Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.

Jiayue, who recently moved from China to Aotearoa, struggles with the medical degree her father wants her to do. Instead, she tries to pursue her dream of being a professional tattooist under her father's roof.

When an awkward but brilliant Chinese student wins a scholarship into a prestigious New Zealand University, she finds a new way of achieving the popularity she craves one bloody body at a time.