Regression Button
Regression Button
People unconsciously look for a way out when they are in extreme situations.
They say the so-called "panoramic life review" works on this principle.
The fact that the comments from Puppet Master and Martial God suddenly came to mind must be the same logic.
With about one second left in the settlement, my subconscious pushed the only way out to me.
It was the comment Archmage left regarding the Regression Button when I was making the Core while sorting through nutritional supplements.
└Archmage) Engrave this in your head while making it. I'll teach you a way to commit suicide immediately.
└Amor Fati) Suddenly?
└Solo Hero*) It's not sudden. It's common sense in the IR Gallery to make the Regression Button first after finishing the foundation work.
└Archmage) You never know. It's better to be over-prepared.
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[Settlement in progress......(1)]
There were two methods the Archmage taught me.
The first was the method of forcibly overloading the Core to blow up my head.
Although I had condensed the mana tide into my arm, normally, just leaving it alone would cause the body to explode and scatter.
Honestly, if I had known the power would be this high, I would have just regressed as it was.
Who would have thought the Orc Chieftain-nim, who brought despair to humanity, would get one-shot?
What's done is done.
What matters is always now, this very moment.
Currently, my Core is shattered.
I am losing control over the mana in real-time.
So, what I need now is the second method.
└Archmage) The second method is one you can use in the worst-case scenario where the Core is broken.
└Archmage) First, you need to know how regression works. Does it trigger simply by dying? If so, what is the definition of death? What about cases where you die and are resuscitated?
└Archmage) According to my research, regression triggers the moment self-continuity and recoverability are completely lost.
└Archmage) That is the reason why simple fainting or becoming a vegetable does not trigger regression.
└Dungeon Thief) Old man, don't you know how to summarize in three lines?
└Archmage) So, usually destroying the head triggers regression, but to regress faster and more accurately, destroying just the frontal lobe and cerebral cortex is enough.
└Archmage) ......In one line: you just need to be able to pinpoint-remove specific parts of the brain.
└Puppet Master) Newbie. Posted a new thread, check it out.
[This is the Newbie's brain]
[Author: Puppet Master]
(Thumbnail of a doll resembling me with its head opened)
Attached a video, check it out.
It's the part painted in green.
Since the regression function was built into the circuit Archmage designed, make sure to remember this circuit and the brain part.
└Amor Fati) F***, gore alert;;
└Archmage) You'll get used to it if you watch it.
└Amor Fati) But the Core is the organ that handles mana, what am I supposed to do if there's no Core?
└Archmage) Haha. There is a concept called residual mana.
└Vampire Princess) Didn't you hear Dungeon Thief tell you to summarize in three lines?
└Archmage) ......It means I designed it to trigger automatically using the mana residue accumulated during the circuit-making process.
└Archmage) Since I made it usable as a temporary Core substitute, just focus on the circuit itself while picturing the part of the brain to destroy.
'Thank you, Master!!!!!'
[Settlement Complete]
Just before the sentence was finished.
I immediately pressed the Regression Button using the circuit I had drawn on my temple and philtrum.
Slice!
I lost consciousness completely at the same time as the sensation of a sharp scalpel cutting my brain.
When my head exploded from the Orc Chieftain, it felt like consciousness lingered for a few milliseconds.
But this method was a truly cold and swift death.
"Hraaaagh!"
I woke up screaming in my studio apartment.
"Huff, huff!"
It's my studio.
My studio.
I regressed!
"I thought I was going to die, you bastard!"
I didn't mean it in the sense of a simple death.
I meant I almost died as an Infinite Regressor.
As I calmed my racing heart with deep breaths, I noticed that my body felt unusually heavy.
It feels stiff.
It feels like there's a delay every time I move my body.
On top of that, my nose felt stuffy when I breathed, my ears were muffled, and my eyes were blurry.
Is it the problem of a modern human's body?
Or was the body that made the Core just that high-spec?
Maybe it's both, but anyway, the contrast is insane.
Still, it was a huge relief.
This feeling of wearing ill-fitting clothes.
This was the definitive proof that I had regressed.
I immediately turned on the IR Gallery and posted.
[Newbie almost messed up the regression just now]
[Author: Amor Fati]
(Thumbnail of the tutorial's great plains destroyed)
F***, it was going well but the Core suddenly overloaded and one-shot the Orc Chieftain;;
My body was a mess, but I was genuinely terrified the moment the settlement message appeared.
