Chapter 85: Chapter 85 “Sea” Bottom Zero-Cost Shopping

Cannibal Flower blinked its eyes and, with a “swish, swish,” climbed onto Jiang Yan’s arm, cleverly hiding behind the diving flashlight.

Jiang Yan’s body slowly moved to the edge of the raft, first extending her legs to test the water.

The temperature in the water was even lower than in the air, probably around four or five degrees Celsius.

Even through the insulated diving suit and diving shoes, she could feel the cold.

But at the moment, there were no better options, as the temperature would only get lower as time passed.

Jiang Yan wasn’t exactly light with all her diving equipment on, and after putting on her diving mask, she slowly began to enter the water.

After confirming there was no one around, she reached out and stowed the raft into Space.

By now, the drizzle from the sky had stopped.

The wind was also very light.

Perhaps due to being a commercial district, there were few rotten corpses and trash in this area, making it seem much cleaner.

At a glance, the glistening water surface made her feel as though she was above the sea.

Jiang Yan didn’t delay further; she dived into the water, slowly descending and swimming towards the direction of the first batch of jewelry stores.

Hua Bao was watching the Compass while mentally recalling the map’s directions, giving her clear instructions on where to go.

A rusty sign that read “Diamonds Are Forever” soon came into view.

Jiang Yan knew she had arrived at the jewelry district on the pedestrian street.

She quickened her pace.

The first jewelry store came into view quickly.

The brand was quite well-known; it was said that every Diamond Ring in their shop had to be custom-made with an ID card by a man and that each man could only custom-make one in his lifetime.

At the time of purchase, one would also have to sign some true love agreement.

Whether it was true love was uncertain, but the marketing gimmicks were quite full.

As it was a street-front shop, the rolling shutter door was closed tight.

But this did not pose a problem for Jiang Yan.

With a thought, she took an Underwater Cutting Gun from Space, its blade capable of easily cutting through steel plates several centimeters thick.

This tool was much more useful than a Fire Axe.

Because of the resistance in the water, swinging hammers and sticks couldn’t deliver full force.

In just a few seconds, a gap big enough for a person to pass through was easily cut into the rolling shutter door.

She applied the same method and cut open the internal layer of glass as well.

At this point, there shouldn’t be any living people in the shop, but she still habitually scanned around with her flashlight.

Perhaps because the shop had been sealed up previously, there were a few calculators, two Lucky Cats, and one Fortune God floating in the water.

On the ground lay scattered promotional posters, the fragments of holiday balloons that had burst from the water pressure, and some colored barley spikes symbolizing “huge sales,” among other things.

No corpses were found.

After confirming everything was clear, Jiang Yan stowed the Cutting Gun and swam into the shop.

“Keekeekee!” Mommy, I’m going to look over there!

Hua Bao, as if sensing gold and silver jewelry, left her arm and swam towards a corner of the store.

Indeed, whether it was humans or — Hua Bao, the fear and apprehension of the unknown waters could be temporarily overcome when it came to food.

At this moment, Hua Bao was entirely a green liquid form, emitting a faint light green glow around its body.

At first glance, it looked like a big green water snake with its teeth bared or some kind of mutated jellyfish.

Key point being, one of its leaves even sported a diving compass.

An ordinary person would be utterly terrified at the sight.

Jiang Yan, however, had become accustomed to it, remaining very calm emotionally and mentally.

Before coming, she had thoroughly researched that all the jewelry in the jewelry stores would not be left in the glass counters after closing.

Instead, the items would be collected into the store’s safes.

Normal safes would have cement filling between steel plates, but these safes were made entirely of steel plate.

Ordinary tools would struggle to cut through them.

Additionally, these safes were not small, and some stores, if conditions allowed, would embed the safes directly into solid walls.

There would also be security guards on night watch duty.

But in the current situation, forget about security guards; there wasn’t even a ghost in sight.

“Keekeekee!” Mommy, there’s gold here!!

Hua Bao, equipped with the “Jewelry Radar,” quickly sounded an alert.

In its excited chatter, its sharp fangs couldn’t wait to revert to a metal state, ready to bite the safes.

But it quickly realized that it had overestimated its abilities.

It could swallow the gold and silver jewelry without issue, but it couldn’t bite through the steel at all.

Just a second ago, its sharp front teeth almost got chipped.

“Hua Bao, wait, we can’t open it here!” On the other side, Jiang Yan quickly gestured to stop it.

Fortunately, she could communicate with Cannibal Flower through thoughts; otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to speak right now.

“Why not now?” asked Hua Bao with its front teeth aching, puzzled.

It couldn’t open it, but it remembered that Mommy had a Cutting Gun that should be able to easily cut through these big safes!

“If we open them now, water will pour inside. Let’s collect them into Space first, and when we get home, we can open each ‘blind box’ slowly, how does that sound?”

Hua Bao, hearing this, understood and rubbed its leaves excitedly: “Keekeekee!” Yay, yay, I love opening blind boxes!

Jiang Yan smiled and swam a little closer.

Seeing three safes larger than herself, she instantly felt joyful.

Lightly reaching out her hand, she thought and collected all the safes into Space.

After leaving this branded jewelry store, Jiang Yan and Hua Bao quickly collected the rest of the jewelry stores on the pedestrian street in the same manner.

Space now contained several steel safes of various sizes.

The joy of treasure hunting was immeasurable.

The feeling of zero-cost treasure hunting and then upgrading Space was three times as joyful.

Along the way, dopamine was coursing through Jiang Yan’s system, and she had long forgotten the exhaustion of her body and the cold of the water.

Leaving the pedestrian street behind, she found Anming’s most upscale shopping center with Hua Bao’s guidance.

Unlike the closed doors of those street-front jewelry stores, the doors to this shopping center were pried open.

Normally, in order to display merchandise and interior ambiance, shopping centers would have glass walls and doors.

After all, the security and alarm systems here were thorough, and the internal alarm system was directly connected to the district police station’s alert platform, so there were no worries about break-ins.

However, as a precaution, real estate management would still place a U-shaped lock inside before closing, in addition to the regular electronic access control.

Now, a U-shaped lock covered with a layer of mud lay nearby the broken glass door, likely the result of high temperatures.

Nevertheless, Jiang Yan still cautiously checked the entrance before swimming inside.

The area here was significantly larger, and the layout was not as regular as those of the shops.

But, with “Jewelry Radar” Hua Bao’s help, Jiang Yan quickly found the safe storage area.

Judging by Hua Bao’s excited ‘keekeekee’ cries, it was likely that the jewelry stored here was worth even more than what was on the pedestrian street.