[{"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-534":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},1848548,2454,"Chapter 534","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-534",534,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 534: The Escapee (2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purpose of this prison visit was the arms dealer, Koatu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the massive hammer dropped to the ground when the warden collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving all of that behind, Yeongwoo walked as if bewitched, following the direction in which the Serpent of Greed was staring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What on earth made this thing react?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “treasures” the Serpent of Greed detects are judged relative to the owner’s standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Yeongwoo unified the Korean Peninsula, the snake had not raised its head once—clear proof of his elevated status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here, in this underground prison at the far edge of the galaxy, it suddenly lifted its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Shiiiit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Serpent of Greed kept swaying its head toward the darkness, flicking its tongue each time Yeongwoo took a step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Tchhht!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hissed sharply when Yeongwoo stopped in front of a particular iron door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his question, the snake fixed its gaze on that very cell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing before the barred door, Yeongwoo cautiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Is anyone inside?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No answer came from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, angry shouts rang out from other nearby cells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Hey! Let us out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Oi, don’t hog the fun for yourself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Just open this door already!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But words like those were as good as admitting they couldn’t break out on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the others, Yeongwoo turned back to the barred door in question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir? Are you there? If you don’t respond, I’ll have to open it by force.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when he offered the very thing all the prisoners desired, the one inside gave no reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, in the end—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll open it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo once again drew Bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This should open it… right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, he hadn’t even checked the warden’s body for keys, being too caught up in following the snake’s lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now curiosity burned too brightly to turn back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Yeongwoo swung Bastard with full strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whssshhh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mythic blade carved a crimson arc through the air—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Craaaash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—leaving a hideous wound across the iron door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Oh.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, a mythic weapon could break it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since it was the only entrance to the cell, its durability was monstrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the middle split open, he couldn’t just kick it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took eight more heavy swings before he managed to tear open a large gap in the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Looks sloppy… not something I want to do twice.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the shattered door, the cell was pitch-dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the faint light seeping through revealed a figure seated inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, no lighting in here, sir?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo called out to the vague silhouette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still no answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no choice but to push forward, thrusting Aratubank ahead as he stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Serpent of Greed hissed in excitement, eyes glittering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Shhhiiit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the prisoner…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure did not stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo realized belatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s dead…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cell’s occupant was already a corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seated in a steel chair, hands cuffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that his eyes had adjusted to the dark, Yeongwoo saw clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn… sir, how did this happen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead prisoner was a scrawny troll, about four meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even slouched in the chair, the back of his head nearly brushed the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He likely had never stood up straight once in this cell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell. Are all the other cells like this too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horrific environment made Yeongwoo grimace.The most update n0vels are published on novel•fire.net\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, Earth chimed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ That troll’s death is sad, sure… but who knows what crime landed him here. You’re not planning to release them all just because they look pitiful, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was concern for Yeongwoo’s karmic balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freeing all these convicts would dump mountains of bad karma on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ I don’t know galactic law either, but prisons don’t hold just anyone. Even you haven’t been locked up yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…That’s not wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo nodded quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what about the item?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ Hm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The treasure. Where is it? Surely it’s not the corpse itself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the snake wrapped around his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature hissed, tilting its head toward the dead troll’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the treasure was somewhere in that head?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve gotta be kidding me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the snake gave no change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It kept staring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Yeongwoo reached toward the face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe earrings…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He twisted the stiff head aside, but found no jewelry at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then… the treasure was part of the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Shit, no way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Experience told him: it was the flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the snake focused on the head, the likeliest candidate was the eyeballs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought the snake near the eye socket—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but it turned lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not the eyes? Then below… nose, mouth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved to the nose—again it pointed lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toward the mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realization struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a short sigh, Yeongwoo grabbed the jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My apologies, really.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced the jaw open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Craack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, even in the dark, something gleamed brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Oh, come on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a molar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tooth glowing with a strange crimson light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really? That’s the treasure?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as he asked the snake, his hand reached into the corpse’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snake had never been wrong before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he grasped it, a tooltip appeared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Venomfang」 – Legendary Tooth\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Sturdy Jaw】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Venom Affinity】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Sturdy Jaw】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| The durability of the lower portion of the body part classified as Head increases by 30%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Venom Affinity】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Grants immunity to most toxic substances; inhaling poison increases bodily regeneration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, Venomfang?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The absurdity made his body jolt—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the tooth came loose in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The troll’s jaw collapsed from the loss, drool spilling out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh, shit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled, Yeongwoo kicked the body away and bolted out of the cell, tooth clenched between his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Am I really okay with this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the corridor, countless thoughts surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grotesqueness of tearing out a dead man’s tooth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guilt of kicking the corpse aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I have to equip this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was, after all, equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cornea mutation had been like contact lenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mutant stomach had to be swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unique spine required surgery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is a tooth… maybe no surgery needed?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant he’d have to pull one of his own out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ Only you would end up with something like that. Eat poison, heal faster—seriously?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up. Not funny. I have to yank out a live tooth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ You fistfight alien lords, but one tooth scares you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s different.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ The Berserker Amulet will nullify the pain anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Yeah, but still.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infuriating, but Earth wasn’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Yeongwoo’s state too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ Hurry up. Pull it, then find Koatu. No time to waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Goddammit, I’m doing it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His speech slurred—because his fingers were already in his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ And don’t forget, the camera’s still on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo suddenly realized the entire Earth was watching this live broadcast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to perform dental surgery on himself before all humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ Viewer discretion advised: disturbing content ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth posted a warning message for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Craack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guhhh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without anesthesia, Yeongwoo ripped out his own molar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And immediately jammed Venomfang into the empty socket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is insane.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Live on air, Yeongwoo had just swapped out his own tooth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peering into the reflection of Bastard, he saw the new equipment in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Catalog updated at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beeeep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Body Catalog]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>〔7〕\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven inhuman body parts already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A new day, a new tooth… what’s next, I wonder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rubbing his sore jaw, Yeongwoo muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth hurried him along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ Move it. Check the warden’s body—there’s gotta be something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Approaching the corpse, Yeongwoo spotted something he’d missed before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, what’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the bottom of the warden’s pants stuck out a stone tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabbed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The title appeared in universal script.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Roster of Underground Prisoners」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It listed the inmates’ names, origins, and crimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh ho. These guys, huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skimming the list, Yeongwoo’s gaze sharpened as he turned back toward the other cells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like we’ve got a few more precious customers in here…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1355,"2026-06-09T07:04:10.527Z",1,"novelbin.me","1fa52adf85110128ee63ccd9affe42ae908fa975f3866809d7e8fe3312c61e6a","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-535","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-533",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]