With another base upgrade, the facilities inside them also got upgraded, yielding more ore and Saint Qi crystals.
But what I needed were the puppets.
I split myself using the Golden Scripture and began creating more miniguns. I needed to have at least three miniguns done and ready before the next wave started, and it took me six hours to make the last one.
I called the corpse back and split the four enhanced puppets. Leaving one of them in each of the four areas where the gate will probably spawn.
While the corpse had withdrawn to the main base to act as the last bastion.
If I had built all of this at the start around the base I would have been far more secure, but there was no time for regret.
My clones began working and creating bullets and pieces to create the miniguns which after long arduous hours, I placed right in the middle of every one of the four paths.
A dangerous location that could be threatened at any point in time, but at the same time, a position that's fully capable of attacking and defending the main base.
I didn't bother with the main portal path, since it had a shit ton of landmines and cannons aimed to protect it, the worry was for the other three areas which are relatively far weaker.
"Your time is up, get ready," said the Cryptic Sun.
And just as I expected, three more portals appeared and beasts began emerging out.
A pack of wolves shot forward from every portal. The first gate was easily capable of eliminating them due to the barrier and the kill zone which didn't let a single wolf out.
But for the other three, the wolves were unhindered in running forward.
"The next round will start in 72 hours," the merchant said.
"Wait, 72 hours?" I asked.
"Yes, take your time you'll need it," he added.
That was a dead giveaway that the next wave will not be easy.
Looking at the state of my base. And what I need to do, I began preparing. Three days, that's more than enough for me to adjust and improve, I could easily build three more fortresses in that time the only issue is the lack of manpower to manage the fortresses.
So I first began by building another fortress with the help of my clones.
Due to having one already made, it was rather easy to rebuild something similar so it took me less time to build another. Making the base materials to build it was also easier, the steel beams, the cement and all that comes in hand to build the said fortress was all accessible and easy to obtain from the merchant.
Two days, it only took me that much time to finish up the rest of the fortresses. Including the formations, the moats, and the turrets on top of them.
I also used my clones to upgrade more puppets with a total of twelve fully upgraded puppets. I placed three in each of the directions in front of the gates to slow down the incoming waves.
All that was left was making more explosives to plant underneath the ground and paths leading to the main base and I was done before the third day was over.
Looking at the overall structure, four fortresses protecting a base, with fully loaded and ready cannons and turrets all aiming at the gates.
There was however some distance in the diagonal between all the fortresses which though I didn't really think that the wave would come from, I still planted some explosives just in case.
The merchant soon came over and told me that the wave will be starting, so I flew up and began watching the entirety of the field from bird view.
The gates spiraled and opened up, and the eight-wave started.