Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 73 - Treasure Map

Chapter 73: Chapter 73 Treasure Map

Jewelry stores had another feature: they were usually located inside shopping malls and, like major brands, occupied the best positions at the entrance of the entire mall.

According to Jiang Yan’s memory, the torrential rain would stop once it had submerged 15 floors.

That meant these jewelry stores were nearly all under at least 45 meters of water.

She possessed the ability to storage supplies into “Space” simply by touching them, so there was no need for professional deep-sea salvage operations.

However, this involved her needing to dive deep into the jewelry stores.

Normally, ordinary people using fins and snorkels could only dive to depths of 3-5 meters, and at most not exceeding 40 meters.

However, as a seasoned travel blogger, she had a professional diving certification which allowed her to scuba dive, and she had even once conducted a few live broadcasts of underwater cave explorations.

Moreover, there was a plethora of well-equipped diving gear lying around in “Space,” so there was no worry of running out of equipment.

Thus, she now faced one last issue:

With the vast ocean outside and without GPS navigation, the problem was how to quickly locate these underwater jewelry stores.

Some shopping centers had adjacent apartment and office buildings, which almost always had floors above 18 levels, and even though the torrential rain flooded up to the 15th floor, at least a few floors would remain above the water.

Also, the floor-to-ceiling difference in office buildings was clearly higher than in residential buildings.

That meant when Shallow Bay District was flooded up to the 15th floor, the office buildings might not be.

Plus, some apartments and office buildings had even higher floors, with a few even being city landmarks, making them easy to recognize,

and to locate.

The challenge was that most of the malls in Anming City were not located in shopping centers but were standalone buildings of four or five stories.

To locate these, a higher level of difficulty was required.

If she remembered correctly, the most famous pedestrian street in downtown Anming City had the highest number of jewelry stores along it.

However, those buildings were shorter, only four stories high, and were deeply submerged.

Unless there was extremely precise positioning, looking for these jewelry stores was akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

She did have a submersible in “Space,” but couldn’t just drive it around underwater aimlessly.

As Jiang Yan pondered, she had already entered the Apple Cabin and found herself in the study without realizing it.

The moment she looked up, a world map crafted from white pine, adorning the wall and provided by the cabin suppliers, caught her eye.

A plan sprang to her mind:

If she could have a map marking the positions of each jewelry store area, wouldn’t that allow her to quickly find them?

Though GPS navigation was gone, as long as landmarks in Shallow Bay or Anming were used as reference points to mark the longitude and latitude of those shops.

Then, like those captains who sail the oceans, she could use a compass to identify direction and a theodolite to ascertain the specific position.

Speaking of longitude and latitude, her computer already had offline maps and other data downloaded, she just needed to input and search each one, then mark them on a physical map.

The accuracy of longitude and latitude could go down to 1 meter, so there’s absolutely no worry about inaccurate positioning.

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Once the targets were located, she could then carry an oxygen bottle, put on her diving suit, and dive in.

In this way, collecting most of the submerged gold and silver jewelry into “Space” was not impossible.

Of course, the place with the highest gold reserves in the entire city was surely the vault of the Central Bank branch.

But such vaults were generally located several floors underground, heavily secured, and not something she could easily handle.

And considering the capabilities and strength of the authorities, the items in these vaults were probably already moved elsewhere.

Forget it, aiming for the private owners was a better idea.

Jiang Yan, who had been bored and confused for several days, suddenly felt like she found a short-term goal in life, filling her with energy and enthusiasm from head to toe.

Turning on the computer, and with a thought, she pulled out a paper map of Anming City from the Inventory Area.

It was then she realized that she hadn’t even washed her face or brushed her teeth after getting up, being too busy checking on various matters.

Forget it, there was no time for that, she would craft that “treasure map” by hand first!

*

Two days later.

Hua Bao, after eating like crazy for two continuous days, finally consumed all the gold bars Jiang Yan had stored in the Inventory Area.

And at that moment, the progress shown above the stream finally reached 6.3%.

The progress was indeed slow, but fortunately, it was a big step closer to success.

Jiang Yan’s hand-drawn “city treasure map” was also finally completed.

A total of 3,168 jewelry stores, scattered across 46 locations.

Including some jewelry branch offices with their addresses in office buildings.

However, these places likely had a smaller probability of having jewelry, primarily serving office functions.

She categorized the 46 places according to regions, shop brands, and shop concentrations into different levels.

Time was limited, and when the time came, she would prioritize visiting the places with the highest level.

To prevent damage to the map, Jiang Yan also copied an identical version according to the markings.

After staying in the “Space” for two days, she changed her clothes and emerged with dark circles under her eyes.

She also collected the Cannibal Flower, instructing it that unless she agreed, it should not reveal itself outside.

After all, at this moment in Shallow Bay, there was nothing she needed to be wary of.

But a multitude of voices could lead to unwelcome attention from officials or malicious forces, potentially ending up with her being taken for dissection studies.

She may be fearless with a stockpile of weapons, but confronting the authorities directly was clearly unwise.

Better to keep a low profile.

Hua Bao was obedient, cleverly staying within Jiang Yan’s palm after it finished its meal.

The torrential rain continued outside.

Jiang Yan took a look through a telescope; the water level had almost reached the 14th floor.

It seemed that in another day or so, she could go out and find some “food” for her “child.”

With the water level flooding the 15th floor, it meant she had to exit from the window of the 16th floor.

Jiang Yan thought for a moment and decided to first go down to check the environment.

Before leaving, she checked the surveillance of the 20th and 31st floors.

The corridors of these floors were densely packed with people who had moved up from the middle and lower floors.

Crowded, dirty, noisy.

Most people were not in a good state.

There were those quarreling over food.

And some families who were cooking together in the corridor.

The 20th floor was smoky.

The 31st floor was comparatively better.

After reviewing the surveillance, as usual, Jiang Yan grabbed a mask and put it on before she left.

Unlike other floors, the 32nd floor’s passageway was devoid of people.

The doors to 3202 and He Chunmei’s homes were open, which brought a faint light to the otherwise dim corridor.

When Jiang Yan first came out, it took her eyes a few seconds to adjust.

She headed straight for the stairwell.

Just as she pushed open the closed fire door, she saw Ye Qing, carrying two white plastic buckets from the 31st floor coming upstairs.

From the bulging veins on his arms, the contents of the buckets seemed quite heavy.

Perhaps due to not having had a haircut for a long time, Ye Qing’s hair had grown a bit long.

Previously, it hung messily in front of his forehead, nearly covering his eyes, giving him a somewhat dejected appearance.

Today, however, he had tied a black headband with red and white stripes around his forehead, making him appear much more spirited, youthful, and handsome.

Jiang Yan glanced at the label on the plastic buckets; they seemed to be gasoline.

She wondered where it came from.

Ye Qing also saw her.

He paused at the stairwell turning, his generally indifferent and somber eyes flickering briefly, his Adam’s apple moved as if he was about to say something but then hesitated.