[{"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-220":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},1848103,2454,"Chapter 220","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-220",220,"\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 220: Unexpectedness (5)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Settle the hierarchy?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo reflexively looked up at the ceiling as he confirmed the quest details, imagining the Chairman or the shareholders of Dogo who probably approved this quest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Win the duel and obtain over 11 votes as the strongest… It means to win overwhelmingly.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To achieve this, he could make his opponent draw their sword again and then cut both the person and the sword in half with a single blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I-I’m sorry. I didn’t recognize a true master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuende Musa realized many things in a short moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He acknowledged that the Asian man before him possessed something beyond the ordinary, a monster with unparalleled strength and reflexes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I apologize for my great disrespect. Africa does not want to become your enemy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuende cautiously stepped back, echoing the words the Asian man had uttered when he blocked his sword earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Let’s stop here. I don’t want to become Africa’s enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he decided to heed the warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo’s stance had changed completely in that short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Sorry, but draw your sword, Tuende Musa.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you don’t want to die, draw your sword…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a fierce warning, Yeongwoo’s massive body tensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was aiming to land a left body blow to his opponent’s abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Is this guy completely insane?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuende Musa widened his eyes and hastily drew the sword from his belt, realizing that his opponent was truly throwing a punch with murderous intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘No matter how strong he is, his skin can’t be harder than a blade.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuende intended to cut off his opponent’s arm, swinging his sword diagonally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aah…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spectators, having witnessed the trajectory of Tuende’s sword, let out a sound that was a mix of groans and cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty experts from the East and West, who were unfamiliar with each other, were gathered here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would happen if the arm of the Eastern expert flew off in such a situation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This… this is dangerous.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Is there any need to provoke the Easterners?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If this goes wrong…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the audience watched the clash between the two experts with bated breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuende’s sword indeed slashed Yeongwoo’s forearm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill, befitting someone with the identification number ‘01’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my God.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These maniacs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spectators reacted differently as they saw the Asian man’s right arm spin twice in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fellow Easterners instinctively put their hands on their sword hilts in tension, while the Africans looked around triumphantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Westerners had ambiguous reactions, as a hostile atmosphere at this early stage would not benefit anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the truly gruesome event followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Musa!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roar, the Asian man with a severed right arm attempted a left hook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movement was so fast that no one in the hall could tell whether it was a hook or a straight punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The punch landed squarely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuende Musa, who had been standing confidently, suddenly crumpled to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noisy hall fell silent in an instant as the tide of the battle shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What just happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then someone pointed at the stump of Yeongwoo’s severed right arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you see that? It’s not just me, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked at the spot where Yeongwoo’s arm used to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood was dripping from the exposed red flesh of his right shoulder, but the problem was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sizzle…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke was rising from where his blood hit the floor, corroding the marble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Corrosive Blood】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| His blood had transformed to become corrosive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the effects of the ‘Heart of the Poison Dragon’ that Yeongwoo had recently equipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unaware of this fact, the onlookers could only feel an instinctive fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What… what is with this guy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It looks like his blood is dissolving the floor…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yeongwoo, dripping corrosive blood onto the floor, picked up his severed forearm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he reattached it to his right shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the regeneration from the core of the slime,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Unfair Trade」 – The only one-handed sword\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Injuring an enemy increases the wearer’s recovery.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect of Unfair Trade quickly healed the severed arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of mouths in the hall gaped open simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them had ever encountered an expert of this type before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A signal sounded, and a notification from the dungeon system appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Time left until the end of voting: 1 minute.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his right hand, which had just been on the ground, Yeongwoo pointed to the ceiling and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing? Quickly vote for your Strongest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Votes: 17.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waking the unconscious Tuende and encouraging him to vote, Yeongwoo succeeded in securing the majority of votes in the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why… why did you hit me? I surrendered at the beginning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tuende lodged a legitimate complaint, but Yeongwoo couldn’t explain it to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he make him understand that it was a task given by the high officials above in the universe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Yeongwoo chose to act insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I’m sorry. I couldn’t control my anger in the moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, everything went smoothly for Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ping!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Quest Completed – “Hierarchy Establishment”]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reward Granted]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|5 million Karma\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did he earn 5 million Karma with a single punch, but he also didn’t earn much resentment from the Black Corps as he had feared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a card containing 5 million Karma descended from the ceiling of the waiting room, but just in time, the dungeon moved to the next stage, preventing anyone from demanding an explanation from Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Voting is complete.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Strongest: [19] Jeong Yeongwoo07\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Weakest: [20] Dragos Korban24\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Numbers 19 and 20 were elected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a remarkably coincidental result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because the process was so shocking, everyone focused on what would happen next instead of feeling strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it betting time now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, how is the ranking determined?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also important to Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t come here just to get equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘To get the catalog, I need a score exceeding the maximum contribution of 100 points.