Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 5 Trapped?

There should be none.

Bai Li cooked all the meat, which was originally enough for two weeks, in just one morning.

Braised beef, braised spare ribs, chicken wings and legs stewed in one pot, boiled mutton soup, casserole pots, stew pots and woks, all are used.

The rich aroma not only filled the house, but also drifted outside through the open window of the kitchen.

But there was still no one downstairs in the community, just like before.

So those "people" who turned into monsters can't smell?
At least they certainly wouldn't search for their target based on smell.

Zila
People were also cooking downstairs at this time. There must have been some dried red chilies in the hot oil pan. The pungent spicy smell could be smelled from across the floor. Then the sound of the spatula hitting the iron pan and stir-frying was extremely obvious.

Maybe it was because the noise of cooking on the fourth floor was too loud, but Bai Li could vaguely hear that familiar hoarse sound again.

Is it 302?

Bai Li walked to the door and turned on the camera on the smart lock. There was no one in the corridor and the number displayed on the elevator was still 1, which meant that the elevator had not moved since morning.

She didn't just start looking now. She would run over to take a look from time to time while cooking to prevent the door from being blocked by monsters.

And every time I looked, the number on the elevator was 1.

Bai Li frowned slightly. She knew that something was definitely wrong on the first floor. The aunt who followed the residents on the second floor into their unit was probably in the elevator or nearby, right?

So there's no way out of this building now? Trapped?

She looked up at the building. It had six floors in total, with two households per floor. Each household had an area of more than 130 square meters and an elevator. It was considered a garden house. But the house was a bit old, almost 20 years old.

But among the school district houses, the population is considered young, so the occupancy rate is almost 100%, and most of them are bought for their children to go to school.

Her home is 501, and upstairs in 601 lives a middle-aged couple. Their daughter is studying in another city. The couple leads a very regular life and must go out to work before o'clock, so there is no one at home at this time.

Across the street, there lives a family of four in 602. The man is a senior executive of a foreign company, and the woman does not work and is a housewife. They have two children, a boy and a girl. The eldest is a girl, one year younger than Qiqi, and she started elementary school after the summer vacation this year. The boy is three years old and is in the kindergarten class.

Bai Li didn't meet anyone from Room 602 today, so she didn't know if anyone was home at this time.

502 opposite has just been sold. The original family moved out last month and the new tenants haven't moved in yet, so the house is now vacant.

The family that abandoned Xiaowu lives in 401 downstairs. They are a couple in their thirties with no children. They work in a foreign-funded enterprise nearby and rent the house.

Today is a weekday, so there should be no one at his house.

Opposite 402 is the most populous and lively family in the building, a family of four plus grandparents, a total of six people. Every other day there is a quarrel, mother-in-law quarrels with daughter-in-law, father-in-law quarrels with mother-in-law, father quarrels with son, husband quarrels with wife, the whole unit is noisy and lively, which is a special scene in their unit.

The one who was cooking just now was from their family.

Case 302 is also relatively simple. It is the grandmother who helps her son and daughter-in-law take care of the children. In the morning, Bai Li went downstairs and met an old lady standing motionless at the door. She was their grandmother.

But Bai Li now suspected that something had happened to the old lady. Combined with the hoarse sounds coming from the corridor, she felt that there was a high probability that she had turned into a monster like the one outside.

So the third floor can now be classified as a danger zone.

Room 301 is a family of three, a middle-aged couple and a son in junior high school. I'm not sure if there's anyone else there.

Bao Xiaolin, a single mother from 201, is quite familiar with her. She works at a gas station. Her daughter is in the first grade like Qiqi, and they go to the same school but not in the same class.

Thinking of school, Bai Li couldn't help but feel a little worried again. Will the children be okay?

Bai Li had just moved into room 202 and didn’t know much about the place, but seeing the man running in just now, she was sure that there was someone home.

The first floor is an elevator and a small garage, which are not considered, but it is a dangerous area. So the current situation is that there are monsters on the first and third floors, no one in 601, unknown in 602, someone in 501, no one in 502, maybe no one in 401, someone in 402, unknown in 301, dangerous in 302, no one in 201, someone in 202, and the first floor is dangerous.

The only rooms that were 402% sure to have people were hers, 202, and .

Can we count on those two families to eliminate the dangers on the third and first floors?
No, Bai Li never relies on anyone.

So if she wanted to get out, she had to find a way on her own.

But there is no rush, just observe now.

She set aside a portion of the cooked meat for lunch, and put the rest into the refrigerator according to categories after letting it cool.

"Mom, you cooked all the meat. Are you worried about the power outage or gas outage?"

Bai Li did have this worry, but before she had the chance to explain it to her son, she didn't expect that the little guy had already thought of it himself.

He said, "There's chaos outside, the internet is down, who knows if the electricity will be cut off? Will the water be cut off? Will the gas be cut off?"

The analysis makes sense.

"Son, charge up the powerful flashlight at home and your two toy flashlights."

"There are also mobile phones and iPads, which can also be used as flashlights. Mom, connect the water as well, just in case."

Arranging things as if he were an adult makes Jiang Qi feel proud and has a sense of accomplishment.

The mother and son went their separate ways, one to charge the battery and the other to get water.

Children can't touch electrical power?
No, their family can.

When Qiqi was five years old, Bai Li repeatedly taught him how to charge his mother's mobile phone, how to charge his toy cars and planes, which parts he could touch and which parts he could not touch, and what would happen if he touched the parts that he could not touch.

She had shown him the video of electric shock several times, but the child had a good memory and did not always stare at the plug. Instead, he became more and more skilled in using the device, and she never had to worry about his toys running out of power.

So now I just charge the flashlight and mobile phone pad, no problem at all.

There is nothing wrong with the son, but there is something wrong with Bai Li.

At first, the water looked normal, the same as when she cooked. But after filling three five-liter buckets and preparing to wash the vegetables, she suddenly noticed that the water had become a little turbid.

Bai Li moved the vegetable bowl away and picked up a white porcelain bowl to receive the bowl.

She looked again and again carefully and even turned on the light. Yes, the water had become turbid. Although it was not particularly obvious, she could still see tiny yellow particles floating in it if she looked closely.

She used the tap of the water purifier to fill another bowl. This time it was clean, at least it looked clean.

Bai Li didn't waste any more time and quickly used the tap of the water purifier to wash all the vegetables she bought today, then drained the water and put them into the refrigerator according to categories.

Fortunately, she likes to use mineral water to make tea or coffee, so the family often buys a few five-liter buckets of water. At this moment, there are four buckets of water under the coffee table.

If there continues to be problems with the tap water, with the three buckets of water they just connected, the four of them should be able to hold out for a while, at least two weeks.

In two weeks or half a month, the abnormalities outside should be resolved, right?

Bai Li always felt that with the current level of social development and in their country where the social order was so perfect, it was impossible for the end of the world to happen.

But when her phone had a signal for a few minutes two hours later, and she received messages from her husband and friends, she realized that everything was beyond her imagination and the situation was much more serious than she thought.
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