Chapter 173 — Regression Is Too Much

Chapter 173

Kim Jun-ho engages in a prolonged, carefully orchestrated conversation with an unnamed elderly man on Floor 15. Through repeated regressions, Jun-ho has been testing the elder's worldview, which reveals a deep contempt for ordinary humanity and a belief that climbers deserve to bear the burden alone. The elder initially probes Jun-ho's motives but gradually opens up, noting a strange familiarity and kinship with the young protagonist. Jun-ho shares a fabricated story of betrayal by the Goblin Shaman and other climbers to mirror the elder's own cynicism. The elder acknowledges Jun-ho's pain but warns him against adopting a solitary, ruthless path, revealing that he once believed he could save everyone alone. The chapter concludes with the elder collapsing from a physical toll and delivering a profound revelation: the Tower's inhabitants are survivors of a world that failed to climb to the end.

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