Chapter 84 Investigation Shock
When the security guard knocked on the door, Youxi and her family of three were eating crayfish.
She had wanted to eat it last night, but when she remembered, the family had already had dinner. Youfeng and Fanqi were older and paid attention to health preservation. Even for midnight snacks, they would not eat such strong-tasting food.
Youxi remembered this and took it out at lunch today. Fanqi liked crayfish, and Youfeng was not opposed to it. Youxi took out two boxes, one with pepper and salt flavor, and one with thirteen spices and slightly spicy. Because she bought the largest portion at that time, each box had five pounds. Fanqi
felt that three people would definitely not be able to finish ten pounds, so she took two bowls, poured half of each bowl out, and asked Youxi to put the rest back in the Star House to continue to keep it fresh.
The three people on the left and right had nothing to do and planned to watch TV while eating. You Xi wanted to choose the Republic of China drama that Fan Qi liked, but in the end, at Fan Qi's insistence, he chose a famous tsunami disaster movie.
Because she remembered You Xi saying that the first world she went to had the disaster of a tsunami.
The movie is very exciting and touching, and the crayfish are also very delicious. Each one is plump and yellow, and the shrimp meat is firm and elastic. The three of them unknowingly finished five kilograms and took out the remaining five kilograms. They had not finished the meal for two hours.
When she heard the knock on the door, Fan Qi was afraid that she would smell, so she washed her hands and rinsed her mouth before answering the door.
She glanced at the peephole, probably because she was afraid that the other party would see what was going on in the room, so she opened the door and walked out directly. You Xi and You Feng followed closely, washing their hands and rinsing their mouths, and went to the door.
The security guard's surname was Zhang, and he had already told Fan Qi the general purpose of his visit. There were three of them in total, and they originally wanted to make a phone call, but later decided to go to each area in person. The main reason was that they wanted to count the current residents in the building at the same time, how many people there were in total, how many adults and how many children.
This way, if someone is absent next time, or if some decisions are made by voting, it will be convenient to count.
In addition, who has pets and what they have must report it.
This is more important than reporting personnel - they completely overlooked this point yesterday, and only realized the importance of this matter today after a resident reminded them.
After all, many animals and plants outside have mutated, and I am afraid that someone's cat, dog, turtle, or goldfish will also... After the statistics are compiled, the subsequent arrangements must be decided by voting.
The building has a total of 18 floors. The first to tenth floors are ordinary apartments, and the eleventh to eighteenth floors are high-rise duplexes. There are three households on each floor. The left and right are large apartments that run north and south, and the middle is a smaller apartment.
There are a total of 54 households. Each security guard is responsible for 18 households on six floors. They all take the elevator to go upstairs first, and then count down one floor at a time.
He had already visited three floors before, but the nine households on the 16th to 18th floors said they would not participate for the time being. It was only the second day after the incident, and many people had a lot of food at home. With the situation at the center of the storm, even the authorities were repeatedly urging people to stay indoors for the time being, so they naturally didn't want to go out and take risks.
Security guard Xiao Zhang knew that such houses were more expensive as they went up the floors, especially the top few floors. Families who could afford them had money, and they probably already stocked up on supplies.
Most of the tenants who had been emotionally unstable and wanted to go out were from the first to the eighth floors. They were all young white-collar workers, or young couples who hadn't had children yet, and they didn't have the habit of hoarding large quantities of goods.
The family in the middle of the fifteenth floor had already moved downstairs temporarily, and the family on the right also said they would not participate for the time being. Seeing Fan Qi at this moment, he guessed that their family would not participate either.
After all, just two or three days ago, he saw their family running up and down the elevator more than ten times to get takeout supplies. Each time, the elevator was filled with everything from fresh food to snacks to canned food.
He was mainly here to do personnel statistics. After Fan Qi wrote the personnel and signed, You Xi spoke up: "When you form this team, are you going to the supermarket or the property building?"
Their building is almost in the middle of the south side of the entire community. The supermarket is on the right side of the building's exit, and the property building is on the left.
The supermarket is close, and the property building is opposite the swimming pool and located on the north side of the community. If you want to go there, you have to cross the entire community.
You Xi asked the key point. At present, those who want to go out plan to go to the supermarket, but the property building is in the opposite direction of the supermarket.
"Unless there is someone willing to go to the property management building with you, once the team is formed, won't it still be you three who will go there in the end?"
"..."
"How about this, when you go back you can discuss it with the others to confirm if anyone is willing to go to the property management building with you. Regardless of whether there is anyone or not, if you three still decide to go there in the end, remember to notify me." You Xi didn't want to wait for the other party to ask before explaining, and said directly: "I have won the provincial martial arts championship."
The other party's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly.
