[{"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-514":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},1848528,2454,"Chapter 514","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-514",514,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 514: Racetrack (4)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin was like tofu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one-eyed creatures had no idea what tofu was, but there was at least one thing they could clearly understand — it meant “easily cut.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Huh? H-he’s dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another one-eyed creature, seeing the one who had charged ahead torn clean in two, gaped in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yeongwoo’s eyes widened slightly as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a familiar face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was that tall one-eyed man who had bumped shoulders with him earlier while walking out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Y-you…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, the man, riding an iron centipede, was now hesitating right in front of Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one in front had been split in a single strike, so he didn’t dare follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Yeongwoo’s lips curled into a wicked smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This just got interesting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—W-wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as the one-eyed man hastily tried to pull his iron centipede back—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaeaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s Bastard sliced through the air once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Aaaagh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrified one-eyed man thrust forward the sword he was holding to defend himself, but unfortunately, what he had was not a “myth”-grade weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t even meet Bastard’s edge head-on and simply let it pass through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching his own weapon fail to block and seeing the enemy’s blade pass straight through, the one-eyed man looked at Yeongwoo in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—his final movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bastard’s blade sliced through his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splaash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The green blood of the now-dead one-eyed man sprayed out diagonally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment there was murmuring in the stands, then an uproarious cheer erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Woooooo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Number 7…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What was that just now?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—He killed Toledo in a single strike!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Toledo? So that’s the name of the guy I just killed.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the black smoke already beginning to fade, Yeongwoo looked down at the fallen one-eyed head on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he lifted his gaze toward Tyke, who lay collapsed farther ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely, toward Tyke and the last remaining one-eyed man standing on top of his robot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Uh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was perched on the gorilla’s nape, holding a dagger in each hand, and seemed to have already realized his daggers were no match for that red demonic sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, the four-armed gorilla knew it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Oooh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gorilla puckered its lips in some kind of signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without waiting for its master’s command, it leapt into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not toward the finish line — but in the exact opposite direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had started running backward to get away from Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tatata!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could hardly imagine a more effective way of expressing surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hold it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo was about to hurl Bastard at the fleeing last one-eyed man when Tyke, still on the ground, hastily stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—S-stop, Yeongwoo-nim!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—He’s already running away. There’s no need to go that far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, it’s not about doing him a favor — it’s because I want to. He was trying to kill you just a moment ago, wasn’t he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But… we’ve already killed enough of them, haven’t we?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyke stood up with his robot, glancing at the corpses strewn across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—And instead of chasing down a runaway, it’s smarter to keep moving forward. If we don’t win, those two one-eyes who died earlier might as well have died for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By “those two,” Tyke meant the two one-eyed men who had died earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah. Well, that’s not wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo quickly accepted the reasoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, everything that happened inside the racetrack was ultimately for the sake of winning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then we’d better hurry, huh? The three-eyes have already left us behind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grabbing the reins of Negwig, Yeongwoo pointed down the track ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyke’s robot ignited its thrusters and lifted into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pwhoooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I’m already moving!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, Tyke was already disappearing from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Yeongwoo quickly put his hand on Negwig’s steel mane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Full speed ahead. We’ve got a mountain of people to pass.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Negwig stomped its front hooves hard and let out a long cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Kwiieeeeek!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pushed off the ground, shooting forward like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At its core, it was still a “horse,” and it had a thirst for running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hwaeeaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, the scenery around them blurred past, and Yeongwoo could sense Tyke’s presence ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Tyke’s parabolic leap had even ended, Yeongwoo overtook him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Wh-what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyke gaped at the sight of Yeongwoo already closing in under him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then Negwig accelerated once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Kwiik!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiaaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind whistled past Yeongwoo’s ears like clashing steel, and for the first time, the course itself began to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwoooaaaah…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had entered a section where pillars of fire periodically erupted from holes scattered all over the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What the hell is this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by sight alone, the heat was strong enough to melt someone to the bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment Yeongwoo stepped into the flaming zone, the Vesedel Armor’s adaptation effect activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ping!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Adapt to any planet.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wait… could this count as a type of climate?