th cycle would be a significant loss of potential, implying she intended to stay and help secure a better future.
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13:52
Chapter 77
The Undertaker, Go Yuir, reflects on his unique awakening ability, [Time Seal], which traps targets in their happiest day forever, serving as a final sedative for humanity during the end of the world. He introduces Yu Ji-won, a woman with rare SR-grade silver hair who approaches him seeking a way to escape the pain of life. The narrative shifts to recount how Yu Ji-won joined his inner circle during the 5th cycle. Yu Ji-won, then a subordinate to Guild Leader Dang Seo-rin, impressed Go Yuir by sharing his deep appreciation for *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* and related strategy games. Despite Dang Seo-rin’s skepticism regarding her lack of traditional merit, Yu Ji-won demonstrated her utility by citing her Latin major, which allowed her to translate lyrics and documents, prompting Go Yuir to promote her as his aide. Her primary asset is her 'Minimap' ability, which manifests as moving chess pieces on a map to track known enemies and allies. However, the ability has strict limitations: it only works in cities Yu Ji-won has physically visited, defined specifically as having visited a convenience store for over a minute. Go Yuir exploited this by traveling across the Korean Peninsula with her to ensure the Minimap covered the entire country, creating a comprehensive real-time surveillance network of key figures. While Samcheon World thrived under the triumvirate of Dang Seo-rin, Go Yuir, and Yu Ji-won, the broader world faced starvation and anomaly attacks. Yu Ji-won, driven by ambition and a desire for power, struggled with the grim reality of the cycles. She eventually attempted to flee to Japan or China, but Go Yuir revealed that escape routes were closed and her ability would be useless in unvisited foreign lands. Realizing she had no escape and facing despair, Yu Ji-won asked Go Yuir to use [Time Seal] on her. Go Yuir revealed his secret identity as a regressor, explaining that each cycle improves the world. Upon hearing that the 5th cycle was better than the 4th and that the 6th would be better still, Yu Ji-won reconsidered her request for death, arguing that being sealed in the 5th cycle would be a significant loss of potential, implying she intended to stay and help secure a better future.
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78
Chapter 78
The chapter details the complex, multi-cycle relationship between the Regressor (referred to as Vice Guild Leader and later Undertaker) and Yu Ji-won. Initially, Yu Ji-won attempts to manipulate the Regressor by claiming she wants to be 'Time Sealed' with a specific 'happiest day' before her death, asking him to identify as a Regressor and Prophet in the next cycle to help her prepare. The Regressor recognizes this as the twisted logic of a psychopath who exploits regression for personal amusement. In the fifth cycle, during a battle against the Ten Legs, Yu Ji-won dies shielding the Regressor from a fatal attack, despite his ability to dodge it. Her final words ask for a promise regarding her next life. In the subsequent cycle, the Regressor delivers this message. Yu Ji-won, now silver-haired and wearing glasses, reveals she is aware of the Regressor's secrets, including a murder he committed at age fourteen (not fifteen) in Dobong Mountain (not North Korea), proving his regression claims. She joins the Samcheon World Guild, rapidly climbing from a low-level member to the Operations Manager and third-ranking executive under guild leader Dang Seo-rin. Her loyalty is absolute but stems from a calculated understanding that the Regressor holds complete memory of all cycles, making betrayal impossible without consequence. Over hundreds of cycles, spanning the collapse of society and the formation of the National Road Management Corps, Yu Ji-won continues to rise through the ranks, eventually becoming Operations Control Room Chief under Noh Do-hwa. Throughout 1183 cycles, she repeatedly postpones her own 'Time Sealing' by claiming she will be happier in the next cycle, using the Regressor as a courier for her delayed fulfillment. When asked directly if she is happy in a late cycle, she responds that she can be happier next time, revealing her true nature as an ultimate survivor optimized for the apocalypse, driven by an endless pursuit of incremental happiness and rank advancement rather than genuine contentment or loyalty born of affection.
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10:47
Chapter 78
The chapter details the complex, multi-cycle relationship between the Regressor (referred to as Vice Guild Leader and later Undertaker) and Yu Ji-won. Initially, Yu Ji-won attempts to manipulate the Regressor by claiming she wants to be 'Time Sealed' with a specific 'happiest day' before her death, asking him to identify as a Regressor and Prophet in the next cycle to help her prepare. The Regressor recognizes this as the twisted logic of a psychopath who exploits regression for personal amusement. In the fifth cycle, during a battle against the Ten Legs, Yu Ji-won dies shielding the Regressor from a fatal attack, despite his ability to dodge it. Her final words ask for a promise regarding her next life. In the subsequent cycle, the Regressor delivers this message. Yu Ji-won, now silver-haired and wearing glasses, reveals she is aware of the Regressor's secrets, including a murder he committed at age fourteen (not fifteen) in Dobong Mountain (not North Korea), proving his regression claims. She joins the Samcheon World Guild, rapidly climbing from a low-level member to the Operations Manager and third-ranking executive under guild leader Dang Seo-rin. Her loyalty is absolute but stems from a calculated understanding that the Regressor holds complete memory of all cycles, making betrayal impossible without consequence. Over hundreds of cycles, spanning the collapse of society and the formation of the National Road Management Corps, Yu Ji-won continues to rise through the ranks, eventually becoming Operations Control Room Chief under Noh Do-hwa. Throughout 1183 cycles, she repeatedly postpones her own 'Time Sealing' by claiming she will be happier in the next cycle, using the Regressor as a courier for her delayed fulfillment. When asked directly if she is happy in a late cycle, she responds that she can be happier next time, revealing her true nature as an ultimate survivor optimized for the apocalypse, driven by an endless pursuit of incremental happiness and rank advancement rather than genuine contentment or loyalty born of affection.
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Chapter 79
The chapter opens with the Undertaker (mc_narration) presenting a Q&A survey on SG Net regarding the most hated anomaly among survivors on the Korean Peninsula. While candidates include the Ten Legs, Gremlin, Trolley Dilemma, and a pink-haired entity nominated by Seo Gyu, the Tutorial Fairy wins with 82.7% of the vote due to widespread trauma. The Undertaker details the Fairy’s cruel nature, citing examples such as forcing survivors to kill each other, providing sabotaged rewards mixed with sand, and decapitating survivors who ignored their guidance. He recalls his own early failures, where cursing a Fairy resulted in immediate execution, teaching him that 'punishment' in Fairy language means violent decapitation.
