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.

spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to keep an eye on

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

trees in the distance, and without hesitation,

finally saw the person sprawled among the branches, her heart felt as though

and the leaves floating around, making him invisible from the air and the

to

to the helicopter above and then plunged into the water with a

something, blood diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale

as she steeled herself and

and his body

onto the lifeboat and rowed towards the

the helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan

the hospital corridor when

she cto, two days had passed, and she

has the island been thoroughly

the blast. The explosives were

Less than twenty locals survived. We also discovered a self-destruct mechanism in a

have been reduced to ruins and

the island gone, why not just trigger the self-destruct instead of going through

trouble of detonating bombs?

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

she won't leave

blind, possibly

she leave

by an electric shock. We need the

he

the informant away and turned to

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

approached her, his eyes and brow

since receiving lan's emergency signal from

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