[{"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-455":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},1848019,2454,"Chapter 455","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-455",455,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 455: Lord Jeong Yeongwoo07 (8)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first meeting with the cosmic families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon had to admit, at least in part, that this meeting would determine the first impression of the Renaissance family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must not appear overwhelmed before the other family—that much was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You crazy brat, all the nearby families are watching, and you’re going to pick a fight here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jiseon scolded while running after her son, Yeongwoo, who had already leaped down the stairs by the dozens and reached the lobby, glanced back at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They practically started the fight. Visiting the planet of a ‘bandit clan’ and then having the audacity to provoke us on a broadcast...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But you’re the one who overslept, weren’t you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They showed up early without notice. I didn’t oversleep—they just arrived ridiculously ahead of schedule.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That, too, was a fair point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They come early and then get mad at me? I think it’s time to discipline them a bit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Fine, let’s say you’re right. But like I said earlier—what if you lose…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then yeah, we’ll be treated as cosmic losers. But if we just sit back and do nothing after hearing that kind of broadcast, aren’t we already starting from a losing position?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s voice was firm—he had already made up his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this, Jiseon knew she could no longer talk him down and simply nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Fine. If you’re going to do this, then you better win. Everyone’s watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And by “everyone,” she also meant all of Earth, which would witness this confrontation via broadcast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t just an introduction to the neighboring family—it was also a globally political spectacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they lost, they stood to lose a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—How do you plan to fight? Isn’t the opponent from a family that’s at least several thousand years old?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A family with such a long history meant many ancestors—and consequently, many inherited legacies, whether martial arts or ultimate family weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How else would I fight? Same as I always do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo said this and stepped out the hotel’s main entrance, a blue beam of light shot up from Gwangjin-gu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was likely a landing guide beam for the Satral family’s ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’ll be here soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo mounted the waiting Negwig, while Jiseon leapt into the sky, transforming into a massive ice dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaaah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—In the worst-case scenario, what do you expect me to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Worst case?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tilting his head as he guided Negwig toward Gwangjin-gu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon, now filling the sky, opened her massive jaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—If it looks like you’re going to lose. Do I just sit and watch?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course. If anyone—Mother included—interferes, it’s over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a third party got involved in a duel between heads of households, it would give other families justification to step in too—possibly escalating into full conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What started as a visit could easily be reframed as an invasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, the Sun and Proxima are scheduled to visit at 2 PM today. Things won’t spiral completely out of control.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You think your mother-in-law will help?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Earthship is now the new central axis of the solar system. Would she really want to hand that over to another family?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made some sense—until Kubu suddenly appeared between them, cutting through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Srrut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That is incorrect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Planets, stars, and their residents are considered independent entities. Therefore, unless survival is at stake, mutual non-aggression is the norm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Mutual non-aggression?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, even if Earthship’s ownership were to change, the Sun would likely not intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the Sun isn’t just any ordinary star anymore!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo quickly tried to argue another angle, but Kubu cut him off again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The Sun is still, strictly speaking, a star. Even now, the Sun and Earth revolve along their designated orbits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the introductory meeting at 2 PM safely concluded, the Sun would be bound by the laws of celestial mechanics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…So that’s why they showed up so early.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no way those who have maintained a family for thousands—if not millions—of years wouldn’t know this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwa-kwaak! Kwa-kwaak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yeongwoo on Negwig had already passed the Gwangjin-gu entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So if I lose the duel, even the introduction meeting might be canceled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Yes. Which is why I earlier…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu trailed off, choosing not to finish the sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is this whole incident considered Jeong Yeongwoo07’s fault?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Renaissance family had more to lose from engaging in this fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had they approached things submissively from the start, they might have been disrespected—but at least Earthship would have departed safely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Now approaching our territory is Bioto, head of the Satral family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu blinked rapidly as he looked to the sky—and almost at the same time, a dark red hologram covered the entire sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwaaash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—A shield to prevent ship interception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So they’re loaded.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mere fact that they prepared for interception suggested they had experience visiting other planets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Makes sense. With that many ancestors, they must’ve learned a thing or two.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo thought this, Kubu added an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—For now, the meeting location is set to the grand hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Kubu, a guidance line would soon be drawn connecting the landing site to the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon, returning to her human form, asked Yeongwoo,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—So what about the fight? Where are you going to do it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo pointed toward the landing guide beam up ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right in front of the landing site.