After the three of them returned to the house, Fan Qi grabbed her daughter: "Do you want to go to the property building?"
"I want to check out the situation in the entire community. You also know about the small garden before. If there are really troublesome plants or animals, we will move."
"Move?"
"Yes, move. The Star House has a portable function and can be moved, but it costs money."
Both were surprised: "How to move?"
"Choose a new location and space, pay directly, and move instantly. When you move, you will take all the things and people inside with you. In other words, you can stay in it all the time, and I will take you to your new home."
It's like a hard-working snail carrying its home, and it puts its home wherever it goes.
You Xi had thought about it early in the morning. Her parents' physical condition was not good enough, so they had to take care of themselves first. After they took the second or even third [Strong Anti-Sugar Pill], she could take them out to practice.
Judging from the development of the apocalypse, the planet will become the world of plants and animals. It is not impossible for them to stay in the star house forever, but she still hopes that they will gradually have the ability to protect themselves.
After all, no one knows what will happen in the future. Who knows if the star house has always existed?
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An hour later, the security guard used the key to open the lock of the entrance and exit of the lobby, and two waves of mermaids came out.
From here to the supermarket, whether walking on the ground or in the underground parking lot, the distance is not much different. Yesterday, those people went to the underground garage because other residents and security guards were unwilling to unlock it.
The situation is different today. The security guard himself has to go out.
The two parties discussed that they would go out directly from the main gate, and because of the different time schedules of the two parties, the supermarket team would go directly to the underground parking lot, while the security guards would continue to go through the main gate.
The three security guards had some brains, and despite repeated requests from the other party, they still did not agree to leave without locking the door.
In a residential building like this, you only need to press a password to enter and exit the door. Now that the security guards have locked the door, no matter whether the people inside or outside press the password, they cannot open the door.
They are responsible for the other residents in the building. If they come back and fail to close the door, and some mutated animals run in, they cannot be held responsible.
There are two ways to get to the property from here. One is to turn left directly, go around the left side of the swimming pool, pass the green park, basketball court, and then arrive at the building opposite the swimming pool. The property is located on the third and fourth floors of that building.
The other way is to turn right, pass the supermarket first, then go around the right side of the swimming pool, pass the chess and card building, another green fitness park, and arrive at the property.
Going directly to the left is nearly half the distance closer than the right.
In the whole building, except for Youxi, who was wearing a mask and was forced by Fan Qi to wear protective clothing, everyone else went directly to the supermarket.
There were four people on one side and more than a dozen people on the other side. The difference in numbers was so great that those people could not help but look at Youxi who was following the security guards.
Youxi had agreed with several security guards before that she was willing to accompany them, but she did not want other residents to know that she knew martial arts. She had experienced so many apocalypses and was very clear about the sources of some troubles.
It was around 3:30 in the afternoon. The sky outside the building was as clear and blue as the sea. Even with a mask on, Youxi could feel the freshness of the air.
Some voices on the Internet now say that after several recent disasters, the environment of the planet has become better and better. Those disasters are like bacteria that appear when a person is sick and fight against viruses.
Bacteria are harmless to animals and plants, and can even promote evolution, but they are extremely unfriendly to humans (so far), as if they regard humans as viruses of the planet.
This planet seemed to have suddenly come alive, silently driving away humans in its own way.
Youxi fell behind three security guards. All three of them wore protective clothing, masks and gloves distributed by the property, and held several bottles of pesticides. When passing
the green park, the three of them became obviously nervous and tried to stay along the outer path of the swimming pool area. Fortunately, nothing happened along the way. The park was still the original park, and there were no strange trees or flowers. The
basketball court was surrounded by iron fences, and there were no trees around, which was obvious at a glance. After that, the building where the property was located came into the sight of the few people.
The entire pool area was very quiet, the water in the pool was clear, there were no abnormal plants around, and no bugs or strange creatures could be seen.
The four people walked into the small building in front of them. There were only four floors here, and there was no elevator. They went up the stairs and successfully arrived at the property office area. The entire third and fourth floors added up to about 300 to 400 square meters. The property's warehouse, office, reception area, rest area, and restaurant are all here.
This used to be a sales office, so the decoration is simple and stylish, with many windows, and it is very bright inside.
Because the townhouses don’t have an entrance lobby and don’t need security guards on duty, in addition to the property manager, security captain, accountant, two people from the maintenance and landscaping departments, and several community cleaners, there are always two to three security guards in the property building, who are responsible for that area and the community gate.
Because the incident happened outside at night, the director, accountant, security captain, and others were off work, so there were only two security guards and a maintenance worker left here in case of emergency.
But the three security guards searched all the rooms and didn’t see anyone.