Acknowledging his initial lack of combat skills as an Undertaker, the Undertaker explains his strategy: relying on his support skills like [Complete Memory] and [Time Seal], while his ally, Old Man Scho (emit_schopenhauer), handled combat. However, when Old Man Scho left the party, the Undertaker was left in despair. Utilizing his regressor status, he focused on accumulating 'inner energy' over 30 cycles, eventually reaching immense levels (Gapja) and developing the [Resume] skill to retain muscle memory and energy across regressions. With this newfound power, he hunted down the Tutorial Fairies, demonstrating his ability to decapitate them instantly with a single stroke infused with massive inner energy.
The narrative shifts to the Undertaker capturing and interrogating the captured Fairies. He reveals that the Fairies operate under a sovereign, referred to as the 'Fairy King.' The captured Fairy, a staunch royalist, claims their monarch is a transcendent being who will never descend to the physical world to meet lowly humans. The Undertaker, unimpressed by the Fairy’s political philosophy, continues to torture it, demanding to meet the Fairy King. The chapter concludes with the Undertaker revealing that, after further regressions and accumulating even more inner energy, he successfully captured all 101 Tutorial Fairies remaining in Korea, setting the stage for his next confrontation.
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10:16
Chapter 79
The chapter opens with the Undertaker (mc_narration) presenting a Q&A survey on SG Net regarding the most hated anomaly among survivors on the Korean Peninsula. While candidates include the Ten Legs, Gremlin, Trolley Dilemma, and a pink-haired entity nominated by Seo Gyu, the Tutorial Fairy wins with 82.7% of the vote due to widespread trauma. The Undertaker details the Fairy’s cruel nature, citing examples such as forcing survivors to kill each other, providing sabotaged rewards mixed with sand, and decapitating survivors who ignored their guidance. He recalls his own early failures, where cursing a Fairy resulted in immediate execution, teaching him that 'punishment' in Fairy language means violent decapitation.
Acknowledging his initial lack of combat skills as an Undertaker, the Undertaker explains his strategy: relying on his support skills like [Complete Memory] and [Time Seal], while his ally, Old Man Scho (emit_schopenhauer), handled combat. However, when Old Man Scho left the party, the Undertaker was left in despair. Utilizing his regressor status, he focused on accumulating 'inner energy' over 30 cycles, eventually reaching immense levels (Gapja) and developing the [Resume] skill to retain muscle memory and energy across regressions. With this newfound power, he hunted down the Tutorial Fairies, demonstrating his ability to decapitate them instantly with a single stroke infused with massive inner energy.
The narrative shifts to the Undertaker capturing and interrogating the captured Fairies. He reveals that the Fairies operate under a sovereign, referred to as the 'Fairy King.' The captured Fairy, a staunch royalist, claims their monarch is a transcendent being who will never descend to the physical world to meet lowly humans. The Undertaker, unimpressed by the Fairy’s political philosophy, continues to torture it, demanding to meet the Fairy King. The chapter concludes with the Undertaker revealing that, after further regressions and accumulating even more inner energy, he successfully captured all 101 Tutorial Fairies remaining in Korea, setting the stage for his next confrontation.
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Chapter 80
The protagonist, operating under the alias Undertaker, reflects on the public's adoration following the capture of 101 Tutorial Fairies. SG Net users express overwhelming satisfaction with the footage, with some praising the 'cinematography' and others declaring it proof that justice survives. Simultaneously, Go Yuri, the Guild Leader of the Black Library and a reincarnated entity with pink hair, praises Undertaker’s strategy. She attributes the easy capture of the fairies to luck rather than skill, a subtle hint of her mind-control abilities that Undertaker, unaware of the danger, accepts as mere humility. The narrative reveals that Go Yuri’s pleasant demeanor masks a dangerous, hypnotic nature, a fact the protagonist regrets not heeding given his previous cycle's tragedy.
The scene shifts to Cheongsong Prison, where the captured fairies are detained in a makeshift dungeon. Go Yuri assists Undertaker by filming the proceedings. Undertaker takes to a podium, using a microphone to address the terrified fairies. He delivers a pseudo-philosophical lecture on empathy and the roots of evil, only to reveal his true intent: he has designed a lethal Tutorial Dungeon for them where they must kill each other to survive. The dungeon is filled with traps, limited resources, and psychological stressors designed to break their spirits. As the fairies descend into chaos and violence, Go Yuri edits the footage into an emotionally charged documentary titled 'Tutorial Reversed World,' which achieves a 100% viewership rate on SG Net, further cementing Undertaker’s reputation.
Undertaker’s true goal is to extract information about the 'Fairy King,' the supreme anomaly controlling all fairies globally. He interrogates a captured fairy, demanding the King’s identity. The fairy explains the linguistic nuance of their ruler's title—'King of the People' rather than 'Monarch'—before exploding in a gory suicide attack to protect the secret. Undertaker survives by activating an aura barrier, while Go Yuri casually notes that there are still 100 fairies remaining, offering Undertaker 100 more chances to interrogate them. The chapter ends with the protagonist resolving to continue extracting information despite the fairies' self-destructive resistance.
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11:43
Chapter 80
The protagonist, operating under the alias Undertaker, reflects on the public's adoration following the capture of 101 Tutorial Fairies. SG Net users express overwhelming satisfaction with the footage, with some praising the 'cinematography' and others declaring it proof that justice survives. Simultaneously, Go Yuri, the Guild Leader of the Black Library and a reincarnated entity with pink hair, praises Undertaker’s strategy. She attributes the easy capture of the fairies to luck rather than skill, a subtle hint of her mind-control abilities that Undertaker, unaware of the danger, accepts as mere humility. The narrative reveals that Go Yuri’s pleasant demeanor masks a dangerous, hypnotic nature, a fact the protagonist regrets not heeding given his previous cycle's tragedy.
The scene shifts to Cheongsong Prison, where the captured fairies are detained in a makeshift dungeon. Go Yuri assists Undertaker by filming the proceedings. Undertaker takes to a podium, using a microphone to address the terrified fairies. He delivers a pseudo-philosophical lecture on empathy and the roots of evil, only to reveal his true intent: he has designed a lethal Tutorial Dungeon for them where they must kill each other to survive. The dungeon is filled with traps, limited resources, and psychological stressors designed to break their spirits. As the fairies descend into chaos and violence, Go Yuri edits the footage into an emotionally charged documentary titled 'Tutorial Reversed World,' which achieves a 100% viewership rate on SG Net, further cementing Undertaker’s reputation.
