[{"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-571":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},1848585,2454,"Chapter 571","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-571",571,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 571: The Black Zone (3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu, who dreams of dying a natural death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yeongwoo, who prepares for the murder that will one day come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two men—father and son, opposite in disposition to the point of near incompatibility—were holding hands when Madam Kanaph muttered with a pale face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—They said everyone else in this family was normal… That was a lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, when the head of the clan isn’t even sane, how could any other member of the same family be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here it comes…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yeongwoo had already begun transferring a full 1 billion Karma to Jeonggu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shiiiiiing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uuh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive sinking sensation struck as Jeonggu’s balance shot upward at a crazed pace, and Yeongwoo quickly cautioned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Start raising your stats little by little from now on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you dump a billion Karma all at once, your head might literally explode.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eek.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo wasn’t joking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A billion Karma converts into one million stat points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because side effects occur even from stat surges below the ten-thousand range, dumping a million at once could very well lead to actual shock-induced death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry, raise your stats…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he kept the transfer going and urged Jeonggu on, Yeongwoo suddenly fell silent and widened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why… what? What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu, unnerved by his son’s expression, looked frightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo scowled and swore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, fuck.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why, what’s wrong? What happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just realized—it's not 1 billion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder it felt too cheap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then how much is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo squeezed his eyes shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Four billion. All four stats need to hit ‘limit.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How much have you used so far?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“R-right now? Maybe… about 300 million…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Whew.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred million wasn’t even 10% of what was required.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So undoing the whole thing was still perfectly possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo needed someone to watch his back in the Black Zone, and he also had to slowly increase the number of Catalog holders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Still, 4 billion for a single person? That’s rough.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he turned Jeonggu into a post-human weapon, he would have about 2.5 billion left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a small amount—but not nearly enough either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was effectively the clan’s current retained capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’ll have to replenish it inside the Black Zone.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Black Zone was a world utterly beyond prediction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Yeongwoo, who had been fearlessly charging forward until now, hesitated at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Jeonggu slowly loosened his grip on Yeongwoo’s hand and muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Four billion sounds a bit much, doesn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago his eyes had been shining with fierce determination, but now he was back to the same old Jeonggu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo sighed softly and grabbed his father’s retreating hand again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re the founder of our clan, aren’t you? If you don’t want to disgrace our name, you need to be at least somewhat strong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can’t mean…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Total of 4 billion. I’ll authorize it. But you’re going to earn every bit of what it costs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Yeongwoo transferred the enormous sum and tossed the Aratubank artifact to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hug that thing tight. With 4 billion worth of stats, your head will explode otherwise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four billion Karma was enough to bring every stat to 1,000,000—the maximum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a change Jeonggu, who had lived as a “small creature” for most of his life, absolutely could not endure unprotected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m supposed to hold this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jeonggu spoke and began to pour the Karma into his stats, he felt something massive rising from deep inside his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guh…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like a huge tidal wave crashing through the interior of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Jeonggu’s pupils began glowing gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hwaaaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo quickly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How much have you used now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“T-t… two billion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then dump the rest at once. The Aratubank will protect you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Aratubank could block mental attacks, and Yeongwoo himself had relied on it when surpassing his own species limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Inviolability】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| This shield cannot be destroyed and blocks most non-physical damage and mental attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Jeonggu had never experienced something like this, he hesitated—so Yeongwoo kicked him hard in the thigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get it together! This is where you start paying for that money!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“S-son of a…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold sweat poured down Jeonggu’s chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt as if he were standing at the edge of a roller coaster’s drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hwaaah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He poured in the remaining 2 billion Karma all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, every stat hit the maximum value of 1,000,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tidal wave in his body crashed upward, bursting into his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if hallucinating, Jeonggu stared past the empty air, staggering back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo quickly grabbed the Aratubank slipping from his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You see the ‘end’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“E-end? What are you talking abou—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, with his mind reeling, the “end” truly appeared before Jeonggu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「You have arrived at the ‘End.’」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a golden tide emerged from nowhere, sweeping his vision and forming a new message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Your Prestige Level has finally been unlocked!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jeonggu read the Prestige-unlock message, Yeongwoo also sensed it—the change in Jeonggu’s presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where previously Jeonggu’s existence felt no different from drifting air, now he had mass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“D-did it work?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is only the beginning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo spoke, a new system window appeared in Jeonggu’s sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Calculating initial Prestige Level…」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Initial level…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All your past achievements are added together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo said, Jeonggu’s meaningful life events were tallied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「+1 for surviving a Reset」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「+1 for dungeon clearance」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「+3 for founding a clan」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「+2 for discovering a Grade-4 entity」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「+7 for discovering a Grade-3 entity」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「+2.6 for witnessing planetary displacement」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「+4.4 for witnessing stellar displacement」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the stellar-movement entry complete, the column of achievements stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiiing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Prestige Level confirmed: 21!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I-I think this really is the end now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu, who had landed on his backside at some point, said weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo placed a hand on his hip and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What level are you now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“T-twenty-one…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder you still feel like a tiny bug.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I’ll turn you into a person! Block this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Yeongwoo drew Bastard, the Demon Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu reflexively lifted the Aratubank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-what the hell are you doing?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have to fight me! If you go out like this, you’ll die in the Black Zone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHAAAAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bastard tore through the air, and a sharp impact rang from the surface of the shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KAAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo had really attacked his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You lunatic?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, isn’t it crazier that you only reached Level 21 after eating 4 billion?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the magic that’ll make you useful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo raised the sword again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To trigger “Duel with a Planetary Ship Owner,” a proper exchange was needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning Jeonggu had to counter with full effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fight back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo issued his last warning and swung the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu, retreating by instinct, clenched his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a myth-grade item in hand—why not try?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You little bastard…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, for the first time, Jeonggu stepped forward and angled the Aratubank’s edge forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he thrust it forward in a quick strike—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a shield jab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHAAA!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unexpected shield technique made Yeongwoo tilt Bastard mid-swing to guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Aratubank slammed into the sword’s blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like being rammed by a car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Well now… he’s better than I thought.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo realized it clearly now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his father had surprisingly high combat intuition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hyaaaap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the shield dipped briefly, another rapid jab followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHAAA!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Now I can see it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading the style, the follow-up looked almost slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A “shield jab” was now an expected attack type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo twisted the blade to block his father’s jab and fired a lightning-fast middle kick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PWAAAACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guhk?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu couldn’t react at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One kick and he bent over, drooling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t this a bit much? You’re basically killing me—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his head, dazed, and saw his son lowering the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s the kind of danger you need to be reborn. Besides—you succeeded, didn’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Succeeded what…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Jeonggu’s pupils flashed with a strange light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「+10.4 for Duel with the Planetary Ship Owner」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Waaah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prestige rose by 10.4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive wave of side effects followed, and Jeonggu hugged the Aratubank on instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the same moment, for Yeongwoo—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Prestige Source detected!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Appraisal Book of Prestige unexpectedly activated again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Huh?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the content was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Filial Piety Toward Kim Jeonggu]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Grade Evaluation: D\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1414,"2026-06-09T07:04:15.797Z",1,"novelbin.me","32a9379dc84aaf5e4397bd319b117253a2ef387ecaf2e7620244d3378c431cd0","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-572","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-570",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]