Boss, You've Gone Viral!

The video needed to pass review after being uploaded, so Mu You left it alone and turned to training the other pets.

After casting the Beast-Taming Spell ten times in a row and training another ten little pets into "enlightened creatures," Mu You had become quite proficient with the incantation.

Now he could even recite it silently in less than half a second.

At the same time, however, Mu You noticed that every spell he cast left him a little more mentally drained.

It hadn't been obvious at first, but after a dozen or so consecutive casts, his head felt dizzy and swollen, and he was even starting to feel nauseous.

Looks like magic has its limits too. I can't use it indefinitely. Using too much at once could exhaust me mentally, and in severe cases, I might even pass out, Mu You thought.

Having confirmed that, he stopped pushing himself. He went to the kitchen, grabbed something to fill his stomach, then headed straight back to his bedroom to rest.

With his mind so depleted, the wave of drowsiness was impossible to resist. The moment his head touched the pillow, he fell into a deep sleep.

What Mu You didn't know was that while he slept soundly, his video passed Bilibili's review. Its view count then began climbing at a visibly rapid rate, breaking ten thousand in just an hour.

Then the algorithm picked up his video and put it on Bilibili's homepage. After that, there was no stopping it. The views began growing explosively, an editor manually gave it a featured slot, and finally, at four in the morning, it shot onto the trending list...

When Mu You woke up the next day, the first thing he did was reach for the Pocket Watch and the Magic Wand beside his pillow.

Good. They were both there.

Everything that had happened yesterday really hadn't been a dream!

Mu You let out a relieved breath. Instead of getting up right away, he lay in bed, opened his phone, and browsed Bilibili for a while.

The moment he opened Bilibili, he discovered that his private messages had exploded. His inbox showed 999+ unread messages.

Only after reading a few messages from his followers did he learn that the video he'd posted last night had actually made the trending list!

Mu You hurriedly opened the video to take a look.

Sure enough, in just one night, the video had surpassed five hundred thousand views!

At this rate, it would easily reach four million views in the end.

Meanwhile, his follower count had soared from its original twenty-three thousand to ninety-four thousand and was about to break a hundred thousand!

An editor had already messaged him through the creator dashboard, urging him to post more videos in this series as soon as possible. It had huge viral potential!

The whole chain reaction left Mu You stunned.

He'd guessed the video might be popular, but he'd never expected this many views!

He quickly opened the video's comments. There were already more than forty-two hundred.

"Trust me, once you've watched this, you'll definitely say holy shit!" Every reply beneath the top comment was "holy shit."

"Oh my god, how did you do this? How can a hamster be this obedient?" a well-known streamer commented, followed by a string of replies saying, "Caught you with a Master Ball!"

"Good lord, a hamster that can do push-ups. I'm beyond impressed!"

"We told you animals weren't allowed to gain sentience after the founding of the People's Republic!"

"Confirmed: the uploader is a modern-day druid!"

"Mom asked why I was kneeling while watching a video!"

"I'll bet anything this video is all edited special effects. If it isn't, I'll livestream myself eating shit while doing a handstand!"

"Noted, commenter above. Drop your livestream link."

"This is obvious clickbait. There's no way you could train it in ten minutes. More like six months or longer."

"Replying to the comment above: the one in the video is a baby hamster, and they grow really fast. Look closely at its size before and after. There's almost no change, which means filming couldn't have taken more than a week!"

"A week is still amazing. Is the uploader a professional pet trainer?"

"From the uploader's old videos, it looks like his family runs a Pet Shop. It's not surprising he knows how to train pets."

"Help, this is way too cute! Does anyone know where this store is? I really want to visit!"

"Me too!"

"Aaaah, this is my boss's store!" a user named Elegant Fragrance commented excitedly.

"Huh? A store employee has appeared in the comments?"

"Yes, yes, I'm an employee! The store is on Xiangjiang Road in K City's development zone. It's called Wonder Pet Store. Everyone's welcome to visit!" Elegant Fragrance replied.

"Oh? That's not far from my place!"

"I'm in K City right now. I'll stop by tomorrow."

Mu You was enjoying reading the comments when he suddenly heard loud banging on the door downstairs.

He got dressed, got out of bed, and went downstairs to raise the roller shutter.

As soon as he opened it, he saw a crowd gathered outside the store, with Xiao Ya among them. Everyone looked over curiously when the door opened.

Seeing Mu You open the door, Xiao Ya was the first to rush inside. She grabbed his sleeve, her face full of excitement. "Boss, you've gone viral!"

"Ahem, stay calm. This is only the beginning."

Mu You put on a composed front, but he was actually just as excited.

For the first time in two years, so many customers were waiting outside to visit before the store had even opened.

He glanced up at the time. It was only seven thirty.

"We open in half an hour. Xiao Ya, go clean the fish tanks. I'll change the sand for the rodents. Today's the first day since we changed the store's focus. We absolutely can't let cleanliness drag us down."

"Okay."

The two immediately got to work.

Normally, there was no way they could finish cleaning in half an hour. The cats' and dogs' waste alone was enough to give them a headache.

But things were different now. After selling all the cats and dogs, their workload had dropped by seventy percent.

Mu You briskly finished his cleaning, then brought all eleven little animals he'd trained yesterday to the pet display area in the center of the main room.

The eleven animals that had undergone their magical transformation were five hamsters, two chinchillas, two rabbits, a marmot, and a canary.

"Be on your best behavior today, understood? If you see an owner you like, act as cute as you can and get them to buy you and take you home. Then you'll never have to worry about food or drink for the rest of your lives."

"And most importantly, no matter what happens, never bite anyone!"

Mu You lectured the little creatures with a perfectly serious expression. After listening, all eleven animals nodded.

For now, Animal Speech only worked for Mu You, the caster. In other words, if other humans tried to communicate with them directly, they still wouldn't understand.

However, after gaining this new awareness, these little animals were already far smarter than others of their kind. They had also firmly memorized the actions Mu You had taught them yesterday. Now, whenever they heard someone make a similar sound or gesture, they could respond immediately. They were more than qualified to be household pets.

By then, Xiao Ya had also finished cleaning the fish tanks and replacing the water.

Once everything was ready, Mu You walked to the entrance, took a deep breath, and pulled open the glass doors.

"Sorry for the wait, everyone. Welcome to Wonder Pet Store."

Mu You looked at the crowd waiting outside, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

In that short time alone, another seven or eight people had joined the line. The video's advertising effect really was far better than he'd expected.