Chapter 115 Hidden dangers in the building
"I think we need to go to the other party's house to check again." Xu Yan frowned, "If the problem is not outside, then it is very likely that the problem is inside."
You Xi pondered for a moment: "Do you think it is an animal or a plant?"
"It's hard to say, but no matter which one it is, we have to find the cause, otherwise, it will always be a hidden danger."
You Xi nodded, and then she went up to the 14th floor with Xu Yan and security guard Xiao Zhang and knocked on the door of the middle-aged woman's house.
Xu Yan first told her about the surveillance situation, and said that if she didn't believe it, she could go downstairs to check the surveillance at any time.
"I believe it, thanks to your notification today, my old man was able to follow the team to the supermarket across the street to buy supplies early. I heard that if we went there later, the supermarket would be empty..."
The middle-aged woman knew that Xu Yan had organized several actions, so she was naturally convinced by him. She let the three of them in and showed them the cabinet that originally contained food.
Perhaps because food had been lost, the family did not put other food in it, not even some important paper products. The cabinet was empty and it was obvious at a glance.
There was no hole, and no suspicious creatures.
Xu Yan asked the other party again, in addition to this cabinet, whether there was any other place where food was missing.
The middle-aged woman shook her head, because she had originally wanted to soak some mushrooms and dried scallops in the morning, and planned to cook a pot of mushroom, vegetable and dried scallop porridge, which would be enough food for a family of three for a day.
But she found that several bags of dried goods were gone, which made her feel heartbroken.
After Youxi checked in the morning and left, she immediately grabbed her husband and daughter and checked all the food places in the house. Fortunately, other food and drinks were not missing, and it seemed that only this cabinet had problems. There
was nothing strange about the cabinet, so Xu Yan asked the other party for the bags of dried goods and checked them carefully.
Because mushrooms, dried scallops, abalone and other dried goods have a certain smell, his sense of smell is not as sensitive as Youxi's, and he did not notice anything unusual. Afterwards, the three of them carefully checked the inside of the family's outer wall and windows and found that everything was normal.
They found nothing and finally had to leave.
The three of them separated at the stairs. Not long after Youxi arrived home, he saw Xu Yan posted a message in the residents' group, saying that if anyone found that food was missing, he hoped that they would remember to say it in the group.
It was dinner time and every household was eating. Someone saw it and asked a few questions. Xu Yan did not mention the fact that something was lost in the family on the 14th floor in the group for the time being, saying that it was just a precautionary measure. After all, no matter how strict the building is, it is not without any loopholes. In the current situation, it is always good to be alert.
Everyone already knew that the first team encountered strange green plants and pet spiders that had grown to a gigantic size when they passed by the parking lot of the shopping mall. They all lamented that crises were everywhere. Now, after hearing Xu Yan's explanation, it made sense.
After all, there were too many species of plants and animals, and you never know what might happen in the building, so it's better to be careful.
Some overly cautious people were reminded of this and didn't care about eating for the time being. They all counted the food in the house. Some people took pesticides and sprayed various types of sewer pipes, and then temporarily blocked them with thick tape after spraying - it has become a consensus among everyone to seal the sewer pipes when the sink and shower are not in use.
Some people light dried wormwood in every corner of their home. The smoke from the wormwood can kill the insects. Some people spray garlic water in every room. Some people drip wind oil in the room... All kinds of scientific methods and folk remedies, as long as they can deal with and repel insects and are harmless to the human body, should be tried.
This kind of insect extermination and prevention work has started since the first giantization of insects. In the beginning, insecticides were used directly.
But now every household dares not open the window. The toxicity of insecticides is too strong and harmful to the human body. It's okay once in a while, but people can't stand it if it happens too many times, so everyone starts to show their magic.
No matter what the environment outside becomes, no matter how the insects change, everyone hopes that the insects will not invade their homes.
This building, this home, is their last fortress, and the only place where they can settle down now.