There's no proof that regression points are saved just by clearing one floor, you never know.
Archmage-nim is the all-time GOAT, I just worship you.
I posted the thread and waited for a moment, having a surprise worship time.
Really, if it weren't for Archmage-nim, my life as an Infinite Regressor would have been over just like that.
'I should use honorifics properly from now on.'
Anyway.
The reaction of the IR Gallery members who finished watching the video was explosive.
└Martial God) Hey you crazy, you had a Qi Deviation there.
└Puppet Master) Glad. Really glad. And you made a good judgment.
└Archmage) No, how can this be? You condensed mana in your arm even though the Core overloaded?
└PoisonCoated) Old man, is that what you're focusing on right now? The newbie almost got f***ed just now.
└Archmage) Oh, sorry. It's just such an absurd case. I was relieved you regressed safely, so...
└Amor Fati) No... I'm just grateful.
└Archmage) Glad. Really glad.
└Solo Hero*) I was more nervous than when I had the first final battle with the Demon King;; Newbie, are you mentally okay?
└Amor Fati) Actually, I'm struggling...
└Amor Fati) Thinking about retrying the Magic Stone...
└Solo Hero*) ?
└Vampire Princess) It is a relief! It is truly a relief!
└Heresy Purger) I shall offer a prayer of gratitude.
└Dungeon Thief) Judgment is insane lol. You're gonna make it.
The fuss of the IR Gallery members swept through the gallery once.
In the gallery that had briefly quieted down, I called for Puppet Master.
[Puppet Master there?]
[Author: Amor Fati]
I have to retry this Magic Stone, if I follow that winning video, will it pop up again?
└Puppet Master) Posted the video again.
└Puppet Master) 70% chance.
"This is basically a guarantee."
After entering the Tower, I referenced Puppet Master's video and tore the Magic Stone ticket.
For reference, the stupid thing I did in the run where the S-Rank Magic Stone hit was my victory celebration.
Bam para bam!
Poot-poot-poot!
Pew-pew!
Boom!
[S-Rank Magic Stone Hit!]
Flashy effects incomparable to the F-Rank Magic Stone hit effect.
I was a bit nervous.
The IR Gallery is invincible and Puppet Master is a god.
I left a comment for Puppet Master to express my gratitude, then took the Magic Stone and came out of the Tower.
Afterwards, with the help of Archmage-nim-nim-nim, I drew the circuit on my body again and the elixir-
└Archmage) This time, make sure to drink it outside.
└PoisonCoated) Too bad lol
"Ah!"
That's right! I shouldn't drink it at home!
Must have been because I went through such a scary experience.
I almost drank it naturally!
I headed to the mountain behind the neighborhood wearing long sleeves, long pants, a hoodie, a mask, and even sunglasses in midsummer.
The gazes looking at me weren't kind, but what can I do?
This is better than a crazy guy covered in red tattoos.
'Above all, I feel too sorry for the public servants regarding the park restroom.'
Nature has self-cleaning, right?
I drank the elixir after filling my lungs with the fresh mountain air.
The terrible pain returned.
"Ugh."
This isn't a path people walk on.
And the mountain only has cute animals like cats and squirrels at most, so there were no worries.
I lost consciousness right there.
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Caw! Caw!
Haaaaa!
Yip! Yelp!
Beep-beep! Beep! Beeeep!!!
"Ugh······."
A terrible smell hit my nose, and at the same time, wild animals started running away screaming.
"Sorry, human."
But if I don't make the Core, the world ends.
So it could be seen as a sacrifice of the few for the many.
Apparently, IR Gallery members have their own regression routines.
I'll have to find a way to deal with this smell after taking down the Orc Chieftain.
'Well, if the regression point saves after catching it, I'll be bummed.'
I appreciated the world with higher resolution and shouted "Enter!" to jump into the Tower.
"Enter!"
The pure white space I faced again.
"Sniff."
I didn't know when I first made the Core, but the smell had soaked into my body a bit.
Was my nose broken because I was left in an enclosed space during the first try?
I wrinkled my nose at the lingering scent and turned on the IR Gallery.
A strategy meeting is necessary.
I don't have the slightest intention of overloading and retrying every time I face an unavoidable attack.
[Guys, what should I do about this?]
