[{"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-44":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},1848258,2454,"Chapter 44","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 44: Open Door (1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「As the second mutant in Mungyeong has been eliminated, basic welfare will be applied to this area.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Remaining time until the daily quest application: 20 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Remaining time until the appearance of a merchant: 5 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contrary to the grandiose system messages, what Yeongwoo was doing was not at all dignified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was crouched on the floor, rummaging through the corpse in every way possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was inevitable since he didn’t know what form the mutant gear that Jang Chunyong had would take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He’s not even wearing a ring… Could it be something he carries in his pocket?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He searched through both pockets, but all that came out were a few crimson coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘There’s no way he didn’t catch the mutant on the first day.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that were the case, what he saw earlier doesn’t make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Yeongwoo wondered what this was all about, he raised his head, and in his field of vision, his own wrist came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, to be precise, it was the green snake coiled around his wrist that caught his eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the creature’s head was bent at a strange angle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Serpent of Greed」 – Epic Compass\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Always seeks rarity.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Always yearning for the rarest things….’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s gaze followed the snake’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he naturally saw Jang Chunyong’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘His face…? Is it something worn on the head?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how closely he examined it, there was no equipment on Jang Chunyong’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What’s going on?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t be an error.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo thought for a moment, and this time, the snake-encircled wrist approached the face of the deceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, the snake began to turn the head in a certain direction after a few adjustments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Is it… the eye?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of what this mutant gear was, the conclusion was that it was somewhere in Jang Chunyong’s left eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo carefully lifted the left eyelid of the deceased with a surprised face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something faint was covering the lifeless pupil of Jang Chunyong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It’s a lens.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Yeongwoo saw it, he felt the hairs on his body stand on end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was more of an instinctive disgust than fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is someone telling me to put a lens, whose origin and grade as a ‘mutation’ lens cannot be known, over my eye?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, isn’t it something taken off a corpse?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Surely not… There can’t really be something like a mutant lens, right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo shook his head and, spreading his index and thumb, brought them close to Jang Chunyong’s left eyeball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsuip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pinched and pulled out something that was lying on the eyeball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Ugh.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a horrific situation that Yeongwoo had foreseen unfolded all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「One Eyed Sentinel」 – Mutant Cornea\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It watches over you while you sleep.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lens in question was indeed a mutant device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Ah, for real.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, officially it was not a lens but a cornea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was extremely nauseating, Yeongwoo had no time or reason to hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a mountain of things to do besides this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to check the mutant gear left by the mutant Jang Daemyung and also bring down the Golden Rain in Mungyeong City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wearing this won’t make me go blind. Jang Chunyong was perfectly fine.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking a small breath, Yeongwoo lifted the left eyelid of his own eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Hoo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exhaling, he placed the mutant cornea on his eyeball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squelch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if it were alive, the ‘One Eyed Sentinel’ stuck to Yeongwoo’s pupil on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This, what… the hell is this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled, Yeongwoo, unable to close his eyes, screamed, but the ‘One Eyed Sentinel’ showed no reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that short movement, its presence itself seemed to disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it had completed its attachment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknown to him, until Yeongwoo fell asleep, there would be no visible movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, stood still for a while, with his face turned towards the ground, eyes wide open, finally gave in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed and opened his eyelid once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the presence of the One Eyed Sentinel that had attached to his eyeball just a while ago was not felt at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Is this correct…? A mutant cornea?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After blinking a few more times, Yeongwoo could finally accept the fact that he would carry a substance in his eyeball until his death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If it says it watches over me when I sleep… maybe it examines the surroundings on my behalf when I’m in a sleep state.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would be impossible to know until he falls asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, now the remaining procedure is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still about making contact with the golden sphere spinning in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reward for defeating the mutant Jang Daemyung, a mutant on the second day in Mungyeong City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo placed his hand on the sphere, the golden sphere rotated faster, displaying a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「We have defeated the mutant.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Please choose your reward for the completion of the process.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>≪Confirmed Reward≫\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Blue Blood」 – Mutant Drug\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【30% increase in strength for 10 minutes.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Number of uses: 4】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>≪Selected Reward≫\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3 million karma]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Grant 30,000 karma to all residents in the area]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the cornea, now it was a substance that needed to be ingested into the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a somewhat resigned face, Yeongwoo chose the selected reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Grant 30,000 karma to all residents in the area]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the golden sphere rapidly spun and soared into the sky, followed by exploding in the upper atmosphere, showering down a golden rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saaaaah…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>《Gyeongbuk’s Strongest Sword ‘Jeong Yeongwoo 07’ gave up his monopoly on 3 million karma and gifted 30,000 karma to all Mungyeong residents.》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>《Soon, 30,000 Karma will be paid in the form of commemorative coins. Get ready.》