[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world":3,"chapter-level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-111":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Level 4 Human in a Ruined World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1848179,2454,"Chapter 111","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-111",111,"\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 111: On a Pitch Black Night (5)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parnas Hotel, Room 3233.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A high-priced room where 62,000 karma must be paid in just one night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo stepped into the room, Lim Suna bowed behind him and greeted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well then, please rest. We’ll take our leave now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Thank you as always.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bowing his head slightly to see off the Taewon Group employees, Yeongwoo immediately took off his equipment as soon as the entrance door closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click, clack, thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now until 10 a.m., this space would be protected by the rental system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, as long as no one forcibly enters, there would be no danger in this room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, when it’s 11 p.m. and the Obsidian rain starts, he would have to go outside, but until then, he wanted to enjoy uninterrupted rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unbelievable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo loosened the three weapons and belts on the floor, enjoying the safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he hurried to the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was to confirm if there was really a television there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And indeed, the bedroom he arrived at did have one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wow…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo had hoped, there was a television.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, it was positioned in a way that he could watch it while lying on the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s huge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[PR\u002FN: THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen was so large that he thought it might as well be a window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon this, Yeongwoo immediately grasped the remote control and pressed the power button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the remote control seemed to turn into a hologram, and the television in question blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an eerie sound effect, the screen turned on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, is it really working?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s eyes widened at the unexpected development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The television screen, which had just reflected Yeongwoo’s appearance, was now filled with gray noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noise momentarily stopped, then began to flow steadily in a certain direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Ah.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Yeongwoo pressed the right direction key on the remote control as if possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, this time, the screen brightened so much that it was blinding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s forehead wrinkled deeply at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he couldn’t help but relax his expression after hearing the sound coming from the television.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―How long do I have to keep doing this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Until we’re summoned again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―When will that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―I don’t know either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it sounded like muffled sound quality as if listening through a wall, it was clear because of the voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This voice…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chairman?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the mutant, or rather now, ‘friend’ Kim Taejoon, the chairman, and Hong Youngtae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, what Yeongwoo was looking at now was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room where Yeongwoo and the others had shook hands, also known as the “returnee’s room.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A quarantine space without a sense of time, communication with the outside world, or any external contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Youngtae!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo shouted loudly as he approached the television, but the two people on the screen didn’t even flinch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply sat huddled in the endless expanse of white space, gazing endlessly at a white hourglass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Yeongwoo could see and hear them through the television, those two didn’t even know that someone was watching them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just as Youngtae had said before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had said that going back to the room with nothing to do would drive him crazy from boredom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the few times he had been summoned, he could buy an hourglass at least, but before that, there was nothing in the room but white walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―I’ll really go crazy if I stay like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Chairman Kim Taejoon, dressed in white pajamas, sprang up from his seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he looked up at the ceiling, which was so white that he couldn’t tell if it was the ceiling or the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Should I just play chess? If I have that, maybe it’ll be a bit better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Youngtae, who had been staring intently at the hourglass, grabbed Chairman Kim Tae-joon’s sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―No, Chairman! We promised to endure and buy a television.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Yeongwoo’s ears perked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can buy a television? From there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t misheard, he was sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that there was a television among the items that could be purchased in the returnee’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so, what would appear on the television screen over there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Perhaps they can see this world from over there, just as I can see that world now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through this peculiar television, Yeongwoo finally realized why the rental system charged such a high fee for this room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rental fee of 62,000 karma for this room was essentially the usage fee for an irreplaceable function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spacious area and comfortable bedding were just extras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Then what did Jeong Hyunsik see here…? He didn’t have anything like a whistle.