Our neighborhood has been transported again.

Chapter 27 Underground Garage
Looking at the strange fish with its mouth full of fangs, Qin Ziwen couldn't help but pry open its mouth. "Getting bitten by these teeth might hurt a bit."

Qin Ziwu agreed, saying, "That must have really hurt."

Deng Guang stretched out his hands to indicate: "It shouldn't be a meter long, it's probably only seventy or eighty centimeters."

Qin Ziwen said, "It's normal. The water in the river reflects light, so it's normal to make a mistake. I just don't know what kind of fish it is."

Deng Guang tried hard to recall: "This thing looks a bit like an African tigerfish. If it is a tigerfish, this thing seems to live in groups."

"Living in groups!?" Qin Ziwu scratched his head and turned to look at the river beside him.

There are crocodiles and tigerfish inside.

This is too wild.

Deng Guang stood up. "We're going to take this fish back first and process it while it's still fresh. Brother Qin, come upstairs later. You deserve all the credit for catching this fish, so I'll give you half."

Qin Ziwen waved his hand in refusal, "The fishing rod is yours, the bait is yours, I didn't do anything. By the way, Brother Deng, the line on my fishing rod broke, can I still use it?"

Deng Guang took the fishing rod from Qin Ziwen's hand. "No problem, it can be used. It's just that the line is broken. I have some extra hooks. I'll replace them for you later."

Deng Guang feigned displeasure: "Alright, don't be so polite with me, or I won't invite you next time I go fishing."

Xiao Xuemei smiled and said, "Alright, Xiao Qin, you should accept it. Old Deng has never caught such a big fish before. This time, he's only benefiting from your help."

Xiao Xuemei went home and got a large plastic bag, then put the tigerfish she had caught into the bag.

The large fish was stretched very tightly after being put into the plastic bag.

However, a small section of the fish tail still peeked out from the edge of the bag, and just by looking at the tail, you could tell that the fish was quite large.

Deng Guang suggested, "How about we go back to Building 8 from the garage? There are too many people outside."

Qin Ziwen agreed: "Sure, I haven't been to the underground parking garage since I transmigrated, and I wonder what it's like now."

He didn't own a car, so he didn't pay much attention to the garage.

However, when the leader crocodile was hunted yesterday, the others drove off-road vehicles out of the garage.

In this forest, without roads, cars can hardly move an inch. Only a few off-road vehicles can barely get around, but they can't go very fast, and there are many places they can't go.

The five people arrived at the garage entrance. Because the buildings in the community are not very tall, the community garage has only one entrance and exit, and the area is only one floor.

The garage entrance is right next to the east gate, and there is a small guard post at the entrance with lifting barriers on both sides.

But the guard post is now abandoned, and the lifting barrier has been removed.

As soon as Qin Ziwen entered the garage, he felt the temperature drop significantly, and even felt a chill.

The garage, which was not powered, was somewhat dark. Sunlight illuminated the area near the entrance, where rows of cold cars were parked on the basement level.

The five people looked at each other.

"Should we go uphill instead?"

"It's alright, I brought a flashlight." Qin Ziwen took off the backpack behind him, reached inside, and actually summoned the daily settlement warehouse to take out a solar-powered flashlight.

Qin Ziwen took out the flashlight, pressed the switch, and set it to level three.

The pitch-black garage was instantly illuminated, and the windshields of the cars parked in front reflected the light.

A mouse squeaked as it emerged from under a black sedan parked to the side, disappearing into the corner in the blink of an eye.

"Let's go."

Qin Ziwen walked in front.

The garage was quiet, with cars parked in the spaces.

Qin Ziwu suddenly had a brilliant idea: "If we dismantle these cars, could we turn their engines into generators?"

Qin Ziwen casually said, "If there are professionals, it should be possible."

Suddenly he stopped in his tracks because he smelled a very unpleasant odor in the air.

It smelled terrible, indescribable. Although it was the first time he had smelled it, he instinctively felt disgusted.

It smelled like the pungent, sweet odor of dead fish mixed with ammonia in a market, making it nauseating.

Deng Wen pinched her nose, frowned, and said weakly, "It's not the smell of a corpse, is it?" Qin Ziwen's expression was serious: "Then you're probably right. Such a pungent smell is most likely it."

The further the group walked, the stronger the smell became.

The source of the smell is right in front of us.

After walking for more than ten meters, at the corner of the road, there was a figure sitting against the car door with his head down, and a layer of sticky, wet liquid was flowing under him.

A putrid stench was emanating from him.

Insects were scurrying in and out of the corners of his clothes, and swarms of flies and mosquitoes were buzzing around him.
"Ugh~"

Deng Wen could no longer bear it and let out a dry retching.

"Walk."

Qin Ziwen looked away and said in a deep voice.

No one knows how this person died.

Whatever the reason, it indicates that there is danger in the garage.

The atmosphere was tense, and the group carefully avoided the area.

Deng Wen asked in confusion, "It's been so long, and the body is still here. Doesn't the deceased have any family members?"

Deng Guang said, "We have many tenants, some of whom share an apartment, and some of whom live alone."

"My goodness, what a huge gecko!" Deng Wen pointed to the top of her head.

Everyone looked up at the garage ceiling, where a large gecko with "glowing" eyes lay quietly on the garage beams. When illuminated by the light, the gecko quickly climbed up and hid behind the beams, leaving only a small part of its tail showing.

"Squeak~"

A gray rat hid in the sewer drain in the garage wall, peeking out half its head and secretly observing the passersby.

Deng Guang sighed, "It's only been a few days, and the garage has become like this."

Qin Ziwu remarked, "It has completely transformed into a small ecosystem."

But thinking about it, it's normal. The garage door is always open, and there's a primeval forest outside. It's normal for small animals to occasionally wander in.

The environment here is cold and damp, which is just right for certain animals to live in.

Qin Ziwen suddenly wondered if Huang Tao and the others had noticed the body when they came to pick up the car yesterday.
After traversing almost the entire garage, the five finally arrived at the stairwell on the first basement floor of Building 8.

When they parted on the fifth floor, Xiao Xuemei reminded her again, "Remember to come back for the fish later."

Deng Guang said, "I've taken your fishing rod back. I'll fix it for you and then come back up to pick it up."

After a short rest at home, Qin Ziwen and his younger brother went out to pull weeds for the rabbits.

While weeding, I attracted the attention of several middle-aged women who came over enthusiastically.

"Young man, is this grass edible?"

"Can't."

"Then why are you digging it up?"

"Auntie, do you have any food? I've been starving for days, could you bring me some?"

The woman gave an awkward smile and looked away.

"Oh dear, I suddenly remembered, the lights are still on." The woman slapped her thigh and hurried away.

In the afternoon, Qin Ziwen and his younger brother arrived at Deng Guang's house.

Xiao Xuemei warmly opened the door to welcome the two.

I gave the two of them a pair of slippers.

Deng's house is decorated in a modern Chinese style. When the two arrived, Deng Guangzheng was wearing reading glasses and sitting on the balcony, carefully threading a fishing hook.

Xiao Xuemei came out of the kitchen and handed over a bag containing half a fish.

(End of this chapter)