[{"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-686":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},1848673,2454,"Chapter 686","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-686",686,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 686: Special-Grade Supply Crate (3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—W-What… what do you mean, a severed arm can be reattached?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neheren’s face, already pale blue with fear, turned even whiter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, telling him to just make sure his neck stayed intact implied that it didn’t matter what happened to the rest of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Yeongwoo answered indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s quite a lot of regeneration-type equipment around. So as long as you’re not already dead, I can recover you somehow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—As long as my neck doesn’t get severed……?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah. I don’t know the exact limits either, but… I doubt it can reattach a completely detached head.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that too was something that could only be known through actual experimentation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe if the head were reattached immediately after being severed, revival might even be possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, I’m not going to let you die easily. I promised I’d let you go once this is over, didn’t I? To keep that promise, you need to stay alive first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…That’s not exactly comforting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wasn’t trying to comfort you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the one-armed man’s office stretched a long, spacious corridor, and after passing through it, they arrived at no fewer than three branching paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This place really is huge. Which one is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo stood in the center of the fork and asked, Neheren pointed toward the patterns engraved into the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—These are a kind of signpost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Signpost? This isn’t even the common language, and it’s not being translated either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Of course not. They’re not letters, they’re pictures. A code only people from the Salzeo family can understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a thoroughly insufferable bunch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, in the end, they had still been brought to the brink of collapse like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no such thing as absolute invincibility in this universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, which one of the three is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—None of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo’s brow twitched, Neheren stretched out his arm and pressed the wall patterns in a specific sequence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t tell me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Exactly what you’re thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kooong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heavy sound rang out from inside the wall, as though something massive had descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the floor beneath Yeongwoo and Neheren, who was slung over his back, slowly began to sink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There was a basement……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It’s part of the standard configuration for high-grade structures in our family. There are separate spaces that only open through code input. In this case, it’s an underground level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Going by Salzeo standards, this one-armed guy is supposedly just a dropout, but isn’t he getting excessively special treatment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Life is originally like that. But in the end, he still couldn’t avoid this disaster. In a way, maybe this too is the fate of a dropout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what he called the assault of Planetary Ship Lord Jeong Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, I guess bad luck really is equal for everyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words, Yeongwoo stepped onto the underground floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first space on the underground level was a large square lobby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, guards would have been stationed here, but now it stood completely empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So the guys who came as reinforcements earlier must’ve crawled out from here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Probably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then does that just leave the Subua now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…Probably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that the only word you know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It’s not like I know everything about my family either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, you at least know roughly how strong this Subua is, right? You said they’re basically secretaries slash assassins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Yeongwoo’s question, Neheren shifted his gaze into empty space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The levels of the Subua vary wildly. But if there’s one thing they all have in common, it’s that persuasion is impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Persuasion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—A Subua never submits to outsiders. They can’t be bought off, and surrender can’t be demanded from them either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They can’t even be bribed? That’s a little surprising.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—They’re people who live with their lives already offered up. The moment the Salzeo they serve dies, the Subua dies alongside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That story was impressive enough that even Yeongwoo couldn’t hide his surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then if I kill the one-armed guy, does his Subua automatically die too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That’s right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, then there’s no need to fight the Subua with difficulty, is there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…But if you kill the Salzeo here, you won’t be able to open the supply crate. And besides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Neheren, true to being the child of a prestigious family, made a rather sharp observation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That one-eyed man earlier said he follows a policy of not killing, didn’t he? The moment the Salzeo dies, the Subua would commit suicide as well. Would that one-eyed man really overlook two deaths like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh right, there was Mr. Poachi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo smacked his lips as though disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course I was joking. Like you said, that one-armed guy needs to stay alive if we want to open the supply crate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But if the Subua turns out to be much stronger than expected, you’ll try to harm my brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course. My own survival matters more than my relationship with Mr. Poachi or the supply crate in this place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yeongwoo had arrived before a massive iron door at the far end of the lobby, and once again he was faced with patterns similar to the ones from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Another password.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Regrettably, it seems I’ll have to function once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Security so airtight that it could not easily be breached without bringing a Salzeo in person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Neheren press the symbols engraved into the iron door one by one, Yeongwoo felt a strange thrill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—There probably won’t be another security door beyond this one. If even this has opened, it means the Salzeo himself has come here directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had Neheren finished speaking than the thick iron doors slid apart to either side, revealing a narrow, elongated passageway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drrrrrrk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing it, Yeongwoo gave a brief impression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is obviously a trap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corridor was only wide and tall enough for maybe two people to barely squeeze through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I bet once we’re about halfway through, a giant iron ball heated red-hot is gonna come rolling out from the other side.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Neheren laughed incredulously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Your imagination is impressive, befitting someone who drags celestial bodies around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m serious. Don’t you feel the malicious intent radiating from this corridor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Then what are you going to do? Turn back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As if. This is exactly why I brought you along.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—……?