[{"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-154":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},1848325,2454,"Chapter 154","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-154",154,"\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 154: Father (3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you looking for?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father, the magical word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this single word, the murderous spirit emanating from those holding swords dissipated without vigor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The majority present here had either lost their families as a result of the reset or were those who, unlike others, took up arms to avoid losing their families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension was palpable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because their own deaths were the same as the death of the family they left behind in the residential area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, snap out of it! It could be a distraction tactic from the mutants!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone instinctively grabbed the sword that had been slipping out of their hands and shouted, and right on cue, there was another clang from within the dust cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sound of Yeongwoo taking steps to step out of the dust cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Relax, everyone! Let me speak for a moment….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo waved the dust away with his arms and took another step forward, one of the Strongest Swords from Gangbuk reflexively extended his sword, interpreting this movement as an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the other Strongest Swords of Gangbuk couldn’t help but intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such clumsy attacks not only did not affect the mutants but also risked their lives by inviting counterattacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it was an ironic situation where the three Strongest Swords of Gangbuk, Nowon, and Dobong launched a joint attack in order to save the person who initiated the first attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Fuck, what’s going on? I don’t know what kind of guy he is, but thanks to him, my life will be saved.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the intruder’s presence, Gwak Seongwon of Uijeongbu’s Strongest Sword gained some time and started looking around for an escape route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intended to escape from the Gangbuk Alliance while they were engaged in battle with the monster in the dust cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could even take a step, something absurd happened first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blades of the Gangbuk Alliance, which had been cutting through the dust, were all blocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Misters, I’ll retaliate from the second attack onwards.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice of a man that had been continuously echoing from within the hazy dust finally emerged without a single break in breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Alliance’s blades were deflected onto the road, the person in question revealed himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father! Stop all actions!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo called out to the fathers indiscriminately and walked out of the dust, everyone on that side who had been aiming their swords at him widened their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything about the opponent surpassed their imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A height of two meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The title of Joseon’s Strongest Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden armor adorned all over the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden greatsword floating in the air like a guardian deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even a sinister aura emanating from a cursed sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is, is he really human?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s not a mutant…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then someone finally uttered the problematic line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, whose son is he…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, he was looking for his biological father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Yeongwoo, there was only the one who created him, but there was no one who nurtured him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what Yeongwoo was looking for now was nothing more than his biological father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely, a being who passed on some of his genetic components to Yeongwoo, and depending on the perspective, could be considered as the original.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「This individual is a randomly combined composition of Level 4 settings.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Influenced by the settings of the parents, they possess the following immutable elements from birth. #Level4 #Orphan」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「As a Level 4 composite being, they receive retroactive adjustments to settings of Level 2 or higher during their lifetime.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Father]: Level 6 Extra\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mother]: Level 1 Supporting Role\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combination of a Level 6 Extra and a Level 1 Supporting Role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This rather discordant combination gave rise to the problematic existence known as Jeong Yeongwoo07.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ‘stubborn’ acknowledged by the system and a ‘rising star’ that the beings of the universe began to take notice of at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Yeongwoo was also a pitiful existence who, if not for the reset, would have died a miserable death from being beaten by a drunken passerby during his return to home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he didn’t have high expectations for his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not like he was a remarkable or excellent person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the reset, in other words, in the original world, the child Yeongwoo’s father had made was not the Strongest Sword but someone who had died in the streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Name: Jeong Yeongwoo\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Role: Level 4 Extra\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Function: Background, Supportive Role\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that didn’t mean he wasn’t curious about his father’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, in fact, he was even more curious because he didn’t have high expectations for his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he was curious about how bad it was if it was bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyone here could be my father. So for now, let’s put down our swords.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mysterious man with overflowing power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo scanned the audience and spoke, everyone hesitated, exchanging glances, and one by one began to lower their swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t he a monster who easily deflected the attacks of the three Strongest Swords?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no choice but to listen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the three Strongest Swords of Gangbuk Alliance knew very well that the man had successfully defended against their attacks without even using weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Where did this bastard suddenly come from?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If it’s not an illusion, he blocked our combined attack with his bare hands…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Even though we launched our attacks without securing the area properly…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gangbuk, Nowon, and Dobong Strongest Swords reminisced about the recent events, Yeongwoo scrutinized the people in front of him one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is tricky.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Yeongwoo referred to them as ‘fathers’ was because a considerable number of the members were indeed father figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Created: April 8, 1992, 11:41 PM, unwritten and intentionally modified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo had been abandoned due to unintentional modifications, the age range of his father was likely much lower than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He could have had me when he was young, so he’d be in his early fifties.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo is currently thirty-four years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, excluding all women and men between the ages of 20 and 40, there was a high probability that his father was among the remaining candidates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when counting the number of candidates, there were as many as nine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, wait a minute. Are you saying your father is here…? Are you sure?