"Don't go near it. There's something wrong with this house," Ke Meng said with a frown.
Luo Yuan examined the house closely and vaguely sensed something wrong as well. He issued an order over his radio. "Hold position for now."
On operations involving anomalous phenomena like this, everyone had to be extra cautious.
"Sir, if there's a risk inside, should we demolish it?" A senior officer walked over.
When they knew there was a risk, blowing up the house outright was a common approach for both the Investigation Bureau and the military.
"Doesn't the Investigation Bureau want to know what's in that book? It might have become a special item with unusual abilities," Ke Meng couldn't help saying when he heard the suggestion.
If they blew up the house, the book would most likely be destroyed.
Special items weren't indestructible. An explosion could destroy that old book.
Before long, Technical Reconnaissance sent back footage from an unmanned probe.
The doors, windows, and balcony windows were all shut, and the curtains were fully drawn. There was no way to see the layout inside.
The rooftop door was also sealed shut and couldn't be opened unless they used breaching tools.
Ke Meng's warning had stopped the Special Forces from breaching the door. They waited quietly for further instructions.
The sleeping residents in the houses on either side were all escorted out to prevent any accidents.
Only the house in the middle gave Ke Meng a bad feeling.
He checked the time again. It was already midnight.
The ominous feeling hadn't faded, and waiting any longer wouldn't accomplish anything.
Ke Meng discussed it with Captain Luo for a while. A book the enemy had spent months scheming to seize was certainly no ordinary object. The Investigation Bureau ought to confiscate it.
"Break a