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s gaze naturally turned back to the direction button on the remote control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two ‘friends’ on the screen eventually resolved to endure a little longer and sat down on the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Hmm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them began to gaze at the hourglass in silence again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it seemed like nothing would happen for a while, Yeongwoo cautiously pressed the right direction button on the remote control again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would there really be another channel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, as the screen shifted somewhere else, it became much more comfortable than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because what was being broadcast on the second channel was the natural light of Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely, it was the view of a motel called Lusso located in Cheoin-gu, Yongin City, where the morning sunlight of Earth was shining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, after confirming what was playing on the screen, involuntarily covered his mouth with his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… the battle is supported by the intergalactic weapon brand Dogo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am Jwong Yeongwoo07, the strongest man in Gyeongbuk, Earth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, what is this? This crazy guy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the screen, the late Gyeongbuk’s Strongest sword, Jin, was as bewildered as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, another scene, different but familiar, appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…It can’t be helped. This battle is supported by the intergalactic weapon brand Dogo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the moment when Yeongwoo informed Chairman Kim Taejoon of Dogo’s support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My goodness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, this channel was a collection of horrifying moments when Yeongwoo fulfilled his obligations as an advertising model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this continued, scenes like when he had kicked Cha Dooseong, who was honestly boxing according to the rules, would appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Yeongwoo quickly pressed the direction button on the remote control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, for the first time, a dark screen appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo thought it was noise starting again and narrowed his eyes, but soon realized it wasn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breathing sounds could be heard in the pitch-black screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And upon closer inspection of the dim screen, a certain figure was clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A… a person.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Yeongwoo was seeing now was someone sleeping with all the lights off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, could it really be a person?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for this thought was because the background on the screen looked like a motel somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If that’s a real person… are they showing somewhere in this world right now?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that were the case, what he was seeing now was likely a live broadcast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without knowing who it was, they had rented a room and fallen asleep as soon as the rental service started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It must have been a really tough day.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the face of the person was too dark to confirm, Yeongwoo reluctantly changed the channel again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the screen suddenly brightened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shoaaaa…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was accompanied by the sound of water out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s eyes widened in fear as the sight of a foreigner washing his wounded body filled his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the title above his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wh-what!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo let out a scream-like sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Swordmaster, London』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was so alien, paradoxically, something that seemed to be known or not known stirred in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he was looking at right now, no matter how you looked at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Isn’t that the Strongest Sword from abroad?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, more precisely, it should be ‘Swordmaster’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that the concept of ‘Strongest Sword’ didn’t exist there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s this? Why are they showing this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panicked, Yeongwoo repeatedly pressed the direction button on the remote control, and each time, people of different races appeared one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the forms of the titles each of them had on their heads were also different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guardian Sword, Sword Judge…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And some had the title ‘Five Heroes of Shanxi’, which Yeongwoo thought belonged to the Strongest Sword system of China.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this all real?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[TL\u002FN: Chat is this real? Or is Yeongwoo tripping rn]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ‘World’s Strongest’ channel Yeongwoo could see had a total of six channels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after scrolling through all the channels, it returned to the initial noisy screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He experienced all the contents that this strange television had to offer at least once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Taxes will be collected starting shortly at 10 p.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―The basic tax amount is 1,000 karma, and non-payers of taxes will be forfeited immediately at the time of collection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tax collection notice appeared in Youngwoo’s field of vision, informing him that it had already reached 10 p.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wow, already.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, who had been engrossed in the television and had lost track of time, was suddenly brought back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep beep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the alarm on Yeongwoo’s wristwatch rang, indicating 10 p.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-As of now, taxes will be collected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Basic tax: 1,000\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Deduction item: Single household\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Final tax: 500\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, his body felt cold, and 500 karma in taxes was automatically withdrawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* Available Karma: 996,000\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tax payment completed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, who had once again endured another day, stared blankly at the disappearing tax details in his vision, then shifted his gaze back to the peculiar television.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a calmer mind than before, he began to flip through the channels one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the world’s strongest individuals spending their night in their own ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But why are they showing this? Is it to inform us that we will soon be going overseas?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps they were the main characters or candidates for the new achievement, ‘Ending Maker’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe they were candidates for the lead role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, one thing seemed certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Jeong Hyunsik must have seen something completely different from me. It seems that depending on the user, completely different channels are shown.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what did Jeong Hyunsik, the original owner of the Dragon’s Legacy, see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo pondered vaguely, then immediately straightened up and began to execute what he needed to do right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He started to memorize the titles and faces of the overseas strongmen shown on television.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for one person whose face couldn’t be confirmed due to the darkness of the screen, the owners of the other five channels clearly showed their titles and faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「00:58:14」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, there were about 58 minutes left until the Obsidian rain fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But it should only take about 20 minutes to memorize the five people. Five Heroes of Shanxi, Five Heroes of Shanxi, Five Heroes of Shanxi…!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1865,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.853Z",1,"novelbin.me","b6491b94f2e825d935788f23075f08a72cd58c00a326f87a490887d6f7b6d9c3","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-5","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-4",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]