Undertaker’s true goal is to extract information about the 'Fairy King,' the supreme anomaly controlling all fairies globally. He interrogates a captured fairy, demanding the King’s identity. The fairy explains the linguistic nuance of their ruler's title—'King of the People' rather than 'Monarch'—before exploding in a gory suicide attack to protect the secret. Undertaker survives by activating an aura barrier, while Go Yuri casually notes that there are still 100 fairies remaining, offering Undertaker 100 more chances to interrogate them. The chapter ends with the protagonist resolving to continue extracting information despite the fairies' self-destructive resistance.
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Chapter 81
The Undertaker and Go Yuri exit the interrogation room, intending to exterminate the fairies, but are immediately swarmed by a massive horde of emotionless entities. Go Yuri attacks a fairy, triggering a chain reaction where the fairies self-destruct, filling the Cheongsong Prison with red LCL liquid and collapsing the structure. The Undertaker protects Go Yuri with his aura shield during the explosions. After the destruction, a single intact fairy, later identified as the Fairy King, requests a dialogue with strict conditions: no interference or recording. The Undertaker agrees, allowing Go Yuri to leave, but then engages the Fairy King. The Fairy King reveals that their bizarre speech patterns were a deliberate configuration to lower human suspicion. The Undertaker questions their motive for initiating the tutorial survival games. The Fairy King clarifies they did not summon the void but managed the tutorial to increase human survival rates, citing a 1.76% survival rate without the tutorial versus 31% with it, and 69% for survivors. The negotiation is interrupted when regenerated fairies attempt to attack the Undertaker, whom he kills instantly. The Fairy King asserts that the Undertaker’s earlier kidnapping of fairies for experimentation was the initial hostility. An attempt by the Fairy King to manipulate the Undertaker’s mind fails due to his high contamination level. Consequently, the Fairy King offers information to establish a relationship, revealing there are seven Level 5 'Outer God' anomalies. Crucially, the Fairy King identifies Cheon Yo-hwa as their chosen apostle, a revelation that shocks the Undertaker upon recalling her presence in the Baekhwa High School tutorial dungeon.
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12:06
Chapter 81
The Undertaker and Go Yuri exit the interrogation room, intending to exterminate the fairies, but are immediately swarmed by a massive horde of emotionless entities. Go Yuri attacks a fairy, triggering a chain reaction where the fairies self-destruct, filling the Cheongsong Prison with red LCL liquid and collapsing the structure. The Undertaker protects Go Yuri with his aura shield during the explosions. After the destruction, a single intact fairy, later identified as the Fairy King, requests a dialogue with strict conditions: no interference or recording. The Undertaker agrees, allowing Go Yuri to leave, but then engages the Fairy King. The Fairy King reveals that their bizarre speech patterns were a deliberate configuration to lower human suspicion. The Undertaker questions their motive for initiating the tutorial survival games. The Fairy King clarifies they did not summon the void but managed the tutorial to increase human survival rates, citing a 1.76% survival rate without the tutorial versus 31% with it, and 69% for survivors. The negotiation is interrupted when regenerated fairies attempt to attack the Undertaker, whom he kills instantly. The Fairy King asserts that the Undertaker’s earlier kidnapping of fairies for experimentation was the initial hostility. An attempt by the Fairy King to manipulate the Undertaker’s mind fails due to his high contamination level. Consequently, the Fairy King offers information to establish a relationship, revealing there are seven Level 5 'Outer God' anomalies. Crucially, the Fairy King identifies Cheon Yo-hwa as their chosen apostle, a revelation that shocks the Undertaker upon recalling her presence in the Baekhwa High School tutorial dungeon.
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Chapter 82
In the 89th cycle, the narrator, known as the Undertaker, confronts the Fairy King regarding anomalies. The Fairy King reveals that Cheon Yo-hwa, the student council president, is an apostle contaminated by an external entity, similar to the Butterfly Effect. Skeptical, the Undertaker accepts the Fairy King’s invitation to see the truth directly. Upon touching the Fairy King’s liquid hand, the narrator is transported to an infinite, shifting labyrinth of reality: first a pristine prison, then a sterile hospital corridor with IV tubes, followed by a blood-red abandoned school, a chlorine-scented swimming pool, and a movie theater displaying these loops on its screen. The environment dissolves into cosmic chaos, where stars dance and laws of physics collapse into colorful bubbles, representing the raw, indifferent nature of the anomaly. The entire universe speaks through the Fairy King, correcting the narrator’s perception. The Fairy King explains it is merely a 'terminal entity' or interpreter for a higher power that lacks benevolence or malevolence, possessing only randomness. This entity, which the Fairy King identifies as 'Infinite Void' (formerly Infinite Hell), violates the world's distinctions, melting boundaries and existence into impermanence. The narrator, enduring the mental strain of hearing the universe's raw voice, names the anomaly 'Infinite Void' to assert human distinction and resolve to kill it, declaring it a 'Hell of No Intervals' and a 'Hell of Violations.' The Fairy King accepts the name as a form of randomness and releases the narrator. The scene snaps back to the ruins of Cheongsong Prison. The Undertaker awakens with Go Yuri supporting his head. Though he struggles to recall the vision clearly, Go Yuri’s gentle touch helps stabilize his mind, allowing the memory of Infinite Void to return. He thanks her, and they share a moment of calm before she reminds him of a promise to visit Busan. In a brief epilogue, the narrator reveals that he previously introduced Seo Gyu (SG Man) to Infinite Void, resulting in Seo Gyu’s head exploding instantly, highlighting the entity's lethality and the ongoing threat to humanity.
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12:52
Chapter 82
In the 89th cycle, the narrator, known as the Undertaker, confronts the Fairy King regarding anomalies. The Fairy King reveals that Cheon Yo-hwa, the student council president, is an apostle contaminated by an external entity, similar to the Butterfly Effect. Skeptical, the Undertaker accepts the Fairy King’s invitation to see the truth directly. Upon touching the Fairy King’s liquid hand, the narrator is transported to an infinite, shifting labyrinth of reality: first a pristine prison, then a sterile hospital corridor with IV tubes, followed by a blood-red abandoned school, a chlorine-scented swimming pool, and a movie theater displaying these loops on its screen. The environment dissolves into cosmic chaos, where stars dance and laws of physics collapse into colorful bubbles, representing the raw, indifferent nature of the anomaly. The entire universe speaks through the Fairy King, correcting the narrator’s perception. The Fairy King explains it is merely a 'terminal entity' or interpreter for a higher power that lacks benevolence or malevolence, possessing only randomness. This entity, which the Fairy King identifies as 'Infinite Void' (formerly Infinite Hell), violates the world's distinctions, melting boundaries and existence into impermanence. The narrator, enduring the mental strain of hearing the universe's raw voice, names the anomaly 'Infinite Void' to assert human distinction and resolve to kill it, declaring it a 'Hell of No Intervals' and a 'Hell of Violations.' The Fairy King accepts the name as a form of randomness and releases the narrator. The scene snaps back to the ruins of Cheongsong Prison. The Undertaker awakens with Go Yuri supporting his head. Though he struggles to recall the vision clearly, Go Yuri’s gentle touch helps stabilize his mind, allowing the memory of Infinite Void to return. He thanks her, and they share a moment of calm before she reminds him of a promise to visit Busan. In a brief epilogue, the narrator reveals that he previously introduced Seo Gyu (SG Man) to Infinite Void, resulting in Seo Gyu’s head exploding instantly, highlighting the entity's lethality and the ongoing threat to humanity.