[Author: Amor Fati]
If I see an angle I can't avoid, the Core seems like it'll keep overloading, what do I do?
└Archmage) Originally, I wanted to recommend the path of magic until you experienced proper combat over a hundred times, but the situation has changed. Focus on martial arts now.
└Archmage) Overloading will decrease significantly once you get used to the senses while handling the Core, but that takes too long.
└Archmage) So, just don't create the angle you can't avoid.
└Martial God) Oh, first time seeing the old man concede like this?
└Archmage) Of course! The newbie went through this, do you think I'd be stubborn?!
"Master······!"
As expected, the love for the newbie is Archmage-nim-nim-nim.
Anyway, there are two solutions.
Spend a long time getting used to the Core, or don't give the angle at all.
As a pro gamer, the method I choose is obviously decided.
'Non-target skills, just dodge them, right?'
The martial arts faction of the IR Gallery seemed to think similarly, and they started uploading videos one by one.
It started with Head Admin.
[Newbie, check this out first]
[Author: Solo Hero*]
(Thumbnail of a blonde noona in a bikini)
I took this video assuming an Orc is in front of you, I took it from your perspective as much as possible.
By the way, your vision itself was truly gifted.
Maybe that's why the way you use your body before and after making the Core is completely different.
Like blocked meridians opened up?
At first, I thought you had no talent for body movement, but that wasn't it.
So watch my movements and use it as a reference.
└Amor Fati) Noona.......
└Solo Hero*) Oh yeah, it's noona lol
└Vampire Princess) (Vampire character covering eyes with a 'Gasp!' sticker)
└Heresy Purger) Hey, lewd things are forbidden!
I watched the video for a long time.
'What is this video?'
I can't take my eyes off it.
If Venus, the goddess of beauty, saw this, she'd run away crying, right?
I've already watched it over ten times, but it really never gets old.
"Ah!"
Snap out of it, Han-gyeol.
Is this the time to drool and get distracted?
I saved the video and decided to check other martial artists' videos.
[Head Admin, what kind of porn did you upload;;]
[Author: Martial God]
(Thumbnail of a muscular, disheveled giant taken from an old man angle)
Trying to kill the newbie with Qi Deviation again?
Please wear some clothes when filming.
And the level is still too high.
Newbie, it's better to refer to my movements. Yeah.
└Dungeon Thief) Head!!! Admin!!! Block the gore!!!!
└Martial God) What's wrong with my body
└Solo Hero*) Lol, I told you to compress your muscles like me
└Martial God) Don't want to live with a scrawny body;;
└PoisonCoated) I regressed after watching this video
"Wow, what a physique."
I admired it in the opposite sense of Head Admin's video.
How is that a human body?
But the video helpful to me was Martial God's.
He added explanations while moving against a virtual Orc Chieftain in the video, what should I say.
"It's eye-level education."
Meaning it's easy to understand.
└Amor Fati) I can see it...... I can see the Orc Chieftain!
└Solo Hero*) No, are you saying you can't see the Orc Chieftain in my video?
└Amor Fati) Are you asking if I can see the Orc Chieftain......
└Martial God) Lmao
Partly because the Orc Chieftain wasn't visible for various reasons, but the biggest reason was separate.
Solo Hero's movements made me wonder, 'How did he move like that?'
On the other hand, Martial God's movements were very intuitive.
Movements with consideration for a beginner.
'Above all, the gaze.'
I kept my gaze on the guy's upper body, conscious of the club, but Martial God's gaze was consistently looking at the Orc Chieftain's feet.
└Martial God) You can see the next action just by looking at the feet. Weight shifts to the left leg? That's a signal it's using it as a support axis and attacking with the right arm.
└Martial God) Since you confirmed the Regression Button works well, just try it out.
└Archmage) If you feel the Core is about to overload, don't hesitate and press it.
I hammered Martial God's movements into my head for a long time.
Movements that would have been impossible for Han-gyeol the ordinary person.
But now that I have a Core and can control my body like a game character, there's nothing I can't do.
No, it's weirder if I can't follow it.
I practiced following Martial God's movements several times in the white space, and ran simulations of the battle with the Orc Chieftain in my head for a long time.
The moment I judged, 'This is doable.'
I stepped out of the safe zone.
"Alright, this time I'm going for real."
The 2nd proper Orc Chieftain battle.
Starting now.
Whoosh!