She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 711

Every eye in the room—on stage and off—snapped toward Melanie.

The triumphant smile vanished from Sonia's face. "What are you talking about?!" she demanded, her eyes wide with panic.

"What do you mean there's no need to score? My broth is flawless! The other judges loved it, they were just praising me!"

Melanie looked at the red-faced, hyperventilating contestant and offered a mild chuckle. "Why are you so defensive? I only said there was no need to score it. There's no reason to panic."

"I-I'm not panicking!" Sonia stammered, the sweat beading on her forehead betraying her.

"Melanie, what's going on? Why shouldn't we score her?" Dominic leaned in, lowering his voice as he tried to bridge the gap between them.

Melanie didn't look at him. She kept her eyes locked on Sonia and addressed the room.

"Because while every single ingredient in this broth is technically safe and compliant, the specific brewing sequence was engineered to trigger a continuous neural excitation process."

At Melanie's clinical breakdown, the panic on Sonia's face morphed into absolute terror.

Melanie stood up and walked over to Sonia's cooking station, gesturing to the bubbling pot.

"The bio-active compounds from the initial extracts take effect first, followed by a mid-stage synthetic release from the citrus flavonoids, with the root extracts acting as a final stabilizer. This isn't culinary talent. You used a synergistic pharmacological reaction to repeatedly stimulate the brain's reward pathways, forcing the judges to experience an artificial, dependency-like craving. In Advanced Bio-Pharmacology, this is known as a Neural-Reward Compound—a forbidden formulation designed purely to manufacture artificial pleasure, entirely disregarding actual wellness protocols."

The experts on the panel immediately gasped as the realization hit them.

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