Maja's heart skipped a beat as she sat motionless on the wooden bench of the boat, her eyes staring blankly into the distance.

When Beck boarded the vessel, the first thing he noticed was her faraway gaze.

He immediately walked over and gave her shoulder a gentle pat.

"The sea's chilly, and dawn's breaking soon. You should change out of those wet clothes," he said with a touch of concern.

Maja almost shook her head in refusal, but the first light of dawn was already spreading across the horizon, followed by a shout

that jolted everyone to attention.

"Over here!"

She quickly stood up and made her way towards the commotion.

It wasn't so much that they had found lan, but rather his jacket, aimlessly drifting on the water's surface.

From her vantage point, Maja could see the island's sky, where smoke slowly ascended, hinting at the horrific battle that had raged

the night before.

She withdrew her gaze, ready to plunge into the sea, but Beck stopped her.

"There are plenty of people searching down there. If lan's in the water, he'll be found."

Without a word, Maja grabbed a pair of binoculars and began scouring the sea.

Helicopters buzzed overhead as part of the massive search effort. With such a large-scale operation, even if lan had drifted far, he

should have been found by now.

Maja's brow furrowed as she peered into the deep, vast ocean. Could he have sunk to the bottom?

Ignoring Beck's protests, she insisted on launching a lifeboat to search for lan herself.

walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to keep

rowed and scanned the area with her binoculars, she searched for any blind spots

in the distance, and without hesitation, she rowed towards

among the branches, her heart felt as though it had been torn

obscured by its girth and the leaves floating around, making him

enough to take a careful

helicopter above and then plunged into

arm was caught on something, blood diluting in the seawater,

heart ached terribly as she steeled herself and yanked the object

unconscious and his body was

the

a

had barely reached the hospital corridor when she

two days had passed, and she

"So, has the island been thoroughly

days, we've covered it. The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives were buried

survived. We also discovered a self-destruct mechanism in

reduced to ruins and sunk silently into

an eyebrow. If someone wanted the island gone, why not just trigger the

trouble of detonating bombs?

Sanders, we also found a peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried to approach her during

to bring her back, but she won't leave the chamber.

bandages—probably blind, possibly someone

she leave

by an electric shock. We need the chamber's blueprints to unravel

Beck could respond, he noticed

the informant away and turned to

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes

out, especially since receiving lan's emergency signal from the island. Beck

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