[{"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-412":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},1848085,2454,"Chapter 412","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-412",412,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 412: Collection (4)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Seriously? I have to choose from these?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo's jaw dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the suggested options were practically criminal activities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[1] Smuggling\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[2] Kidnapping\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3] Robbery & Assault\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[4] Loan Sharking\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[5] Illegal Contracting\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Didn’t they say balance is important in the universe? Don’t they need a virtuous family too?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, even if they weren’t creating a virtuous family, was there really a need to establish yet another criminal one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Is this because of me?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, since the head of the family was a notorious wrongdoer, it might have made sense that the system was simply recommending a fitting profession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But still, having not a single decent option among them was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wasn’t it the court that gave me the balance quest in the first place? Shouldn’t the Family Court be on the same page?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo had every reason to feel wronged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, every official task assigned to him was related to “rehabilitation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Planetary Court] “Balanced Fate”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reunite with the following three individuals: (0\u002F3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Aldo, the second prince of Doatel\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Amana, the guardian of Sacred Sutral\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Taru, the last hope of Pigot\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Must use a family-owned spaceship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adjustment of karma score guaranteed by the Planetary Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Planetary Court had issued this quest after witnessing Yeongwoo’s absurd path to promotion, and the new achievements followed the same logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Burning Ice]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Ensure that your total points of evil karma do not exceed twice your points of good karma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘How the hell am I supposed to live a balanced life while smuggling, kidnapping, and robbing people?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head throbbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo instinctively pressed his fingers against his forehead, Jiseon, who had been watching him, tilted her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What now? Aren’t you setting up the family?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon, as always, felt an ominous sense of foreboding from her son’s response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—So what’s the problem?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Smuggling, kidnapping, robbery and assault, loan sharking, illegal contracting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those are the five choices. We have to pick one to make a living in space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What are you even saying? Why would we have to live like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we want to register our family, we have to choose one first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Song Jungho, who had been silent for a while inside his shield, let out a despairing cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>∴ This… this bastard, he just wrote down everything he wanted to do, didn’t he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"……!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surprisingly plausible theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I mean, Jeongho being stuck in there is basically kidnapping, and robbery and assault are part of your daily life, aren’t they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon’s statement only added credibility to Jeongho’s accusation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To make matters worse, Jeonggu also found himself agreeing with the two Songs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honestly… you’ve already done loan sharking too. During the ceremony and even before that….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the fuck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo couldn’t even hide his shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it wasn’t a lie—he couldn’t refute it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Come to think of it, you’re right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>∴ So, really, haven’t you already dabbled in smuggling and illegal contracting somewhere?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them cornered Yeongwoo in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with this, the would-be family head, Jeong Yeongwoo, chose his usual method of persuasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut the hell up, all of you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schlaaash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Threats, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summoning Bastard, he pointed the crimson edge at his mother and father in turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a test!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What kind of nonsense is that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All three of us were candidates for head of the family, right? So why am I the only one seeing this registration prompt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—And the reason is…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a trap to create division! They’re testing our level of trust before the family is officially established!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was nothing more than Yeongwoo’s speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, this whole conversation was unfolding because of his own karma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But the fact remains that you’ve done kidnapping, robbery, assault, and loan sharking, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s true, but…!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s sword wavered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For some reason, I got this notification telling me to choose something!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for Yeongwoo, deciphering the true intentions of the Family Court was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, he had at least wanted to discuss this with his family, considering it a “family matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So should I just pick whatever I want? Really? You’re all fine with me deciding how we make a living?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—This lunatic, what the hell is he talking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>∴ So… what we choose now is basically our family business?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Yeongwoo pushed back hard, the other three hesitated, stepping back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this really determined their future livelihood, it was not a decision to be taken lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re asking us to choose what we’ll do in space… so yeah, it’s basically our trade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—So we’re picking a business type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the least bad option? If what we choose now becomes our main occupation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo scratched the ruined guest seating with his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scrrrrch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wrote down the five choices he saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—None of these are easy choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon sighed as she looked at the options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she raised her finger and pointed to option 5, illegal contracting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—We can’t pick that one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It literally says 'illegal.' If these are truly business types, the moment we choose that, we’ll be fugitives for life, constantly hunted by the courts and governments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Oh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone present had already witnessed the power of the Space Court firsthand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was best not to pick a fight with them outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But isn’t that the same for kidnapping and assault?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was Jeonggu who raised the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, illegal contracting, kidnapping, and assault all sounded equally insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiseon shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Kidnapping? Not necessarily a big problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excuse me…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—If we kidnap a fugitive, is that illegal? If we hand them over to the authorities, isn’t that a public service?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, well…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Depending on who we kidnap and who we beat up, our work can be either legal or illegal. In other words…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsk, tsk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon tapped her temple with her index finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—We need to pick a job with room for interpretation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That makes sense….