The Scorned Heiress: No More Mercy novel Chapter 522

Danny never hides anything from her. Whenever he uncovers valuable intel or resources that could aid her, she is always the first to know.

"Are you serious? They're running some kind of secret botanical operation out there?" Tara asks, completely hooked.

"Yeah. My team scoped it out, but they couldn't identify the crop," Danny confirms.

Already intrigued by the situation, Tara is now dying to know exactly what is growing in that village. They quickly coordinate their schedules, deciding to slip back into the area for a covert investigation.

The crop is hidden deep in the hills, and the ordinary villagers avoid it out of sheer ignorance. If Danny and Tara waltz in during broad daylight, they risk tipping off the thugs. Instead, they time their stealth mission perfectly, sneaking into the valley while the locals are entirely preoccupied with a loud, traditional religious festival.

As they hike through the dense brush, Tara's mind races, obsessively running through a mental catalog of rare botanicals. Danny stays fiercely alert, shadowing her every step and scanning the tree line to ensure her safety. Finally, they breach the hidden perimeter.

She looks up at him. "Are you aware of the black-market syndicates trying to crack human genetic recombination? They believe they can extract the biological traits of natural-born prodigies and splice them into ordinary people, artificially manufacturing brilliance."

It is a twisted, megalomaniacal dream—stealing the DNA of the world's absolute elite to permanently upgrade the rich and untalented. On paper, engineered genius sounds like a fast track to global supremacy. But the reality is a bloodbath. The horrific extraction process causes catastrophic physical damage to the elite 'donors.' Worse, the unstable modifications almost always trigger lethal biological backlashes in the recipients, leading to agonizing deaths.

Because the ethical violations and fatality rates were off the charts, federal authorities completely outlawed the experiments years ago. But the ban didn't stop the madness; it just drove it underground. The rogue factions only grew stronger and more radical in the shadows. Driven by limitless greed and the obsession with engineering the perfect human hierarchy, these scientists command billions of dollars. They even export their twisted research to foreign buyers, happy to trade human lives for unimaginable wealth.