[{"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-432":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},1848124,2454,"Chapter 432","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-432",432,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 432: Fate (4)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simulation, assuming Earth had become a planetary ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from Yeongwoo's perspective, Earth was steadily disappearing from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had started off roughly the size of a person, but had now shrunk to smaller than a grain of rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the—? You said it was a simulation, right? Why is Earth getting so tiny?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo furrowed his brow, trying to find the holographic Earth, ‘Earth’ pointed a finger toward a dark spot in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Over there. Can’t you see it?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where exactly…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really couldn’t see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, a small yellow dot rotating along the dark outskirts of the sky came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Venus. Looks like it's showing the planets closest to Earth first.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Venus vanished from his view as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? What now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『The screen just zoomed out more. Now Mars and Mercury are appearing.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Yeongwoo was beginning to feel like Earth was just messing with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he could see now was the black sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Oh.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with Earth’s short exclamation, something appeared on the edge of the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive, blazing mass of red energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sun—Moro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That—that’s the Sun…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Yeah. That’s the Sun as seen from Earth’s current position in the solar system.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, the Sun…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Yeongwoo’s eyes, the Sun now looked about the size of a tomato.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury were nowhere to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t stop there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the sky seemed to stretch out endlessly, and the Sun shrank to the size of a tennis ball, moving closer toward the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the—shrinking again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『The whole solar system hasn’t appeared yet.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when a small, light brown dot began circling the outer edge of the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Jupiter. Compared to the Sun, it’s the only planet you can see with the naked eye.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jupiter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth planet from the Sun, and the largest of the solar system’s eight planets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of mass, it’s about one one-thousandth of the Sun’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『But even the Sun and Jupiter will shrink further. To fit the entire solar system in one view, the scale needs to be insanely reduced.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, you’re telling me it’s going to shrink even more? I can’t even see Earth anymore…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『That’s how small we are in the solar system… or even in the universe.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Earth said this, the sky stretched again, Jupiter vanished, and the Sun shrank to the size of a ping-pong ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Now we’re looking at Saturn’s orbital zone.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t give me that. All I see is the Sun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo gave a hollow laugh, and Earth let out a quiet sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『That’s the solar system for you.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t tell me there’s more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, now starting to grasp the sheer scale of it all, asked with a worried expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost as if it had been waiting, the Sun shrank again—this time to the size of a thumbnail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Just now, the orbits of Uranus and Neptune appeared one after the other. I guess even the simulation realized it’s pointless to show the planets one by one now.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really? So, is this finally it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『I think there are a few more left, but looks like the simulation’s not showing them.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth’s gaze remained fixed on the pitch-black edge of the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were, in fact, still a few solar system members unaccounted for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Pluto and the other dwarf planets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too far from the Sun, with average temperatures dropping below –200°C, these were the cold sentinels at the edge of the solar system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s it then. It’s not zooming out anymore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo sighed in relief, wiping his face with his hands, and Earth pointed at the Sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『This is a simulation centered on Earth, showing the Sun’s orbit. If you can’t see the Sun, it defeats the purpose—so this must be the limit.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the main subject, Earth, disappeared a while ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sun’s diameter is about 109 times greater than Earth’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its volume?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1.44 million times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its mass?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>330,000 times greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, in a simulation scaled to make the Sun that small, Earth couldn’t possibly be visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Exactly. At that scale, Earth’s invisible. So how are we supposed to orbit the Sun?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Yeongwoo had nothing to say in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『If Earth is a bean, the Sun is a watermelon. Tie the two together with a string and try orbiting the watermelon—what do you think would happen?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…The bean wouldn’t stay in place. It’d get dragged around by the watermelon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Exactly. And right now, we don’t even have the initial force to start that rotation.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when Yeongwoo voiced a question he’d been keeping to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what’s the point of this simulation? If it’s impossible from the start, why even show it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Well…』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truthfully, Earth didn’t really know either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was just to visually demonstrate that the idea of turning Earth into a ship was fundamentally impossible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, as if the planetary layout was complete, the Sun shrank even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, eight planets, five dwarf planets, and a variety of moons—including Earth’s—appeared as colored dots, previously hidden in darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What’s this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『They’re showing… positions.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now even Earth started to feel something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To maintain its current ecosystem, Earth only needed its moon and the Sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the simulation had gone out of its way to display not only the planets, but the dwarf planets and other moons as well…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『No way.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『If we really become a planetary ship… maybe we’ll be carrying the entire solar system with us.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant this simulation wasn’t illustrating a structural collapse caused by the gravitational differences between Earth and the Sun—but a successful planetary ship model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ping!