[{"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-595":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},1848609,2454,"Chapter 595","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-595",595,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 595: The Great Exploration (3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Myth Map that can only be used if one possesses a myth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this fact, Kejen stared blankly back and forth between Yeongwoo and the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Wait… so this was a map that only activates if I’m the owner of a myth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t that obvious? Like you said, even if someone without a myth finds another myth using this map, there’d be nothing they could actually do with it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-W-Well, that’s true, but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emotion reflected on Kejen’s face was disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disappointment that he had been keeping an item far beyond his station all this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disappointment that such items even existed in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why that expression? In the end, it still found its rightful owner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Isn’t that exactly the problem? So I was basically holding onto this all this time just to benefit someone else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least it saved your life. And besides…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-And besides? What now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I haven’t killed you even after taking the item.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honestly, if I were a real villain, I’d have gotten rid of you by now since you’re useless to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen replied with a dejected face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-That’s true, but still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So don’t feel too wronged. And if you want to…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s gaze shifted beyond the ceiling of the hideout, toward space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-If I want to, what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll let you take part in the Great Exploration for myths.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m saying I’ll let you live on the Earthship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earthship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A free planet-vessel destined to wander the entire universe in search of the myths pointed to by the ‘Great Exploration’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that sense, anyone living on the Earthship would essentially be participating in the Great Exploration as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not mandatory. If you want, you can keep living the way you used to. After all, your base is in the Black Sector.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, if he wanted to board the Earthship, Yeongwoo was willing to make room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, thanks to Kejen, he had obtained this precious map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if unintentional, Kejen had effectively become a great benefactor to Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not exaggerating when I say I owe you a debt money can’t repay. So I’ll give you special treatment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Special treatment? Like you won’t point a sword at me anymore?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s hard to promise. But instead, I won’t charge you rent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Free lodging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Yeongwoo’s perspective, it was an extremely generous offer, but Kejen’s reaction was lukewarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Well… you’re interesting, I’ll give you that, but you live far too dangerously. That makes the Earthship dangerous too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But we can run away if things go south. That seems better than the Black Sector, where you’re bound to be caught someday.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-That’s only true once your planet-ship has developed enough. Right now, it can’t compare to the Black Sector. And you’re planning to search for myths, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Then the ones chasing you will also be myth owners. How can you say that place is safe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I suppose you’re right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo couldn’t refute that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ordinary cases, he could be confident in the planet-ship’s escape capabilities, but whether it could survive against myths was still unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you’re going to keep living in this insane place?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-That’s not an option either. The Kardal royal family is actively hunting me right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Kejen followed Yeongwoo’s gaze beyond the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I’ll be leaving here for a while too. But that doesn’t mean I’ll go to the Earthship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then where will you go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I’ll keep doing what I’ve always done as a highwayman. I have my own thief’s journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still unwilling to lose planetary residency rights, he added an afterthought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-But someday, I’ll come find you again. So save me a spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well… there’s plenty of space for now. I promise I’ll do that, at least for the time being.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo nodded, then turned his gaze back to the Myth Map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The search screen was still sweeping across the universe in search of a ‘reference point’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you kidding me… it’s still moving?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-The universe is vast. If this map hadn’t reacted to your myth… we’d have been completely screwed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssaat……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The search screen that everyone had been watching began to flicker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Oh? Did it finally get close?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had Kejen finished speaking than the frantically moving search screen stopped at a single point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was a location where red, blue, and white converged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, that’s obviously three myths, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo glanced at the myths he possessed, Jeonggu stepped closer to the map and blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The red one is probably the Bastard… then what are the blue and white ones?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The white one should be the Token of Salvation. Even the tooltip screams pure good-alignment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Token of Salvation」 – Mythic Currency\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Cloak of Light】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Gain 20% damage reduction against evil-aligned entities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Chorus of Virtue】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| By using this token as collateral, you may borrow each of the following planets’ ultimate weapons once:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Doatel, Delmir, Shuaarel\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Protection of the Shelbir Royal Family】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| This token serves as a royal insignia substitute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then the blue one is Aratubank?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeonggu glanced at the intimidating-looking mythic shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Myths are color-coded by type. Their actual appearance doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The blue one seems to be defense-oriented.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo said that, Amana pointed to another part of the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Then this means some things can only be known by meeting them directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was pointing to the closest myth to their current location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bright, purple-hued dot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it looked close, the actual distance would be astronomical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Purple… that’s hard to guess.