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just yesterday, even deciding on the selected reward was difficult, but now there was no hesitation at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, having already attached a mutant cornea to his eyeball and soon to drink orc’s blood, selecting a reward was not a big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the golden rain, Yeongwoo skillfully grabbed commemorative coins and opened the achievement window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Golden Flood]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Summon golden rain in more than 5 areas. (4\u002F5)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Just one more now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, with four titles of the Strongest Swords in Gyeongbuk, his position had become more solid in various ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirrrit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, something like a bluish wave appeared in the air and began to take the shape of a palm-sized bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the mutant drug ‘Blue Blood.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I didn’t expect there would be doping.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo put the bottle in his pocket and sighed as he looked at the commemorative coins scattered all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Isn’t there something like automatic picking up? If you can make doping potions, implementing a pick-up function should be possible, right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead of automatic picking up, something else appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quaaaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a thunderous sound as if tearing through the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a conspicuous pillar of light, nothing other than the merchant’s emblem, emerged, splitting the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Is it northeast? This time, it’s not that far away.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo estimated the location of the black pillar, loud honking sounds echoed from the back road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vroom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gray SUV was rushing straight towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the vehicle of the Jeong family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had successfully returned without encountering orcs during their escape as instructed by Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeongwoo!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keeping a safe distance, Myeongho parked the car and leaned out of the window, calling Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was asking if everything was resolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Yeongwoo stuck the knife into the scabbard and gestured towards Myeongho.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry up and pick up the money. We need to move again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karma: 560,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After collecting all the coins in the area with Myeongho, the total amount reached a whopping 560,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When converted into stats, it was a substantial 560 points, meaning it was money that could turn anyone into a skilled monster hunter in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Unbelievable.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myeongho couldn’t easily take his eyes off the pile of coins on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And rightly so, with this much money, it seemed entirely possible to protect his mother on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you pick up the commemorative coins from earlier?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Oh, yes… of course.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s use that for the travel expenses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ironically, Yeongwoo had no intention of investing money in the worn-out Jeong family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo swept the pile of coins on the ground into his backpack, Myeongho, who had been watching, cautiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… Yeongwoo, sir?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you heading to Chungju now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chungju, the city where Myeongho’s father, the last member of the Jeong family, lived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, given the current situation, whether he could tow the vehicle to Chungju was entirely up to Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no combatants left to guard the vehicle from monsters and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, well. We have to go to Chungju, but…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a strange remark from Yeongwoo, Myeongho made an uneasy expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with eyes that seemed to ask, “Could it be?” he looked at the black pillar of light visible in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s gaze had shifted in that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something will appear there soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So let’s just meet that and then move.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Meet… it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Myeongho was also looking at the merchant appearance timer, he naturally knew that the opponent Yeongwoo wanted to meet was a ‘merchant.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, was that a merchant as commonly understood?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just looking at that ominous black pillar of light…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-Well, okay. I understand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Myeongho bowed his head hesitantly, contrary to his true intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling this, Yeongwoo, despite knowing that comforting Myeongho would be of no help, made an effort to reassure him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It won’t be dangerous this time. We’re not going to fight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh… Have you met it before?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, but also no.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have, but not really.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite Myeongho’s bewildered response to the vague answer, Yeongwoo had actually stated the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he had chosen a middleman, he would likely meet Kubu again, just as in the previous transaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what kind of being would appear as a ‘merchant’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even looking at the ominous black pillar, one could only vaguely guess…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaglack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sweeping the last coin into his backpack, Yeongwoo checked his current balance in the stats window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Character: Jeong Yeongwoo07』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength] 600 (19+581)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stamina] 350 (21+329)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endurance] 550 (13+537)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sensory Perception] 100 (24+76)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* 1,000 Karma is consumed per ability point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* Available Karma: 894,000\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Current total assets are 894,000 Karma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although investing all of this in stats could lead to significant growth, for Yeongwoo, who is considered a major adversary for Strongest Swords in other regions, raising the stats by about 890 points would not yield any significant results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Strongest Swords that swallowed even the second-day mutants will appear soon.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if those Strongest Swords have chosen to monopolize 3 million Karma for both quantum choices, the expected minimum total stats would be 6,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, for Yeongwoo, whose current total stats do not even reach 2,000, adding 890 to the stats is meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At best, it might make it easier to deal with monsters in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if he loses in a confrontation with another Strongest Sword, what good would it be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I need something that can create a significant variable, like the Sensory Perception-stealing incident.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yeongwoo planned to create that variable through the Golden Rain achievement and a transaction with an extraterrestrial upper class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwarrung!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the time remaining until the appearance of the merchant was approaching 1 minute, and cracking sounds started emanating from the black pillar, as if preparing to reveal the presence of another dimension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like the beings from another world were getting ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Yeongwoo slung the backpack onto his back and pointed towards the SUV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go, meet the extraterrestrial.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1998,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.574Z",1,"novelbin.me","0de64025dafa770fa5bd982889d167de886e14a2bd6688828b01dcdbcf9e97dd","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-45","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-150",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]