Hi there, I'm an electrical novice, and need some help. I lost power to several outlets and the overhead light in one room. I checked all the breakers, and none are tripped. I turned them all off and on anyway, since I don't know which breaker specifically controls that string of outlets, but still nothing. I checked each of the breakers with a multimeter, and they're all in the correct range, with no dead ones. I opened the outlet closest to the breaker, and visually everything was fine. I took out the back stabbed wires and put them on the screws instead. Since that first receptacle has 2 pairs of black and white wires, is it correct to assume that means everything down the line is daisy chained and the fault is likely to be between the breaker box and the first outlet? There are no GFIs on this circuit. The condo is 5 years old, so all modern wiring. However, I did find mouse droppings in the breaker box. Should I think about looking for a chewed wire in the wall, or is there a more likely cause? Any advice would be appreciate. Thanks.

I was doing some construction very near service panel ground wire and I was going to dig it up temperarily and rebury it but it's very old and it broke above ground. Can I ust get a conector of some sort and rejoin the 2 pieces or what? Thanks.