[{"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-516":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},1848530,2454,"Chapter 516","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-516",516,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 516: Racetrack (6)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contestant #8, Prince Diorn, withdraws from the race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diorn’s withdrawal was a big deal—he had been one of the top contenders—but Yeongwoo and the three-eyed man were far too busy bickering to care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Diiieee!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa, killing me is going a bit far, don’t you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither of them realized that Diorn had fallen behind; they were blasting through the canyon at incredible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BWAAANG…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRAAASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This guy’s seriously fast, huh?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo couldn’t help but be impressed as he saw the Audi keeping almost neck and neck with Negwig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently the feeling was mutual, because the three-eyed man soon unleashed his trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—This is as far as you go, rookie!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he fired small rockets toward the upper edges of both canyon walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TUTUTUTUNG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the… what are you doing?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo quickly looked up and saw the canyon walls collapsing from the rocket bombardment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRAAASH…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was trying to bury both the racetrack and Yeongwoo under the rubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You lunatic! You think you’ll come out unscathed from this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What, are you scared?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-eyed man’s voice was dripping with confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, just before the collapsing canyon reached him, flames erupted from beneath his wheels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a rocket, the Audi itself was propelled skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell did you maniacs do to this car…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dogo-made Audi was an endless parade of gimmicks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its frame was so solid that even when it hit boulders mid-flight, the doors didn’t bend a millimeter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, I might actually lose at this rate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo grit his teeth watching the Audi soar far ahead, Song Jeongho suddenly flew in from behind and grabbed both Negwig and Yeongwoo with his forepaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>GRAB!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wha—?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Kkyuii?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>∴ What are you so surprised for, idiots? I’ll clear the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, using his own body to block the raining debris, he hurled Negwig forward with all his might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>∴ You can handle the landing, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Yeongwoo could answer, Negwig slid into a landing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Kkiiieek!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—right in front of the Audi that had seemed to be pulling ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You bastards…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-eyed man looked furious, but Yeongwoo was just as mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, I almost lost just now. If you’ve got any other tricks, use them all at once instead of surprising me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a system message flashed in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BEEP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Top contenders 03-1 and 03-7 have entered the final course.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Wait, top contenders?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant there was no one ahead of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hold on, how are we top contenders? Shouldn’t there be at least one person in front?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-eyed man leaned toward the window and spoke with a look of pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—All of them have been eliminated under the name of ‘Dogo.’ Isn’t that only natural?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So before Yeongwoo had even caught up to the lead group, the Audi had already dealt with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant Diorn’s earlier withdrawal was basically him giving up on winning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Quick decision-making… what happened there?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo glanced back into the distance and, sure enough, Prince Diorn was following at a safe distance atop his black wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was waiting for the two Dogos to fight until one dropped out, then swoop in for second place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a way, the smartest move in this race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘As expected of a former champion.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo never had any intention of settling for second place, so he didn’t care what Diorn’s strategy was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were fixed solely on first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, standing atop Negwig, Yeongwoo turned back and extended Bastard to its full length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To move forward, sometimes you have to say goodbye to the past.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…What are you talking about all of a sudden?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-eyed man frowned in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo swung the 6.6-meter-long sword vertically and shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the last time you’ll see my Audi run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Ugh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-eyed man swerved just in time, the tip of Bastard barely grazing the outer bumper of the Audi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAAASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Are you out of your mind?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not the crazy one—you are, trying to block my path!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Yeongwoo pointed at the Audi’s windshield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deploy! Twenty-Four Sword Mountain…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course the three-eyed man knew that the Chairman’s signature technique was the Hundred Thousand Sword Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which was why he was shocked to see Yeongwoo unleash even a smaller version of that move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRAAACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air above the Audi tore open, and weapons of all grades came raining down on the hood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG! CLAAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dogo-made Audi’s durability was phenomenal, deflecting most weapons—but a few legendary-grade ones pierced through the hood and lodged near the engine room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Huh, so even if it’s the same Sword Mountain technique, the damage depends on the weapon’s grade?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo learned something new yet again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the meantime—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, the blow to the engine room had done some damage; flames began shooting out from inside the crumpled hood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much of a “killer Audi” it was, a machine was still just a machine in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh heh, time to go back to the garage!