Apocalypse Queen: My Space, My Rules Chapter 224: Hit a Jackpot

Denton quickly recalled his main partner companies and wrote down their addresses.

Mariella received his message. It listed five jewelry and gemstone store locations.

Coincidentally, she and Chandler had already visited one of them before.

But there were still four left!

Since they weren't busy with anything else, they decided to collect as many as possible before the extreme cold came.

Otherwise, when the long night arrived, all the jewelry and gemstones would be underwater and impossible to recover.

Chandler took an inflatable boat down from the wooden boat.

Denton had Patrick bring a few men onto the wooden boat, and he happily cupped his hands toward Mariella. "I won't forget this favor!"

...

Mariella didn't grant the favor for nothing.

She got four jewelry store addresses, and she and Chandler set off immediately.

Even though it was already close to evening, the whole city was still in a strange state of frantic activity.

Almost everyone was rushing around. They used boats, homemade rafts, even bathtubs and washbasins to scavenge for the last round of supplies.

Everyone was looking for food or heating materials. Only Mariella and Chandler were looking for jewelry stores.

With no competition, they quickly found one store underwater.

As usual, they brought out a high-capacity battery, a water pump, and a high-pressure washer from the storage space to clear it out.

Chandler changed into a diving suit, put on an oxygen mask, and jumped from the inflatable boat with the high-pressure hose.

Mariella was "injured," so she stayed on the inflatable boat while watching the power supply.

About half an hour later, just as his oxygen was about to run out, she tugged on the rope.

Chandler surfaced and gripped the side of the boat.

Mariella noticed he hadn't brought anything up and quickly understood what he meant. He was packing everything underwater first, planning to let her dump it all into the storage space at once.

That meant there was a lot down there, too much for him to haul up one trip at a time.

Mariella immediately perked up.

She took out a fresh oxygen tank from the storage space, replaced the empty one, and Chandler went back down.

Her fiancé was working so hard that she couldn't just sit around either.

Mariella practiced using her mind to operate the oxygen refilling inside the storage space.

She turned on the oxygen generator and slowly refilled the empty tanks so they could be reused.

About another half hour later, Chandler came back up again.

Mariella pulled him straight onto the boat.

"You've been down there an hour. You need to rest."

Chandler removed his mask and smiled. "This jewelry store has a lot of stock. Besides display cases, I also found two warehouses."

Most of his time underwater had been spent searching for those warehouses.

After all, everything down there was buried in silt. It wasn't easy to locate them.

Mariella's eyes lit up. Without hesitation, she took out full diving gear, put it on, and prepared to go down.

Chandler swapped in a new oxygen tank, helped her with her mask, and they went underwater together.

...

All the jewelry and gemstones had already been packed. Once underwater, Mariella was guided to the location and stored everything in the storage space.

She couldn't help but feel excited. There was really a huge amount here.

Never underestimate a small street-side jewelry shop. The storefront and the display cases might look ordinary, but the warehouse inventory was shocking.

After collecting everything, they resurfaced. Chandler lifted her back onto the inflatable boat.

After removing his mask, he said, "This shop probably supplies several major mall jewelry counters."

So that was it. They'd hit a jackpot.

Mariella didn't hesitate. She waved her hand and pulled both of them and the inflatable boat into the storage space.

The newly collected jewelry hadn't been fully absorbed yet, so they used that time to change out of wetsuits while Chandler organized things.

By the time they finished, everything had been absorbed.

Although Mariella did find a few discarded fake gemstone pieces mixed in, the quantity was so small that it didn't affect the overall haul.

The virtual display had been updated. The villa stayed the same. The farmland increased by 3,550 square feet, reaching 0.3 acres. The pond increased by 210 square feet, reaching about 1,450 square feet. The static zone increased by 28,250 cubic feet, reaching about 360,200 cubic feet.

The static zone finally broke a record.

To celebrate, Mariella brought out the champagne and chilled it in ice.

Chandler prepared a lavish meal from the static zone. There was chicken salad, grilled steak, honey-glazed chicken bites, fish stew, honey barbecue wings, and clam chowder.