[{"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-587":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},1848601,2454,"Chapter 587","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-587",587,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 587: Quagmire (4)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssht—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Yeongwoo pulled his cloak all the way over his head, his figure vanished completely from the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And from within that invisible state, he continued speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father has to do something too, right? You can’t just freeload forever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“T–That… still doesn’t mean you should throw me into the jaws of death, does it? Wasn’t the original plan that I’d watch your back…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From inside the cloak, Yeongwoo shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the enemy is in front of us, why would you be watching my back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You just walk forward. I’ll watch the rear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Yeongwoo extended the Aratubank out from the cloak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, if you just stand there with no protection, you’ll get holes punched in you by bullets, so at least hold this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not giving me a weapon…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if you did have some illegitimate child out there somewhere, could it beat a heavyweight villain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s not… that’s ridiculous—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu was about to protest when he shut his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because protesting wouldn’t change a thing—he knew that all too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And besides, Yeongwoo had handed him the Aratubank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu knew very well that this was a sacred artifact borrowed from the Red Foot Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words—by giving this to him, Yeongwoo was signaling that no matter how bad things got, he didn’t intend to abandon his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Probably.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jeonggu reluctantly accepted the Aratubank, Yeongwoo shook the admission ticket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, do you accept this deal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty-five Katandal ingots, at 1.7× their original price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen’s eyes bulged as he flailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—W-Wait! Let me think for just a—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo had already selected the mysterious buyer for the transaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Piiit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Katandal Ingot ×25]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| 1 buyer\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Price multiplier: 1.7×\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, master thief. Are you short on guts?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo spoke of courage while hidden under the cloak, and Kejen collapsed helplessly onto the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—We’re all going to get our stomachs slit open and hung in the streets…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t jinx it. We don’t even know who the buyer is yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But we do know how the transaction will go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We just need to make it clear we didn’t intend to trick them. My father is really good at begging for his life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Yeongwoo’s plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they entered the transaction chamber and the buyer’s payment was transferred over, they’d quickly appeal to the other party before things grew violent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d claim they had no choice but to pick tag-mode because scammers are everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And simultaneously, they’d begin handing over the twenty-five Katandal ingots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, all of this had to be done by Jeonggu, whose life depended on that single Aratubank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Couldn’t you just handle this from the start…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu tilted his head in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo had prepared a Plan B.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kejen said so, right? Maybe some really nasty folks will show up. Then they’ll almost certainly attack the seller.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, invisible Yeongwoo would strike them from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…So first I have to get hit? And what if I die?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Trust the Aratubank. If a monster strong enough to break that shows up, I wouldn’t be able to beat them anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Kejen’s whiskers twitched as he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—And what if someone shows up that even you can’t handle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll beg too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But by then you’ll have already attacked them. Just begging won’t save you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, what else can I do? I can try throwing around the Chairman’s name. And if that doesn’t work, then I really die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though this kid had a planetary fortress in orbit above the Black Zone, he was tossing himself into a situation with a real possibility of death—and acting like it was nothing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Well… I suppose that is a kind of courage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly the spirit of a 3rd-rank citizen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen let out a quiet, reverent sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—At least you won’t die alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this universe, thieves almost always die alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They die failing to disarm traps in vaults, or as mangled corpses after being chased by security machines, or ambushed on the way back to their hideout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the end result was the same, there were five of them here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Kejen—who had already accepted death—Yeongwoo was too busy thinking about the next step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We accepted the purchase request, right? So what happens now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The transaction space is being assigned right now. Once that’s done, a portal will open and the transaction starts immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How long does the assignment take?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Well—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Kejen finished, a gray portal appeared at the center of the hideout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Looks like it’s done already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen’s expression hardened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew this world far too well; that portal was a door straight to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Yeongwoo—blissfully ignorant—approached the portal without the slightest fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Churrrk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re scared, don’t come in. I can handle the transaction alone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Kejen immediately shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Since you used your ticket, everyone is classified as your party. If even one person enters the portal, everyone gets dragged in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? What about Amana?