[{"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-59":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},1848424,2454,"Chapter 59","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-59",59,"\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 59: Land of Chaos, Gyeonggi Province (2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can I help? Those people over there.” Jongsu asked, pointing to the cows approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right hand had already reached the early bird at his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yeongwoo agreed, he would get out of the car and hit the cow on the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just that one guy, wouldn’t all the people rushing over there right now be able to fill their stomachs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Yeongwoo looked at the cow with a discerning look and hesitated for a moment before nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s do it, and gather information about the situation nearby.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Yeongwoo’s approval came down, Jongsu opened the driver’s seat door and got out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the people chasing the cows hesitated and slowed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not common to see a ‘moving car,’ and now someone came out of it with an early bird, making them scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Uh…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the cow fleeing felt an unusual energy from Jongsu and turned its head towards the edge of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rough movement that showed the intention of hitting the forehead if it continued to interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Jongsu, being no ordinary guy, did not step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Running towards the cow at an angle, he grabbed the early bird with both hands and swung it down vigorously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shwack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A creepy sound echoed as the cow rushing like a tank crashed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the moment when the large head of the creature bounced up into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had just been severed by that blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this scene, the people chasing the cow realized that Jongsu was no ordinary skilled person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would have required tremendous strength and endurance to stop a cow in full sprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Yeongwoo knew this fact well, so he was actually worried about Jongsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Handling that level of attack would not be easy with ordinary stats. Isn’t it too reckless?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a thought that Yeongwoo, who had steadily built up his stats and grown, could afford.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jongsu’s face twisted with considerable burden on his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t seem like his elbow was broken or anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you okay, Jongsu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo asked, sticking his head out of the car window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jongsu clenched and loosened his hand repeatedly, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Stronger than I thought, this guy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jongsu looked at the fallen cow with a pitiful expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he waved his hand towards the people standing far away who couldn’t approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing over there? Come here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing this, people glanced at each other, then one by one approached Jongsu and the cow, each carrying weapons such as knives and axes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A total of 11 people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only were there many of them, but each had a weapon like a knife or axe, but there was no threatening feeling at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because there was no feeling of the energy typical of strong individuals emanating from their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy emitted by someone who has experienced ‘success’ in this world is a momentum derived from expectations and hopes that, given any opportunity, they can achieve something again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In simpler terms, it can be called confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the 11 people who had chased the cow showed no sign of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On their faces, there was only a sense of defeat and worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was because the prey they had been chasing for their survival was unexpectedly taken away by a predator that suddenly appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As always, they had failed this time as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What… what is happening?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, one of the eleven gathered the courage to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t even imagined that the person facing them would have killed the cow for their benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on experience, those with an early bird did not treat others as equals unless they were in an equal position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Jongsu looked at the blood splattered on his clothes, then pointed the tip of his knife at the cow’s head, which had rolled far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weren’t you trying to eat it? That Hanwoo. That’s why I helped.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost simultaneously, the eleven opened their mouths wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And by this time, Yeongwoo, who had been sitting in the car, opened the rear door and set foot on the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squeak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unique sound of his shoes touching the asphalt echoed strangely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to this, the attention of the eleven, which had been focused on Jongsu, shifted to Yeongwoo all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gasp.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if by agreement, all eleven dropped the weapons they held in their hands to the ground and prostrated themselves flat on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s happening all of a sudden?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jongsu, looking perplexed, sheathed the early bird, and Yeongwoo also questioned the unexpected ‘welcome.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo asked, the one lying at the forefront of the eleven lifted his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you guys from Seoul…? If we happen to meet, we were told to do this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By whom?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response to Yeongwoo’s question, the other party raised his head a little more and uttered a very strange line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By those who have met people from Seoul.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People who have met people from Seoul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo pondered over this bizarre sentence, Jongsu asked a question on his behalf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What on earth is a person from Seoul?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, um…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did the eleven, from their heads to their upper bodies, finally lift themselves up obliquely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only now that the two men in front of them realized that these two were not ‘people from Seoul.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, the direction they had come in the car was not Seoul but the outskirts of Gyeonggi Province.