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Chapter 83
The narrator, an infinite regressor, waits patiently to confront the Outer God-class anomaly 'Infinite Void,' using the time to maximize his power. Recognizing that his combat talent is lacking, he seeks an alternative method to enhance his abilities. He approaches Noh Do-hwa, the Chief of the National Road Management Corps, and manipulates her into taking a vacation with him. Noh Do-hwa, perpetually disgusted by his antics, reluctantly agrees but is annoyed when he addresses her as 'Master' rather than 'Chief,' sensing his ulterior motives. The two travel together in the narrator's modified 'Yogurt Cart' (Coco 3.0), an SSS-class anomaly that defies physics by traversing any terrain regardless of condition and preserving food indefinitely. Despite Noh Do-hwa’s complaints about the absurdity of the vehicle, she is eventually soothed by the narrator’s excellent cooking and the relaxing pace of the trip, which alleviates her burnout from managing the Corps.
They arrive at a village in the Jeongseon Taebaek Mountains, known as the 'Jeongseon Dwarf Mine.' The narrator recalls discovering this void in his 54th cycle, where he found seven blacksmith dwarves who could not communicate verbally. These beings are physically grotesque, lacking eyelids and lips, with exposed eye sockets and mouth holes, and abnormally muscular arms. In his previous run, he failed to gain anything from them. This time, however, his goal is not to request a weapon but to observe their forging techniques. He explains to the skeptical Noh Do-hwa that the dwarves work with non-earthly ores like adamantium, and their hammering holds the secrets to smelting anomalies. Since Noh Do-hwa is Korea's greatest craftsman, he intends for her to learn from the dwarves' methods to craft an SSS-grade weapon. Noh Do-hwa expresses disbelief and threatens to kill him, referencing a past instance where the narrator had her killed in a previous cycle. As she strangles him in frustration, the narrator notes that he survived this time thanks to the yogurt cart's protective anomalies or his own regressor resilience, setting the stage for the upcoming craftsmanship training.
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12:19
Chapter 83
The narrator, an infinite regressor, waits patiently to confront the Outer God-class anomaly 'Infinite Void,' using the time to maximize his power. Recognizing that his combat talent is lacking, he seeks an alternative method to enhance his abilities. He approaches Noh Do-hwa, the Chief of the National Road Management Corps, and manipulates her into taking a vacation with him. Noh Do-hwa, perpetually disgusted by his antics, reluctantly agrees but is annoyed when he addresses her as 'Master' rather than 'Chief,' sensing his ulterior motives. The two travel together in the narrator's modified 'Yogurt Cart' (Coco 3.0), an SSS-class anomaly that defies physics by traversing any terrain regardless of condition and preserving food indefinitely. Despite Noh Do-hwa’s complaints about the absurdity of the vehicle, she is eventually soothed by the narrator’s excellent cooking and the relaxing pace of the trip, which alleviates her burnout from managing the Corps.
They arrive at a village in the Jeongseon Taebaek Mountains, known as the 'Jeongseon Dwarf Mine.' The narrator recalls discovering this void in his 54th cycle, where he found seven blacksmith dwarves who could not communicate verbally. These beings are physically grotesque, lacking eyelids and lips, with exposed eye sockets and mouth holes, and abnormally muscular arms. In his previous run, he failed to gain anything from them. This time, however, his goal is not to request a weapon but to observe their forging techniques. He explains to the skeptical Noh Do-hwa that the dwarves work with non-earthly ores like adamantium, and their hammering holds the secrets to smelting anomalies. Since Noh Do-hwa is Korea's greatest craftsman, he intends for her to learn from the dwarves' methods to craft an SSS-grade weapon. Noh Do-hwa expresses disbelief and threatens to kill him, referencing a past instance where the narrator had her killed in a previous cycle. As she strangles him in frustration, the narrator notes that he survived this time thanks to the yogurt cart's protective anomalies or his own regressor resilience, setting the stage for the upcoming craftsmanship training.
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Chapter 84
The chapter opens with the narrator, Go Yuir (Undertaker), browsing the SG Net, where users discuss National Road Management Corps (NRMC) Chief Noh Do-hwa’s sudden, uncharacteristic 21-day vacation. Do-hwa herself is present with the narrator, observing a mining village. She is fascinated by the local dwarves and their ability to create weapons that immediately melt away. Despite admitting she is a prosthetist rather than a blacksmith, Do-hwa attempts to mimic the dwarves’ techniques. After hours of practice, she manages to forge a crude, unbalanced sword, which she critiques for lacking simplicity. The narrator acts as her assistant, facilitating her intense, sleep-deprived training.
The narrative then shifts to a flashback of the 53rd regression loop. The narrator was searching for a candidate to lead the NRMC, requiring someone with strong morals, competence, practical philosophy, and courage. After evaluating and discarding numerous candidates over years of interaction, he approached Noh Do-hwa. She was an island of stability, already renowned for crafting prosthetics for amputees. The narrator approached her under a fabricated pretext, lying that her father had died from an anomaly to evoke sympathy. Do-hwa, pragmatic and unsentimental, questioned his desire for revenge but ultimately accepted him as a temporary apprentice.
Over eight years, the narrator’s title within her workshop evolved from ‘Apprentice Undertaker’ to ‘Assistant,’ reflecting Do-hwa’s gradual thawing and trust. She offloaded business management to him, treating him with increasing familiarity while maintaining strict standards for other workers, exemplified by her harsh dismissal of a disrespectful apprentice. Despite global catastrophes and the fall of northern cities, Do-hwa refused to evacuate, choosing to stay in Busan. In the final moments before the end of this regression, when the last resistance team was destroyed, the narrator opened the shop at 8:00 AM as usual. The chapter concludes with the shop door opening on the day the last city in Korea fell, underscoring the resilience and routine of their relationship amidst apocalypse.
