Chapter 848 Eleven o'clock in the garden community
Time passed slowly, and Lin Mo had been waiting in the shadows for more than an hour. As the night grew darker, the residents living in the garden community also returned one after another.
What made Lin Mo slightly surprised was that there seemed to be far fewer residents returning than he had imagined.
In Building 4 alone, less than one-third of the houses had lights on before. It stands to reason that there should be many residents who have not returned, but the actual situation is that there are only about twenty people who have returned here.
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You know, there are four units in Building 4. On average, five or six people come back from each unit. This completely unreasonable situation made Lin Mo start to wonder about the occupancy rate here. According to the security guard,
There are some tenants here, and some weird things have happened.
At first, Lin Mo thought that the tenants meant that these people did not know much about the garden community, so they lived here with peace of mind. Moreover, the location of the garden community was good, and the occupancy rate should be quite high.
But judging from the current situation, there may be very few tenants living in Building 4.
Of course, this is just a speculation by Lin Mo. It has not been accurately verified, and Lin Mo cannot guarantee whether this speculation is fact.
The time is slowly approaching eleven o'clock in the evening. No one has entered the garden community anymore. The entire community is very quiet. The door of the community is also slowly closed. It seems that after this time, no one will enter the community.
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A figure walked out of the security room, and Lin Mo recognized it. That person was the security guard he had chatted with that day.
"Why hasn't this uncle gotten off work at this time?"
Confused in his heart, Lin Mo didn't take it seriously when he saw the security guard when he came here. He just thought that the guard hadn't changed his shift yet, so he stayed in the security room.
But at about 11 o'clock in the evening, the other party still did not leave, which means that the other party may be working the night shift.
But when Lin Mo came to the Huayuan Community that time, it was this uncle who was on duty in the security room, which obviously did not conform to the shift change situation.
Generally speaking, for jobs such as security that are divided into day shift and night shift, the personnel are relatively fixed. Those who work the night shift often work the night shift, while those who work during the day do not often adjust their working hours.
It’s not that they don’t know how to adjust, but they rarely adjust. After all, the work and rest schedules of day shift and night shift workers are completely different. Adjusting them casually may cause a lot of omissions in the work.
Of course, there is one situation where adjustments have to be made, and that is the shortage of people.
The uncle was holding a flashlight and walking in the community. At this time, the street lights were not extinguished. There was still a little time before eleven o'clock. The uncle went around the community and roughly checked the situation in the community. What was wrong?
None were found.
But then, Lin Mo saw that the security guard seemed to have glanced at his wrist through the light, and then his expression changed.
The pace also began to quicken, and he hurriedly returned to the security room.
"what happened?"
The security guard's behavior made Lin Mo a little strange. The guard just glanced at his wrist and then left in a hurry, leaving the remaining areas unpatrolled and left alone.
"Wrist? What's on uncle's wrist?"
"Watches, bracelets, what else can be worn on the wrist? What on earth made the uncle so nervous?"
"Could it be time?"
Thinking of this, Lin Mo quietly found a more secret corner, quietly emerged, then took out his mobile phone and carefully looked at the time on the phone.
"Eleven o'clock, midnight is here."
Lin Mo's eyes changed slightly, as if he understood something.
"Could it be that there will be any strange changes in this garden community when the time comes? Is it more dangerous in the community, or is there something that the security guard is very afraid of?"
Frowning in thought, a smile slowly appeared on Lin Mo's face. Looking at the retreating figure of the security guard, the smile became thicker.
"This uncle seems to know a lot of things~"
It is said that this month is a dark and windy night for killing people. There is no one in this community at this time. It is deserted and very quiet. If you go to the security guard to have some intimate conversations at this time, maybe the other person will be able to feel his presence.
After showing his kindness, he revealed his heart and told Lin Mo more things.
With something stirring in his heart, Lin Mo prepared to sneak into the shadows and quietly go to the security room to chat with the uncle.
Just when Lin Mo made a move, the surrounding environment suddenly changed.
Just when the security guard entered the security room, in less than a minute, all the street lights in the community went out at almost the same time, and the lights on the upper floors of the residents on both sides also went out instantly. The scene was as if everyone was receiving the news at the same time.
When instructed, turn off the lights at home.
In just a short moment, the entire community became dark. This change was so sudden that even Lin Mo had never expected such a strange change.
The step forward paused momentarily. Lin Mo stood in the shadow with a cold face, without making any movement.
"What is going on in this neighborhood?"
At eleven o'clock, midnight has just arrived, and everyone in the community turns off all the lights at almost the same time. This is not a coincidence from any angle.
"Could it be a power outage?"
I forgot to glance into the distance. It was pitch black all around, and the nearest light was far away from here.
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Lin Mo couldn't be sure whether this was a power outage or some other changes in the community, but this situation occurred after the security guard returned to the security room in a panic, so this matter might not be the case.
Turning off the power is so easy.
The black shadow spread from Lin Mo's feet again, covering Lin Mo's entire body. In the darkness, Lin Mo became an even darker existence.
He blended into the darkness, but made no move. He wanted to see what was going on in this community.
Waiting became the only thing Lin Mo had to do at this time. There was silence all around. There was no movement from the residents whose lights had just been turned off.
"This is definitely not a blackout."
If there is a power outage, there will be no sound at all in the residents. Under normal circumstances, if there is a sudden power outage, some people who still need to work overtime or play games or watch TV shows at night will always
Will complain about both.
Some people will also use flashlights and walk out of their homes to see what is going on.
But there was no sound in this community, and there was no light at all in the corridor.
Most communities will install emergency lights in the corridors. When he went to Lucy's house last time, Lin Mo also noticed that there were indeed emergency lights in the corridors.
If there is really a power outage, you can see a faint green light through the windows of the emergency passage, but all the emergency lights in this community seem to have malfunctioned at the same time, and none of the emergency lights in the corridors are on.
There was no flashlight, and every household was completely dark.
There was no flashlight or light, and the entire community seemed to be completely blackened by thick ink. The dead darkness and cold colors spread in every corner of the garden community.
He raised his head and glanced at the door of the garden community. There was a faint light on in the security room. No, it was not a light. The light was dim and trembling slightly.
"It's fire!"
Lin Mo realized that what appeared in the security room was fire, which made Lin Mo's heart sink slightly.
A steady fire appears in a room without a stove. Apart from candles, there is basically no other possibility. But why are candles stored in the security room?
Lin Mo, who was aware of this incident, discovered that the security guard might not be hiding anything from him. He was on duty in such a strange environment and even lit a candle in the middle of the night. The old security guard seemed to know more than he thought.
Much more.
"It seems that I really had a good chat with this old man. Unexpectedly, I never expected that this man is old and smart. Sure enough, every old man is a treasure..."