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

Hoshino Ai: "With the help of Points, I've made a little progress, hehe. I feel like I'm about to get the hang of it. Thank you so much, Kanae!"

Kochou Kanae: "It's nothing. Our Chat Group is all about helping each other. I really like this kind of atmosphere too. Oh, and if you newcomers run into any trouble, feel free to say so. If there's anything I can help with, I definitely will."

Kochou Kanae: "As for Breathing Techniques, there's no need to be polite. Though they really might be a little difficult~"

Kochou Kanae: "As for Ai-chan and Hitori, since you both want to become idols, learning to protect yourselves would be nice if you become famous. It can also help you stay fit. Keep it up!"

Gotoh Hitori: "Hehe... hehe... Can someone like me, who can't even find a band, really become famous...? Isn't that just a fantasy...?"

Hoshino Ai: "What are you saying, Hitori! We'll definitely become famous! Believe in yourself! Yeah!"

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Star Rail world.

Chen Mu, who had been drinking tea while reading the chat log, immediately began coughing dryly.

Hoshino Ai and Gotoh Hitori using Breathing Techniques?

The Love Pillar? The Bocchi Pillar?

Oh no, he could already picture it.

Although he knew the girls' lives were bound to change after joining the Chat Group, seeing it happen still left him torn between laughter and tears.

Indeed, if they learned Breathing Techniques, then in an ordinary world, even if they became famous, they would no longer need to fear perverts, hooligans, obsessive fans, and the like.

Especially Hoshino Ai.

If she encountered the kind of rabid fan from the original story who came to assassinate her, she would probably use Breath of Love and counterkill him on the spot.

But Breathing Techniques...?

Out of curiosity, Chen Mu opened the group files and casually flipped through them.

Hm?

They actually seemed unexpectedly interesting.

But in the Star Rail universe, it was hard to say whether they were useful or not—rather, they were completely useless.

Tokisaki Kurumi: "Amazing."

Chen Mu: "..."

Chen Mu's mouth twitched. Has Tokisaki Kurumi gotten addicted to pretending to be an ordinary person?

What he did not know, however, was that Tokisaki Kurumi was sincerely praising how impressive the Breathing Techniques were.

Though such power truly amounted to little in her eyes, she was a Spirit. How could she judge everything by her own standards?

Human organizations like AST and DEM, on the other hand, relied on the power of technology.

To Tokisaki Kurumi, Breathing Techniques, which could directly enhance one's own martial prowess, were naturally impressive.

Just then, Chen Mu stopped dwelling on it and spoke directly.

Chen Mu: "Breathing Techniques are pretty good, but let me emphasize one thing. I may be a researcher, but I never said I couldn't solve the problem in Miss Butterfly's world."

Kochou Kanae: "???"

Gotoh Hitori: "???"

Hoshino Ai: "???"

Hoshino Ai: "Huh? Huh?! You can solve it?!!"

Chen Mu: "Of course I can. It's not exactly difficult."

Hoshino Ai: "But you-you-you... Aren't you an ordinary person? How can you solve the demon problem?"

Chen Mu: "Ordinary people have ordinary people's methods. Don't let your thinking be limited. Open your mind a little."

Chen Mu smiled and shook his head as he spoke.

When facing supernatural powers, most people instinctively assumed that supernatural powers had to be used to deal with them.

But who ever said

that supernatural powers had to be defeated by supernatural powers?

Chen Mu: "If I remember correctly, Miss Butterfly's era is the 1920s, right? Can't you simply make use of technology?"

Chen Mu: "No matter how terrifying demons are, can they withstand bullets, cannons, or rockets?"

Chen Mu: "To be honest, although I'm a researcher, I do happen to have one or two Star Destroyers."

Tokisaki Kurumi: "???"

Hoshino Ai: "???"

Gotoh Hitori: "???"

Kochou Kanae: "???"

What was that?

At that moment, everyone was utterly stunned.

Among them, Kochou Kanae was shocked, but also somewhat confused.

Why did Chen Mu know the era she lived in?

Had she mentioned it just now...?

Hoshino Ai: "What the heck? A Star Destroyer?!!"

Hoshino Ai: "Is it the kind of star-destroying, the kind of ship I'm thinking of...? Ah ha... ahahaha... No way, right? You're joking, right?"