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10:53
Chapter 84
The chapter opens with the narrator, Go Yuir (Undertaker), browsing the SG Net, where users discuss National Road Management Corps (NRMC) Chief Noh Do-hwa’s sudden, uncharacteristic 21-day vacation. Do-hwa herself is present with the narrator, observing a mining village. She is fascinated by the local dwarves and their ability to create weapons that immediately melt away. Despite admitting she is a prosthetist rather than a blacksmith, Do-hwa attempts to mimic the dwarves’ techniques. After hours of practice, she manages to forge a crude, unbalanced sword, which she critiques for lacking simplicity. The narrator acts as her assistant, facilitating her intense, sleep-deprived training.
The narrative then shifts to a flashback of the 53rd regression loop. The narrator was searching for a candidate to lead the NRMC, requiring someone with strong morals, competence, practical philosophy, and courage. After evaluating and discarding numerous candidates over years of interaction, he approached Noh Do-hwa. She was an island of stability, already renowned for crafting prosthetics for amputees. The narrator approached her under a fabricated pretext, lying that her father had died from an anomaly to evoke sympathy. Do-hwa, pragmatic and unsentimental, questioned his desire for revenge but ultimately accepted him as a temporary apprentice.
Over eight years, the narrator’s title within her workshop evolved from ‘Apprentice Undertaker’ to ‘Assistant,’ reflecting Do-hwa’s gradual thawing and trust. She offloaded business management to him, treating him with increasing familiarity while maintaining strict standards for other workers, exemplified by her harsh dismissal of a disrespectful apprentice. Despite global catastrophes and the fall of northern cities, Do-hwa refused to evacuate, choosing to stay in Busan. In the final moments before the end of this regression, when the last resistance team was destroyed, the narrator opened the shop at 8:00 AM as usual. The chapter concludes with the shop door opening on the day the last city in Korea fell, underscoring the resilience and routine of their relationship amidst apocalypse.
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85
Chapter 85
The chapter opens with the aftermath of the final resistance team's defeat, leaving Busan an empty ghost town. Noh Do-hwa and the narrator sit silently on a bench outside her workshop, observing the eerie tranquility of the deserted streets. As the day progresses, marked by the narrator cooking steak and the absence of customers, they reflect on the strange peace of the apocalypse. The sun sets, and the narrator feels a poignant connection with Noh Do-hwa in their shared solitude. Suddenly, footsteps accompanied by the rhythmic tap of a cane approach. An elderly patient, identified by Noh Do-hwa as Shin Soo-bin, arrives with a broken ankle brace. Despite his protests that he is fine, Noh Do-hwa insists on repairing it, revealing her dedication to her craft even in the face of extinction. While Noh Do-hwa works, the narrator peers outside and witnesses the horrifying onset of the end times: the sky hollows out, red spots scratch like wounds, and a blue vein throbs like an artery, signaling that the void is devouring reality. The sunset turns viscous and bloody as the celestial void phenomenon accelerates. After repairing the brace, Noh Do-hwa instructs the narrator to escort Shin Soo-bin home to Bansong-dong, recognizing that they must part ways before the world ends. The narrator uses 'lightfoot' to move swiftly, carrying the old man. Shin Soo-bin requests to be let down to walk the final stretch of his life, expressing gratitude for Noh Do-hwa’s thoughtfulness and refusing to die alone at home. He walks away alone as the cicadas fall silent. The narrator rushes back to the workshop, scaling the building via lightfoot to reach the rooftop where Noh Do-hwa waits with wine. They drink together, staring at the sky which now resembles glass reflecting the encroaching darkness. With minutes remaining, Noh Do-hwa reveals a hidden truth: her ability to make prosthetics that feel like natural limbs extends to other equipment, meaning she can create powerful weapons. The narrator, realizing the implications of 'body and sword as one,' is amazed. Noh Do-hwa explains she hid this power to avoid attracting dangerous awakened beings, but admits that with the world ending, she would have made a weapon if she knew. She asks the narrator to request one next time, to which the narrator agrees. As they toast, the sky turns crimson and the black night sky flows down like a guillotine. The void swallows the city block by block, crushing buildings and crosswalks. In the final moments, Noh Do-hwa thanks the narrator. The sound of shattering wine glasses echoes as the void consumes them, and the world closes its eyes.
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11:47
Chapter 85
The chapter opens with the aftermath of the final resistance team's defeat, leaving Busan an empty ghost town. Noh Do-hwa and the narrator sit silently on a bench outside her workshop, observing the eerie tranquility of the deserted streets. As the day progresses, marked by the narrator cooking steak and the absence of customers, they reflect on the strange peace of the apocalypse. The sun sets, and the narrator feels a poignant connection with Noh Do-hwa in their shared solitude. Suddenly, footsteps accompanied by the rhythmic tap of a cane approach. An elderly patient, identified by Noh Do-hwa as Shin Soo-bin, arrives with a broken ankle brace. Despite his protests that he is fine, Noh Do-hwa insists on repairing it, revealing her dedication to her craft even in the face of extinction. While Noh Do-hwa works, the narrator peers outside and witnesses the horrifying onset of the end times: the sky hollows out, red spots scratch like wounds, and a blue vein throbs like an artery, signaling that the void is devouring reality. The sunset turns viscous and bloody as the celestial void phenomenon accelerates. After repairing the brace, Noh Do-hwa instructs the narrator to escort Shin Soo-bin home to Bansong-dong, recognizing that they must part ways before the world ends. The narrator uses 'lightfoot' to move swiftly, carrying the old man. Shin Soo-bin requests to be let down to walk the final stretch of his life, expressing gratitude for Noh Do-hwa’s thoughtfulness and refusing to die alone at home. He walks away alone as the cicadas fall silent. The narrator rushes back to the workshop, scaling the building via lightfoot to reach the rooftop where Noh Do-hwa waits with wine. They drink together, staring at the sky which now resembles glass reflecting the encroaching darkness. With minutes remaining, Noh Do-hwa reveals a hidden truth: her ability to make prosthetics that feel like natural limbs extends to other equipment, meaning she can create powerful weapons. The narrator, realizing the implications of 'body and sword as one,' is amazed. Noh Do-hwa explains she hid this power to avoid attracting dangerous awakened beings, but admits that with the world ending, she would have made a weapon if she knew. She asks the narrator to request one next time, to which the narrator agrees. As they toast, the sky turns crimson and the black night sky flows down like a guillotine. The void swallows the city block by block, crushing buildings and crosswalks. In the final moments, Noh Do-hwa thanks the narrator. The sound of shattering wine glasses echoes as the void consumes them, and the world closes its eyes.
