Chapter 302: Chapter 302: Got Together

With nothing left to hesitate about, Jiang Qin got straight to the point.

“After we leave Chaotic Star, let’s get married?”

???

Long Hao, who had been lying stiff as a board on the bed, immediately shot up at her words.

“Really?”

“Yes.” Jiang Qin chuckled softly.

Then, her cheeks flushed, she moved closer to Long Hao and whispered, “But… you can’t return to your human form right now. How can we…?”

’No wonder those with a Riot Value over 90% are considered a lost cause.’

’Forget about staying sane—even if they managed that, how many people could accept being with a beast?’

But it turned out she was overthinking things.

’Even in this progressive Interstellar age, things weren’t *that* progressive.’

Long Hao shyly buried his dragon head in the pillow. “When you’re ready,” he said, “I can activate my Genes and return to my human form for a while.”

What he didn’t say was that every Beastman only gets one chance to activate their Genes in their lifetime.

If he failed to receive deep-level soothing, he would die instantly after the mating was over.

If he received deep-level soothing from a partner of a matching Level, he would still suffer some damage, but it wouldn’t be serious. A few years of recovery would be all it took.

This was the Beastmen’s emergency Genetic Lock.

It could only be activated at critical moments.

Many Beastmen went their entire lives without ever needing to use this Genetic Lock.

After all, the conditions were incredibly difficult to meet.

A Riot Value over 90%, the ability to remain sane, and a female of a matching Level willing to bond with him.

Just remaining sane was already an incredibly rare feat.

Long Hao knew Jiang Qin’s registered Level, but he didn’t care.

After all, as the old saying goes, “To die for a beautiful woman is a romantic end.”

Jiang Qin felt Summer City’s environment was acceptable, but she feared that if they delayed, it might be too late to save Long Hao.

So she whispered to him, “Ahem… is tonight okay?”

Suspecting he was hearing things again, Long Hao felt his heart lurch—it felt like it was about to leap out of his chest.

Seeing no reaction from him, Jiang Qin assumed he wasn’t ready yet.

She added thoughtfully, “If it’s not a good time, let’s just rest tonight. We can… some other day…”

“NO!! I’M READY!!”

’A male can never say he’s not up for it.’

’If anyone found out he’d rejected a female’s invitation, he’d become a laughingstock.’

At that thought, Long Hao immediately flew up and said to Jiang Qin, “Wait for me, I’ll be ready in a moment!”

WHOOSH! He shot into the bathroom.

Jiang Qin turned off the main lights, leaving only a faint glimmer that created an intimate atmosphere.

The curtains were drawn shut.

When Long Hao emerged, wrapped in a bath towel with steam rising from his body, all he saw was a shy Jiang Qin huddled under the covers.

His heart pounded… THUMP, THUMP, THUMP…

Males had a natural talent for this sort of thing.

Long Hao was a little shy at first, but the moment his lips met the ones he had dreamed of day and night, all his reason crumbled.

***

The next day, neither of them woke up for a long time.

Finally together with his beloved female, Long Hao was insatiable, as if trying to get his fill for a lifetime all in one go.

When she felt that scorching hot chest press against her back again, Jiang Qin pushed him away, both embarrassed and annoyed.

“Are you trying to die in this bed?”

She could feel that although Long Hao’s Riot Value had dropped and stabilized after their union, his Spiritual Body was clearly injured.

Unlike other Spiritual Bodies, the injuries on his small Black Dragon Spiritual Body were clearly visible.

Many scales were missing from the dragon’s body.

Even Long Hao’s physical aura felt much weaker than a normal person’s.

She guessed it was probably damage from having unlocked his Genetic Lock.

This kind of damage to one’s Genes was the most difficult to recover from.

At first, she had been soft-hearted, allowing him to coax her into reluctantly giving in. But he was acting as if this was his last supper, and she truly couldn’t stand it anymore.

…

After being pushed away, Long Hao didn’t get angry. He simply flopped onto his back, spread his arms, and closed his eyes to rest, a smile still gracing his lips.

Jiang Qin was both amused and exasperated.

She left him undisturbed, washed up, drank a tube of nutrient liquid, and went back to sleep as well.

Outside the room, Qing Luo once again moved to knock on the door but was stopped by Bai Ruo.

Although she was very timid, she still summoned her Courage and said, “Mr. Qing… sir, Lord Yan is still resting. Please don’t disturb him. It would be better to come back later.”

“Hey, what’s wrong with you, you Half-beastman girl? Your Lord Yan hasn’t come out of his room all day. Aren’t you the least bit worried?”

“L-Lord Yan… he doesn’t like to be disturbed.”

This wasn’t the first day Bai Ruo had shared a house with Jiang Qin.

On their very first day, Jiang Qin had reminded her that if she was in her room, no one was to enter until she came out.

So now, no matter who it was, Bai Ruo wouldn’t allow them to disturb Jiang Qin’s rest.

Of course, no one else had come by.

Only Qing Luo had, and he’d grumbled more than once, “It’s not like there’s a female in there with him. Why has that little brat stayed in his room all day? Aren’t you worried something’s happened to him in there, little mouse?”

Bai Ruo hesitated for a moment before saying firmly, “You are not to disturb the Lord!”

She wasn’t very smart, but she was obedient!

’Lord Yan said not to disturb and not to enter.’

Qing Luo was speechless.

“Hah… Forget it. I’ll go have some fun by myself.”

’What a blockheaded little mouse. So dense.’

***

Late that night, Long Hao was finally woken by hunger.

The moment he stirred, Jiang Qin woke up. She retrieved a tube of nutrient liquid from her small planter space and handed it to him.

“You must be hungry. Here, drink some nutrient liquid first.”

Penniless and lacking a Space Button, Long Hao had no choice but to live off her.

It was only then that he had a chance to ask, “Qinqin, are you an S-level female?”

“I’m not.”

“Hm?” Long Hao was skeptical. ’If she wasn’t an S-level female, I’d be dead by now. How could I possibly still be alive?’

Deliberately teasing him, Jiang Qin chuckled and continued, “I’m SS-level.”

“What??”

Long Hao was utterly astonished.

SS-level???

’One had to understand that the highest-Level female currently known was only SS-level. And she’s an Imperial female who is over a hundred years old.’

In recent years, no young SS-level females had been discovered at all.

’So how did she manage to avoid detection?’

Jiang Qin explained, “I was stranded on a remote Poverty Star from birth, and my only test was done at a small agency.

The machine was probably broken, and I’ve never been tested again since.

It wasn’t until after I married and bonded with my partners that I realized something was off. But none of us ever told anyone about it.”

Long Hao immediately became alert. “You did the right thing. This information absolutely cannot get out.”

If word got out, Jiang Qin wouldn’t be as free as she is now.

“Mm.”

A thousand thoughts raced through Long Hao’s mind.

In the end, they all distilled into a single thought: ’My luck is just too good. To be in that state and still come back from the dead…’

Lost in thought, he let out a few goofy chuckles. “Hehe…”

Then he asked Jiang Qin again, “Qinqin, we’re getting married when we go back, right? You’ll take responsibility for me, won’t you?”

For what felt like the hundredth time, Jiang Qin gave him another firm reply. “Right.”

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