They were low-level staff and didn’t know the director’s number, but the security captain had contacted him. He asked them to hold on, and he had already contacted the property company to see what to do.
Although they are security guards, they are not actually from the property company, that is, they are external employees. In the current situation, they don't know what to do. After all, they are just workers. If the situation at home was not temporarily okay, they would have run back long ago.
They are afraid that if they run away, they will be held accountable by their superiors and lose their jobs directly, so they still insist.
"Forget it, let's go back first if there is no one. Go back and contact the people on the other floor, and then we will call the captain." The three people still felt uneasy outside and planned to go back. But
Youxi suddenly felt something unusual. Is there... wind in the building?
She checked several rooms and finally saw a wide open window in the lounge. This window faces north. At the height of the fourth floor, you can clearly see the opposite wall and the gatehouse diagonally opposite.
The two places are separated by a driveway and a wooden corridor rest area.
On the top of the corridor, strings of purple and white petals hang between the green branches and leaves. From a distance, they look densely packed like strings of butterflies.
"Is that wisteria?" Youxi asked the three people.
"Yes, the wisteria corridor, a famous check-in point in our community." Security guard Xiao Zhang deliberately spoke in a relaxed tone to ease the atmosphere.
Youxi frowned slightly and cast her eyes on the gate and the guardhouse. The guardhouse was too small, and she knew that no one would be allowed in at night. Anyway, there were surveillance cameras at the entrances and exits.
"Can the surveillance be adjusted? Can the footage from yesterday morning to the previous night still be seen?"
The other party was reminded by Youxi and realized that if the people in the property building left the community, they would have to go through the gate. Both gates were monitored, so they should be able to be photographed.
"Yes! You can see everything within a month." The other party was about to take her to the monitoring room when they suddenly heard someone outside shouting at the top of his lungs.
The security guard recognized that it was the residents who went to the supermarket.
The other party was shouting for help and looking for them. Several security guards rushed downstairs and You Xi followed.
Several young residents who were full of confidence not long ago were pale and panting. It was not easy for them to explain the situation clearly.
Their team was very smooth at first, because the supermarket was close and they walked fast, and they arrived soon. The person on duty opened the door for them, and they bought the things as quickly as possible and went directly to the underground garage.
The garage was already dark, and for some reason the lights seemed to have broken. They couldn't see clearly halfway through, and someone took out his cell phone to use a flashlight, but ended up looking directly into a pair of huge eyes and a fluffy body in the dark.
The man screamed and dropped his cell phone. Others nearby saw this and jumped in shock.
I don't know who turned around and started running first, and then everyone pushed and squeezed and ran backwards, all the way out of the underground garage. Some
people ran from the ground path to the entrance of the building, trying to get in from there.
But these people were smart, and they thought the door of the building was still locked, so if they wanted to get in, they had to find the security guard, so they rushed over.
"Hurry back and open the door! If that thing gets out, we'll all be finished!" The other party was panicked and confused, almost shouting, and the three security guards were dragged away by them.
Youxi immediately followed.
There were several shopping bags full of food scattered on the open space outside the building entrance. Several other residents were clinging to the glass door with pale faces and vigilance. When they saw the security guards coming back, they immediately shouted for them to open the door.
The security guard was also nervous. He couldn't find the right position for the key several times. He tried several times before he finally opened the door. A group of people rushed in with their things. The security guard turned around to close the door. When he was about to lock the door, the key in his hand was snatched away.
The other party was furious and said that it was their fault that they had to lock the door, causing them to go to the underground garage and almost lose their lives!
"We didn't want to do that either. You decided to go out by yourselves. You should have known that there would be danger before you went out!" The security guard was in a bad mood to begin with, and he immediately retorted when he heard this.
"Aren't you security guards? Security guards should do their job well! You should have left someone here to open the door for us! You don't do your job well and you want to be a hero! We paid all the property fees for nothing!"
"We are just workers, we are not selling it to you!" Xiao Zhang couldn't help but retort.
Anxiety and fear make people irritable and angry. The two sides soon started arguing. The quarrel was so loud that it alarmed the residents on the upper floors. Someone was curious and took the elevator down. When she saw her husband (friend) and the security guard arguing and gesticulating, she immediately stepped forward to ask and soon joined the melee.
When there was a commotion in the hall, someone accidentally glanced outside the hall glass and suddenly screamed: "Old, rat! There is a rat!"
Several people noticed the man's shouting, turned around in confusion, and this glance almost scared them to death.
Outside the clear glass of the hall, a huge gray-black monster was looking at them with a pair of black eyes. Its cheeks were slightly pointed, and its hair was twitching, looking a little disgusting.
It moved its claws, and its thick and long hairless tail flicked lightly, and hit the glass in front of them with a bang.
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