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small blue dot—presumably Earth—flashed, and from it, a thin line extended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toward the distant Sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Guh…!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth’s jaw dropped, its eyes wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, meanwhile, had no idea why Earth looked so shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『They’re… actually connecting the string.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “string” from Earth’s earlier metaphor—between the bean and the watermelon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To test if your example works… they would have to connect the string.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo spoke casually, but to Earth—the very planet in question—it was a completely different story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『You idiot!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『The fact that they’d simulate something so ridiculous means…』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You don’t simulate the impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You simulate something because there’s a chance it might work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what’s that line? They’re not seriously connecting planets with strings, are they? Is it gravity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『I-I don’t know. Maybe it’s just a visual representation of data comparison between the two sides…』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, above the small dot representing Earth, a holographic text appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「|l||I-Earth」 = 32\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? What’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo asked, but Earth could only gape silently, mouth and eyes wide open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thanks to the equation that appeared next, Yeongwoo quickly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Jeong Yeongwoo07」 = 38\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one thing that could connect Jeong Yeongwoo07 with the number 38.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Prestige Level: 38]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|50\u002F100\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Required Karma per achievement unit: 250 million\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prestige level?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Yeongwoo’s thoughts began to tangle, an additional equation appeared next to Earth’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「|l||I-Earth」 = 32\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Assumed promotion: 36\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assuming the ongoing planetary promotion is completed, it meant Earth’s prestige level would rise to 36.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Earth, what is this? We’re running a planetary ship simulation… why are we calculating prestige levels?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, on the blue dot, the prestige levels of the two entities were being combined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「|l||I-Earth」 + 「Jeong Yeongwoo07」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main components of the planetary ship—the crazy planet and the crazy representative—being added together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>= 43\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, forty-three? So it’s not just a simple sum?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course not—prestige levels increase in density with each stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which explains why the combined prestige of Earth (max 36) and Yeongwoo (38) resulted in 43.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what that number represented—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『M-Mass.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『That seems to be the mass value we’ve secured.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean prestige level 43?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo blinked rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Earth, prestige level—a measure of presence or weight of existence—was equivalent to mass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In simpler terms—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prestige… can be converted to mass?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Or the other way around. Mass is prestige.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a planet’s point of view, that made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mass determines which celestial body becomes the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Jeong Yeongwoo07, born a mere creature, had never held significant mass—meaning, no meaningful prestige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But not anymore.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having reached what the system called ‘the end’, Jeong Yeongwoo07 had become more than a creature—he was now a cosmic being, one with meaningful prestige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Significant enough to add mass to Earth in its upcoming struggle for dominance against the Sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this, Yeongwoo’s face twisted with a scowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a damn second. This bastard—you're lighter than me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo grabbed Earth by the collar, and this time, Earth had no rebuttal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because by universal order, Yeongwoo’s prestige was greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『B-But still.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Compared to the Sun, you and I are both insignificant.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And right on cue, the line connecting the Sun and Earth turned red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like the result wasn’t good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo blinked at the red line, and Earth nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Of course not. The Sun’s prestige is hundreds of thousands of times mine.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when that’s expressed as a prestige level…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A holographic text appeared above the red dot representing the Sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「l||-Moro」 = 66\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy crap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo covered his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Numerically, it was 43 versus 66.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a difference of 23 levels—but Yeongwoo knew there was an immense gap hidden within that number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the vast scale model of the solar system before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Level 66 is impossible to beat no matter what. You can only ignore protocol and skip formalities up to 2 levels above.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the cosmic rookie Jeong Yeongwoo spoke smugly, Earth shut its eyes tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『You idiot. That’s what I’ve been saying to you from the very beginning. We can never beat the Su—』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth scrunched its forehead in anger, but before it could finish, a new line shot out from the Sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fzzzt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Huh? What’s that now?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The line from the Sun shot straight to Earth, and a new equation appeared above Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(「|l||I-Earth」 + 「Jeong Yeongwoo07」 + 「l||-Moro」) × Planetary Ship Coefficient\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『What?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No idea what had been triggered, but somehow, the prestiges of all three entities were now combined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then multiplied by the planetary ship coefficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>= 68\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sixty-eight!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo shouted the new number like a brute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the same time, the solar system—no, a celestial body that had never moved in this way before—began to stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1782,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.907Z",1,"novelbin.me","b1b73fa53f444b4be5b4c86a8e5486a4367780284104c7841ea4c0c6d46dcd9c","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-229","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-228",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]