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The smoke in the cave had dissipated, and the remaining slight smell of burning wasn't unpleasant.

Instead, it has a sense of everyday life and warmth.

"Move the campsite up there?"

He glanced casually at the direction Klaus was pointing—

The night sky is obscured by layers of tree canopy.

Tell me more.

Klaus didn't mind that the ground was dirty, and started drawing on the stone with the charcoal stick.

"This tree is over fifty meters tall. I sensed that its root system is very developed, extending at least twenty meters underground."

He drew a circle on the stone to represent an aerial view of the tree he was working on.

I also drew a side view next to it.

"This means that we no longer need to spend time and effort laying the foundation; nature has already done the most difficult step for us."

He drew a horizontal line about thirty meters down the tree trunk.

"here."

"Thirty meters off the ground. This height allows you to avoid ninety percent of the predators in the jungle while also getting the best light and visibility."

"Boss, your suggestion that I directly modify the tree is brilliant!"

Klaus paused for a moment, then sighed as if reminiscing about the past:

"Its structure is perfectly natural. Compared to it, the things I made before were simply a pile of soulless industrial waste."

She casually put her arm around his shoulder to comfort him, "Don't say that. Humans are also the most creative creations of nature. We will learn, we will improve, we will... surpass."

Klaus was slightly taken aback, then his eyes shone even brighter.

"Yes, we can make it even more perfect!"

"Building the camp 30 meters above the ground has so many advantages! It keeps you away from the dampness and mosquitoes on the ground, avoids the patrol routes of many large wild animals, and most importantly, it's safe!"

As for those that can climb trees...

We'll see if we can apply a biological high-voltage current without damaging the tree itself!

Ivan, standing nearby, scratched his head in disbelief. "Thirty meters? That's incredibly high... What if someone falls down..."

He imagined it for a moment...

Falling from that height, even he would be in serious trouble if he didn't die.

"If the platform and railings are sturdy enough, falling is your own problem."

Klaus responded without any change in expression.

"And we can design an elevator."

He quickly smeared charcoal on the stone slab, and the simple sketch gradually became more and more complex under his hands.

"We can start by building a main platform around this tree! Then we can extend it outwards, connecting it to several other sturdier trees nearby using cables or drawbridges to create secondary platforms! We can also have living quarters, storage areas, a dedicated processing area, and lookout posts!"

"By installing a rainwater harvesting and filtration system in the tree canopy, we can become self-sufficient!"

"The walls can be reinforced with the carapaces of those mutated creatures..."

Seeing that Klaus was completely absorbed in his own world, Renyi didn't interrupt him.

Firstly, because I don't understand architecture myself.

He just wanted something convenient and safe, since his true calling was still his boat.

Secondly, who would want to live in a cave when there's a palace to stay in?

Poor ventilation and lighting, not to mention the snakes, insects, and rodents, it's also bad for your joints!

Ivan stared at the stone covered in lines, examining it from every angle, his thick eyebrows practically knotting together.

"Are they building a rooftop garden?"

"Big Finch, I have a question..."

Klaus was annoyed at being interrupted while casting his spell. "It's Leonardo da Vinci! Get to the point!"

"How much longer do we have to stay in this cave before we can move into that... Louvre?"

As a perfectionist engineer, he habitually wanted to achieve things perfectly the first time, but...

This isn't at sea.

Nowadays, the underground caves are not as dry as any ship cabin, not to mention that when those cave-dwelling monsters turned over the ground today, they dug up a lot of strange and unusual insects.

If you suddenly feel itchy in the middle of the night while sleeping...

He reached in and pulled out a centipede as long as his arm...

The group of people probably imagined a very similar scene, and at the same time they all shivered.

"...At least the bugs here are pretty big," Renyi said, rubbing his nose to lighten the mood, "so they can't crawl into your ear to lay their eggs..."

X﹏X

It would be better not to say that at all.

Upon hearing this, not only Klaus, but Ivan also turned green with anger.

In silence, Klaus erased the complex branches, keeping only the original hexagonal "lookout tower".

"Then our first goal should be to build a treehouse..."

"Okay, we'll take our time with the rest. For now, just enough for us to live in, about eight people's size." He was satisfied with the plan. "It can be two floors..."

"There are only four...five of us, including that little cherry blossom."

Ivan counted on his fingers,

With the increased workload, won't he have to spend more time with snakes, insects, and rodents?

o((⊙﹏⊙))o

Ren Yi laughed, "We have an old saying in our Dragon Kingdom: 'Preparedness is the best policy.'"

[If you don't leave some room for maneuver when building houses, can you even call it infrastructure? ٩◔̯◔۶ Hmph]

[Big Boss: Let's start with a villa as a temporary measure.]

[I have to buy a 128GB USB drive, even if I just want to store a single Word document.]

[Hey, just give me your ID number!]

"Understood." Klaus was full of energy, as if he could already see that castle in the air rising from the ground. "I'll start work first thing tomorrow morning."

"it is good."

"Then we'll keep watch tonight..."

"I'll keep watch for the first half of the night." Klaus dusted off his hands and stood up.

He wanted to improve his proficiency as quickly as possible.

Klaus Schmidt

[Sequence: Blacksmith (Lv2)]

Evolution Points: 1273/1000

Current proficiency: 3550/5000

He never imagined that leveling up would be limited by proficiency points instead of evolution points!

This made Klaus feel guilty about slacking off...

He made the unprecedented decision to work overtime.

Once he reaches Lv3, his control over metals should improve significantly. If he can purify iron to the level of steel, it will be a qualitative leap for both buildings and equipment.

"Alright, then you'll do the first half of the night, and Ivan the second half," he said arbitrarily.

"Okay!"

After everything was arranged, everyone found a corner to rest, and Xiao Jiu also climbed up next to the blue-eyed man and tucked her hands in.

But what was on Renyi's mind was something else entirely—

Tomorrow, Klaus will be busy with infrastructure construction, Ivan will be in charge of security and assisting, Aurora will be researching plants, and as for myself...

Seems like you have some free time?

Otherwise, I'll ask Dalabeng tomorrow if there are any good fishing spots around here.

It's not that he was itching to do something...

The main purpose was to investigate the island's freshwater ecosystem.

Yes, that's it!

After all, I've always been floating in the sea and have never seen what freshwater fish look like.

What if the mutation direction is different from that in the ocean?

Or is there some special material?

These are all necessary explorations for the future development of the team.