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You’re going to fight before the guests even arrive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t an official duel. It’s a ‘welcome’ in Earth fashion—showing them that if they don’t show respect when visiting Earthship, they get smacked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A true show of dominance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was planning to make his declaration with his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Well, we are a bandit clan after all…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, that's the kind of stunt you pull only when you have overwhelming strength on your side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right now, they had no idea how powerful the opponent was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That guy Bioto—how strong is he? Do you know anything?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon asked Kubu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu rolled his large eyes in a full circle before answering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The Satrals haven't waged a war in the past 3,000 years. No information has been released about their new head, Bioto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Three thousand years? Just how long is their history, then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Roughly 120 million years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—A hundred and twenty... million?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon’s jaw dropped at the incomprehensible scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yeongwoo had already taken off on Negwig toward the distant blue streak of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three thousand years without a single war? We live every day like it's a battlefield!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Hey, man! Ever think maybe no one’s dared to start anything in 3,000 years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that moment, from behind the crimson holograms covering the sky, a massive ultramarine warship began to emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BWAAAAAAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blast of an aggressive brass instrument echoed through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—...Oh my god. That’s a ship?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon's already open mouth dropped even wider as she took in the Satral family's ship breaking through the hologram veil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing she saw was the sharply honed underside of the vessel—like the edge of a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Satral ship looked like a massive glaive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This colossal hunk of metal stretched roughly 600 meters long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it had no obvious lighting system, the ultramarine alloy composing its hull seemed to emit a soft glow of its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story of a 120-million-year-old lineage clearly wasn’t just bluster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Y-Yeongwoo, maybe we should...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling uneasy at the sight of the ship, Jiseon tried to call out to her son, urging him to reconsider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWA-CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo was already steering Negwig straight toward the ship’s landing site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bioto…!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Yeongwoo dared to speak the enemy lord’s name, the Satral vessel smashed into the ground of Gwangjin-gu, crushing the earth beneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KRKKKKK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘These guys… they don’t mess around,’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo thought as he watched the ship's razor-sharp undercarriage dig into the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t even bother with a dedicated landing system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHHHHHRK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, part of the ship’s side hull opened outward and dropped to the ground, forming a staircase of sorts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even their method of disembarking felt barbaric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the distinct friction of metal, the master of the Satral family, Bioto, appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—So this is Earth? Pathetically crude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood 2.5 meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clad in a full suit of blue armor, Bioto sat atop a luxurious palanquin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was carried on the shoulders of four knights, while dozens more—also in blue armor—formed a protective formation around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And behind them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Satral Order’s captain, Kwavek, cast a massive shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing six meters tall, he had been watching the unknown Earthling charging toward them for some time now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Fitting for such a crude planet: not even a semblance of proper protocol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwavek glanced at the armored figure on a black steel beast and spoke to his lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bioto slightly nodded inside his blue helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Creatures who’ve lived only in fleeting moments… They have much to learn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Then allow me to begin by teaching them the most basic manners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kwavek straightened from his bow, the shadow he cast over Gwangjin-gu grew even longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grrrrrk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around this time, Yeongwoo noticed more ships appearing in the sky—other families arriving, each landing in their designated order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Kwavek raised a large finger and pointed at Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The Lord of Satral is present. Show proper decorum and walk here on your own two lowly feet. Do you not know what manners are?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, get off Negwig and approach on foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo, instead of complying, drew Bastard atop the charging Negwig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHHHRK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwavek hadn’t expected him to draw a sword right away and looked visibly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bioto chuckled with interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—How curious. So you’re the one they call…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bioto paused mid-sentence and made a flicking gesture—he couldn’t quite remember the name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo's eyes glowed gold as he shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am the one and only heir of the Destruction King, Dogo…!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Destruction King Dogo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A being classified as a Tier-3 entity under intergalactic law. Hearing the name, Bioto rose from his palanquin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What? The Destruction King?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled, Bioto signaled for Kwavek to fall back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the confusion, Yeongwoo charged between Kwavek and the knights, shouting another line:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the bearer of the Vesedel Royal Family’s ultimate weapon…!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Vesedel? Then you’re…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bioto knew full well the connection between Vesedel and the Destruction King Dogo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Then… who exactly are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, now right in front of the palanquin, climbed onto it and roared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am the one who's about to punch you in the face…!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1777,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.910Z",1,"novelbin.me","d93ee80367461988b8430a5c64c31065082b86370ee40e3aa1bcfd465e3e3342","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-456","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-454",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]