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.

her, so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie,

with her binoculars, she searched for any blind spots that others might

in the distance, and without hesitation,

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

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

to take

the helicopter above and then plunged into the water

caught on something, blood diluting in the seawater, the

herself and

unconscious and his body

dragged him onto the lifeboat and rowed towards the larger

aboard, the helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan to a

the hospital corridor when she

had passed, and she could hear Beck speaking somewhere

someone, "So, has the

The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives were buried there

survived. We also discovered a self-destruct mechanism in a

the island would have been reduced to ruins and sunk silently into

the island gone, why not just trigger the

trouble of detonating bombs?

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

back, but she won't leave the chamber. She

blind, possibly

can't she

electric shock. We need the

he

the informant away and turned to

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes and brow

especially since receiving lan's emergency signal from the

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