After dinner, You Xi left the Star House.
After staying in the constant temperature and oxygen simulated apartment of the Star House for a while, she returned to the original apartment and immediately felt the heat. No one lives outside now, so the air conditioners are turned off, and of course places like sewers are sealed.
She looked around the apartment and didn't find anything unusual.
After she returned to the Star House, You Feng was standing in front of the wine cabinet, studying the red wine that his daughter had just put in. This wine cabinet is special, and the temperature and humidity inside can keep the wine in the best taste.
Originally, there were only three or four types of red wine in the cabinet, and the quantity was not large, but now Youxi has filled it up completely, with more than a dozen different brands and origins of red wine, which simply made Youfeng very happy, and he studied each bottle in his hand.
Fan Qi was tidying up the food cabinet in the kitchen, arranging some of the drinks and snacks that his daughter had taken out neatly, so that they could be easily taken when he wanted to eat or drink.
Youxi walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. She put a bag of fresh mushrooms, a bag of fresh dried scallops, a dozen abalones and two swimming crabs into the refrigerator. "Mom, let's make seafood porridge tomorrow. We've put everything in the refrigerator."
"Okay. By the way, do you have durian? I suddenly want to eat it."
"Yes, I have opened and boxed ones." Youxi took out two boxes of golden pillow durian and put them in the refrigerator. "Do you want some durian mille-feuille?"
"Sure. Whole or sliced?"
"Both."
"Put three sliced ones."
"Okay." Youxi took out three small boxes of durian mille-feuille, and turned back to look at Youfeng, "Dad, is there anything you want to eat?"
Although she filled her house with a lot of things after moving into the mock apartment, she had previously put in long-lasting food for freshness. Some foods must be eaten fresh, and taken out at most one day in advance.
"Actually, I really want to drink the drink I bought from the milk tea shop with you and your mom last time, but it's not milk tea..."
"Roxbill lemon?"
"Yes, that's refreshing and delicious."
Youxi took out three glasses of ice-free roxbill drinks, one for each of the three members of the family, which were icy, cool, sour and sweet.
Television programs of all kinds were still suspended. In the news, the authorities continued to call on people to stay in buildings for the time being and reduce going out. At the same time, they announced that they would release water supplies in batches on the rooftops of buildings in various parts of the city in three days, hoping that people in need would make preparations in advance.
Compared with the previous news that called on people to stay indoors and wait for rescue, the official plan seemed to have changed.
Fan Qi frowned as he looked at the news: "Aren't you going to clear these plants like last time?"
You Feng also looked solemn: "After the last cleanup, it rained for several days, and they grew like this again in just one night. The abnormality of the plants is too obvious. We shouldn't dare to clear them easily this time." "
If the plants in the city are not cleaned up, people's lives will not be able to return to order, and they will not be able to stay here sooner or later." Fan Qi was considering another problem, "Everyone can hide at home for a month, or even two months, but it is absolutely impossible to hide for a year or two years... Once the water, electricity, and gas are cut off, the situation will deteriorate rapidly. At that time, a large number of people will evacuate S City together. Should we leave with the large army, or continue to stay here?"
What Fan Qi is talking about here is the question of whether to live in the collective in the future.
They are different from others. Their daughter has a star house. They can live in the star house safely and without worries, and they don’t even have to worry about food and supplies.
Because their daughter will go on a doomsday mission every month, as long as her luck is not particularly bad, she can always bring back some supplies.
So this also means that they have the power to choose. Leaving with other people means that there will be certain constraints, but wanting to stay in the star house freely also means being separated from the human collective.
Seeing the two people with worries on their faces, You Xi couldn’t help but speak to comfort them: "I think that no one can think about things so far in the future now, and plans can’t keep up with the changes. Who knows what this city will look like in a week, let’s take it one step at a time."
At this time, You Xi didn’t expect that his words would come true.
