[{"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-601":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},1848615,2454,"Chapter 601","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-601",601,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 601: Common Sense (3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen could no longer keep his mouth shut as he watched Yeongwoo now behaving exactly like a true villain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to think—wasn’t this guy a complete rookie who had set foot in the Black Zone for the first time just today?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet overnight he had turned into such a vicious robber… Was he really growing by a hundred million years every single day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Ah… no matter what, isn’t this going too far? You can’t do this to me, can you? We’re still on the same side, aren’t we?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had even gone through thick and thin together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t the kind of relationship where you suddenly stabbed each other in the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo saw it very differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never said I’d kill you here, did I? I’m just taking the ship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But without this ship, we can’t…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wouldn’t be able to reach their respective destinations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when Yeongwoo, as if he’d been waiting for this, pointed beyond the cockpit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s something out there far sturdier and faster than this little ship, isn’t there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Don’t tell me you mean a planetship…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You didn’t come from hundreds of galaxies away anyway, did you? I’ll keep this ship, and I’ll personally take you home on the Earth Ship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, he was offering them a first-class taxi ride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In exchange, Yeongwoo would keep this small ship rich in Katangdal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You bastard… You really never let yourself take a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A businessman chasing profit is only natural, isn’t it? When a pile of money is rolling around in front of you, how can you just sit still?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Yeongwoo casually pointed at the pilot’s seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s stop wasting time. Set the destination to the Earth Ship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the sound of other villains pounding on the hull began echoing from outside, so Kejen sat down in the pilot’s seat as if he had no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—So we’re really heading to that damned planetship after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you take the wonders of the universe lightly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—This is the first time I’ve ever heard the word ‘wonder’ sound so flippant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Kejen set the course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The metal plating in front of the cockpit slid downward, revealing a transparent glass window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Projected onto the glass was a yellow emblem of two crossed blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pshaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clearly the insignia of the ship’s owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s that? That’s the owner’s crest, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen rubbed his forehead lightly and muttered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Damn it. Salzeo. I wondered why there was no emblem on the hull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Salzeo? What’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—One of the great noble houses of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Figures. No random nobody would be flying something this expensive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But Salzeo… they’re notoriously persistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In what way?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—They’re famous for never forgetting a grudge. Even if their enemy is the owner of a planetship, they’ll chase them to the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then wouldn’t it have been better to display their family crest in the first place? This whole problem could’ve been avoided.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, even if he’d known their background in advance, Yeongwoo wouldn’t have given up the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Not displaying their emblem is actually a Salzeo trait. A kind of confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sounds a bit perverse. Anyway, I get the idea of what kind of people they are.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the one-eyed goblins who had been blankly listening to the conversation cautiously raised their hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it? Speak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I-Is everything you just said true?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What part?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That you’re… the owner of a planetship, and that this ship belongs to Salzeo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah. This ship is definitely heading to a planetship, and as for Salzeo… judging by what he says, it’s probably true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo shrugged and said that, the goblins swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Then we’d like to get off here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Get off now? We haven’t even launched yet. I said I’d take you right to your doorstep.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the goblins were already shaking their heads violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—N-No thanks. We’ll find our own way. Just let us off here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew full well that getting tangled with a planetship—the so-called wonder of the universe—and a noble house that never forgot its grudges would bring nothing but trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a way, they were the smartest ones present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo, who now held all the power here, didn’t allow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You want me to open that door again now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without Yeongwoo pointing, villains were already pounding on the door from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No one’s leaving now. If we open that door, it’ll just cause another mess.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Yeongwoo even finished speaking, Kejen pulled the launch lever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I agree with that. Because not only Katardal, but Salzeo’s people are probably already running toward this hangar too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Action, and reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every action has consequences, and especially evil deeds like robbery tend to bring equally evil results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like stealing a ship and earning the pursuit of Salzeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Getting tangled up with a space noble house again… I guess this is karma too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo muttered while looking out the window, Salzeo’s small ships finally began lifting into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaaah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You grow a hundred million years every day, and you also make a hundred million years’ worth of enemies every day. Unless you’re a great bandit like me, having a noble house as an enemy is something that happens maybe once in a lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen said this while gripping the controls, and Yeongwoo rubbed his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Renaissance is a noble house itself. So our enemies and friends are bound to be noble houses too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Salzeo wouldn’t have come here with just small ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It means their main force is nearby, or at the very least, there’s a warship docked somewhere around here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, Yeongwoo rolled his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then we’d better run. We don’t have enough firepower to face a fleet yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely, they lacked the number of cannons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had enough power to snipe individual ships, but without secondary guns, they couldn’t properly fight multiple enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Right. No matter who we’re avoiding, running is the right call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Salzeo, and Katardal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Kejen’s point of view, he wanted to avoid both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now they were being chased by both at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With the money we made this time, we should buy some secondary guns.