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.

stop her, so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to keep an eye

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

in the distance, and

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

girth and the leaves floating around, making him

someone cclose enough to

to the helicopter above and then plunged into the water with a splash, determined

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

herself and yanked the object

was unconscious and his body was

dragged him onto the lifeboat and rowed

landed, and a team rushed lan

had barely reached the hospital corridor when she passed

cto, two days had passed, and she could hear Beck speaking somewhere close

asking someone, "So, has the island been thoroughly

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

than twenty locals survived. We

have been reduced

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

trouble of detonating bombs?

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

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

possibly

can't she leave

hit by an electric

could respond, he noticed Maja waking

the informant away and turned

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes and brow etched with

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

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