Star Rail: I, a Researcher, Joined the Chat Group

Fortunately, he had been planning to check the Chat Group first anyway.

When he had eliminated the Voidrangers and the Doomsday Beast earlier, he had already sensed activity from the Chat Group, but he had ignored it.

Now, he did not mind taking a look first.

But the moment he entered the Chat Group, Chen Mu's expression froze slightly.

Ding! As Chen Mu's Breathing Technique has spread throughout the Demon Slayer world and gained the favor of the Demon Slayer World Consciousness, group member Chen Mu has received 100,000 Points.

Spreader Kochou Kanae has received 10,000 Points.

Chen Mu: "What's going on? You can get Points for something like this?"

Hoshino Ai: "!!!"

Hoshino Ai: "Lord Chen Mu, you're finally online!!!"

Hoshino Ai: "@Kochou Kanae, @Gotoh Hitori, @Tokisaki Kurumi, everyone, come out quickly! Lord Chen Mu is online!"

Chen Mu: "...Did you buy a house in the group? Why are you here every time I come online? @Hoshino Ai."

Hoshino Ai: "Of course not! I just set special notifications for Lord Chen Mu, so I get alerted whenever you come online. It also shows how much I care about you, Lord Chen Mu. Hehe."

Hoshino Ai: "Lord Chen Mu is the one who's strange. Everyone @mentioned you so many times before, but you never showed up~"

Chen Mu: "Ahem, something happened on my end just now, so I didn't have time to log in. By the way, what's with these Points? @Kochou Kanae."

Kochou Kanae: "...Actually, I'm not too sure either. It's like this: after you left our world, Chen Mu, I immediately took the Breathing Technique you gave me to see the Master and the other Hashira. After I gave them your Breathing Technique, the Chat Group rewarded us with Points."

Demon Slayer world.

Having heard the Chat Group's notification, Kochou Kanae naturally logged in as well.

Upon hearing Chen Mu's question, she hurriedly explained.

In fact, after Chen Mu logged off earlier, when Kochou Kanae realized that he probably would not be coming online again anytime soon, she had rushed without stopping to the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters.

She handed the Breathing Technique Chen Mu had given her to Ubuyashiki Kagaya, the head of the Demon Slayer Corps, and told him what had just happened.

When he learned that an Upper Rank demon had actually fallen, and that it had been Upper Rank Two, Ubuyashiki Kagaya became utterly excited.

Since the Demon Slayer Corps had been founded, they had never once slain an Upper Rank.

Instead, quite a few Hashira had fallen at the hands of Upper Rank demons.

Now that he had finally heard news of an Upper Rank being killed, how could Ubuyashiki Kagaya not be excited?

When he received from Kochou Kanae

the Breathing Technique given by the person who had slain the Upper Rank demon, and learned about the technique from Kochou Kanae, Ubuyashiki Kagaya was even more astonished.

Because even he could tell

that the Breathing Technique in his hands

was incomparably more powerful than any Breathing Technique currently possessed by the Demon Slayer Corps.

Even the legendary Sun Breathing was likely far inferior to it.

Moreover, this incomparably powerful Breathing Technique

was actually easier to cultivate than their own techniques?

What kind of divine secret art was this?!!

Ubuyashiki Kagaya found it unbelievable.

He immediately summoned the Hashira, the Demon Slayer Corps' strongest fighting force, and had them cultivate this Breathing Technique.

The result was that

it was actually suitable for everyone to cultivate.

Ubuyashiki Kagaya was utterly stunned, left completely speechless.

He practically revered the Chen Mu Kochou Kanae had spoken of as a god.

In Ubuyashiki Kagaya's view, if this was not a god descending into the world to grant them hope of eliminating Muzan Kibutsuji, then what was?

With this Breathing Technique, the day Muzan Kibutsuji was eliminated was within sight.

Thus, he ordered the Hashira to begin cultivating Chen Mu's Breathing Technique.

The Hashira naturally had no objections.

To be honest, they too had been astonished by this divine technique.

Kochou Kanae was naturally overjoyed by this.

Only after joining the group did she discover that the Chat Group had actually awarded her Points because of this.

Chen Mu: "So that's how it is. I didn't expect this could earn Points too."

After hearing Kochou Kanae's words, Chen Mu understood as well, suddenly realizing what had happened.

