"Block this end off, use the other side leading to the Mist Zone as an exit, and make this place the main hall..."
Chen Yu's round body bounced about as he measured and surveyed everywhere, planning how the outpost should be built.
The thought that the goblins might sneak over again in the dead of night... sent anxiety surging through him.
Uneasy. Extremely uneasy.
Looks like he would have to work overtime tonight.
At the very least, he had to set up an Illusionary Formation here first.
As for formally building the outpost? That would require careful, long-term planning.
First, he needed to clear a Forest Path free of poisonous mist from the fortress to this place, so his beetle porters could travel safely.
He also needed to find suitable living trees for the outpost's framework, dig up enough swamp mud, then transport it to the dungeon to refine into bricks.
Just thinking about that workload made his head throb.
"Get to work, get to work!"
He directed Little Card, the only "employee" around him capable of working.
Little Card gazed longingly toward the fortress, as though it could still smell that sizzling, oil-dripping, fragrant chunk of roasted Moss Monster meat in the treehouse...
It seemed there would be none for it tonight.
"Stop thinking about the roast, Little Card."
Chen Yu gently patted its head with a tiny gel hand.
"Once we finish setting up the formation, I'll roast you a double portion tomorrow."
This time, he had brought a Gray Grit Crystal for illumination, which could conveniently serve as the formation's core.
The formation base and formation patterns were not complicated. He could simply gather materials locally.
Chen Yu got busy, arranging the formation base and carving the formation patterns... while Little Card was responsible for bringing back