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo nodded at his mother’s argument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah, well, we still don’t know exactly what we can do out there in space.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low-class planet on the outskirts of the universe: Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only cosmic asset it possessed was approximately 30 billion in capital and a wannabe villain named Jeong Yeongwoo07.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could this planet possibly accomplish in space?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, one thing is certain. Even if we establish ‘Renaissance,’ it won’t have a significant influence, right? It’s not like we’re overwhelmingly powerful, either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That’s true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then for now, wouldn’t it be best to choose an industry with broad applicability? Something we can do in any situation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—And what would that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Robbery and assault.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That’s just what you normally do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Call it a calling, please.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Song Jungho, imprisoned in Aratubank, shouted in exasperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>∴ You crazy bastard, the problem is that you’re thinking of making that your family business!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, what can we do? This is the only option available.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Yeongwoo reached out toward the text floating in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, we’re inevitably going with robbery and assault?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the new family ‘Renaissance’ would engage in robbery and assault in space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they carefully chose the time, place, and targets, it might just be a sustainable family business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Technically, it’s robbery, but depending on how we do it, we could become righteous outlaws. Let’s go with this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Yeongwoo selected option 3—Robbery and Assault—his vision was filled with a brilliant light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paaaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The primary business of the new family, Renaissance, has been set to Robbery and Assault.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘As expected, it was asking about the family’s main industry.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as his vision returned to normal, a dazzling beam of light shot up from Yeongwoo into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Piiiiing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The first family on this planet has been established!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Information about the family ‘Renaissance’ has been transmitted to the Family Court and |l||I-Earth.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Huh?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, Yeongwoo had been excited, but now his eyes widened in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re telling me Earth has just been informed that its first-ever family is a gang of robbers?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What? That doesn’t sound like news they’ll be happy about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon instinctively looked up at the sky, then quickly corrected himself and looked down at the ground instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—So what happens now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right on cue, another system message appeared in Yeongwoo’s field of vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「You have drawn the attention of the planet.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「In three hours, you will have a meeting with the Council.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Council.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system message simply referred to it as ‘the Council,’ without any further explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo already knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was that Council—the one that had announced the end of the world on the first day of the Reset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In three hours, I have a meeting with the Council.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo muttered to himself, and Jiseon immediately reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The Council? You mean that Council?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she had also undergone the mutation selection process after being listed as a candidate for extinction, Jiseon still remembered the Reset’s initial announcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, I think it’s the same one. This probably means we’ve finally become something important on this planetary scale.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A nail sticking out of the bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, from both Earth’s and the Council’s perspectives, it was impossible to ignore Jeong Yeongwoo any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had left him alone, and as a result, a 3rd- or 4th-tier being had visited the planet, and ultimately, he had established its first-ever family as a criminal gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Wait, but why isn’t Earth handling the meeting directly? Why is the Council involved?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have no idea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>∴ Maybe they decided you’re too dangerous for Earth to deal with directly. So they let the Council handle it instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Jungho was once again showing remarkable insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Yeongwoo picked up the Aratubank card from the ground and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think my uncle would make a fine strategist for our family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a fist-sized shimmering space appeared above the Aratubank card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning his head, Yeongwoo saw that the same thing had appeared above everyone else’s heads as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, this is…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Yeongwoo was about to voice his suspicion, an entirely new type of interface appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「-Song Jungho」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Relationship: Blood Relative\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Type: |l||I-Earth’s Reset Remnant\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Whoa.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was none other than relationship information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Specifically, a kind of status window that indicated individuals who could be accepted as members of the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Would you like to accept ‘-Song Jungho’ as a member of Renaissance?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The family’s emblem had not been decided yet, so a temporary symbol was being used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Huh? So I’m the only one officially registered in the family so far?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the authority to register new members belonged solely to the head of the family—Jeong Yeongwoo07.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this, Yeongwoo quickly turned his gaze toward Kobu, Tobu, and Chobu in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike blood relatives, they didn’t have separate relationship windows, but the temporary family symbol was hovering above their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So I can accept people into the family even if they’re not blood relatives.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was likely the equivalent of vassals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant the first vassal of the soon-to-be prestigious Renaissance family would be…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Yechan? No, the first vassal should be someone more universal—someone cosmic!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, two syllables popped into his mind, and he called out loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kubu! Kubu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if he had been waiting, Kubu opened his eyes and stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Srrrrk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kubu! I’ve finally established my family!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Congratulations. I understand it is the first family on this planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As expected, you’re well-informed. Then do you also know why I’ve called for you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That is…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yeongwoo was already staring at the temporary symbol floating above Kubu’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please become the first vassal of Renaissance. Right now, we may be just a frontier family, but one day, we will become a noble house. Would you consider investing in the future?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu blinked rapidly—something he rarely did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, after thoroughly looking Yeongwoo up and down, he spoke in a formal tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—How much is the salary?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh! So it’s not free?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",2034,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.907Z",1,"novelbin.me","61bbea68ad7336c7d91a7df8d6436d4581e2c6ce273f0e68ec35ac0150d1d4a1","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-210","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-209",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]