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86
Chapter 86
In the Jeongseon Dwarf Mine void, the narrator (the Undertaker) regresses from the 53rd cycle to the 100th. He wakes to find Noh Do-hwa (referred to as 'Master') blacksmithing a kitchen knife. The narrator, possessing memories of past loops, intervenes when a 'dwarf anomaly' nearly strikes Noh Do-hwa with a dropped tool, revealing the entity's indifference to them. Noh Do-hwa observes that the dwarf anomaly shrinks and vanishes after breathing life into the crafted item, leaving behind an inscription in an alien script. Realizing the void is a blacksmithing training ground where items normally vanish, Noh Do-hwa deduces they must earn 'acknowledgment' from all seven dwarves to clear the stage. The narrator assists her in forging items ranging from hoes to greatswords, classifying the dwarves by difficulty. After six days, Noh Do-hwa completes a greatsword but deliberately refuses the dwarf's blessing, refusing to become its disciple. Instead, she melts down all previously crafted weapons and forges a single, highly complex cane sword (swordstick). She engraves the names of the seven dwarves, including '[Dicentra Spectabilis]', and her own name 'Do-hwa' onto the blade. Upon completion, the mining village and all anomalies vanish, leaving only the sword. The narrator accepts the weapon, which becomes a permanent exception to the regression reset, persisting in the Taebaek Mountains outside the normal flow of time. Later, Noh Do-hwa inspects the sword with her monocle and, impressed, demands to know who crafted it, intending to recruit the artisan as unpaid labor for the National Road Management Corps. The narrator reveals the maker is his acquaintance, prompting Noh Do-hwa's shocked reaction.
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15:04
Chapter 86
In the Jeongseon Dwarf Mine void, the narrator (the Undertaker) regresses from the 53rd cycle to the 100th. He wakes to find Noh Do-hwa (referred to as 'Master') blacksmithing a kitchen knife. The narrator, possessing memories of past loops, intervenes when a 'dwarf anomaly' nearly strikes Noh Do-hwa with a dropped tool, revealing the entity's indifference to them. Noh Do-hwa observes that the dwarf anomaly shrinks and vanishes after breathing life into the crafted item, leaving behind an inscription in an alien script. Realizing the void is a blacksmithing training ground where items normally vanish, Noh Do-hwa deduces they must earn 'acknowledgment' from all seven dwarves to clear the stage. The narrator assists her in forging items ranging from hoes to greatswords, classifying the dwarves by difficulty. After six days, Noh Do-hwa completes a greatsword but deliberately refuses the dwarf's blessing, refusing to become its disciple. Instead, she melts down all previously crafted weapons and forges a single, highly complex cane sword (swordstick). She engraves the names of the seven dwarves, including '[Dicentra Spectabilis]', and her own name 'Do-hwa' onto the blade. Upon completion, the mining village and all anomalies vanish, leaving only the sword. The narrator accepts the weapon, which becomes a permanent exception to the regression reset, persisting in the Taebaek Mountains outside the normal flow of time. Later, Noh Do-hwa inspects the sword with her monocle and, impressed, demands to know who crafted it, intending to recruit the artisan as unpaid labor for the National Road Management Corps. The narrator reveals the maker is his acquaintance, prompting Noh Do-hwa's shocked reaction.
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87
Chapter 87
The Undertaker opens with a cynical internal monologue regarding titles. He reflects on Noh Do-hwa’s habit of insulting him with ageist terms, noting that while he believes himself the 'sunbae' (senior) and 'teacher' to all humanity due to his regression and mental age, few use these titles. He contrasts this with Cheon Yo-hwa, the 113th Student Council President of Baekhwa Girls’ High School, who enthusiastically calls him 'sunbae.' The narrative then shifts to a past encounter in the 109th cycle, where the Undertaker interrogates Cheon Yo-hwa. He attempts to probe her knowledge of fairies and 'Infinite Void,' suspecting her connection to the entity. However, Cheon Yo-hwa reacts with confusion and fear, dismissing the concepts as cult code or nonsense. The Undertaker realizes her perception is severely impaired; she misidentifies goblins as wolves, earthquakes as tremors, and fairies as cats, indicating a selective auditory and visual impairment that blocks her from recognizing anomalies. This 'perception contamination' prevents her from providing useful intelligence on Infinite Void or the fairies.
Frustrated by the loss of information after Cheon Yo-hwa’s escape from the tutorial dungeon, the Undertaker resolves to enter the 'Baekhwa Girls’ High School Tutorial Dungeon' before its closure. He recruits Fairy Number 264, a revolutionary comrade infected with a 'mental virus,' to bypass the dungeon’s physical barriers. At the gate, Fairy Number 264 confronts Fairy Number 16, accusing her of bourgeois ideology. When Number 16 attempts to attack, Number 264 triggers a mutual destruction explosion, eliminating the surveillance fairies and clearing the path. The Undertaker and Fairy 264 enter the transformed school, now a labyrinth known as 'School Ghost Stories,' filled with spirits and anomalies. With the survival rate at 2.26%, the Undertaker relies on prior cycle knowledge to find a weakness. He discovers the guard shift schedule, assumes the identity of 'Guard Undertaker' by donning a guard uniform and nameplate, and enters the dungeon disguised, believing this role offers the best protection against the school’s spirits.
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15:55
Chapter 87
The Undertaker opens with a cynical internal monologue regarding titles. He reflects on Noh Do-hwa’s habit of insulting him with ageist terms, noting that while he believes himself the 'sunbae' (senior) and 'teacher' to all humanity due to his regression and mental age, few use these titles. He contrasts this with Cheon Yo-hwa, the 113th Student Council President of Baekhwa Girls’ High School, who enthusiastically calls him 'sunbae.' The narrative then shifts to a past encounter in the 109th cycle, where the Undertaker interrogates Cheon Yo-hwa. He attempts to probe her knowledge of fairies and 'Infinite Void,' suspecting her connection to the entity. However, Cheon Yo-hwa reacts with confusion and fear, dismissing the concepts as cult code or nonsense. The Undertaker realizes her perception is severely impaired; she misidentifies goblins as wolves, earthquakes as tremors, and fairies as cats, indicating a selective auditory and visual impairment that blocks her from recognizing anomalies. This 'perception contamination' prevents her from providing useful intelligence on Infinite Void or the fairies.
