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.

he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the

binoculars, she searched

gaze landed on a cluster of trees in the distance, and without hesitation, she

branches, her heart

on the central tree, obscured by its girth and the leaves floating around, making him invisible from the air

enough to take a

the helicopter above and then plunged into the water with a

his arm was caught on something, blood diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale

herself and yanked the object from

and his

onto the lifeboat and rowed towards

aboard, the helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed

the hospital

and she could hear Beck speaking somewhere

"So, has the

it. The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives were buried there long ago, likely by

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

have been reduced to ruins and sunk

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

trouble of detonating bombs?

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

We wanted to bring her back, but she won't leave the chamber. She faces the wall, her

possibly someone

can't she leave

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

Beck could respond, he noticed Maja waking

away

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

her, his eyes and brow etched with

worn out, especially since receiving lan's emergency

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