Chapter 5 My Pet Hamster Became Special_1

"Action points? Does this game also have stamina restrictions?"

Mu You was startled, and clicked on the term 'action points'.

[Action Points: A resource that the Fool must consume for traveling in the Star Spirit World. Each time you die or each branching option you encounter will consume an action point. If the action points are depleted, you won't be able to move.

Current action points: 0/5. They automatically replenish to the maximum at midnight every day, or they can also be restored by sacrificing life span. Would you like to exchange?

"No, No, NO!"

Mu You hurriedly refused.

He was okay with investing in other stuff, but his lifespan?

One year of life for every extra step, who could afford that!

However, how were these action points calculated?

Mu You was confused looking at the phrase in the text: Each death and each branching option you encounter will consume one action point.

Earlier, he definitely died twice and he made at least five or six choices. That should total more than five action points, right?

Or do 'yes/no' type choices not count?

Mu You couldn't figure it out at the moment, so he just left it for now.

Looking at the time, it was only six in the afternoon. It was too early for midnight. There was no way he could continue playing today.

Mu You quit the game and went to close the rolling door of the store.

He then eagerly took out his magic wand, ready to try out the three spells he just learned.

The first one, 'Hit the Bullseye', needed a ranged weapon, which he definitely didn't have in his store.

But he could try the other two spells right away.

Mu You went to the pet display area and brought out a hamster cage.

In the cage was a cute little hamster called 'Seventeen', which he bought two months ago.

But this little guy was pretty slow. After training every day, it still hasn't learned to lie on command or defecate in a specific area, much to Mu You's annoyance.

So, it had the honor of being the first to be enchanted by Mu You!

The poor little hamster, completely oblivious to what was about to happen, continued to sniff around its cage looking for food.

Mu You brought the cage to the lobby, reaching into his pocket for the magic wand.

After thinking for a while, he went to the front desk, found the camera and set it up facing the cage.

Since he didn't know what would happen when casting a spell, he decided to film it first.

After setting up the camera and adjusting the angle, Mu You took out the magic wand, took a deep breath, pointed the tip of the wand at the hamster, and softly said the spell for "animal communication".

"Valla... Dump... Mogu... O'Reyes!"

The tongue-twisting syllables took Mu You a full five seconds to complete.

After he finished, a faint light emerged from the top of the magic wand and quickly entered the hamster's forehead.

The hamster in the cage suddenly froze, as if it was electrocuted, and completely froze in place.

Two or three seconds later, it resumed its movement, raising its small head to look at Mu You, its tiny face suddenly filled with an anthropomorphic eagerness.

"Hungry?" Mu You asked, holding a bag of nuts.

Astonishingly, the hamster nodded its head vigorously in response!

"Whew..."

Mu You was taken aback. The effect was too conspicuous. He just waved his wand and the hamster could understand human speech!

"If you do as I say, I will give you something to eat."

"Squeak, squeak!"

The little hamster nodded vigorously.

Mu You then began to give the hamster various common commands.

Most of them were immediately understood by the hamster. The ones it did not understand were quickly picked up after Mu You demonstrated them.

Ten minutes later.

"Lie down...roll over...do some push-ups...run two rounds on the wheel...act cute..."

If Mu You gave a command, the hamster would immediately follow it, then quickly run to the side of the cage, expectantly waiting for a treat, refusing to perform the next one until it was given.

Even tasks like push-ups and rolls that were impossible for a hamster, it managed to do in a somewhat awkward manner!

Isn't that amazing?

It wouldn't be exaggerating to say that this hamster had now 'become enlightened'!

Next, Mu You tested the trap spell.

He found a discarded wooden board in the storage room, placed it on the ground, and cast the spell on the board.

With a wave of the magic wand,

the next second, the wooden board turned into a flat, circular trap that blended in with the surrounding floor. If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't be able to tell something was there.

After the trap was set, Mu You let Seventeen out of the cage and commanded it to walk towards it.

The obedient hamster walked over to the trap. As soon as it crossed the boundary of the trap...

"Snap!"

The trap closed instantly, turning into a spherical cage carved with beautiful patterns, trapping the hamster securely within.

The little hamster was startled, desperately hitting the cage with its front claws, looking at Mu You with its eyes wide and pleading, squeaking incessantly. If hamsters could cry, it would have been bawling its eyes out.

Mu You quickly went to rescue the hamster.

Turns out, the cage was a lot stronger than he anticipated. He had to apply a lot of force to barely pry it open.

The little hamster scrambled out of the gap, lying on Mu You's hand, visibly shaken. It glared at him reproachfully. The human-like expression was so clear, it seemed to say: I trusted you so much and you let me step into a trap?

It then lifted its front paws and turned its head away in a huff, just like a wronged wife.Mu You had to feed it a small packet of nuts, promising never to trick it again, to calm it down.

At this point, the two magic spell experiments had concluded, and the results were astonishingly good.

After returning the hamster to its cage, Mu You went over to take down the camera and checked the recorded video.

Turnd out both the magic wand and the magical light effects were captured clearly on camera.

"So, only the relics are invisible to ordinary people?" Mu You wondered.

After watching the cute footage of the hamster at the end, he realized that this might be a golden opportunity!

After thinking for a while, Mu You extracted the video to his computer, split it up and deleted all the phony parts, leaving only the parts where the hamster was responding to commands in the cage.

Next, he searched for some of the videos he had recorded of this hamster earlier, cut a few clips and put them together, and finally created a thirty-second video.

The first half of the video shows the hamster before the training, clumsy and rebellious.

The second half shows the results of the training.

The contrast between the two is stunning!

With subtitles, special effects, and sound effects added, Mu You gave it the title 'How to Tame a Hamster in Ten Minutes', and posted it on his Bilibili account.

He wasn't a big creator on Bilibili, but after all these years he had accumulated over 20,000 fans. Considering the quality of this video, Mu You thought it should get a decent amount of views.