I’m an Infinite Regressor, But I’ve Got Stories to Tell Chapter 250

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◈ I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 250

The Mastermind I

Did you know?

The title of any existing work in the world could be transford into a "concealnt" format.

Let's call it the Concealnt Transformation Theory.

Needless to say, of course, the stories we've journeyed through so far could be concealed in the sa way.

"City Bus Conceals a Chessboard," "Radio DJ Conceals a Musical Genius," "The Last Heir of a People Conceals a Signal Fire," "The Ice Age Conceals Humanity's Sincerity," "Earth Conceals the Sun," and so forth...

There's truly no end to the possibilities. All it takes is tacking on "conceals" sowhere in the middle.

The genius who first conceived these titles surely deserves so acclaim.

In fact, the sharp-witted among you may have already noticed that the Outer God we're about to target lends itself most fittingly to this concealnt transformation. After all, the very term "Mastermind" implies a perpetrator concealing their identity.

Therefore, if we were to arbitrarily apply the Concealnt Transformation Theory to this Outer God, who still lacks a proper na, we might describe it like this:

"The Anomaly Conceals the World."

The instant I crossed the rift, led by the Infinite Void's pointer finger, I briefly lost consciousness.

How long was I out? Maybe five seconds?

After blacking out for a short while, I opened my eyes again to find myself lying on the ground.

Soone was gazing down at .

- Consciousness restoration: confird.

- Primary language set to Korean. Initiating dialogue.

- It has been a while, human.

It was an Anomaly.

A sli-like entity composed of bright red liquid bubbled up with a pop-pop, creating sounds that resembled a "human" voice. So the lines it had just spoken weren't really words. They were just intermittent bursts of effects like "I-t has-been-a-while, hu-man."

"A while...? And who might you be?"

- Na: Fairy King.

"Ah."

The Fairy King.

An Anomaly similar to an AI personality that governed all the fairies in the tutorial. To be precise, each Tutorial Fairy was essentially a terminal of the Fairy King.

Considering that fairies were actually Baku, one might also call the Fairy King a Succubus Queen.

Once, this Anomaly might have acted freely, but since the point at which I began to regress, it had already been enslaved by the Infinite Void. It didn't pose any real threat.

"And why are you here? And what's with that form?" I looked around. "Where's the Infinite Void?"

- Processing your questions in reverse order. First: You transferred your control of to the Outer God known as the Infinite Void.

The bubbles popped again.

- The Infinite Void is currently engaged in a dispute with the Outer God in this place, which, according to your words, would be called the Great Void or the Void of Imageless Spirits.

"A dispute."

I clutched my head, quickly running through the Fairy King's answers. My head throbbed, probably because my Aura had drained.

"So, the Infinite Void is battling the Mastermind Outer God? To seize control?"

- Confirmation: That is correct.

"And where are they fighting? I was definitely pulled here by the Infinite Void's finger."

- They are fighting now, here, and in all places at all tis.

"..."

- Because it is not a physical battle, but a contest of concepts, your senses cannot perceive it.

However, the Fairy King then murmured sothing else.

- Explanation: The Infinite Void has determined that without you, the outco of this battle is aningless.

- Reason: Even if it wins, the mont your life ends, all progress resets.

"Mm."

As expected.

The Infinite Void couldn't preserve data across cycles. Even if it regained so of its forr powers, it would face serious problems if the regressor hit "reset." Whether it wanted to recruit, persuade, or imprison , the Infinite Void had no choice but to focus on , the regressor. The reason it pulled in, even after the world had perished, lay in this.

"Then, is this really the Mastermind Outer God's domain?"

- Confirmation: Correct. I descended here to communicate with you on behalf of the Infinite Void.

"So you're sothing like a walkie-talkie."

- Confirmation: That understanding is accurate.

I groaned, pulling myself upright.

We were in a sealed room—a cube. The sterile, white cube exuded no sense of life.

"A containnt room? A laboratory? An experintal chamber?"

There was no furniture to suggest a lived-in space, only a corpse that lay sprawled behind the Fairy King and a hologram of the solar system standing in the center of the room.

"And what is that corpse?"

- It's related to your next question. The corpse belonged to a "researcher" responsible for this containnt space.

- Explanation: The Infinite Void killed the researcher upon erging from the rift and used the corpse to assemble a physical form for .

"So, in other words..." I frowned. "That slimy blob of yours is actually the blood and flesh of that researcher?"

- Confirmation: Correct.

The sli squird. Apparently, neither of us minded the presence of a corpse lying around.

- Caution: Look at this solar system.

I was already looking.

As I ntioned, a hologram of the solar system floated in the center of the room. Long "claw marks" were gouged out around the hologram. Inside, the Earth and planets had crumbled into fragnts, floating aimlessly.

Anyone with a shred of sense would understand the implication.

"Wait a minute, is this our solar system?"

- Confirmation: Correct.

"..."

- Explanation: The Earth you lived on is nothing but a simulation represented by this hologram.

- Supplentary note: To be precise, the Outer God here is forcing it to remain "only a simulation."

The answer ca to then, and I nodded grimly.. "So it's the simulation hypothesis."

The simulation hypothesis.

This theory proposed that the world we live in isn't real, but rather a virtual reality—a virtual world created for so kind of experint.

It was akin to the idea of a brain in a vat. We weren't truly human, just brains confined in life-support tanks, receiving electrical impulses from an outside researcher, convincing us, "This is the real world!"

