50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 521 War? Then I'm not going.

It is precisely because of Botswana's clean and efficient governing body that the miners here are paid so well.

Compared to the diamond mining areas of other nearby countries, where there are terrible casualties and harsh environments, Botswana has indeed done a very good job.

But despite the praise, he'll still take what he's entitled to. It's not like this is his own home; no matter how well others are doing, it doesn't matter to our family.

One reason he was interested in the Givannen mine was because of its large reserves, meaning that taking some wouldn't have a significant impact quickly.

Another reason is the high quality of the Givanné mine; more than half of the diamonds produced are gem-quality and can fetch a good price.

Finally, the rock formations of the Jiwanon mine are similar to those of Borneo's underground rock formations, both being ancient kimberlite.

This is a type of rock that is widely found in the mantle, and is usually only found at plate boundaries and old volcanic vents.

Diamond veins often form in these rock formations, provided the geological conditions are suitable. The small diamond mine he just bought in Borneo has this type of geological structure.

Unfortunately, perhaps due to insufficient storage time, large veins were not formed, resulting in only scattered small diamonds of mediocre quality.

So, in order to improve the quality of his own diamond mine, he came to purchase more diamonds.

The estimated total reserves of the Givanen mine are 1.7 million carats, with an ore grade of 1.45 carats per tonne.

In other words, there are approximately 113 million tons of ore here, which translates to a volume of about 37 million cubic meters.

Sun Zhiwei's space volume has only increased to 300 million cubic meters over the past few decades. It currently houses a Javan Navy frigate, a small submarine, and a Russian swan.

Therefore, he could only take away about 200 million cubic meters of ore at a time, which is only about five or six percent of its total reserves.

The remaining 95% of the ore is so abundant that even if Botswana were to mine it for another half a century, it would never be depleted, so it can be said that it would have no impact whatsoever.

As Sun Zhiwei pondered this, he drove the car, taking the sales manager into the mining area.

With the manager's introduction, Sun Zhiwei learned about the history of this world's richest diamond mine and, incidentally, cut off a large piece from the deepest part of the cylindrical vein to put into his space.

While they continued to venture deeper into the mining area, Sun Zhiwei still had time to pick and choose, finding more than a hundred rough diamonds, each weighing over 100 carats, in the remaining veins.

To his surprise, there were three giant diamonds among them, each over 1000 carats. These were likely the three giant diamonds that were discovered in the following decades.

In later generations, these three diamonds were identified as the 2488-carat Motswedi Diamond, the 1758-carat Sewelo Diamond, and the 2492-carat world's second-largest diamond (unearthed in 2024 and unnamed).

In particular, the Sewelo diamond was sold by the Canadian company Lucara Diamonds to the French luxury brand Louis Vuitton for 400 million yuan in June 2025.

This is all money! With such a big haul, Sun Zhiwei was all smiles the whole time.

He listened to the sales manager's rambling explanation, occasionally giving the manager a smile to offer some emotional support.

Two hours later, Sun Zhiwei purchased the ten largest rough diamonds, ranging from 50 to 90 carats, from the mine's inventory for $100,000.

This is the price of raw stones, ridiculously cheap, but if they are carefully polished, they can sell for at least dozens or hundreds of times more.

When he came out of the mining area and looked at the space that was almost full, Sun Zhiwei felt for the first time that the space was a bit small.

Unfortunately, I can't go to Namibia, which is also a major diamond producer, and its ore is said to be of higher quality than Botswana's. However, there's a war going on there right now, and chaotic places are extremely dangerous; you never know where a bullet might be fired.

His cheat is a spatial ability, not invulnerability. If someone snipes him from a distance, wouldn't that be a very unjust death?

He was already somewhat reluctant to go to such a dangerous place, and now that his space was full, he had a good reason not to go, so he simply canceled his trip to Namibia.

That afternoon, he drove back to Johannesburg and the following day, he boarded a flight to Singapore.

He's full of minerals now and needs to find a place to unload them quickly.

More than a month has passed since Huang Hongxuan bought that small diamond mine. By now, he should have reorganized the mining area and could put some rich ore there.

A day later, Sun Zhiwei arrived in Singapore. This time, he did not contact the military again, as it was simply too much of a fuss.

This time, he would go there himself, taking the speedboat from the frigate in the space.

It must be said that Java is indeed wealthy; the military speedboats they equipped the Matardina frigate with were indeed powerful.

He discovered this after using it once: the military speedboat had a speed of 60 knots and was both fast and stable.

This time, he quietly found a deserted beach at night, put the speedboat out of his space, and set off.

The distance from Singapore to Pontianak is only 600 kilometers by water. His military speedboat can travel at speeds exceeding 110 kilometers per hour, and it only takes a little over 5 hours to get there.

As he crossed into international waters to the border of the Java Sea, his speedboat was spotted by a Javanese warship.

The warship signaled for him to stop and inspect, but he ignored it, sped past the warship, and disappeared into the sea in no time.

With a speedboat reaching 60 knots, while the warship only had a speed of around 10 knots, how could it possibly catch up with him?

The warship soon gave up the pursuit and simply reported the news back.

Java is currently undergoing unprecedented changes, and their naval leadership is also vying for power, so they have no time to concern themselves with such trivial matters.

After the warship reported the speedboat's incursion, the matter was dropped, as no one paid any attention to this trivial matter.

A few hours later, Sun Zhiwei piloted the speedboat into Pontianak Port.

This was his first time anchoring at Pontianak Port. Once there, he discovered that the port was actually quite nice, a deep-water pier, though the facilities were a bit old.

He learned from the port's navigator that a small boat like his could navigate the two inland waterways into the city, where the waterways were crisscrossed, making it even faster than driving.

Sun Zhiwei was immediately tempted upon hearing this. He gave the navigator a considerable tip and asked him to lead the way to the Huang family's manor.

The Huang family is very famous in Pontianak, and the Huang brothers have a good reputation. Upon hearing that we were going to the Huang family, the navigator hurriedly tried to refuse the tip.

Sun Zhiwei had no choice but to force it on him.

It's really unnecessary to owe someone a favor for such a small amount of money. It's not easy for a laborer to earn money, and he's not the kind of person who would take advantage of others.

(End of this chapter)