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But wasn’t this dungeon a progression where you clear stages together?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘They said we would be betting… Does this mean the person who continues betting and doesn’t get eliminated until the end is judged to be in first place?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unclear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something he could only guess once the rules were revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before long,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Since voting is complete, gambling will now begin.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the phrase announcing the start of the dungeon in earnest, one wall of the waiting room slid aside, revealing a massive glass window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa, what’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An arena?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? An arena?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the word “arena,” everyone rushed to the glass wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, below, there were two circular arenas set up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the waiting room, they could look down at the arenas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why… why are there two arenas?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It looks like one strong and one weak person will enter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Then who are they facing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had assumed they would be betting on the strong and weak fighting each other, so they couldn’t hide their confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having two arenas meant the strong and the weak would each face different opponents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are monsters coming out?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seems like it. Maybe the stages are divided, and increasingly stronger monsters appear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the ratio of dungeon experience was quite high, everyone made plausible guesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Now, we will explain how the gambling will proceed.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arena that everyone was looking at now had the numbers 1 and 2 assigned to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The left arena was number 1, and the right arena was number 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「In a moment, the ‘Strongest’ will move to Arena 1, and ‘Weakest’ will move to Arena 2.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They really are being separated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, do we bet on the Strongest and the underdog separately?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So far, everything was as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Once the arena transfer is complete, betting on the following items will proceed for 5 minutes.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The betting details were finally revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone widened their eyes and focused on the glass wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a large holographic text appeared beyond the glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[1] Strongest survives, underdog survives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[2] Strongest dies, underdog survives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3] Strongest survives, underdog dies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4] Strongest dies, underdog dies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just as I thought.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is survival or death the only option?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the betting items were revealed, all eyes turned to Yeongwoo and Dragos, who had been elected through the vote.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because it was highly likely that one of them would die today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「This gambling will proceed through five stages, and based on the end of the last stage, the betting points of each participant will be tallied to determine the rankings.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here it was, the problem of ranking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As explained, the person who successfully bets the most in the five consecutive gambling rounds would receive the first-place reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, you had to keep making correct predictions to win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, what do we base our predictions on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right. We need to know what the Strongest and the underdog will be fighting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the participants, who had somewhat grasped the rules, asked for further explanation, new text appeared above the arenas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「In each stage, the two representatives will fight against replicants of mutants.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Replicants of mutants?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is that…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Replicants of the mutants that participants have previously defeated will be placed in the arena. The number of replicants will increase significantly with each stage.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is crazy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, we have to fight several mutants?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hall quickly became noisy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the mutants would be randomly selected from those the 20 participants had defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since a mutant they had personally killed could appear in the arena, everyone quickly became engrossed in the betting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This won’t be easy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re unlucky, you could die in the first stage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all recalling the mutants that had given them the most trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in Yeongwoo’s case,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Could Kim Il-sung appear again…?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought of the “legendary evil,” the dungeon system revealed the difficulty of the first stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The first stage will begin shortly. Each representative will face two mutants, and there are no special rules.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 2-on-1 battle with random mutants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Yeongwoo, it was a piece of cake, but for Dragos, who was scheduled to enter Arena 2, it seemed to be different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already sweating profusely, his fingers trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo approached him and asked in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How many mutants have you fought at most?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragos, with a pale face, looked up at Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve fought up to two.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragos’s estimated capability was crucial to Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to place bets as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He should be able to pass the first stage. I’ll bet on both surviving for now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the real problem would start from the second stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The number of replicants will increase significantly with each stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering the nuance of the earlier explanation, this “significant increase” likely meant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Doubling.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, the sequence would be 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, but in Yeongwoo’s experience, the logic of the universe differed greatly from that of Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Could it be 2, 4, 8, 16, 32…? No, they wouldn’t want the representatives to die for sure, would they?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were the latter, not only Dragos but even Yeongwoo’s survival couldn’t be guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is a freaking crazy dungeon. Only the regular participants must be excited.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo looked at the Arena 1 he would soon enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An idea flashed through his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out his coordinate tracker from his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Coordinate Locator」 – Artifact tool\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It shows the coordinates of visible points.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would this coordinate tracker work outside Earth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「In 10 seconds, the representatives will move to the arenas.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the notification for moving to the arenas appeared, Yeongwoo immediately gripped the tracker tightly and looked at a point in Arena 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a crosshair, the coordinates indeed appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*〔II|l||-Lupo-917-005-3102-89〕*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1996,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.853Z",1,"novelbin.me","7937f5e2847500d137714ca5f03333396092abf9f6b48540c8e4354f23394c3d","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-420","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-419",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]