I knew Kim Hyun-Sung would be out of his mind. Kim Hyun-Sung’s eyes were blank in the expedition team’s journey toward the 17th base. I couldn’t help but get worried that he had suffered a brain injury or something after receiving a head injury from Rimoura.

However, he looked fine on the outside.

‘Shit.’

And that was why I felt more desperate. One of the biggest benefits I would get out of this project was living a successful life with our lovely regressor. I imagined us walking toward a happy future while holding hands, but on the magic hologram, Kim Hyun-Sung looked like he was in a vegetative state. I was anxious because he looked so bad that I started questioning if he was still alive.

He looked as if he had lost all motivation to live.

His eyes were empty as if he had been living a monotonous life.

“I’m tired…”

No one was talking to him or asking him a question, but the way he kept mumbling reminded me of a mentally ill patient. He seemed like he was talking without much thought behind it. His soul had left him. The best description would be to say that he was mumbling without realizing it. I had heard about...