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—And while you’re at it, do something about that Selulite. It’s too valuable to just let it rot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around then, their ship began breaking through the Black Zone’s atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were finally heading back into space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s a mountain of things to do once we’re back. Is this the weight of being a head of house…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo spoke while gazing at the ever-approaching stars, Jeonggu tilted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s left to do now…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, we drop these guys off. Then we buy secondary guns.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as Kejen said, they’d also need to figure out how to use the Selulite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that was something to discuss with Acting Captain Mantero first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And we have to launder the money we made in the Black Zone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From their ‘transactions’ in the Black Zone, they’d earned 25.4 billion in cash and thirteen Katangdal ingots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was after excluding the weapons dealer Koatu’s share—an enormous profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even after laundering, there won’t be that much left. At least we managed to bring back the ingots.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Yeongwoo say that to Jeonggu, Kejen added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—When buying secondary guns, you can use Katangdal ingots instead of cash. Cannon dealers always need ingots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? Then there’s no need to convert and launder them. We’ll buy the guns with ingots, then label it as expenses for charitable projects.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t that why they’d bribed corrupt tax officials in the first place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was falling neatly into place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did Yeongwoo feel like he was truly on the road to success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It feels like just yesterday I was face-down on the ground getting beaten by vermin… and now I’ve come this far.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the ship carrying Yeongwoo completely exited the Black Zone’s jurisdiction and sailed through the vastness of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, a bright point of light appeared in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sun Moro, orbiting near the Earth Ship—Yeongwoo’s mother-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother-in-law! I made a ton of money…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo spread his arms wide and shouted inside the cockpit, Earth, now reconnected to him, stirred within his consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ You lunatic, what the hell are you riding over here on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Huh? How do you know I’m riding something problematic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ Your captain can’t stop staring in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why? Did he already figure out what this ship is?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo was about to think, as expected of a former royal navigator, but the truth was a bit different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ There’s an enormous signal wave coming from that ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo flinched, and Kejen looked up from the controls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What is it? Is there a problem?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They say this ship is emitting a signal wave. Isn’t that basically advertising everywhere that it’s stolen?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Hah, figures. Looks like it’s transmitting its location to its home family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To Salzeo? Then can’t we just remove the tracker?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Do you really think it’s that simple? We can’t exactly dismantle the ship mid-flight. And it’s not like there’s a technician on a planetship either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mantero was a chief navigator, not a ship engineer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then how do we block the signal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—We’d have to find a technician bold enough to mess with a Salzeo ship. There might be someone like that in the Black Zone, but we can’t go back now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kejen sighed, unable to find an answer, Yeongwoo rolled his eyes again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, I do know one force that can completely ignore Salzeo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What? Who?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dogo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“「Dogo」…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo shouted the first of the transcendent words he could use—Dogo—Kejen squeezed his eyes shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Even if it’s Dogo, do you really think that’ll work? We’re inside a flying ship right now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo ignored him, looked up at the ceiling, and shouted,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chairman! Please send a technician! We just need to buy some time to get out of this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That crazy bastard…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen shook his head and gripped the controls tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just wanted to reach the Earth Ship as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chzzzt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after Yeongwoo’s nonsense ended, a powerful signal was detected on the radar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—They’re already here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking it was Salzeo’s main force issuing a warning, Kejen grit his teeth and expanded the radar range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was trying to confirm the position of the pursuing Salzeo fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he actually saw was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…Huh? What is that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy was flying toward the ship at tremendous speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—D-Don’t tell me that’s a cannon…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no time to evade. Kejen’s mouth fell open—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PAAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the ship’s interior flashed brightly, and a shining wedge-shaped emblem was projected onto every reflective surface, including the windows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emblem of the pan-universal warfare brand, Dogo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“C-Chairman!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the emblem, Yeongwoo immediately flattened himself on the floor, while Kejen checked the radar with an awkward expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—N-No… It’s just the emblem. Salzeo’s signal is still coming through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Yeongwoo shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You insignificant creature. Do you still not understand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This means the chairman’s emblem alone is sufficient.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1884,"2026-06-09T07:04:16.329Z",1,"novelbin.me","d95b609056558f44fd391bee3460d4ae9b73022c4bbc739446777f852b097378","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-651","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-600",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]