No one wanted to eat the indescribable dark cuisine. The contents of the pot had to be disposed of.
Ke Meng had Shirley hang the Scientific Kerosene Lamp above the Dark Cuisine Pot. The light from its flame shone into the pot like dawn piercing the darkness. The indescribable food immediately gave off even more black vapor, and the black water in the pot began to boil, reacting violently.
The indescribable thing immediately stopped trembling, but its mosaic-like blur did not disappear. It was still there.
The black liquid bubbled and hissed, but the food did not revert to its original form. Its supernatural power was contending with the Scientific Kerosene Lamp.
On one side was the power of science; on the other, the indescribable. The investigators watching nearby all looked slightly unsettled. They could sense an intense clash rising within the pot, the two forces battling without either gaining the upper hand.
"The Scientific Kerosene Lamp has met its match."
"A confrontation phenomenon. I never thought I'd get to witness one myself," Luo Yuan murmured, his eyes gleaming.
Confrontation phenomena had occurred before between the Bureau's special items.
Under normal circumstances, a special item possessed absolute suppressive power and could influence the rules of other items.
For example, the Scientific Kerosene Lamp could nullify other items' rules, restoring them to their original forms.
But when it encountered an item with suppressive power equal to its own, a confrontation phenomenon would occur. One side suppressed while the other resisted, producing an intense sense of conflict that could be felt through the senses.
"Put the lamp away, just in case something happens to the Dark Cuisine Pot or the kerosene lamp," Director Lei cautioned.
These confrontations rarely ended well. Usually, one item shattered, weakening its suppressive power and leaving it firmly