But this... was merely something he had created on a whim.

Still, this unexpected gain was rather nice.

It was 100,000 Points, after all.

Once he understood the situation, Chen Mu naturally accepted them with a smile.

After claiming the Points, the Points in Chen Mu's account, which had originally been negative, instantly turned positive, with several digits to spare.

Hoshino Ai: "Wuwuwu, we're all in the same group, so why is it so easy for Lord Chen Mu to earn Points?! First millions, then hundreds of thousands! Forget ten thousand—I haven't even seen a thousand yet. I'm so jealous."

Gotoh Hitori: "I-I'm the same. After all this time, I haven't even seen a thousand either. Wuwuwu."

Tokisaki Kurumi: "@Chen Mu, may I ask if Mr. Chen Mu has some secret for earning Points as well? Please teach us, please teach us."

Chen Mu: "Hmm... if I had to say, there's no real secret. You just need to know a little more."

Hoshino Ai: "???"

Hoshino Ai: "Just knowing a little more is enough? Lord Chen Mu, don't tell me it's because of science again?"

Chen Mu: "What else would it be? From a scientific perspective, the Breathing Techniques in Kanae's world are ultimately just methods involving the human body and stimulating its potential. They're nothing especially difficult; theirs are simply too outdated, so I helped improve them a little. In Kanae's world, even demons are actually related to medical knowledge."

Hoshino Ai: "???"

It really was because of science!!!

Oshi no Ko World.

Hoshino Ai's eyes widened as she could not help screaming inwardly.

Was the science you were talking about really the same science she understood?

Why did it feel like, in your hands, anything could be explained through science?!!

Breathing Techniques were science? Demons were science too?

Hoshino Ai felt a little dizzy.

Before Lord Chen Mu, could everything really be explained with science?

Tokisaki Kurumi: "...Can't learn it. Farewell."

Gotoh Hitori: "...Can't learn it. Farewell."

Hoshino Ai: "...Can't learn it. Farewell."

For a moment, everyone was left speechless and silently began repeating the same words.

Who could possibly learn that kind of "knowing a little more"...?

Kochou Kanae: "Haha."

Even Kochou Kanae could not help laughing when she saw this.

Then, as though remembering something, she said:

Kochou Kanae: "Oh, right, Chen Mu. I'll transfer the 11,000 Points the Chat Group gave me to you. They should have been yours in the first place."

Chen Mu: "Eleven thousand? Wasn't it ten thousand?"

Kochou Kanae: "Well, afterward, I uploaded the Breathing Techniques you gave me to the Chat Group so everyone could exchange for them and cultivate them. The Chat Group then awarded me another thousand Points."

Chen Mu: "I see. But there's no need to transfer them to me. Keep them for yourself."

Kochou Kanae: "Eh?!!"

Chen Mu: "Since the Chat Group awarded those Points to you, that means it considers them yours by right. And besides, you really were the one who spread my Breathing Techniques throughout the Demon Slayer World."

Chen Mu shook his head.

He did not accept the 10,000 Points.

For him, the 10,000 points weren't of much use—that was one reason.

The other was that he truly felt those points should have belonged to Kochou Kanae in the first place. What reason did he have to accept them?

Kochou Kanae: "But..."

Chen Mu: "No buts. Given our relationship, I don't think we need to be so polite with each other."

Kochou Kanae: "Th-then, I'll accept them this time thanks to you, Chen Mu..."

Demon Slayer World.

Kochou Kanae's face was flushed crimson.

Hoshino Ai and Gotoh Hitori had never seen so many points, but when had she ever seen that many herself?

After receiving the points, Kochou Kanae had kept feeling that she did not deserve them.

After all, the Breathing Techniques belonged to Chen Mu, and the reason he had given them to her was to help her.

Chen Mu had already helped her so much. How could she possibly have the nerve to accept such an enormous sum of points as well?

Even though those points truly could help her immensely and greatly increase her strength.

Originally, she had planned to return the points to Chen Mu the moment he came online.

But she had never expected Chen Mu to say something like this...

He had given her such an enormous amount of points without the slightest hesitation.

Could it really be as Shinobu had said—that Chen Mu had feelings for her too?

At that thought, the blush on Kochou Kanae's face deepened further, and she could even feel her cheeks burning.