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo pointed at the Guardian, and Kejen shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The Selulite got registered under your ticket too. So it’s considered part of the party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning: Yeongwoo, Jeonggu, Kejen, the Golden Goblin, and even Amana…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all five would be thrown into the danger zone together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A complete gift set, from the buyer’s perspective.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo cracked a joke and pointed at the portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone ready?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who in the world could be ready for death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, Yeongwoo walked forward decisively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m ready…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhiii—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That familiar portal-induced disorientation washed over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he saw the same gray color above him—the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ceiling formed a massive dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The height was at least twenty meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo was stunned by how huge the transaction arena really was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a ceiling that high, the width easily exceeded a hundred meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pa-pat… Paaat—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others followed one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen tried to step aside—only to smack into an invisible wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twuung!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Ugh… Looks like the other party hasn’t arrived yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So we have to wait here until they do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Of course. If you could move right away, the first to arrive could set traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This entire arena is a trap…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo muttered just as another portal appeared about a hundred meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three ominous silhouettes walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re here…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buyers had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beeeep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp alert echoed overhead, and system text appeared above them:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Transaction Mode: TAG」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that same moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A torrent of crimson 1,000-Karma coins\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and orange 30,000-Karma coins\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>began pouring down on Yeongwoo’s group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shoaaaaaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—We’re doomed! They brought everything in raw coin form so we can’t run!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Kejen panicked, the Golden Goblin frantically shoveled the coins into its dimensional pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Kikit! Kiiiiik!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinctively hoarding something valuable—yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But more importantly, even it understood how bad the situation was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWA-KWA-KWA-KWAAT!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coins had already stacked up past their waists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the payment transfer was ongoing, the transparent barrier blocking movement remained active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning the mountain of coins just kept rising in a neat rectangle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>burying Yeongwoo’s group in the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They clearly planned this, right? Trapping us inside the barrier like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen—already chest-deep in coins—nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Obviously. See? Just like I said, these guys aren’t normal. Once the barrier comes down, all these coins fall. Your cloak gets exposed too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good lesson.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You can only learn if you survive. If you die, what good is learning!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They haven’t said they want to kill us yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Give it time. Just look at how they’re pouring coins—they expected tag mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buyer clearly had extensive experience in Black Zone transactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And anyone carrying 42.5 billion in hard currency was definitely a heavyweight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their lives were already in the buyer’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When someone gets strong enough, they get more relaxed. Maybe if we talk well, we can walk out alive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While saying this, Yeongwoo activated Clairvoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Piiit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Clairvoyance」 – Mutated Earring\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Magnifies vision up to 5×】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the buyers’ faces came into clear view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Holy shit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—W-What is it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They look insanely strong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were three of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one standing in the center, arms crossed, was a mechanical swordsman wearing a ragged cloak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His floating, gravity-defying hair was made of circuitry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jawline was reinforced with ashen steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And above it burned a pair of huge crimson mechanical eyes staring straight at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Definitely a big shot. That ragged cloak probably has some kind of meaning. Sentimental value or something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo muttered nonsense even now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen, nearly submerged in coins, asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—So what now? Will you beg a machine that literally can’t bleed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then, the transparent barrier began flickering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The transaction was about to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo gently touched Bastard and murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Time to sell everything that can be sold. Staying alive is top priority.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Don’t tell me you’re planning to offer up Bastard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo frowned down at Kejen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…No?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Then what are you going to sell?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My name.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You’re going to pull out the Chairman’s name again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo shook his head and summoned the legendary spear Lightning Rod from his weapon catalog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Today, I’ll be selling the President’s name. Maybe that person saw this future coming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1558,"2026-06-09T07:04:15.797Z",1,"novelbin.me","55ceaac3e612024f9be8187bea65965519182545d7a288b4c4fa55bc36b0126c","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-588","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-586",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]