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Chapter 193

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Chapter 167: The Ark Beneath

The sea around Svalbard groaned like a living thing. Ice floes collided in the dim twilight, sharp cracks echoing across the black water. The research vessel Eira had secured for them rocked gently, its deck slick with frost. On its mast, no flag flew—just a bare pole sw
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