**
After going out to investigate the situation and buy supplies that day, the residents of the building had several days of peace and quiet.
Every day, there are videos or pictures posted online about various mutant creatures invading houses and how to resist. Although some of the pictures are very tragic, the authorities have not banned them.
Because many mutant creatures have certain commonalities, such posts can serve as a warning to other people as long as they are successful examples of resistance.
The wisdom of the working people should never be underestimated. Special websites and forums for mutant animals and plants have begun to appear on the Internet.
Some people have spontaneously organized to take charge of sorting and classifying the new animals and plants posted by others, and they are ready to create a new encyclopedia of mutant animals and plants.
Xu Yan had created a group with a few people from the community team last time, and also pulled Youxi in.
In addition to Xu Yan, there were the Gou brothers, Chen Tong and his wife, Ma Tiantian and Xia Xuan, Lu Bin who was good at archery, Xiao Zheng... Even the agent surnamed Huang was in the group.
Youxi could see that this was an elite group, bringing together people with good abilities to share what they had and plan for the future.
Everyone had the same opinion that if they had to evacuate sooner or later, they wanted to be the first to evacuate. After all, other cities have limited resources and space, and there are so many people in the entire S city. The later they leave, the less land they will have to choose from.
If the situation in S city really recovers in the future, they will come back.
Xu Yan mentioned a homestay located in the suburbs of H City. H City is a third-tier small city, about a few hours' drive from S City. The crisis of the plant outbreak did not affect there.
Perhaps because it is a small city, there are few high-rise buildings. When the plants and animals mutated for the first time, the impact was not great, so the cleaning process was not so fast. Perhaps because of this, the plants there did not grow as wildly as in S City.
In fact, compared with other cities in the country, most people have already known about it. Several cities with the second wave of plant growth have one thing in common, that is, the plants were cleaned up too quickly and cleanly, and all the mutated plants and animals were killed in a few days.
This was originally a good thing, but now it seems that it is still unknown whether it is good or bad.
There are also people in the group who are more informed. They said that S City has started to build dormitories on several islands in the
large lake on the outskirts of the city. Because of the soil, these islands originally have sparse vegetation. After the animals and plants mutate, the situation there is still okay, and it is estimated that it will not deteriorate too much in the future, so they are planned to be the sites for the establishment of several large official shelters.
Everyone observes and discusses, and various new news circulates in the group every day, but no one can judge exactly how much of it is true and how much is false.
A week later, someone in the building's resident group sent a message saying that there was no food at home for no reason. When they found it, they were afraid that they remembered it wrong, so they carefully counted it again, and later confirmed that it was really missing.
Xu Yan rushed there immediately. The resident lived on the 12th floor. After they went in, they first checked the place where the food was missing. It was also a wooden cabinet fixed on the wall. The situation was similar to that of the resident on the 14th floor. The missing food was not much, but it was always unsettling.
The inspection result of this matter was naturally the same as that of the 14th floor. Nothing was found.
The news spread quickly, and even the news of the missing food on the 14th floor was spread by the person involved.
In a panic, everyone started a new round of sewer deworming, feeling that the originally safe building had loopholes everywhere.
Until that night, a resident on the 12th floor suddenly said in the group that there was an oolong. The missing food was given to the turtle that his child secretly raised.
Before, everyone's pets were taken to the swimming pool locker room. After that, the plants broke out and many people could not take care of their pets.
The child of this family was reluctant to part with the turtle, so he kept it without telling his parents and has been raising it until now. The turtle didn't eat much before, and the turtle food was enough to cope with it.
I don't know what happened recently, the turtle grew very fast and ate a lot. It ate whatever it was fed and was not picky at all. He accidentally took too much food, which caused an oolong.
Although other residents in the building criticized him a few times for this, they were also slightly relieved.
As long as the food is not missing for no reason, it means that the inside of the building is still safe. As for the incident on the 14th floor, it is only one case and cannot be used as a reference.
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