"Roger that." Mike took out a military-grade liquid-damped compass from his tactical vest, switched on the built-in LED backlight, and reported a precise bearing once the needle stabilized.
"Alright," Lin Yu'an placed the coin on a flat rock and illuminated it with his headlamp.
"Riven, mark the bearing of '9 degrees north-northeast' on the electronic nautical chart using our current position as the center and see where it points," Lin Yu'an instructed.
"On it!" Riven's fingers flew over the iPad's touch screen.
A red bearing line extended from the blue light point representing their location, traversing the maze-like coastline under the starlight.
"Line drawn!" Riven turned the iPad screen towards the two, "It does indeed point to deep within that mangrove swamp!"
The three of them simultaneously looked up, following the direction of Riven's finger, using binoculars with night vision.
