Wei, a Chinese scholarship student, travels to New Zealand to study medical research at a prestigious university. Shy, introverted, and with a genetic birthmark on her face, Wei is rejected by her social butterfly cousin Angela and her glamorous friends. Determined to change her fate, Wei immerses herself in her late father’s research and works on a revolutionary skin transplant procedure that could cure his deformity. As the experiments turn dark, she becomes increasingly dangerous and uncontrollable, intent on eliminating anyone who threatens her secret.