[{"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-608":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},1848629,2454,"Chapter 608","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-608",608,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 608: A New Path (4)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. I came to see you, Teacher! And I came prepared to risk my life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo strode forward without hesitation toward the silhouette beyond the darkness, everyone in the bridge stared blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because they felt that something had gone seriously wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it didn’t seem wrong in a bad way yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was simply that events were unfolding in a way completely different from anyone’s expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Th… this doesn’t make sense.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moro looked around at the gathered celestial bodies with a perplexed expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had even stepped down from her throne early on to avoid provoking the Black Hole’s temper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Black Hole’s power was so immense that, if it truly wished to, it could crush even the sun—which had once been the center of a planetary system—with a single finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, what was actually happening was……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Is this… part of the main scenario’s progression?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moro murmured in a dreamlike tone, to which Earth replied with a tense expression still firmly in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『But the opponent is a Black Hole. We must not let our guard down. There’s no telling when it might act unpredictably.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Earth had already started moving, extending its steps to follow Yeongwoo, who had grown distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moro immediately asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Where do you think you’re going?』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Jeong Yeongwoo still lacks an understanding of celestial bodies. If we leave him alone to talk with a Black Hole……』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『True. Who knows what kind of trouble that boy might cause. You make a valid point.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo himself was already running toward the “Unpredictability” beyond with a thought bordering on certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If the Black Hole really is that powerful, then it wouldn’t see us as a threat. To its eyes, I—and all the celestial bodies here—would be nothing more than insignificant creatures.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what could possibly be frightening to a being worthy of being called the strongest celestial body?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That would be… loneliness, wouldn’t it? A Black Hole is a star no one visits—one that no one even dares to approach.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And considering that a Black Hole is a star that has already experienced death once, the length of time it has spent alone would be beyond estimation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, rather than having gone mad because of death, it was far more likely that it had gone mad from an unbearably long solitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Truly evil beings that go mad don’t tell you that you’ve taken the wrong path and should turn back. They just kill you.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You didn’t even have to look far—just think of Mara.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this Black Hole—at least, 49793 here—was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up to this point, no malice could be felt from this star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo finally crossed the long darkness and reached close proximity to his counterpart, 49793 lifted its head, having turned its back on the visitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, very slowly, it turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● You have no fear, do you? Take one more step closer and……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But by then, Yeongwoo had already passed through the hazy barrier surrounding 49793.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● N-No……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>49793 cried out almost like a scream, waving its hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo halted his forceful stride and looked at the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-Why? What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Yeongwoo finally laid eyes upon was a giant crow cloaked in a pitch-black robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roughly three meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, its eyes were hidden behind glasses fitted with black lenses, giving it an oddly comical impression despite its imposing build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● You… you have already……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>49793 raised a hand shaped like a bird’s talons and pointed at Yeongwoo’s feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo looked down, he saw something like a wavering ash-gray mist near his heel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● You have already entered my ‘domain.’ Soon, you will be buried in eternity and vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>49793 muttered in a bitter tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo couldn’t agree with those words at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, I don’t feel that way at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● What…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The reason I risked my life to come see you—do you know what it is?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said this and stepped backward, the ash-gray boundary briefly dissolved, then immediately re-formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● ……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was freely entering and leaving the Black Hole’s domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, Yeongwoo took out the mythic map Great Exploration, and the orb—normally pitch black—now emitted a brilliant, radiant glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Piaaah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Just as I thought—it’s reacting to the Black Hole.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo had expected, Great Exploration was also the key that allowed approach to Black Holes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● What… is that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>49793 bent forward, curiosity evident as it noticed Great Exploration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t know this? I thought you certainly would.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Exploration was a mythic map, but at the same time, it was also a map of the passageways of Black Holes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Black Holes were the ones guarding the entrances to those passageways, Yeongwoo had assumed they would naturally know of this item’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But 49793—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● It gives off a strange feeling, but I’ve never seen it before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If that’s the case… this explanation might take a while……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo fiddled awkwardly with Great Exploration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where should he even begin explaining that the other possessed the function of a passage, and that they had come to use that function?