52: Chapter 52 0.1 Nanometer Process! Real-time Global Simulation? Intel Engineers Are Astounded!

"Done!" Elder Xuan Ji retracted his blade and let out a long breath.

As the last rune closed, the originally transparent wafer suddenly erupted with a brilliant blue light.

The light flowed, as if a living galaxy were sealed within.

"Is... is it done?" the chief engineer asked with trembling hands.

"Give it a try."

Jiang Chen picked up the chip, still warm to the touch, and casually pressed it onto a test socket.

"Power on!"

"Buzz—"

The screen lit up.

Immediately following was a string of frantically jumping numbers.

The benchmarking software's progress bar instantly maxed out, and then it crashed.

"Data overflow!" the tester screamed. "Its computing speed is too fast! Our test software can't keep up! According to preliminary estimates, this fingernail-sized chip has a performance equivalent to the sum of one hundred supercomputers! And..."

He pointed at the power consumption meter, his expression one of seeing a ghost.

"Power consumption... almost zero? It's even charging the motherboard in reverse? What's the principle behind this? A perpetual motion machine?"

"What perpetual motion machine? So uncultured," Elder Xuan Ji rolled his eyes. "That's the Spirit Gathering Array automatically absorbing the free electromagnetic waves in the surroundings. As long as there is light, wind, or even the sound of people talking, it can generate its own electricity. This is called 'Heaven and Man as One,' understand?"

The room fell into a deathly silence.

All the scientists looked at the small thing flickering with blue light as if they were looking at a miracle.

"Everyone," Jiang Chen picked up the chip, tossed it in his hand, and smiled like a crooked merchant.

"Isn't Eagle Sauce trying to blockade us? Didn't they say we were going back to the Stone Age?"

"Now, let's use this handmade stone to teach them a lesson."

Three days later.

Geneva, Global Semiconductor Summit.

The representative from Eagle Sauce, the Deputy Minister of Commerce who had been clamoring to sanction China, was standing on the podium, spiritedly showcasing their latest 2-nanometer chip.

"This is the crystallization of human wisdom! It is the victory of the free world!"

The Deputy Minister waved his fist. "Certain countries attempt to overtake on a bend through theft and imitation; that is wishful thinking! Without our lithography machines, they couldn't even build a digital watch!"

Applause thundered from the audience, and the representatives from Foot Basin Chicken and Hans Cat clapped so hard their hands turned red.

Just then.

"Um... excuse me for interrupting."

A lazy voice rang out at the entrance.

Jiang Chen was wearing his signature hoodie, carrying a woven bag used for fertilizer, and strolled into the venue. Following behind him were the immortal-looking Elder Xuan Ji and the fierce-looking Elder Huoyun.

"Who are you? Security! Throw him out!" the Deputy Minister roared.

"Don't be so impatient, I'm here to set up a stall."

Jiang Chen walked to the podium and dumped the woven bag onto the table.

"Clatter—"

Hundreds of black blocks flickering with an eerie blue light rolled out like beans. Some fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

"What is this? Mahjong?" someone mocked.

"These are chips."

Jiang Chen casually picked one up and held it to the light. "Codename 'Taichu No. 1.' The process is... about 0.1 nanometers. Purely handmade, contains no industrial additives."

"Huh? 0.1 nanometers? Handmade?"

The whole room burst into laughter. The Deputy Minister even laughed until tears came out. "Are the Chinese crazy? The size of an atom is more than 0.1 nanometers! Are you embroidering in the microscopic world?"

"You guessed right."

Jiang Chen snapped his fingers.

Elder Xuan Ji stepped forward, and without a word, took out a modified tablet and stuck the chip to the back.

"Hum—!"

A huge holographic projection instantly popped out from the tablet, directly covering the entire venue.

It was a real-time rendered model of the Earth.

Not only that, it was even simulating global climate change in real-time; the movement of every cloud, the direction of every ocean current, was being calculated with millisecond-level precision.

This terrifying computing power made all the electronic equipment in the venue pale in comparison.

The people who were mocking just a moment ago had their smiles frozen on their faces, turning into horror.

"This... is this real-time calculation?"

An Intel engineer stood up, trembling. "This is impossible! To achieve this level of precision, you would need to connect all the supercomputers in the world! How could it be possible with such a small chip?"

"Facts speak louder than words."

Jiang Chen threw the chip to the engineer. "It's a gift for you, take it back and test it slowly."

He turned around, looked at the pale-faced Deputy Minister of Eagle Sauce, and revealed that signature, annoying grin.

"I heard you want to blockade us?"

"Go ahead, block us."

"But I have to remind you. This chip of ours not only has one hundred times the performance and one-thousandth the power consumption, but also..."

Jiang Chen pointed to the table full of chips.

"Mass production, unlimited supply."

"We don't sell them by the piece, that's too much trouble."

He held up one finger.

"One hundred dollars a pound."

"Shipping not included, dear."

"Pfft—!"

The Deputy Minister almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"A pound?"

"Selling chips by the pound?"

"Are you f***ing selling potatoes?!"

"Oh, right."

Jiang Chen seemed to remember something and added, "In view of the unfriendly attitude of certain countries towards us. This chip is... limited purchase for Eagle Sauce and its allies. Want to buy? Sure."

He pointed to Elder Xuan Ji.

"Kowtow to our Elder first, call him Master, and then we'll consider whether to give you a little charity."

The audience was in an uproar.

The once high-and-mighty Western tech world had its backbone completely shattered by this "pound of chips" at this moment.

And on the other side of the ocean.

Taichu Realm.

Ji Linglong watched Jiang Chen's arrogant behavior in the video and laughed until she rolled on the bed.

"My husband is so bad! But that guy called Eagle Sauce has such an ugly face, like he ate a dead fly."

She thought for a moment, then ran to look through her treasure chest.

"Since my husband likes that shiny little piece (chip), I'll have him send you more of that stone called star sand. Anyway, there's plenty of that stuff in the Endless Star Sea, just let those demonic cultivators who are serving sentences go mine it!"

And so.

Just as the people on Earth were going crazy over the chips.

An interstellar mining team composed of tens of thousands of cultivators was in the depths of the starry sky in the Taichu Realm, tearfully wielding pickaxes, adding bricks and tiles to China's semiconductor industry.

After the press conference ended.

Jiang Chen returned to the hotel, and as soon as he entered, he saw Lei Keming staring at his phone with a worried expression.

"What's wrong, leader? Was the face-slapping not satisfying enough?" Jiang Chen asked.

"It was satisfying, but a new problem has arisen."

Lei Keming sighed and handed the phone to Jiang Chen.

On the screen was a joint complaint letter from major gaming companies.

"[Respected Xinhuo Bureau: Please, take back your supernatural powers! That chip is too fast! Our game engines can't keep up at all! Players are reacting that current games are like watching a PPT! Even if the graphics cards are smoking, they can't run the chip's performance to the limit!]"

"Hardware too strong, software can't keep up?"

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"That's easy to fix."

He looked at Elder Xuan Ji, who was staring blankly at the night view outside the window.

"Elder, do you want to play something big?"

"Hmm?" Elder Xuan Ji turned his head, "How big?"

"Create a world."

A fanatical light flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes.

"Since mortal games are too boring, let's build a real cultivation world!"

"Use your array formations as the underlying code, and the rules of the Taichu Realm as the physics engine."

"Make a—holographic cultivation online game!"

"Let billions of people around the world work for us (provide spiritual power)!"