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Son of a—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the fuming Three-Eyes, Prince Diorn was starting to pick up speed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the fight between the “Dogos” seemed to be wrapping up, he was clearly hoping to sneak in another shot at victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Yeongwoo deployed the “course-blocking” trick he’d just learned from Three-Eyes earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beeeep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blowing the whistle hanging from his neck, he summoned his friends right into the middle of the racetrack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the whistle took effect, the surrounding colors dimmed, and then—crack!—a point high above the racecourse split open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What’s this now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Huh…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Three-Eyes and Prince Diorn, along with the spectators outside the track, blinked and looked up at the strange phenomenon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Hyaaaaah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Yaaah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Whoa, why are there so many people?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “friends” trapped in the Returnee’s Room began raining down from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Your summons have answered your call: Friend, Yeongtae, Taejoon, Younghyeom, Geumhwa, Hongtae.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five enhanced mutants in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among them, the fire dragon Kang Hongtae—whose body was even larger than Song Jeongho’s—could, by himself, completely block the course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWA-BOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Where the hell have you called us to? What’s this mess?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kang Hongtae lifted his massive upper body with a growl, even the previously bloodthirsty Three-Eyes stopped his Audi dead in its tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What the…? How does he have two dragons?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was because Song Jeongho passed overhead, casting his blue wings wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in space, dragons were formidable beings, so seeing 03-7 arrive with two of them was shocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And meanwhile—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwak! Kwak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo tore through the final stretch of the track alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last section was a straight path paved with marble, brittle enough to be shattered by horse hooves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time Negwig stepped forward, sharp shards of stone sprayed out in all directions, making Yeongwoo squint as he glanced back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If even three people had run together here, the marble shrapnel would’ve been chaos.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was probably the real point of this final course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But without anyone left to hinder him, Yeongwoo raced across the marble and, in an instant, crossed the finish line visible up ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWA-CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Kiiiii!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing they’d reached their destination, Negwig let out a long cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the system message announced that the rookie rider of number 7 had won today’s race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「03-7, first place!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, a strange wave of reactions rippled through the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Wooo! My bet paid off!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—He actually won? Number 7?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Wow, 7…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny handful of spectators who had bet on the unknown number 7 leapt with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What the… the rookie got first place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What about Diorn? What the hell was he doing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—How is this even possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The majority, who hadn’t bet on him, could only murmur in stunned disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one had imagined that someone with no prior race record could take first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was more than just losing money—it was a shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, someone shouted—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Number 7! Tell us your name!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new champion meant a high chance he could win again in the next race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, naturally, people wanted to know his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the same thought spread—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Yeah! Reveal number 7’s identity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Give him the mic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Number 7! Say your name!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd roared in unison, demanding that the organizers reveal the winner’s identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Like a swarm of bees.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo thought, as the racetrack seemed to shake with the noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, the organizers decided they couldn’t ignore the public mood, because they brought out the award presenter earlier than planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhhk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive arched gate at the front split open, and from inside, someone emerged holding a trophy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step… step…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure was a one-eyed ogre, nearly three meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Congratulations. But the spectators seem pretty worked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held out the trophy to Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, from his other hand, he offered another item—a small rod glowing yellow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What’s this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo took the rod while cradling the trophy, the ogre spoke in a low voice—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—If you speak into that, the audience will hear you. Just keep it brief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, a mic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rare chance to address not just tens of millions, but perhaps hundreds of millions of aliens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should he take this moment to promote Renaissance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or spread the name “Jeong Yeongwoo” across the galaxy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief pause, Yeongwoo raised the mic to his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he said the best thing he could think of—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“『Dogo』. I am Jeong Yeongwoo of Dogo!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, a scarlet beam of light pierced down from the sky above the racetrack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwooooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slender beam came all the way to his feet, faintly shimmering with a wedge-shaped emblem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that sight, Yeongwoo realized—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Chairman?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a long time since the company had sent him an advertising fee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1655,"2026-06-09T07:04:10.527Z",1,"novelbin.me","e6007b7509ed578d7ba611a3c55d95d5004738a93c08d4fa5b09ab44564811b6","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-517","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-515",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]