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,

binoculars, she searched for any blind spots

cluster of trees in the distance, and without hesitation, she rowed towards

saw the person sprawled among the branches, her heart felt

girth and the leaves floating around, making him invisible

enough to take

and then plunged into the water

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

steeled herself and yanked

was unconscious and

the lifeboat and rowed

helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed

barely reached the hospital

and she could hear Beck speaking

"So, has the island been

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

to wipe out everyone. Less than twenty locals survived. We also discovered a

have been reduced to ruins and sunk silently

why not

trouble of detonating bombs?

we also found a peculiar underground chamber with a woman

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

blind, possibly someone

can't she leave the

door, we're hit by an electric shock. We need the

Beck could respond, he noticed

the informant away and turned to

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

her, his eyes and brow

was worn out, especially since receiving lan's emergency signal from

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