Chapter 402: SSS+ Purple Gold Artifact [Poseidon’s Trident] +20

Chapter 402: SSS+ Mythic Purple Gold Artifact [Poseidon's Trident] +20

Leaving the dungeon and returning to the shuttle, they embarked on the journey back to the Blaze base.

Inside the lounge—

Wu Yue exchanged for 500,000 Iridium Amethyst Crystals. At the same time, the SSS-level weapon Poseidon's Trident she obtained was another socketable weapon. Strangely, however, this weapon had no attributes and was unidentifiable.

She currently had no items to use for socketing, so how could she utilize this SSS-level weapon...?

Wu Yue pushed open the bathroom door and asked Shen Que to hand her the previous golden trident.

Shen Que had just taken off his clothes. As he handed it to her, he asked, "Is it useful?"

Wu Yue said, "Could it be that these two tridents can actually be merged into the same weapon? Give me this trident. If they can really be merged, I'll give it to my big brother to use."

Shen Que instantly became resentful, "But this golden trident is the token of affection you gave me."

Wu Yue, "...Clearly, it was something we all obtained together in the plot instance. How did it become a token of affection I gave you?"

Shen Que, "Before that, I had never received anything from a girl."

Wu Yue was really exasperated, "That weapon was only handed to you by me at the time, but the ownership belonged to the team! And you were the team leader! Based on the dungeon damage output allocation, with your output, you had the first claim to it. Well, does that help clear up the ownership issue for you?"

Shen Que shook his head, "Not at all. It was the token of affection you gave me. You were interested in me back then, which is why you risked going alone to see the brain-eating parasite to get the night pearl."

I've had it! Wu Yue really wanted to fight Shen Que's lovesick delusions!

This guy's obsession—he’s just making it all up in his head!

Even if he didn't realize it at the time, he actually rationalized everything in retrospect, just lovesick and rewriting history!

Wu Yue looked exhausted, "Do you really think so? You're really confident in yourself... Then why didn't you bolt when you saw how scared you were of women back then and how enthusiastic I was towards you?"

Shen Que moved closer to Wu Yue, "The feeling... the feeling you gave me back then was just different."

Speaking of which, most of the people in Blaze were recruited by Shen Que when he was out in dungeons. That's why Blaze never had any female members, and Shen Que's criterion for recruiting was... no criterion, entirely based on his animal instinct.

Simply put: it was even weirder than mystic arts. If he thought the person was good, then they were good.

No wonder the people behind couldn't guess that Shen Que would fall in love with her; it was indeed unbelievable.

Once Shen Que started recalling the details of their time together, he got carried away. He pulled Wu Yue close and was about to kiss her.

Wu Yue pushed Shen Que away, "Don't touch me, I'm finished showering."

Shen Que wanted to pull Wu Yue in for another shower, but Wu Yue refused, "The lounge's bathroom is too small."

Shen Que started taking a speed shower, "Wait for me—we’ll head out together."

Wu Yue's gaze swept over Shen Que, her eyes darting as she quietly pulled out her communicator and openly snapped a picture.

Shen Que turned to look at her, his face flushing. "You can't show this to anyone."

After taking the photo, Wu Yue didn’t leave. Instead, she stood there, gazing at Shen Que like he was her most treasured possession. Her gaze made him flush with heat, his entire face growing redder and redder.

Just as Shen Que couldn’t resist reaching for her again, Wu Yue placed her communicator on the sink and stepped into the shower.

She let the water drench her clothes as Shen Que held her tightly. Wu Yue hooked her arms around his neck.

Their eyes locked on each other, breaths mingling, drawing closer and closer.

Steam rose, fogging up the glass completely, while soft, breathy sounds could be heard from the bathroom.

....

Shen Que carried Wu Yue out of the bathroom, still kissing her. She pushed him lightly. "They’re almost here."

Shen Que was walking on air. In their Mental Power Sharing state, washing together while being close felt incredible—there was nothing better. He was completely relaxed.

Shen Que watched as Wu Yue placed the Golden Trident and Poseidon's Trident together, and the two weapons fused into one.

At the same time:

"Congratulations on obtaining the SSS-level weapon: Poseidon's Trident."

"Congratulations on obtaining Weapon Socket Hammer *200

Description: Weapons with sockets can be embedded with special meteorites for enhancement and damage boost. Socketing can fail.

The higher the socket level, the greater the chance of failure."

As the Golden Trident disappeared, 200 Socket Hammers appeared as if the weapon had been tempered.

At the same time, the skills originally belonging to the Golden Trident were upgraded through iteration—all River God’s Blessings were upgraded to Sea God’s Blessings, with an additional special skill added.

Wu Yue began adding sockets to the trident as she had done before, while Shen Que hugged her from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder and watching.

Watching her socket one after another, his hands got itchy.

Shen Que, "Can I give it a try too?"

Wu Yue turned her head, glanced at him, kissed him, and said, "Go amuse yourself somewhere else."

Shen Que, "...Do you think I’m unlucky? Afraid I’ll mess up the 20-socket weapon for your big brother?"

Wu Yue looked surprised. Just as Shen Que thought she was about to say, "How did you know?"

Wu Yue, "Of course not. You’re so handsome and skilled—since the heavens gave you so many gifts, they had to take something back, right?"

Shen Que was delighted. He leaned in expectantly, "Then tell me in detail, what am I good at?"

Wu Yue tilted her head and looked at him, "You’re amazing in bed, with really attentive service, and you make me feel really good."

Shen Que was stunned. His gaze flickered, his face turned beet red. He docilely sat to the side without another word, exactly as Wu Yue had arranged.

Wu Yue let out a soft sigh. He was so clingy—finally, a little peace and quiet.

When Wu Yue needed Starmetal Ore later and asked Shen Que for his communicator, he handed it over without a peep.

Wu Yue refined the ores herself, using Shen Que's credits to buy whatever was still needed, and incidentally went through his message history again before placing the device back in his hand.

While slotting the ores, Wu Yue asked Shen Que, "Are there still many people adding you lately?"

Shen Que nodded, "Yes, but it's decreased a bit since I posted on my wall that I'm not single, shared our relationship announcement photo, and changed my profile picture to our couple photo."

Wu Yue turned back to continue working on the weapon.

Shen Que glanced at her, suppressing a smile, "Are you checking up on me?"

Wu Yue denied it, "No, I'm not."

Shen Que insisted, "You clearly are."

*His wife is checking up on him—his wife loves him.*

Shen Que started scrolling through his comms and felt happy realizing Wu Yue had indeed checked his message history.

Watching Wu Yue lower her head with a focused expression, he raised his communicator to capture the moment, then posted a new status.

"Shen Que: [image]"

"You have a new comment on your wall"

Shen Que clicked to open it:

"Vlad: Heh, stop pretending. You don’t even like women."

Just as Shen Que was about to get angry,

a system-wide alliance alert suddenly popped up before everyone’s eyes, exaggerated to the point of explosion, with gold, bold, marquee text:

"World-Shaking!! Congratulations to Chiyan Wuyue for successfully socketing the SSS+-grade Divine Purple Gold Weapon [Poseidon's Trident] to its max 20 slots!!"

Noticing Shen Que’s odd expression, Wu Yue leaned over to look at his communicator.

Oh, that's nothing—she immediately had his back.

The next second,

"Congratulations to Chiyan Shen Que for successfully binding the SSS+-grade Divine Purple Gold Weapon [Poseidon's Trident]+20!!"