Gotoh Hitori: "Mr. Chen Mu is talking about some game, right? He definitely is, right? Only games would have something like that, right? Trembling.jpg."

Tokisaki Kurumi: "A Star Destroyer... How could that be..."

Kochou Kanae: "Mr. Chen Mu really does say startling things... If what you're saying is true, isn't that a little too terrifying?"

Chen Mu's words shocked each of them to varying degrees, and disbelief was written all over their faces.

After all, a Star Destroyer...

The name alone made its meaning perfectly clear.

But precisely because of that, it was even harder to believe, wasn't it?

For Kochou Kanae and the others, who lived in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, it was simply impossible to imagine such a thing existing in the world.

Even Tokisaki Kurumi, who had always concealed her identity, couldn't help but suck in a breath, her expression grave.

Destroying stars...

Could the legendary Origin Spirit achieve something like that?

Tokisaki Kurumi had serious doubts. As she looked at the Chat Group before her, she took a deep breath.

This Chat Group was far from ordinary!

And neither were the people in it!

Chen Mu: "It's true. There's no reason for me to fool you with a lie that would be so easily exposed, is there?"

Chen Mu smiled. He could understand everyone's shock.

Chen Mu: "Although I'm only an ordinary researcher, the technology of my world has actually already developed to the level of the stars and the universe."

Chen Mu: "In my world, there are not only powerful weapons and trains that travel through the universe, but also Space Stations standing amidst the stars..."

Hoshino Ai: "???"

Gotoh Hitori: "???"

Tokisaki Kurumi: "???"

Kochou Kanae: "???"

Everyone was frantically sending question marks.

Hoshino Ai felt that the number of question marks she had typed today was practically comparable to when she had first joined the group.

No, that wasn't right.

Perhaps she hadn't even typed this many when she first joined.

Star Destroyers, trains traveling through the universe, Space Stations standing in the stars...

What kind of universe was that? What kind of world was that?

The technological shock from another world?

Gasp, it felt like her brain was starting to crash.

But she was certain that everyone else was feeling exactly the same way right now.

Like complete country bumpkins...

Gotoh Hitori: "Ah ha... ahahaha... I-I-I-I-I knew it. The newcomer joined the group looking all calm, so sh-she definitely isn't ordinary..."

Gotoh Hitori felt her head buzzing, as though her entire being was out of sorts. She stammered mechanically as she spoke.

Kochou Kanae: "No wonder Mr. Chen Mu said he was knowledgeable when he joined the group. So he really did mean it literally when he said he had seen and learned much, hahaha..."

Chen Mu: "You flatter me, you flatter me. I'm just an ordinary person."

Hoshino Ai: "..."

Hoshino Ai looked at Gotoh Hitori and Kochou Kanae, who were just as unable to calm themselves as she was. After taking several deep breaths, she felt her own heart settle somewhat.

Forcibly suppressing the shock in her heart, she continued asking in the group chat.

Hoshino Ai: "So, Mr. Chen Mu, are you planning to use a Star Destroyer to help Sister Kanae?"

Chen Mu: "?"

Chen Mu: "...Not exactly. There's no need to destroy the entire planet just to eliminate demons. I only mentioned a Star Destroyer to prove that I'm capable of dealing with these so-called demons."

Kochou Kanae: "..."

Hoshino Ai: "..."

After hearing Chen Mu's words and seeing Kochou Kanae's speechless expression, a faint blush immediately crept onto Hoshino Ai's face.

Yes, that much was obvious.

Hoshino Ai had tried hard to calm down, but she had not fully recovered yet.

Otherwise, how could she have asked such a question?

Tokisaki Kurumi: "@Chen Mu, Mr. Chen Mu, I have a question. Are things like Star Destroyers common in your world? Why do you make it sound so casual?"

Chen Mu: "You can't exactly say there are many of them, but you can't really say there are few either."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Mu spoke.

To be honest, Star Destroyers were undoubtedly exceedingly rare in the universe as a whole.

But how did that saying go again?

Once you possessed something yourself, you no longer felt that it was scarce.

After all, for anyone with status who was interested in Star Destroyers, they were still fairly easy to obtain.