[{"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-74":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},1848447,2454,"Chapter 74","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-74",74,"\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 74: Karma (Part 3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This doesn’t seem like an ordinary situation here.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seongnam, where the 31st Strongest Sword reigns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo couldn’t help but think of Gimcheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a city where there was no proper Strongest Sword, and the mutants were being abused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo furrowed his brow, recalling the time when the Strongest Sword title was automatically passed on to anyone near mutants in Gimcheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a good example of what could happen if no one proclaimed themselves strong in this reset world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But it’s unlikely the same thing happened in Seongnam.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s gaze shifted back to the regional situation in Seongnam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|The current location is ‘Seongnam’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|The Strongest Sword of this area is ‘Lee Nam-hee 101’. Rank 31st, 1 defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seongnam is a city right below Seoul, even under the bustling district of Gangnam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, even though the Strongest Sword in Seongnam might be weak, it was nearly impossible for mutants to survive there for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘They’re already stretching from Seoul to the outskirts of Gyeonggi Province. With this situation, why would they leave Seongnam, which is the closest?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the succession of Strongest Sword in Seongnam had a high probability of being unrelated to mutants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If a challenger of a high level continues to appear.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard for Yeongwoo to imagine, but wasn’t this right under Seoul where mutants appeared in numbers of 25 every day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing would be surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘At least, if I go to the downtown area, I can find out what’s going on.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Current time, 11:15 AM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo was traveling along the highway as he did yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even though it was the same highway, the atmosphere was quite different from when he crossed Chungbuk and the outskirts of Gyeonggi Province.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apartment complexes were already lining both sides of the road, and people could be seen near the complexes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Definitely a lot of people near Seoul.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it was the time when the population was most active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been an hour since the end of the curfew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of weak or strong, people would be roaming the streets, collecting necessities, or solving daily quests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh, now that I think about it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Yeongwoo’s gaze shifted to the quest list on the left side of his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the daily quest list adjusted to match the current location, Seongnam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Daily] “Scout”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission] Approach the monsters until you are 10 meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reward] 3,000 karma\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first quest was the same as always.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An assignment to lead people into battle against the monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mission is to encourage people to fight monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is fixed no matter which area you go to.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now on, everyone had to consider whether or not to perform the Scout quest as soon as they woke up in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it applied to the majority of people who were still closer to civilians than skilled individuals with considerable combat abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While skilled individuals would naturally search for places where monsters appeared, civilians were in a position where they had to avoid monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even if they just breathed without eating in this world, they still needed about 4,000 karma a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smallest room rental fee at a motel was 3,000, and the basic tax was 1,000 karma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, if they didn’t perform the Scout quest, they had to make 3,000 karma by begging from others or providing some kind of service to earn wages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘For civilians, the second quest is practically mandatory. Taxes are a problem, but you can’t live without eating at all.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo checked the second daily quest, which differed by region and date from the Scout quest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he widened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because there was a quest floating there that he didn’t want to believe, a dreadful quest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Daily] “Helping the Needy”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[[Mission] Find the disabled and give them karma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reward] 2,000 karma\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What kind of nonsense is this…?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo realized once again that the reset world was not being governed by human morals and conscience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance, this quest seemed like a win-win situation where you help the disabled and receive rewards, but it lacked context.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where this quest would progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a ruthless world where individual morality and conscience were no longer monitored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, if someone was a decent human being, they wouldn’t lead the unspecified majority of this world to wander around looking for disabled people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they wouldn’t dare to name the quest “Helping the Needy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo felt chills running down his arms and neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who on earth created such quests?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether they had a profound malice towards humanity or an immense misunderstanding, only beings with extreme negativity or immense ignorance could create such quests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘At least neither of them seems optimistic.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo examined the dreadful daily quest, the row of apartments that had been stretching along the right side of the road suddenly broke, and his field of vision opened up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo turned his head in that direction, he saw two relatively shabby buildings passing by in succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Ah…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was momentary, Yeongwoo, who read the writing on the top of the buildings, became speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Evergreen Middle School」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Evergreen Elementary School」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized it was a school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was a building that was no longer in use?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, where most surviving people were likely murderers, what were they teaching the children?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was uncertain whether children would continue to exist even before that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Perhaps humanity will not continue in this generation.