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, doubts arose among the candidates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who spoke was none other than Gangbuk’s Strongest Sword, Lee Jingeun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the age of sixty-six, he had a son of similar age to Yeongwoo living in Gangbuk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If your father is really here, there’s no reason to hesitate like this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their meaning was why aren’t you going to find your father when everyone has stopped fighting as you demanded?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s something you could tell just by looking at their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For those who had never experienced life as an orphan, it was a natural thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Yeongwoo looked up at the tracking marker at the top of his field of vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since coming here, the marker had been changed to a square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant that there was a wanted person nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve never met my father in my life. I was abandoned as soon as I was born.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…..!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But somehow I got an item that helps find people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo took out the ‘wanted poster’, people poured out words of admiration as if they had made an agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my, is it true?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Oh my god.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems like he came to find his father with that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He was an orphan….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then people’s eyes began to focus on men who were the age of the monster’s father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could have committed the wicked act of abandoning a newborn baby?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh, whoever did it, it’s really messed up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who is it? Confess quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it even possible for there to be orphans in this day and age? Who is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the candidates began to step back, raising their arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I’m not. I have all my children.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Neither am I.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t even have a lover, let alone a son.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene at the Uijeongbu prison, which had turned into the worst father discovery scene in a matter of seconds from a war scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had participated in this battle had begun to express their annoyance due to their own stories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, like Kim Jeonggu of Dobong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is all this nonsense? Did we come here to fight, or to play jokes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kim Jeonggu, 58 years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was here to avenge his brother who lost his life to the Uijeongbu’s Strongest Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can you expect to find your father when you don’t even know what he looks like?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these words, Kim Jeonggu aggressively gripped his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, since the number of candidates is going to decrease, you’d better look carefully among the remaining people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were going to sneak out of the war for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…..!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Uijeongbu’s Strongest Sword Gwak Seongwon, who had been looking for an opportunity to escape, leaped towards the high outer wall of the prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dammit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ta-aat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strongest man among the Uijeongbu prison inmates, Gwak Seongwon, moved like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That bastard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, all the Strongest Swords of the Gangbuk Alliance, including Kim Jeonggu of Dobong, naturally lit up and jumped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yeongwoo was no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gwak Seongwon…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calling out the name of the man who might be his biological father, he sent the ‘Dragon’s Legacy’ towards his left leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sshaeaeaeat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the duel sword of the Joseon’s Strongest Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to that, Gwak Seongwon was hit in the leg with the sword and slammed into the ground, unable to even cross half the distance to the outer wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Krek!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the enraged people of Gangbuk Alliance rushed towards him, brandishing their swords fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they were soon bound by the golden waves that swept through the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hwaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the people immediately recognized the nature of this energy and widened their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This oppressive feeling, like squeezing one’s heart, could only be felt when facing the prestige of the Strongest Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Joseon’s Strongest Sword』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Yeongwoo, the source of this prestige, calmly walked among dozens of swordsmen, emitting golden rays from his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Ugh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing in front of Gwak Seongwon, who still hadn’t removed the Dragon’s Legacy from his leg, Yeongwoo looked down at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tracking marker was still square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of thought, Yeongwoo opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How old are you now? You must be in your early fifties at most.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Gwak Seongwon, sweating profusely, managed to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-Well. I just turned sixty this year…! But what about this sword? Even if I were your father, what good would it do to break my leg?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this, Yeongwoo glanced briefly at the Dragon’s Legacy stuck in the man’s leg and then spoke again in a harsh tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am currently thirty-four.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re sixty, it means you had me when you were seventeen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-What are you talking about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m saying you’re not my father.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Yeongwoo’s last words, a long shadow was cast over Gwak Seongwon’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? This crazy bastard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwak Seongwon exclaimed with a scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwak Seongwon’s body was split in half by a mythic-ranked sword, ‘Bastard’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kyaaah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You little…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the audience, except for Kim Jeonggu, was startled and stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, at this time, even Kim Jeonggu, who came to avenge his brother, did not have murderous intent in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was that the gaze of the Joseon’s Strongest Sword, who had just killed one of the candidates for his father, overwhelmed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…He was the enemy of my brother. I’m just sorry I didn’t kill him myself. I have no feelings for him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kim Jeonggu said this, Yeongwoo reached out his left hand and retrieved the Dragon’s Legacy stuck in the dead man’s leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I knew he wasn’t my father. The sword didn’t ignite.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Yeongwoo pointed the Dragon’s Legacy at Kim Jeonggu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, was this guy the enemy of your older brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big… What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Kim Jeonggu made a puzzled expression, Yeongwoo looked at the tracking marker in front of him with a very clear mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was that just a moment ago, when everyone except Kim Jeonggu stepped back, the marker changed to a circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems like you might be my father.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-What are you talking about? That can’t be….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kim Jeonggu made an unjust expression and shook his head sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Yeongwoo threw the question with a confident face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How old are you this year?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",2167,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.853Z",1,"novelbin.me","c27da5849bde9ddd9af479fb7836c8d421c976ae7cc636e03d8ef8e4ed83153b","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-358","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-357",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]