Paradis Island, Survey Corps, Northwest Coastal Base.
The Survey Corps had spent the past three months building here and trying to reopen this makeshift harbor. But technological limitations meant that Paradis Island still could not manage this method of reinforced-concrete construction.
Chen Si sat upright on a sheer cliff, his eyes closed in concentration. Afterimages appeared around his body, dozens of them scattering and converging again. He opened his eyes slightly and exhaled a stale breath. "Only thirty thunder shadows. How did I ever master Three Thousand Thunder Shadows?"
On the shore, Mikasa's long hair lifted again, drifting in the wind. She looked up at Chen Si training on the cliff, a gentle smile on her lips.
Chen Si had already practiced for three months, yet he could still produce only thirty thunder shadows at most. According to Order, Three Thousand Thunder Shadows could unleash three thousand times the user's own power in an instant. It was utterly incredible; even Order had been astonished. Apparently, it was a skill Chen Si had learned on his own.
Chen Si clenched his fist slightly, feeling the inexhaustible power within him, then threw a sudden punch. A lightning fist projection surged toward the distant ocean.
Boom! A wave more than ten meters high rose in the distance. Fifty meters from it, a transport ship struggled to stay afloat.
"Damn it! Where did this tsunami come from?!" a Marley soldier aboard the ship cried anxiously.
"Everyone, hold on tight! Anyone on deck, get below!" the captain shouted.
The raging waves slammed into the transport ship, which rocked as though it might capsize at any moment.
"Ugh! What a pain. Horse-drawn carts are so inconvenient, and so slow! When are we going to get something faster?" Hange grumbled as she watched a cart hauling coal