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo scratched his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, thanks to having three myths already, they had secured quite a bit of information from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For now, we should look at this together with Mr. Mantero. He’ll understand the map better than I do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the royal chief navigator, he must have been trained in cosmic structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, he might be able to infer why black holes were marked on the Myth Map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So now everything’s settled except selling the Selulite, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo scanned the room, then raised his wrist and projected his watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s wait exactly ten more minutes. If no buyer shows up by then, we escape immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amana frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-10 minutes……? Isn’t that too harsh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s harsh about it? I already think I’ve done my part by saving your life. Selling the Selulite is purely goodwill.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if he’d just remembered something, Yeongwoo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, by the way, what did you come here on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…What do you mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I mean it literally. What did you ride here? A scrap flying boat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amana tilted her head, then stiffened all the feathers on her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-We came on a guardian-exclusive vessel of the Sutral Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s good news.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muttering meaningfully, Yeongwoo immediately took out the crescent blade he had seized from the Seal Pursuer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Srrrk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Twin Stars」 - Kardal Crescent Blade\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Kardal Formation efficiency +30%.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Physical damage +10%.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Strength +5%.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, figures it’s royal equipment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A unique-grade item boldly bearing the royal family’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Yeongwoo had become a clan head himself, it was hard not to envy the ability to create items with one’s own family grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Will I ever be able to make equipment with a “Renaissance” grade attached to it?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To engrave a family name as a natural grade without even a crafted-item mark would require enormous prestige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Yeongwoo’s experience, only royal families could use formatting identical to natural grades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Chairman’s conglomerate ‘Dogo’ had crafting marks on its exclusive equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Cosmic Etiquette」 - ◇ Dogo Phase Armor\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【20% increase in damage to government officials.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【20% resistance to abilities】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Dogo】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So for ordinary families, even making equipment itself must be difficult.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still gazing at 「Twin Stars」 with envy, Yeongwoo registered the weapon in the weapon codex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Still, +5% strength and +10% physical damage is better than expected.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Kardal Formation efficiency likely referred to the ritual he’d seen during the fight with the Jade Seal Pursuer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, an effect completely useless to Yeongwoo right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And flipping that around meant that families powerful enough to create unique equipment could also control its effects to some extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Just how strong does a family have to be to pull that off? And how do royal families even get made?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Yeongwoo was lost in thought, Amana poked his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Hey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Didn’t you get some kind of contact just now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Contact?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Yeongwoo realize that the entry ticket in his pocket was vibrating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the—don’t tell me a trade request actually came in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurriedly pulled out the ticket, and a holographic message appeared in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「There is a buyer proposal for 1 unit of Selulite.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Buyer proposal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo’s eyebrow twitched, Kejen stepped forward with a troubled expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-A buyer proposal, not a purchase request… that only means one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One thing? What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Reverse trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Reverse trade……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-You do business in the buyer’s marketplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then wouldn’t we be forced to follow the buyer’s rules?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Exactly. If they chose hide-and-seek, the moment we enter, the Selulite would be transferred to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up to this point, that was the villains’ assumption—when Amana slowly raised a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-But isn’t there a chance they want an honest trade?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well. I wouldn’t count on that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-According to what I know, the accident rate in the Black Sector is 58%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…That doesn’t mean the honest trade rate is 42%, does it? And even if it were, the success rate would already be under 50%. Not even half.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, unwilling to let go of this miraculous trade request, Amana opened and closed her beak repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-If the buyer knows how Selulite is made, they wouldn’t do anything despicable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you… already got scammed once, didn’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-That just means the probability of the next one being honest has increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo started to say something, then closed his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the Selulite belonged to Amana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she truly wanted to proceed, there was no reason to stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo asked the local, Kejen, for his opinion, Kejen stroked his whiskers and paced the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-The chance they’re a scammer? Pretty high. But on the flip side, they might think we’re the scammers and proposed a reverse trade for that reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So in the end, you don’t know. Do you at least know the typical buyer profile for Selulite?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-That’s hard too. Selulite isn’t traded often.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And given its high utility, it was difficult to know what buyers intended to use it for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-But where are we? The Black Sector. The odds of shady bastards showing up are obviously much higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, everyone’s gaze turned to Amana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what do you want to do? Honestly, I think it’s probably a scam again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amana crossed her arms and said firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I believe. That bad things don’t happen twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, you probably stacked a lot of good karma, so who knows.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But could good fortune enough to offset the evil karma of Jeong Yeongwoo and Kejen really appear?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo couldn’t be sure—but he also didn’t hesitate long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Screw it. Best case, we pocket a nice commission. Worst case, the Sutral Planet gets wiped out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he swiped the hologram and accepted the offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s try a reverse trade. Just don’t regret it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo gave his final warning, Amana met his gaze with confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-When your head is full of evil, you imagine an evil future. Today, I shall impart you with a great lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1947,"2026-06-09T07:04:15.797Z",1,"novelbin.me","fd7a52590354d40b91672662c3e031e69441e258297f7eb937949fd10d424d10","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-596","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-594",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]