[{"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-554":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},1848568,2454,"Chapter 554","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-554",554,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 554: The Aesthetics of the Circle (5)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if a severed leg could grow back, that didn’t mean the pain disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Aaaaaaargh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Lizardman whose leg Yeongwoo had cut off rolled on the ground screaming, the atmosphere froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— W-wait…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— H-he just cut it off?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo picked up the Lizardman’s severed leg and tossed it into the limb-insertion slot of the escape point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like throwing a log into a furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course it hurts when your leg’s cut off. Did you think I’d use anesthesia or something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a detached look, he turned to the next in line — the mechanical man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, it should hurt less for you, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Th-that’s…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The startled android backed away, then grabbed his own left arm and twisted it clockwise half a turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A locking sound, and the arm came off neatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— It has a coupling module… this is a cleaner way to remove it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had been forcibly cut like the Lizardman’s limb, it would’ve required external reinforcement afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? Experiencing my sword would’ve been an honor, though.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo nodded, took the mechanical arm, and threw it into the escape point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he picked up the human’s severed arms and legs one by one and tossed them in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bzzt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cylindrical escape device shone brightly, one side unfolding entirely to reveal its interior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Wait, this thing’s an airship?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Kanaph blinked wide-eyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside was a surprisingly spacious compartment with seats for evacuees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Four.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, each escape point could hold four people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. That means exceeding the quota isn’t impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knocked on the outer shell as a signal to get in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The android scrambled to take a seat first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— I don’t know what you are, but living like that… you won’t last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one-legged Lizardman hopped in after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo grinned wickedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha-ha, that’s why I decided to live a hundred million years a day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to the nervous android.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now get lost. Don’t ever set foot in a place like this again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Y-yes, sir…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The android fumbled near his seat and found a small lever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— This must be it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outer plates began to close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High-output energy flared from below, launching a brilliant white beam upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Ah, so that’s the signal for an escape.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo stepped back from the light, the hatch sealed shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous blast, the escape point shot straight up, following the pillar of light through the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Wow…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Kanaph sighed with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that damned “over-completion,” she was fated to be among the last to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— So that’s how they leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared blankly at the blue sky where it had vanished, while Yeongwoo resumed moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap, tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dungeon’s barrier wall was closing in fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve got maybe five or six minutes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— …What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s all the time before the escape point gets swallowed by the barrier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced toward the direction where other escape points had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The window was so short that most hadn’t even activated before being consumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And those five or six minutes include the time to find a point. It’s tight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, to escape, teams had to pre-arrange everything —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how many would board, who’d sacrifice an arm or leg, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— …\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Yeongwoo ran toward the dungeon’s center, Lady Kanaph looked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— It’s already sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Told you — only about six minutes. That’s why no one else escaped this round.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But next time would be different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now everyone would know the escape point’s traits:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it appeared near the dungeon’s outskirts and lasted only six minutes at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So when the next ones appear, everyone will rush there. They’ll also try to… resolve their issues fast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Resolve?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo shot her a sidelong glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’ll have to take or trade limbs, won’t they?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In theory, everyone could detach one prosthetic limb and share peacefully —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but who would choose that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten out of ten times, there’d be fights over whose limbs to take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If over-completion means saving everyone, we’ll have to stop them from killing each other first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After running a while, Yeongwoo stopped and looked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The barrier’s stopped moving. Guess the partial collapse ends here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dungeon stretched endlessly ahead — a vast horizon with a thin blue line above, the barrier itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped the gear he’d been carrying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— What now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Putting it into the Catalog. But first, I want to see what I’ve got.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d taken four pieces of gear from the two who’d escaped earlier:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a sword hidden in the android’s arm, the Lizardman’s laser pistol, a small dagger, and one last sword the Lizardman had kept hidden to the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Catalog? What’s that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There is such a thing. You wouldn’t get it. Just know it’s a reward you get whenever you over-complete a place like this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roughly answered while he nudged each item with his toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, the weapon the machine had carried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Gelka-4988」 - Relic One-Handed Sword\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Physical Damage +15%】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Gain +1% damage per #Gelka item】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A relic…? He brought a relic weapon into the dungeon? He must have been seriously poor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, Yeongwoo regretted highway robbery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the tooltip, it looked like a mass-produced weapon supplied to robots on some backwater frontier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That bastard… he’s missing an arm now, too. How’s he going to make a living?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already done, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo immediately moved his foot to the next weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Flash Baptism」 - Epic Pistol\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Three-round burst】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Apply +25% additional damage to a target previously hit】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Oh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True to his sly nature, the Lizardman had been relatively well-off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very first weapon was Epic tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Three-round burst won’t apply to Bastard, but that second line is pretty unique.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hallmark of Epic gear was at least one native effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Let’s check the next one.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shifted to the dagger, and the tooltip popped into view at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Crimson Assault」 - Epic Dagger\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Perception +1,000】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Inflicts Bleed on hit】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another Epic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, for Yeongwoo—who had already reached the stat cap—the Perception didn’t mean much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But Sword-mountain will get a bit bigger.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next was the final piece: a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin, long blade—the weapon the Lizardman had hidden until the last moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Probably the highest tier. The first two he handed over were basically bait.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stroking his chin, Yeongwoo set his foot on the last trophy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, golden light flooded his view along with the tooltip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flaaash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Fiard」 - Legendary One-Handed Sword\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Paralytic Venom】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Fiard’s Extract】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘As expected.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the word “Legendary,” Yeongwoo nodded as if he’d known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Paralytic Venom】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Reduces the target’s Perception by 10% and nullifies all Strength-increase effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Fiard’s Extract】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Reduces attacks from targets affected by Paralytic Venom by 15%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So it’s a poison-type weapon.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, it fit the Lizardman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hadn’t even had the nerve to try it on Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference in base power was overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Nullifies all Strength increase effects…? That’s insane.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even to Yeongwoo, who had brushed the stat limit, it was a rather threatening effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, Yeongwoo’s Strength rose by 25% when he was Bleeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he was afflicted by this Paralytic Venom, that increase would vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I thought I’d reached a decent level, but gear keeps appearing that’s still dangerous to me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that’s how “myths” happen—where a lesser being fells a transcendent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having checked all the gear, Yeongwoo registered all four into the weapon Catalog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Weapon Catalog]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>〔149〕\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘One hundred forty-nine blades.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, among that rain of blades, one pistol was mixed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So when Sword-mountain pours down, someone’s going to get their head smacked by a pistol grip…?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo tilted his head toward the ceiling, Lady Kanaph looked somewhere and blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Uh—just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? What did you see? Since when do frogs have eyes that sharp…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Kanaph drew Aratubank taut and shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— I didn’t see anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— The temperature… from over there, it’s dropping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Temperature?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 「Clairvoyance」 activated, Yeongwoo looked in the direction she indicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ping!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Clairvoyance」 - Mutated Earring\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Magnifies vision up to 5×.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he soon found it with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hulking knight was roaming about with a steel-blue greatsword—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the ground around him was freezing stark white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s not a dragon… how is that even possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Yeongwoo stared with his mouth agape, Lady Kanaph tapped the nape of his neck with her palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— We should probably avoid something like that… shouldn’t we?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo was already striding toward the mysterious figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Avoid it? No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— …Why? Left alone, he looks like he’ll make it out just fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clicking his tongue, Yeongwoo raised four fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That guy has four arms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— What.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But only one sword. His arms are far too many. Time to correct the ‘balance.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1524,"2026-06-09T07:04:15.797Z",1,"novelbin.me","6c91e9de393ad5c06f87bf3a6cde90cffa6e807246e486941b9c73434ed6a448","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-555","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-553",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]