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Neheren widened his eyes, sensing something ominous, Yeongwoo grabbed him around the waist and thrust him forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hwaet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—W-What are you doing?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is called a meat shield.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also at that moment that Yeongwoo powerfully stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, Neheren, held out in front of him like a ship’s figurehead, shot across the corridor at high speed, and soon the exact thing Yeongwoo had anticipated occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Knew there was something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muttering as he sensed movement from the dark space at the opposite end of the passage, Yeongwoo heard Neheren gape open his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What? What’s there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neheren still couldn’t see anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, there were still over fifty meters left before reaching the end of the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just because it wasn’t visible to the naked eye didn’t mean nothing had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssshaaaaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Needle-like projectiles had shot out from the far end of the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Detecting them early, Yeongwoo used Neheren to shield his own body while accelerating even more, and in the end, one of the needles embedded itself into Neheren’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Aagh? W-Wait! Something got stuck in my shoulder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Neheren’s face twisted in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—M-My shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—A paralysis needle……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Yeongwoo pushed forward even more boldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the true nature of this ambush was paralysis needles, then there was no danger of Neheren dying instantly, and even if Yeongwoo himself were struck, it would have no effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, thanks to the legendary tooth「Venomfang」, he was essentially in a state of immunity to all poisons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Venom Affinity】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Grants immunity to most toxic substances; inhaling poison increases bodily regeneration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it were me, I would’ve thrown bombs instead. Are they conscious of you after all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo asked this, Neheren, dangling one arm limply in front of him, answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—P… probably?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then from now on, shout your name loudly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those final words, Yeongwoo hurled Neheren into the end of the corridor, now right before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that the utterly terrified Neheren would scream out his own name like a shriek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I-I am Neheren Salzeoooo……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And almost simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hwaaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawing out Bastard, Yeongwoo threw himself into the pitch-black space ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the dim darkness, he could see large and small structures scattered here and there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Cover.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as expected, he also saw a nimble silhouette leap out from behind one of those structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, the one-armed man’s Subua had revealed himself in order to rescue Neheren Salzeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So there you were!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Subua, his entire body wrapped in black cloth as though disguised as a shadow, paid no attention to Yeongwoo’s shout and ran straight toward Neheren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Neheren Salzeo, just what in the world has happened here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Neheren, half collapsed on the floor, lifted his head to look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…I’m sorry. But I won’t take Dots’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dots Salzeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The controller of Planet Tspodal and the owner of this office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Don’t tell me, you…….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the Subua raised his head, sensing that something had gone terribly wrong, Yeongwoo was already pushing open the exit of the dark chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then brilliant white light poured in from the opposite side, and Yeongwoo stepped into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You bastard……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The furious voice of the Subua thundered from inside the dark room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo had already confirmed with his own eyes the figure of the one-armed man seated roughly twenty meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So it’s you? My money pouch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An extremely luxurious-looking mechanical prosthetic arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An expression overflowing with arrogance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even the silver-white chair magnificently supporting his rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That bastard had to be Dots Salzeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What the hell? How could something like that be allowed into my room?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Dots Salzeo twisted his brow with the expression of someone staring at an insect, and immediately afterward, the Subua charged at Yeongwoo with terrifying speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You bastard, if you take even one more step from there……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo had already moved—not only that, he had already activated “Lightning Step” toward Dots Salzeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pachichichit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning into a massive bolt of lightning, Yeongwoo shot toward the one-armed Salzeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Subua slashed through the place where Yeongwoo had been standing, but he was far too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dots Salzeo had already been dragged out of his chair and slammed face-first into the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaaaaak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You insane bastard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being overpowered by overwhelming physical force, Dots Salzeo showed no sign of fear at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Your ignorance is driving you to commit an act beyond your ability to bear. Do you even know who I am?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Yeongwoo looked down at him with icy eyes and answered shortly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I already told you earlier. You’re my money pouch. Judging by the look of this place, there’s probably a vault somewhere too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sweeping his gaze across an office incomparably larger than Neheren’s, Yeongwoo warned the Subua, who was subtly moving his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t try anything funny. No matter how fast you are, you’re not faster than the speed at which this one-armed guy’s neck can snap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo actually tightened his grip with those words, Dots let out a ragged scream and gasped for breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Kraaagh! S-Stop! Have you really gone mad?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Subua withdrew the hand he had been moving toward his chest and gestured for calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Hey. Think before you act. You didn’t come here without knowing what this place is, so you should also know very well what will happen afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah. I’ve got a feeling I’ll be walking out of here soon with an armful of cash bundles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But it seems you’re still not prepared yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…Prepared for what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To hand over the money obediently.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo raised Bastard high with those words, the Subua’s eyes widened as though he had realized something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The predicted trajectory of that crimson demonic sword was aimed directly at Dots Salzeo’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Specifically, the left shoulder connected to the mechanical prosthetic arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally, with the face of a true villain, Yeongwoo spat out a line worthy of one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, let’s make you a proper one-armed man first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",2088,"2026-06-09T07:04:16.708Z",1,"novelbin.me","00ef615c90f1e7877e8e8b583a114f18d2a0d686c9d2afbff4a3dd8aa8496df3","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-624","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-623",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]