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo made a troubled sound, Earth—who had rushed up from behind—stopped right in front of the ash-gray boundary and flattened itself face-down on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『I-I greet the Black Star……!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the epithet commonly used for Black Holes in the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sight of another celestial body after such a long time, 49793 opened its beak wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● You… are a planet?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Yes. |l||I-Earth is my designation.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth even revealed its unique code as it offered its greeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It knew all too well that the other was an absolute powerhouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>49793 looked down at Earth with a noticeably gentler voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● You are a planet, and that one is a planetary resident. Then for what reason have you come here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it slightly lifted its head and looked toward the rest of the group gathered in the distant bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were Moro, the Sun itself, Parina the aspiring star, and even the former members of the solar system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a Black Hole that had been ostracized from stellar society and existed alone for an unimaginably long time, it was a difficult sight to comprehend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An entire planetary system had come to visit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they had sent a mere planetary resident as their representative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『We have come because we have an urgent request, Black Star.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth slowly lifted its forehead from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● A request?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Yes. This is something that only the Black Star can do.』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Earth’s words, 49793 tilted its head, then slowly curled its thin index finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ttuk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth’s body suddenly lifted into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hwaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Eek?!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● You… you’re not just an ordinary planet after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a human picking up an insect, 49793 casually lifted Earth and examined it from side to side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Insane.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Yeongwoo truly grasp what “Unpredictability” meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In some ways, it truly was irrational.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing that Earth might be crushed by accident, Yeongwoo quickly intervened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher! As you can see, that one isn’t just a planet. It’s a planetary ship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● A planetary ship?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… a planet that has left its natural orbit. It took a great deal of effort… but for now, you could say it’s a planet that has surpassed its limits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● A planet that has surpassed its limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>49793 let out a low chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it set Earth back down and muttered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● Then are you a resident who has surpassed his limits? From what I can see, you’ve gone even farther.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it said this, 49793 pointed—not at Earth outside the ash-gray boundary, but at Yeongwoo, who had boldly stepped inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of audacity, the planetary resident far surpassed the planet itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the Black Hole had begun to take a liking to Yeongwoo, who appeared the bravest among them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this immediately, Yeongwoo stepped forward once more and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve heard many terrifying rumors about you, Teacher. So I thought that if I were to meet someone like that in person, I should at least be prepared to risk my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● Hah. Most of this vast universe is filled with cowards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seemingly pleased with Yeongwoo’s words, 49793 laughed heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it bent down again to look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● So, do you also have a request for me? The same as that one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. There is something that only you can do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● And what would that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please open the passage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo spoke, he located 49793’s position on Great Exploration and pressed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that point, a silvery-white line began to extend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Piaaah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● …This is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recognizing instantly that the black dot on the map represented itself, 49793 failed to hide its shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when that dot connected to another Black Hole on the opposite side of the map, it let out a sound close to awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● Have you given form to the universe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Great Exploration was a mythic map to Yeongwoo, and a Black Hole map to Mantero’s eyes, then to a Black Hole itself, this map was a shaped universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to see the locations of Black Holes scattered throughout space—and the distances between them—meant being able to estimate the overall size of the universe itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● That one… no matter how I look at it, that’s Giunek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Giunek? Is that another teacher’s name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● Yes. My companion above me. He has a name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Companion… above?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did that mean there was also a companion below?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo pondered this internally, 49793 raised a finger and pointed upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● Giunek. Wake up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the tip of 49793’s finger, white cracks spread outward, soon transforming into a vortex that tore open a massive passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A corridor of light, stretching endlessly upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“S-Surely this isn’t—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the far end of the passage, the same kind of deep darkness pooled as here, and soon a thoroughly unpleasant voice descended from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>● You nameless, wretched thing. Your mouth reeks of filth. What is it that you are harboring?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1714,"2026-06-09T07:04:16.329Z",1,"novelbin.me","d922627ea421cf9a39ebdcb68f7c277107644b968a8b49c71d8d1a1aaafa25f9","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-658","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-657",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]