Frustrated by the loss of information after Cheon Yo-hwa’s escape from the tutorial dungeon, the Undertaker resolves to enter the 'Baekhwa Girls’ High School Tutorial Dungeon' before its closure. He recruits Fairy Number 264, a revolutionary comrade infected with a 'mental virus,' to bypass the dungeon’s physical barriers. At the gate, Fairy Number 264 confronts Fairy Number 16, accusing her of bourgeois ideology. When Number 16 attempts to attack, Number 264 triggers a mutual destruction explosion, eliminating the surveillance fairies and clearing the path. The Undertaker and Fairy 264 enter the transformed school, now a labyrinth known as 'School Ghost Stories,' filled with spirits and anomalies. With the survival rate at 2.26%, the Undertaker relies on prior cycle knowledge to find a weakness. He discovers the guard shift schedule, assumes the identity of 'Guard Undertaker' by donning a guard uniform and nameplate, and enters the dungeon disguised, believing this role offers the best protection against the school’s spirits.
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88
Chapter 88
The narrator, operating under the identity of the Undertaker, reflects on the importance of spirit and determination in overcoming anomalies, drawing from a past experience in the 90th run where he ran a convenience store. He recounts an encounter with a rotting ghost customer at 01:59 who demanded internal organs. Instead of succumbing to fear, the Undertaker leveraged his role as a service provider, aggressively demanding compensation for the filth, noise, and spoiled food, ultimately forcing the anomaly to vanish due to its rule-bound nature as a 'customer.' This anecdote establishes the theme that knowledge of an anomaly's weak point, combined with unwavering mental fortitude, is key to survival.
Currently in the 117th cycle of the 'Baekhwa Girls' High' tutorial dungeon, the Undertaker patrols the school with his full gear: a flashlight, a leather trunk (an anomaly itself), and protective equipment. As a high-level regressor, his presence causes lower-level ghosts to retreat, though he targets those bound by specific rules. He enters the boys' restroom, which is flooded and smells of bleach and rotting hair. He locates a haunted stall and performs the 'Hanako' ritual by counting while spinning. When the ghost, Hanako, emerges and offers a truce involving 'purple paper,' the Undertaker refuses, revealing he carries both red and blue paper. He explains that in the modern era, hygiene is paramount, and he possesses both colors. He then shatters the toilet with an aura burst, binding the ghost with the red and blue papers simultaneously—a move that exploits the ghost's reliance on these specific words to inflict physical damage. The ghost explodes, revealing seven submerged corpses in the water. The Undertaker finds talismans written in human blood, each marked with the character for 'death,' indicating a severe curse. Lacking the full expertise to decipher them from later cycles, he burns the talismans and marks the room as a 'safe zone' for any survivors. He notes that restrooms are ritualistic centers of shadow and crucial to the dungeon's structure, more so than other rooms. Acknowledging the difficulty of locating Cheon Yo-hwa and the survivor group in the distorted void, he resolves to handle all anomalies in his path. As he moves deeper into the twisted, blood-red corridors, the void itself seems to tremble in response to his presence.
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13:16
Chapter 88
The narrator, operating under the identity of the Undertaker, reflects on the importance of spirit and determination in overcoming anomalies, drawing from a past experience in the 90th run where he ran a convenience store. He recounts an encounter with a rotting ghost customer at 01:59 who demanded internal organs. Instead of succumbing to fear, the Undertaker leveraged his role as a service provider, aggressively demanding compensation for the filth, noise, and spoiled food, ultimately forcing the anomaly to vanish due to its rule-bound nature as a 'customer.' This anecdote establishes the theme that knowledge of an anomaly's weak point, combined with unwavering mental fortitude, is key to survival.
Currently in the 117th cycle of the 'Baekhwa Girls' High' tutorial dungeon, the Undertaker patrols the school with his full gear: a flashlight, a leather trunk (an anomaly itself), and protective equipment. As a high-level regressor, his presence causes lower-level ghosts to retreat, though he targets those bound by specific rules. He enters the boys' restroom, which is flooded and smells of bleach and rotting hair. He locates a haunted stall and performs the 'Hanako' ritual by counting while spinning. When the ghost, Hanako, emerges and offers a truce involving 'purple paper,' the Undertaker refuses, revealing he carries both red and blue paper. He explains that in the modern era, hygiene is paramount, and he possesses both colors. He then shatters the toilet with an aura burst, binding the ghost with the red and blue papers simultaneously—a move that exploits the ghost's reliance on these specific words to inflict physical damage. The ghost explodes, revealing seven submerged corpses in the water. The Undertaker finds talismans written in human blood, each marked with the character for 'death,' indicating a severe curse. Lacking the full expertise to decipher them from later cycles, he burns the talismans and marks the room as a 'safe zone' for any survivors. He notes that restrooms are ritualistic centers of shadow and crucial to the dungeon's structure, more so than other rooms. Acknowledging the difficulty of locating Cheon Yo-hwa and the survivor group in the distorted void, he resolves to handle all anomalies in his path. As he moves deeper into the twisted, blood-red corridors, the void itself seems to tremble in response to his presence.
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89
Chapter 89
The narrator, Go Yuir (also known as the Undertaker), reflects on his storytelling limitations, specifically his inability to use third-person omniscient narration or possession. To compensate, he employs a tactic he calls 'historical distortion,' mentally framing the extermination of the school's ghosts not as a heroic deed, but as a chaotic anomaly event where ghosts fear a 'guard.' He recounts how he systematically cleared the first three floors of the school building, exorcising specific entities like the ghost of Agrippa, a Beethoven portrait ghost, and an anatomical model ghost. He notes that while the lower floors are now safe zones, the true danger lies on the fourth floor, referred to as the '4th (死) floor' or 'afterlife,' a zone of extreme peril due to linguistic curses associated with the number four and death.
Before ascending, the narrator engages in self-talk to detect doppelgänger-type anomalies. When his shadow mimics his movements, he identifies it as an enemy and attacks it with his cane sword, 'Do-hwa.' He defeats the shadow by exploiting its weakness: it cannot answer when commanded to say the Saintess's true name, a secret known only to him. After neutralizing the shadow, he uses a walkie-talkie and a smartphone playing a looping recording to expose and destroy a mind-control-type anomaly attempting to mimic his voice. The anomaly's inability to process the rapid, distorted audio causes its device to explode.
