24: Laser weapon test: Target, Starlink satellite!

Ten days later. September 20th.

The Huawei quantum chip smartphone officially went on sale.

At 5:00 AM, at an offline store in Pengcheng, the queue of customers waiting to buy the phone stretched three streets away.

Some even paid people specifically to stand in line for them.

At the same time, a large number of scalpers were involved as well.

Some people even held up cash and shouted, "I'll pay extra! Who is willing to sell their spot?"

But no one budged.

The official announcement stated that there were only 5 million units of the first batch of quantum chip smartphones.

Whoever managed to buy one at launch, whether for personal use or resale, would gain immense satisfaction and tangible benefits.

The online scene was also incredibly frantic.

Starting from 8:00 AM, the Huawei app crashed several times.

They kept expanding capacity, and it kept crashing.

This repeated over and over until 10:08 AM!

The moment sales opened, 2 million phones online were sold out in 0.1 seconds.

"Damn! I poked a hole in my phone screen, and you're telling me 'Sold Out'?"

"Huawei! Bring out more stock to sell!"

"2 million units? Gone in less than a second! How long have you guys been single to have this kind of speed?"

"Did anyone manage to buy one? I'll pay a premium!"

In one second, 2 million units were sold online.

It broke all historical records for initial sales.

And that was just online.

The queues at all the offline stores to buy the phone were also terrifyingly long.

Even when stores announced how limited the stock was, the people in line still refused to leave.

In many big cities, the stores even had to call the police to maintain order.

It was evident just how crazy the first quantum chip smartphone had made the people of the country.

...

10:30 AM.

The first batch of owners began posting their tests.

In a university dormitory, student Wang Lei opened the phone box and pressed the power button.

1 second!

The screen lit up immediately without any startup animation.

"Holy crap! Awesome!"

"This startup speed is even faster than my roommate, Mr. 2 Seconds!"

He opened *Genshin Impact* and maxed out all the graphics settings.

The frame rate was stable at 120 fps, a straight line without the slightest fluctuation.

After playing for two hours, the phone was still cold to the touch, and the battery had only dropped by 1%.

Wang Lei held up his phone to record a video:

"Brothers! Two hours of *Genshin Impact* at max graphics, and the phone is still ice cold. The battery only dropped 1%!"

"This is definitely an artifact for gamers!"

"I suggest everyone carry a hand warmer when playing in winter, otherwise your hands will freeze!"

"The key point is that the one I have in my hand is the 1099 yuan model! Important things said three times!"

Instantly, this video exploded across the entire internet.

The likes and comments on the video were incredibly frantic.

"Damn! Is it really that outrageous? No way, I have to switch to this phone too!"

"If a thousand-yuan phone has this level of performance, Huawei has truly achieved technological equality this time!"

"Blogger, please delete the video! The phone is too hard to snag; stop praising it, or just bash it instead!"

Who could have imagined that a thousand-yuan phone could reach this level?

Maxed out *Genshin Impact* graphics, two hours of play without frame drops, and stable temperatures.

No other phone on the market could do that.

And this was just the beginning.

Soon, someone tested the performance of the hundred-yuan phone.

The result was that the performance was almost identical.

The materials used for other parts were just a bit inferior.

But that was already enough.

The comments under the hundred-yuan phone test video were even more frantic.

"Are you crazy? A hundred-yuan phone can play large-scale games? Is the performance of the quantum chip smartphone really that terrifying?"

"They used to say Huawei sold high-priced phones with low-end specs, but now that the quantum chip is being sold in a hundred-yuan phone, who dares to say that anymore?"

"Great Xia is awesome! Xia Academy of Sciences is awesome! Huawei is awesome!"

A hundred-yuan phone having this kind of performance was enough to satisfy the usage needs of the common people.

The other materials could be a bit inferior.

As long as the battery life was long enough and it didn't lag, that was enough.

#Huawei phone performance is outrageous#

#quantum chip beats all smartphones#

These two topics shot straight to the top of the trending list, followed by the word "Explosive."

Even those manufacturers bought quantum chip smartphones at high prices to take them apart and study them.

When they discovered the battery area inside, they finally understood why Huawei could keep the price so low.

...

Eagle Country.

Apple.

After seeing Huawei's initial sales results, they weren't too worried.

Mark sat on the sofa, his eyes full of anticipation:

"It's coming soon! We at Apple will have quantum chips soon too!"

"Once we at Apple launch our quantum chip smartphone, Huawei will be trampled under our feet just the same!"

...

While the whole country was buzzing and celebrating the quantum chip smartphone, on the other side.

Xia Academy of Sciences, the laser weapon test site.

Even though it was still drizzling, it couldn't dampen the Engineers' excitement.

Academician Liu stared at the screen, his hands trembling.

"All parameters checked!"

"Super Energy Laser Cannon, prepare for testing!"

Lin Chen stood in front of the control console, his voice full of confidence:

"Target: drone target in the air 100 kilometers away."

"Energy output set to 50%, fire!"

"Fire!"

Academician Liu pressed the button.

Instantly, the Super Energy Laser Cannon on the test site began to charge.

Pale blue electric arcs concealed terrifying post-explosion energy.

Following that, a blinding flash of light streaked across, and the sky outside the laboratory seemed to be torn open.

The drone target 100 kilometers away was instantly vaporized in the terrifying high-energy light wave, disappearing without a trace.

There was no explosion, no debris; it was as if it had been erased from thin air.

In an instant, the Engineers and Academicians at the scene erupted with excitement.

"Haha, we did it!"

"We really achieved almost zero attenuation in rainy and foggy weather!"

"Now, our laser weapons can finally be deployed on a large scale!"

If you looked closely, you would notice many people's eyes were moist.

But they were tears of joy.

They were tears of happiness and excitement.

At the same time, their gaze toward Lin Chen became filled with awe and gratitude.

They knew that all of this was brought about by Lin Chen.

The new laser weapon technical scheme proposed by Lin Chen completely overturned their previous design concepts.

Without Lin Chen, they didn't know how long it would have taken them to solve the drawbacks of the laser weapons.

Lin Chen had become an existence they worshipped and looked up to.

During this time, they had also learned a lot of knowledge from Lin Chen.

It had greatly improved their research capabilities.

Scientific achievements and knowledge—a double harvest!

Lin Chen's eyes were also filled with excitement:

"Not bad! The effect is quite good!"

Beside him, Academician Liu, looking at the test results, was so moved that his voice choked up:

"Chief Designer Lin, it exceeded the standard; the power exceeded the standard!"

"50% energy, penetrating rainy and foggy weather, and it was able to vaporize the drone directly! It only lost 0.1%; it far exceeded expectations!"

Lin Chen looked at the excited Academician Liu, feeling quite moved.

But the test was not over yet.

How could surface testing be enough?

"Academician Liu, the ground-to-air test is just the beginning."

"Next, we are going to conduct a near-Earth space target test!"

"What?" Academician Liu was stunned, unable to react for a moment.

A near-Earth space test?

That meant destroying a target in near-Earth space?

"But we don't have a target!"

"We do!" Lin Chen smiled and zoomed in on the near-Earth orbit map.

Soon, they found an abandoned satellite with a diameter of over 10 meters.

That abandoned satellite was slowly orbiting the Blue Star.

Parallel to it were several of Eagle Country's Starlink Satellites.

Lin Chen looked at those Starlink Satellites, his eyes shining.

"Immediately conduct the near-Earth space test, power 100%."

"Target, the abandoned satellite at coordinates XXX in near-Earth space!"