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo quickly looked back at the two schools that were getting further away, he noticed a patrol car slowing down in the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was evident that both Jongsu and Taeyoung had also been distracted by the schools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘11:23 AM.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at his wristwatch, Yeongwoo pulled on the reins of Negwig to slow down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had some time to wait for his colleagues to finish observing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the pattern so far, mutants and monsters would appear around 1 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’ll either wait here and catch the mutants or head straight up to Seoul.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a turning point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The advantage of waiting in Seongnam was undoubtedly the monopolization of mutants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wouldn’t be as many competitors as in Seoul, so it would be possible to monopolize mutants more stably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Seoul had many strong competitors, but it also had many mutants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And above all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If I enter Seoul an hour earlier, I can immediately see how things are going there.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, 1 PM was the hottest time in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the time when the most money circulated in the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strongest Swords would be looking for mutants, and other skilled individuals would be busy trying to catch monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what made Seoul special was that this phenomenon would occur simultaneously in the 25 adjacent districts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Going to Seoul would be the right choice, wouldn’t it? It seems like my father is also in Seoul.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo noticed that the arrow on the “Wanted Poster” was still pointing north.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he only knew that it was north from Seongnam, so he didn’t know if his father was staying in Seoul, Uijeongbu, or Dongducheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, he would find out once he entered Seoul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his father’s location to the situation in Seoul, the country’s largest population-dense area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And also, who the strongest Strongest Sword in this country was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo’s thoughts reached this point, he felt an unusual tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, there was a noise from the road ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vroom…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Engine noise?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While questioning himself, Yeongwoo was already sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a sound that could be easily mistaken for something else; it was something commonly heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo pulled the reins again to completely stop Negwig, the patrol car following him also stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hyung-nim, what’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Jongsu opened the passenger door and asked, but he closed his mouth as he spotted the objects starting to appear on the other side of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vroom…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because a line of cars was approaching along the highway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, more precisely, they were heading towards where Yeongwoo and his group were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, since the adjacent lane was empty, it didn’t obstruct traffic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… wait, what’s this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taeyoung, noticing that the speed of the vehicles on the other side was quite fast, made a worried sound mixed with apprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought they might be surprised when they saw Yeongwoo and hit the brakes abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And sure enough…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screech!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the distance between them decreased to about 40 meters, the leading vehicle started to brake abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the problem was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The driver was so surprised to see the horse that they ended up turning the steering wheel too sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, a disaster unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the leading vehicle lost control and spun around, the cars behind crashed into each other, causing a chain reaction collision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang, crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six cars in front of Yeongwoo’s group collided with the front vehicle and the guardrail, coming to a halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jongsu and Taeyoung only let out startled breaths at the sudden turn of events, but Yeongwoo’s reaction was a bit different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped off Negwig’s back simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because he drew his black sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Current time, 11:28 AM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six vehicles crossing from north to south across Seongnam, starting from the north toward Seoul at this odd hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Yeongwoo’s mind, there was no way they were ordinary civilians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the fact that they owned cars meant they had a significant amount of cash, and the probability of them being a cartel with some purpose was high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could be like the so-called “hunters” who had visited Icheon, feared by people chasing cows in Yeoju and claimed to be “people from Seoul.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hyung-nim?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click, clunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring Jongsu’s slightly puzzled voice, Yeongwoo approached the leading car that had crashed into the guardrail with its driver clutching his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he saw a man sitting in the driver’s seat, holding his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the… fuck.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he seemed surprised by the unexpected accident, as Yeongwoo had expected, he didn’t seem to be injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must have been a driver at the superhuman level, where a car accident wouldn’t hurt him much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you okay? I’m sorry. It seems like the accident happened because of me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo spoke with a tone that showed no remorse at all, the man who had been clutching his forehead turned to him with angry eyes, but quickly calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly remembered what had surprised him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unusual equipment status of the opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And above all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What… what is that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man, confirming Negwig again, was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he saw earlier wasn’t a mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the other drivers in the back, unaware of the situation, jumped out of their cars, banging on the crumpled doors and getting out of the cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1837,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.853Z",1,"novelbin.me","fe3e56c3e244a2652e70c41b1d52e61a14bc5be9a5fa108ec9b59f1b4a9a4ccc","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-75","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-259",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]