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, you’re not from Seoul…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response to the lame remarks of the eleven, Yeongwoo and Jongsu could only make blank expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why were people who had never directly encountered those from Seoul so frightened even at the mention of them coming and going?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you not going in that direction?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo said, pulling out the ‘Fearful cat.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to this compass, there was still no threatening presence around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But why Seoul? Are people from there coming down to cut and stab you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo put the compass back into his pocket and asked, the 11 individuals just stared at Yeongwoo without saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if ‘people from Seoul’ were indeed coming down to commit violence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it really true? Are they just randomly killing anyone they see on the road?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo expressed disbelief, and the representative among the 11 cautiously spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s nothing good about getting in their way. We know that those who hinder monster hunting are all dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo immediately grasped the bizarre situation upon hearing the term ‘monster hunting.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, people from Seoul are meddling with the monsters in Gyeonggi Province. And they kill those who might pose a threat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this is also the reason why there is no Strongest Sword in Yeoju.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Currently in the area of ‘Yeoju.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| There is no Strongest Sword in this area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It’s a power struggle. The world has come to this already….’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made sense, as everyone’s lives were directly at stake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting stronger meant an increased chance of surviving encounters with any kind of being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘How is Seoul doing anyway?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo glanced briefly in the northwest direction where Seoul was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he gestured to the Gyeonggi Province residents to get up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, we are not from Seoul, so there’s no need for you to act like this. We were just curious about what was going on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Yeongwoo’s ‘what was going on,’ everything, including the cow lying on the ground with spilled blood, were also included.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have a good meal… anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Yeongwoo felt uneasy, and he retreated into the Audi like taking a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, after a while, Jongsu came to the driver’s seat, sat down, and checked his complexion in the rearview mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hyung-nim, should we leave like this? Do you need more water over there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Yeongwoo, hesitating while glancing around, looked with a bitter gaze at the people who were subtly gathering near the ‘Hanwoo.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would they really cut up and eat the meat like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’ve never seen people from Seoul in person. Even if you ask more questions, you won’t get proper answers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. That’s true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s just go up quickly. We might be able to meet someone or something. Whether it’s people from Seoul or whatever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current time was 6:54 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outside of the car window was already getting dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, those people who luckily solved their meals for today needed to hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They should find a room before complete darkness and abnormal weather arrives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it was the same for Yeongwoo and Jongsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vroom…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two continued to drive the car northwest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like before, they saw three more groups of people chasing cows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like the cows had escaped from some nearby ranch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, the sight of people wielding knives and chasing animals was still eerie, no matter how many times they saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s probably just for a moment, right? Those who can’t pay taxes today will all die immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jongsu had not mentioned helping those chasing cows since a while ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because they had realized that those running around at this point were likely to die within a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tax collection at 10 PM, abnormal weather at 11 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if someone managed to survive unnoticed by monsters and mutants, they still had to overcome at least two more survival hurdles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that had to be done every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, could those who didn’t have the money to secure food immediately, nor the ability to run faster than cows, overcome such challenges?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, it was rumored that now people from Gyeonggi Province couldn’t even touch monsters in their own area, as people from Seoul were preventing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Betting their lives had become impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The world has become a place where once you fall, it’s hard to get up again.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo thought, gazing at the darkening sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this wasn’t hell, what else could it be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If things continued like this, only superhumans would remain on Earth, facing mutants falling every day…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wait a moment.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lost in various thoughts while looking out the window, Yeongwoo suddenly blinked as something occurred to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Come to think of it, what about other countries?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the announcement on the first day, the ‘reset’ was an extraordinary measure applied to the entire human race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「This means that the majority of humans had become hostile towards humanity, and accordingly, the reset function was forcibly activated.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, it wasn’t just happening in Korea;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Japan, China, even places like the United States or Africa might be experiencing the same situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh my God.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As horrific scenes flashed through his mind, Yeongwoo, in the midst of trying to shake off those thoughts, noticed a faint message appearing in his field of vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「An advertiser will visit in 1 hour.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Prepare gifts for the guest.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1878,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.853Z",1,"novelbin.me","ced13fe3233b1d0823a786b33b1696dc988b3f6bce74383109385314d5942ca4","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-60","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-251",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]