To enter the 4th floor, the narrator performs a ritual offering of gold and silver coins from various countries, including Greek and Venetian currency. The anomaly, a greedy 'ferryman' figure, consumes the money, indicating it is driven by avarice. The narrator exploits this, refusing to pay further tolls and walking through the corridor as red, fleshy tendrils of the anomaly fail to touch him, protected by the transaction's implied protection. As he ascends, he hears human footsteps and encounters a girl in a white school uniform, Cheon Yo-hwa. She attacks him with a basketball-style kick, which he easily blocks and cushions to prevent injury. Upon seeing he is a human adult, Cheon Yo-hwa expresses relief and hope for rescue. The narrator confirms her identity as the 113th Student Council President and the key witness to the Infinite Void, marking the successful completion of his primary objective in this dungeon.
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12:38
Chapter 89
The narrator, Go Yuir (also known as the Undertaker), reflects on his storytelling limitations, specifically his inability to use third-person omniscient narration or possession. To compensate, he employs a tactic he calls 'historical distortion,' mentally framing the extermination of the school's ghosts not as a heroic deed, but as a chaotic anomaly event where ghosts fear a 'guard.' He recounts how he systematically cleared the first three floors of the school building, exorcising specific entities like the ghost of Agrippa, a Beethoven portrait ghost, and an anatomical model ghost. He notes that while the lower floors are now safe zones, the true danger lies on the fourth floor, referred to as the '4th (死) floor' or 'afterlife,' a zone of extreme peril due to linguistic curses associated with the number four and death.
Before ascending, the narrator engages in self-talk to detect doppelgänger-type anomalies. When his shadow mimics his movements, he identifies it as an enemy and attacks it with his cane sword, 'Do-hwa.' He defeats the shadow by exploiting its weakness: it cannot answer when commanded to say the Saintess's true name, a secret known only to him. After neutralizing the shadow, he uses a walkie-talkie and a smartphone playing a looping recording to expose and destroy a mind-control-type anomaly attempting to mimic his voice. The anomaly's inability to process the rapid, distorted audio causes its device to explode.
To enter the 4th floor, the narrator performs a ritual offering of gold and silver coins from various countries, including Greek and Venetian currency. The anomaly, a greedy 'ferryman' figure, consumes the money, indicating it is driven by avarice. The narrator exploits this, refusing to pay further tolls and walking through the corridor as red, fleshy tendrils of the anomaly fail to touch him, protected by the transaction's implied protection. As he ascends, he hears human footsteps and encounters a girl in a white school uniform, Cheon Yo-hwa. She attacks him with a basketball-style kick, which he easily blocks and cushions to prevent injury. Upon seeing he is a human adult, Cheon Yo-hwa expresses relief and hope for rescue. The narrator confirms her identity as the 113th Student Council President and the key witness to the Infinite Void, marking the successful completion of his primary objective in this dungeon.
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90
Chapter 90
The narrator, operating under the cover identity of a night patrol guard within the 'School Ghost Stories' anomaly, encounters a distraught student who reveals herself to be Cheon Yo-hwa, the president of the 117th cycle's student council. Unlike the brainwashed versions of Cheon Yo-hwa from previous regression cycles, this iteration is emotionally unstable, inexperienced, and retains full perception of anomalies, including the tutorial fairies. Recognizing her potential, the narrator leverages his role as a guard to provide her with 'powerful' chocolate and cup noodles, stabilizing her and earning her trust. Cheon Yo-hwa, having survived 390 subjective days in the school while only three months have passed outside, is horrified to learn of the world's collapse outside. She reveals that her family was brainwashed by a cult, a detail the narrator files away as significant.
As they walk the blood-streaked corridors, Cheon Yo-hwa insists on joining the narrator to protect him from other survivors, though the narrator accepts, aiming to accompany her to understand her transformation. They encounter the 'Thump-Thump-Thump Ghost,' an anomaly that moves by repeatedly shattering and reforming its head. The narrator tests Cheon Yo-hwa’s combat capabilities by feigning inaction. Cheon Yo-hwa responds by engaging in intense self-suggestion, repeatedly affirming 'Cheon Yo-hwa is not afraid,' effectively brainwashing herself to overcome fear and enhance her reflexes. She attacks the ghost with acrobatic agility, grabbing its hair to force it upright—a critical weakness—and destroying it. The narrator confirms her status as a powerful Awakener, noting her necromancy ability allows her to rewrite her own cognitive patterns for survival. They search her classroom, finding numerous blood-cursed talismans hidden in desks and lockers. The narrator concludes that her unique psychological state and the widespread curses in the school are key to her eventual evolution into the Apostle of the Infinite Void.
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13:17
Chapter 90
The narrator, operating under the cover identity of a night patrol guard within the 'School Ghost Stories' anomaly, encounters a distraught student who reveals herself to be Cheon Yo-hwa, the president of the 117th cycle's student council. Unlike the brainwashed versions of Cheon Yo-hwa from previous regression cycles, this iteration is emotionally unstable, inexperienced, and retains full perception of anomalies, including the tutorial fairies. Recognizing her potential, the narrator leverages his role as a guard to provide her with 'powerful' chocolate and cup noodles, stabilizing her and earning her trust. Cheon Yo-hwa, having survived 390 subjective days in the school while only three months have passed outside, is horrified to learn of the world's collapse outside. She reveals that her family was brainwashed by a cult, a detail the narrator files away as significant.
As they walk the blood-streaked corridors, Cheon Yo-hwa insists on joining the narrator to protect him from other survivors, though the narrator accepts, aiming to accompany her to understand her transformation. They encounter the 'Thump-Thump-Thump Ghost,' an anomaly that moves by repeatedly shattering and reforming its head. The narrator tests Cheon Yo-hwa’s combat capabilities by feigning inaction. Cheon Yo-hwa responds by engaging in intense self-suggestion, repeatedly affirming 'Cheon Yo-hwa is not afraid,' effectively brainwashing herself to overcome fear and enhance her reflexes. She attacks the ghost with acrobatic agility, grabbing its hair to force it upright—a critical weakness—and destroying it. The narrator confirms her status as a powerful Awakener, noting her necromancy ability allows her to rewrite her own cognitive patterns for survival. They search her classroom, finding numerous blood-cursed talismans hidden in desks and lockers. The narrator concludes that her unique psychological state and the widespread curses in the school are key to her eventual evolution into the Apostle of the Infinite Void.
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