"Then was that corpse one of the researchers controlling our world?"

- Confirmation: Yes.

"Good riddance."

All of a sudden, I felt an overwhelming disgust for this white-walled chamber.

"So they reduced our world to a re 'simulation test site' and observed it?"

If that wasn't a true Great Void, then what was?

Reducing the world itself to a re simulation was likely the power the Mastermind Outer God wielded. The Fairy King's explanation only cented my resolve.

"Truly, Outer Gods cannot be allowed to exist under the sa sky as us."

Enemies of humanity. Only by destroying this place and the Mastermind Outer God could we prove our world was more than just a trivial simulation.

What exact angle I should take to attack it still eluded , but my objective was now clear.

"Alright. So do I just destroy this damn lab? It looks small enough that it shouldn't be too hard."

The Fairy King's slimy form wriggled. Although it had no eyes or mouth, I sensed it staring at .

- Guidance: Follow .

The sli tapped on the wall, causing a door just wide enough for a person to appear where there had once been none.

I was taken aback. Such technology was unimaginable with modern Earth civilization.

"There's more beyond here?"

- Confirmation: Correct.

I stepped through the newly ford door.

Or rather, I intended to step through and keep walking, to assess the structure of the Outer God's Great Void. But the mont I crossed the threshold, I froze in place.

"What...?"

An endless corridor stretched before with cube-shaped labs packed closely together on either side.

"What is this...?"

- Explanation: As of now, the Infinite Void has identified at least 1,000 simulation labs.

- Supplentary note: This is rely the count. We have no information on the actual experints taking place.

"..."

A World Annihilation Simulator. That was the scene that awaited the regressor as I crossed beyond the rift to confront the Outer God.

- Directive: First, wear the researcher's lab coat.

As I prepared myself to leave the containnt chamber, the Fairy King offered a suggestion.

- Explanation: I understand you intend to prove that this is rely an illusion, that this Great Void is nothing but a false reality.

- Supplentary note: However, as you know, the Great Void has its own rules.

"So... you're telling to disguise myself as a researcher here, to pretend I'm one of the Void's personnel?"

- Confirmation: Precisely.

No further explanation was necessary.

- In fact, no human-shaped beings originally existed in this Great Void.

- The Infinite Void "hacked" this place to enforce physical forms. The white containnt room, the simulation hologram, the researcher—they were all elents forced into existence by the Infinite Void.

"So this space would have been far more abstract otherwise?"

- Response unavailable: I do not know. I myself only ca into existence after the Infinite Void began its invasion.

"Mmm."

The exact intention behind the Infinite Void's machinations remained unclear. Still, for now, it seed willing to aid . At least until we took down the Mastermind Outer God, our relationship could be considered one of cooperation.

"It's a setup so that I, an Anomaly from the simulation, can move freely without raising suspicion."

- Confirmation: Additionally, I am here as your guide and assistant.

- Self-evaluation: I have served both the Infinite Void and you as my masters in turn. I am a suitable choice.

"But... you're not human."

- Counterpoint: The confusion arises from the limitations of inferior human language. It is not your fault.

With a sigh, I stripped the corpse of its clothing, then incinerated the body with Aura.

Squirm!

As soon as I draped the white lab coat over my shoulders, the Fairy King's body wriggled, attaching itself to .

"What the—?"

- Explanation: Transforming appearance.

The sli spread thinly across the contours of my body, even covering my face.

Then, it suddenly beca transparent, reshaping my features!

'A silicone mask? A human skin mask?'

In any case, the sli adhered to like an armor of tentacles, completely altering the appearance of , the Undertaker.

Without a mirror, I couldn't see how I looked, but I could tell that a flat chest had appeared, among other subtle changes. One thing was certain: I now looked more feminine.

"You! What are you doing?!"

- Detected emotion: Anger.

- Explanation: This appearance replicates the forr researcher (now a corpse) who managed this lab.

- Question: You are aware of the Great Void's rules. Adjusting your form to match the researcher's appearance is a given. Anger is unwarranted.

"Couldn't you at least show a mirror so I can see what kind of surgery you've pulled off...?"

- Confirmation: I will comply with both the Infinite Void's instructions and your preferences to the fullest extent possible.

Squirm.

A section of the sli erged from my sleeve and shaped itself into a mirror. This feat was so far outside the realm of human capabilities that I felt as if I had transford into an Anomaly myself.

"..."

I glared at the reflection in the mirror.

Seeing myself transford into a woman didn't shock out of so silly, clichéd awe at my beauty—no, it was sothing else entirely.

The reason was much simpler. The face was... familiar.

"This is... the Undertakeress!"

- Question: What is "Undertakeress"?

The Fairy King, now back in its sli form, tilted its head in curiosity, but I couldn't answer.

Back in the 664th cycle, I had gone on a trip to the Uyuni Salt Flats with Dang Seo-rin. And on the airplane, which was supposed to facilitate a safe journey, I encountered Undertakers and Dang Seo-rins from parallel worlds.

One thing I found morable was that in those other worlds, every version of Undertaker and Dang Seo-rin was a couple.

Among them was a female version of , known as "the Undertakeress," a parallel universe's version of myself.

She and I even shared a similar level of martial prowess.

"This is impossible..."

I turned to stare blankly at the spot where the researcher's corpse had lain just monts before.

'So, the Undertakers from parallel worlds were Anomalies born in the Mastermind Outer God's domain?!'

This exploration of the Void was going to be anything but easy.

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