19: Chapter 19 US Sanctions? I'll just pull out 6G technology and throw it in his face.

On the massive LCD TV screen, a special press conference from across the ocean was being broadcast.

On the podium, that blond-haired, nose-in-the-air spokesperson for the Eagle Sauce Department of Commerce was waving a document so thick it could kill someone, spitting as he spoke, his face wearing a signature fake smile called "arrogance."

"In view of the Dragon Country's lack of transparency in communication technology in recent years, which seriously threatens the security of the free world..."

"We will immediately activate the 'Highest Level Export Control List'!"

"Effective immediately, we are completely cutting off the supply of all 5G millimeter-wave core components, high-end radio frequency chips, and EDA design software to the Dragon Country! Any company using Eagle Sauce technology is prohibited from providing even a single screw to the Dragon Country!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the camera cut away.

Global stock markets plummeted in response.

The Dragon Country's tech sector turned a miserable shade of green, with the stock prices of several major communication giants being slashed in half, and countless sell orders flooding the limit-down boards. The internet was filled with wails, and pessimistic sentiment spread like a plague.

"It's over. This time, Eagle Sauce is playing for real."

"We haven't even rolled out 5G and we've already been strangled. Our communication infrastructure is going to be set back by a decade!"

"It's because our technological foundation is too thin. One bottleneck and we're dead..."

Yunding Villa, living room.

"Snap!"

Academician Chen Shuyin slammed the TV off. She tossed the remote onto the sofa with a dull thud.

This icy female academician, who usually remained calm even if Mount Tai collapsed before her, was now heaving with agitation, her eyes slightly red, and her usually meticulously groomed hair looked somewhat disheveled.

"They've gone too far!"

She gritted her teeth, her voice filled with a deep sense of powerlessness. "They want to uproot our entire technological tree! Without radio frequency chips, our 5G base stations are just a pile of scrap metal! Hundreds of billions in investment... it's all over."

Compared to Academician Chen Shuyin's anxiety, Jiang Chen, who was sitting nearby, seemed completely out of place.

He was sitting with his legs crossed, holding his phone, his brows furrowed as if he had encountered something more serious than the country being sanctioned.

"Mr. Jiang!"

Academician Chen Shuyin looked at his nonchalant demeanor, her anger flaring up. "The fire is already burning your eyebrows! And you're in the mood to play games? Dean Zhong just called, his voice hoarse, asking if you have any alternative solutions on your end..."

"Quiet."

Jiang Chen didn't even look up, his fingers swiping rapidly across the screen. "I'm looking. The waste sorting in the Wasteland is terrible; it's really hard to dig up old stuff."

"Waste?"

Academician Chen Shuyin was stunned. "What waste?"

Jiang Chen ignored her and kept staring at the screen.

In the Wasteland, in a corner of Dawn City.

The warehouse specifically used for storing "electronic waste" from the old era had been completely turned upside down.

Because Jiang Wanqiu said that to make room for Father God to store his mecha, she was preparing to burn this pile of "worthless industrial waste."

Jiang Chen panicked immediately.

This wasteful woman! The waste in the Wasteland is a treasure for Earth!

He rummaged through a pile of broken quantum hard drives and fractured photonic circuit boards for half a day, and finally, in a dusty corner, found a rusty metal box.

The system popped up a prompt:

[Item Name: 6th Generation Wide-Area Communication Protocol (Civilian Obsolete Version)]

[Description: This is communication technology from the early "Pre-Internet Era" of the old world, utilizing the backward Terahertz band. Transmission speed is extremely slow, with a latency as high as 0.01 milliseconds. It has been obsolete by the Gaia Civilization for three thousand years.]

[Evaluation: This kind of antique can only serve as a teaching tool for history textbooks.]

"Slow? Obsolete?"

Jiang Chen looked at the system's evaluation, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise crazily.

You call this slow? 0.01 milliseconds of latency, Terahertz band—isn't this exactly the 6G technology that Earth's scientists dream about?! And it's a mature, complete set of protocols ready for commercial use!

"Found it."

Jiang Chen slapped his thigh, a gleam flashing in his eyes. "This is it! Extract!"

"Hum—"

The air vibrated slightly.

A vintage-looking metal hard drive, resembling a black box, appeared out of thin air on the coffee table, startling Academician Chen Shuyin, who was sulking.

"Th-this... what is this?"

Academician Chen Shuyin looked at the black box, which was covered in scratches and even stained with a bit of Wasteland machine oil, looking completely bewildered.

Jiang Chen picked up the hard drive, casually pulled out a tissue to wipe off the dust, and then tossed it to Academician Chen Shuyin like a frisbee.

"Catch."

Academician Chen Shuyin caught it in a fluster, feeling that it was heavy in her hands. "Mr. Jiang, this is..."

"Isn't Eagle Sauce trying to blockade 5G?"

Jiang Chen slumped back into the sofa, picked up his half-finished iced cola, and said in a light tone, as if he were discussing what to have for dinner:

"Then let them blockade it."

"Anyway, I never intended to use that backward 5G technology."

Academician Chen Shuyin held the hard drive, feeling her brain couldn't quite keep up: "Backward? 5G is backward technology? Then what do we use?"

Jiang Chen pointed to the black box in her arms, wearing a smile that suggested he loved watching chaos unfold:

"Inside this is a complete set of 6G communication protocols. Oh, wait, to be precise, it's the introductory version of quantum communication."

"It doesn't require high-end chips made by Lithography Machines, nor does it need the installation of so many base stations. By directly utilizing atmospheric ionization reflection, a single satellite can cover half the Earth."

"As for the transmission speed... it's probably about a hundred times that of 5G."

"A hundred... times?"

Academician Chen Shuyin's hand trembled, and the priceless black box almost fell to the floor. She clutched it tightly, breathing as heavily as if she had just finished a marathon, her eyes wide as saucers.

"Are you saying... this contains 6G?!"

"Yeah."

Jiang Chen yawned, seemingly indifferent to the item. "I originally wanted to find something better, but in the Wasteland... ahem, my friend said this was the only obsolete junk left, so we'll have to make do with it."

Make do with it? Using 6G to make do?

Academician Chen Shuyin looked at Jiang Chen's pretentious expression and really wanted to rush up and bite him, but felt more of an urge to kneel and worship him.

This is 6G! A conceptual technology the whole world is fumbling to figure out, and he just casually pulled out a finished product? And he thinks it's junk?

"Go."

Jiang Chen waved his hand as if shooing away a fly. "Take this to Dean Zhong and have him organize a press conference immediately."

"Tell Eagle Sauce not to hold onto their pile of 5G chips like they're treasures."

He paused, his eyes revealing a domineering aura that looked down on the world:

"By the way, help me pass a message to that blond spokesperson."

"Tell him their 5G base stations can be dismantled."

"Sell them as scrap metal; maybe they can recoup some of their costs."