Gently returning the Thunder Mantis to the wooden box lined with grass, Little Ya then turned to Mu You, expectation coloring her face. "Boss, it’s Monday today...so, about the... activation code..."
"Don’t worry. I’ve prepared the activation code for you."
Mu You found this rather amusing - that despite having undergone such a drastic change, this girl could still think about the activation code the moment she woke up.
"Let’s go, let’s leave the hospital first. We’ll talk about it when we get home."
Subsequently, they went downstairs, paid the hospital bills, and completed the discharge procedures.
In the beginning, the attending physician tried to stop them, insisting that they should stay for observation for three days. Mu You had to show his official credentials before the doctor relented and quickly processed their discharge.
This made Mu You sigh - indeed, an official status made things easier.
Afterward, the two took a taxi home. All the way, Little Ya was bubbling over with excited anticipation, asking all sorts of questions.
Back in the pet shop, Mu You didn’t keep Little Ya in suspense anymore, directly handing over the activation code he’d just received from Lu Yao, along with the game files and forum files.
Little Ya promptly installed and registered the game, eager to start playing.
As an experienced player, Mu You was able to hand-hold her through the beginner stage. Of course, he couldn’t directly see the game on Little Ya’s phone as it was invisible to everyone but the player.
This wasn’t a problem though, as Little Ya was tirelessly and excitedly mentioning every detail, almost reading all the text aloud to him, making it easy for Mu You to grasp her progress.
"Wait a minute, Little Ya, throw this dice first."
After listening to her read the background story, Mu You gave her a Lucky Dice.
The start of the game was very important, especially when drawing relics, as they could largely determine your future direction and speed of growth.
Little Ya was a bit confused, but she obediently did as told, throwing the dice.
The dice rolled a six.
"Oh, I got a six!" Little Ya was quite pleased, feeling as if her luck was unusually good today.
Mu You nodded: "This dice is a magical item that increases luck. Getting a six means your luck for the next day has increased tenfold."
Of course, he had manipulated the outcome – he rewound time four times to roll a six.
"Wow! That’s amazing!" Little Ya was pleasantly surprised.
"Hmm, ok, keep going."
Little Ya continued clicking, quickly reaching the all-important stage of drawing relics.
"After drawing, remember to immediately tell me whether it’s a hidden relic," Mu You reminded her.
Not fully understanding, Little Ya nodded, having no suspicions. She trusts Mu You completely and would do as he said.
While preparing to report back to Mu You, she saw the latest text and was immediately shocked. "It’s a hidden relic!"
"Look boss, it says here that the chance is only one in a thousand. That dice really worked, my luck is so good today!"
Little Ya was ecstatic, but when she turned her head, she saw that Mu You looked somewhat pale and listless, which startled her. "Boss, what’s wrong? You look terrible."
Mu You waved his hand, suppressing his nausea and the urge to vomit, while mentally cursing the game. ’Dammit, a one in a thousand chance...It took me over twenty thousand rewinds to finally get a hidden relic. And all this while Little Ya had ten times normal luck...’
Mu You seriously suspected that the game was cheating about the odds for hidden relics!
Shaking his head, he didn’t have time to mind this now. He looked at Little Ya and asked, "What’s the relic you got?"
"Oh, the relic’s name is ’Evolution Scepter’. If you continuously input Magic Power, you can release Evolution Light for a maximum of one hour a day. Animals enveloped by Evolution Light will continuously recover from injuries, speed up growth, and get a chance to evolve, level up or evolve into a higher species. The lower the species, the higher the chance of evolution." Little Ya recited the description verbatim.
Mu You was stunned after hearing this. "Little Ya...lets me see it."
Little Ya tapped on the screen, and a delicately crafted short staff appeared in her hand, with a green gem embedded at its top.
The moment the wand appeared, the properties of the wand were immediately analyzed by Mu You’s Omniscient Crystal.
Just like Little Ya said, this was indeed a wand capable of evolving animals, and the evolution was not just a simple level-up, but also included the possibility of evolving to a higher species. This was incredible!
Mu You couldn’t help but sigh deeply after seeing this. Indeed, this was a hidden relic!
All the hidden relics he had seen up to now had effects so powerful they could make one’s jaw drop.
This wand was no exception; it was a core item for pet-oriented players.
Now that they had this, Little Ya’s development path was immediately clear: she was definitely going for the summoning route, learning all kinds of summoning and persuasion spells. The more familiars she had around her, the more powerful this wand would become.
"Little Ya, take this dice. Remember, if anyone asks you about your relic, just show them this dice. As for this wand, you must absolutely keep it a secret!" Mu You handed the Lucky Dice to Little Ya, emphasizing his words seriously.
"Okay, I understand."
Seeing Mu You’s solemnity, Little Ya also realized how important this was and hastily nodded earnestly.
Mu You then gave Little Ya a White Bone Wand and a Werewolf’s Curved Blade, teaching her how to store and retrieve items from the game.
These items were no longer useful to Mu You, but they would be a great help to a newbie player like Little Ya who didn’t know any spells yet, helping her get through the early stages of the game.
Mu You then helped Little Ya decide on several subsequent selections.
However, the Time Pocket Watch couldn’t help with these normal options. Only Little Ya could see these options, and by the time she finished reading the information, basically five seconds had already passed, and it would be too late to tell Mu You.
Mu You could only make rough judgments based on his game experience. Only for those short and fast options which immediately decided life or death could he secretly use the Time Pocket Watch to roll a result for her.
As both of them logged into the game from the pet shop, their starting points were nearly identical, meaning that Little Ya’s character should be very close to Anning Village.
Seeing that he wouldn’t be much help, Mu You logged into his game. His character was conveniently in Anning Village, and he was getting ready to step out and find Little Ya.
But just as he logged into the game, he heard Little Ya exclaim next to him: "Ah, I got killed by someone!"
"Already bumped into a player?" Mu You wasn’t surprised. After the large-scale internal testing, the competition in the game had intensified a lot, and as Little Ya started a few days after everyone else, her levels were much lower than other players’, so it was normal to lose fights.
"That person is so horrible! Not only did he kill me and took away a year of my life, but he also stole my things! The dice and wand the boss gave me are all taken away by him." Little Ya was indignant.
Mu You was stunned, looked at her with surprise. "You’re saying someone killed you and stole your things?"
Having played for so long, he’d never heard of a player losing their items after dying in the game, unless they died like the Werewolf, losing all their life.
"What did the text say? Read it out to me."
"’You were ambushed by a thief, losing the Lucky Dice. You were killed by the thief, lifespan -1, remaining lifespan 75 years, and you lost the White Bone Wand, which was picked up by the thief.’" Little Ya faithfully recited the game text.