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

Aaaah, what was she even thinking?!

It was all Shinobu's fault. She had said something strange and gotten her thinking nonsense.

Hoshino Ai: "Wuwuwu, I'm so jealous."

Gotoh Hitori: "Jealous +1."

Tokisaki Kurumi: "Jealous +2. Miss Butterfly is just too happy."

Hoshino Ai: "I don't want to talk about Points anymore. The more we talk about it, the sadder I get."

Hoshino Ai: "Now! Back to the point!!!"

Hoshino Ai: "@Chen Mu, Lord Chen Mu, when you went offline last time, you said you returned from Sister Kanae's world to your own using your own power, without relying on the Chat Group. Is that true?"

The moment she said that, everyone in the group paused, all of them immensely curious.

After all, Chen Mu had gone offline immediately after dropping that explosive piece of news last time.

No one had had the chance to ask him anything!

How could they not be curious? How could they not feel unbearably itchy with anticipation?

Hoshino Ai, Tokisaki Kurumi, Kochou Kanae, and Gotoh Hitori had all been left hanging.

But Chen Mu himself had run off!

Chen Mu: "It's true."

Hoshino Ai: "!!!"

Gotoh Hitori: "!!!"

Tokisaki Kurumi: "!!!"

Kochou Kanae: "!!!"

Having received an answer, even though they had been mentally prepared, the girls were still utterly shaken at that moment.

It was actually true?!!

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Chapter 41: Science Has No End

Hoshino Ai: "Holy crap! This... um... Lord Chen Mu! How did you do it?!!"

Hoshino Ai was so stunned that she could barely form a coherent sentence.

After all, this was traveling between worlds, traveling across dimensions!!!

All this time, everyone had considered this feature the most miraculous function of the Chat Group.

Yet after traveling just once, Chen Mu had actually managed to do it himself?!!

How long had he even been in the group?!

They knew he was amazing, but wasn't this a little too amazing?!!

Hoshino Ai only felt that her heart was beating unimaginably fast. She could not calm down at all.

Gotoh Hitori: "Indeed... Th-this, this is just too unbelievable, isn't it?!!"

Tokisaki Kurumi: "It's far too shocking... For a moment, I don't even know what to say."

Kochou Kanae: "All I can say is... as expected of Chen Mu."

The others in the group were no better off.

Their eyes were wide, their faces filled with disbelief.

After all, who could have imagined someone accomplishing something like this?

It was simply too unbelievable.

Even though Chen Mu had mentioned it before going offline last time, everyone had remained doubtful and unable to believe it.

They had thought Chen Mu was just teasing them.

But then...

Chen Mu: "This should count as perfectly normal, right? Didn't I invent a Space Teleportation Device some time ago? It was originally capable of easily carrying out spatial teleportation across worlds and universes."

Chen Mu: "And with the Chat Group helping integrate that power into my body, making it easier for me to control, accomplishing this much doesn't really amount to anything, does it?"

Chen Mu: "But honestly, when it actually succeeded, I was a little surprised. After all, from what I understood, I didn't know whether this power could achieve something on this level. I imagine the Chat Group may have also helped fuse the powers together."

Hoshino Ai: "..."

Gotoh Hitori: "..."

Tokisaki Kurumi: "..."

Normal? Normal, my ass!!!

Since when did the feat of cross-dimensional teleportation fall within the range of "normal"?!

What did he mean, "a little surprised"?

Shouldn't he be absolutely ecstatic right now?!

Everyone couldn't help screaming inwardly.

They were speechless at Chen Mu's calm reaction, genuinely not knowing what to say...

Hoshino Ai: "So... does that mean Lord Chen Mu can freely travel back and forth between all of our worlds from now on? You won't even need the Chat Group's teleportation function anymore?"

Hoshino Ai continued to ask hesitantly.

The others all froze upon hearing that, stunned by Hoshino Ai's train of thought.

Was this really the time to ask something like that?

Chen Mu: "More accurately, it only applies to worlds I've visited before. I won't need the Chat Group for those anymore. For worlds I haven't visited, though, I still need to go there once through the Chat Group and set a coordinate. Otherwise, if I tried rashly, I might end up in an unknown world."

Gotoh Hitori: "Stunned—"

Hoshino Ai: "Looking at the sky—"

Kochou Kanae: "Looking at the sky—"

Although Hoshino Ai's question had been somewhat absurd.

Everyone still gained an immediate sense of just how incredible this was.

After all.

Every time they crossed worlds, it cost a thousand Points.

If they relied on daily check-ins to earn those Points.

Even if they never spent any Points in between, it would take over half a month when they were lucky, and one or even two months when they were unlucky.

Fortunately, returning was free. Otherwise, it would have cost even more!

And now, Chen Mu could cross dimensions by himself. What that meant was self-evident.

He had achieved freedom of travel between worlds!

Though given Chen Mu's ability to earn Points, he probably did not care much about that cost anyway...

The girls became even more tearful at that thought.

Seriously...

The drought-stricken died of thirst, while the flooded drowned.

Gotoh Hitori: "Science... really is amazing. No wonder people often say that the end of science is theology..."

Chen Mu: "In a sense, the statement 'the end of science is theology' is actually wrong. As long as humanity still has desires, science has no end."

Chen Mu: "But I'm still quite happy that Miss Gotoh praised science. Anyway, just trust in science."

Gotoh Hitori: "..."

What was she supposed to say at a time like this?

Gotoh Hitori genuinely felt that Chen Mu was like a god, as though there were nothing he could not do, so she had sighed in admiration without thinking.

And yet Chen Mu told her that theology was nothing special and that science had no end?

All she could say was that Chen Mu was simply too powerful.

Again and again, he kept redefining her understanding of science.

Hoshino Ai: "N-no, wait! I just thought of another question!"

Hoshino Ai: "@Chen Mu, the last time Lord Chen Mu went silent, you invented the Space Teleportation Device. This time, you were offline for so long that no matter how we @'d you, you never appeared. Even the Points rewards didn't show up. Don't tell me you invented something else that would shock the world?!!"

Chen Mu: "Uh... no, not really."

Chen Mu: "It's just that while I left the Space Station and went to Kanae's world, my home got hit. The Space Station was attacked."

Chen Mu: "I was eliminating the enemies who attacked the Space Station just now, so I didn't have time."

Hoshino Ai: "???"

Kochou Kanae: "???"

Tokisaki Kurumi: "???"

Gotoh Hitori: "???"

Upon hearing Chen Mu's words.

Everyone was stunned at that moment.

Then, once they came to their senses, they couldn't help but subconsciously think...

Holy shit!

Someone had attacked Chen Mu's turf!

What kind of warrior was brave enough to do that?

Wasn't that basically courting death?!!

Kochou Kanae: "@Chen Mu, nothing happened to the Space Station, right? Chen Mu."

Demon Slayer World.

Kochou Kanae was instantly startled when she heard that.

She couldn't help but speak up first to ask.

After all, Chen Mu had left the Space Station and come to her world entirely because of her.