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least in terms of how it worked, it seemed that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while running between the fire pillars, Yeongwoo wasn’t sweating a single drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, Negwig, whose species came with planetary adaptation as a base trait just like the Vesedel Armor, was also unaffected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Kwiik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, the creature let out a short cry and charged straight into the fire pillar zone, barreling ahead without slowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had realized that the racetrack’s hazard couldn’t harm it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, the distance between them and Tyke, who was chasing hard from behind, widened considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conversely, the gap with the three-eyed racers far ahead had shrunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop right there, you three-eyed bastards!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he knew it, Yeongwoo was close enough to see the backs of their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— …What the?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the unexpected shout, the three-eyed racers glanced back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they saw the two-eyed human—who should have died earlier—charging after them like a madman, their faces froze in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— That guy… what the hell?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— How did he catch up already?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the gap closed quickly, the three-eyed riders stopped moving and drew their swords—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the spectators, seeing this, shouted at them through the broadcast feed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run, you idiots!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get moving! If he catches you, you’re dead!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had already seen the earlier scene where Racer #7, Jeong Yeongwoo, sliced the one-eyed opponents to pieces in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, that same crazed butcher was bearing down on the racers they had placed their bets on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run! Just run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can’t take him! Everyone else is already dead!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shouts from the crowd carried all the way into the track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-eyed racers knew full well that these people had bet on them, yet even they could sense that the situation had gone bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Yeah… something’s definitely wrong here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Let’s just move, quic—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they’d intended to run from Yeongwoo, they should never have stopped their mounts in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crimson demon sword came flying through the air and buried itself into the head of the one who had just spoken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last remaining three-eyed racer, terrified, yanked on his reins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— G-Go! Now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mount was a giant ant with a crimson-colored, armored carapace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwa-kwak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ant’s six legs slammed into the ground as it surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rider cautiously turned his head to check behind him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Ugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—and saw the sword pulling itself free from his comrade’s severed head and flying back to its master on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— …What the hell is going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was trying to make sense of this impossible sight, the next section of the course appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jjeoook!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-continuous path suddenly broke off, revealing a zone made entirely of floating tiles in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Ooh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the distance, the backs of the leading racers could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This section required hopping from tile to tile, so it had slowed them down considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Perfect course for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-eyed rider kicked the ant’s flank, and translucent wings unfolded from the insect’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Now I’m finally rid of that lunatic—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he glanced back to confirm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that lunatic and his black steel mount were already landing on the giant ant’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the—? You’ve got wings?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-eyed racer quickly tugged at the reins, signaling the ant to shake them off—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but before it could react, the crimson blade was already pressing up to his throat, right at his Adam’s apple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you waiting for? Fly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— …What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take us to the other side of this section.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— W-With this much weight? We can’t fly fast enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, the racer was bluffing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo simply pricked the skin beside his Adam’s apple with the blade, grinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then get the hell off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— A-All right! I’ll take you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reluctantly, the three-eyed racer pulled on the reins, commanding the ant to take flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before it could lift off, Yeongwoo kicked the rider off the ant, sending him plummeting to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re right, it is heavy. We’ll go without you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ant, however, had already begun to carry out the flight command it had received.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of zig-zagging across the floating tiles, it flew straight through the air, cutting directly across the section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn… this is totally a cheat code.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it wasn’t quite as fast as Negwig’s full-speed ground sprint, it was much quicker than hopping across each tile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap with the leaders ahead steadily narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I remember right, there were five ahead of us. That means Audi’s up there too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He narrowed his eyes, scanning for the white vehicle, but it was nowhere to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever trick they had pulled, they had crossed this aerial zone incredibly fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Did they put wings on it or something?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, what appeared ahead of Yeongwoo was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Huh? Someone’s already here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—a knight in black armor, riding a sleek, mid-sized dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? Right… a dragon can be a mount too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spotting this new target, Yeongwoo immediately came up with another travel plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed his face against Aratubank’s surface and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle, you can fly faster than that dragon, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>∴ …What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Give us a ride. You’ve gotta be faster than this ant, at least.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1731,"2026-06-09T07:04:10.527Z",1,"novelbin.me","246b3af409f83824e2e87692f4e263b636023ba9e2ed501cf38abafeba36a0b8","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-515","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-513",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]