Chapter 941: Krune’s Preparations to Retain Mental Sanity (1/2)

Krune had already gone slightly insane while he was adrift on the ocean. After all, a mortal's mind was susceptible to environmental conditions. Though, after he arrived at the Primary Landmass, the sense of land underneath his feet healed his mental state a little.

Nevertheless, at the end of the day, he was alone, mingling among corpses and monsters for his living. Growing stronger had become his only goal, his only drive. If his stay in the Primary Landmass didn't have any deadline, Krune's approach to the situation would have been way different.

Over time, he would have lost the very notion of getting stronger. After all, over time, he would have completely gotten accustomed to the place. Considering his superior intelligence, there was no chance he would ever fall prey to the Monster Geckos.

So, there was a good chance he would become lazy once he had turned his cave into a more comfortable dwelling. After all, without any other humans, his emotional state would become numb.

At present, Krune had long stopped feeling any sentiments to the notion of killing the Monster Geckos. After all, he had been eating them for three meals daily. To him, it was similar to how humans consumed chicken.

By consuming it repeatedly without any hesitation, most humans had glossed over the fact that chickens were also living beings but began to consider them as just food, a delicacy.

At present, Krune was thinking the same. Even though he didn't consider the Monster Geckos a delicacy, they were his only source of nourishment. At the start, he did consider making some tools to cook them.

Though, after living in solace, he had become disappointed, unable to use his cooking skills properly. After all, there wasn't even a way to start a fire in the place. Krune hadn't come across any rocks that were able to cause a spark.

On top of that, he didn't have any fuel to burn. The bone trees weren't made from wood or a flammable substance. Not to mention the fact that there were neither any spices nor any minerals that could act as seasoning.

Ultimately, since he was alone, over time, Krune lost all interest. At least, cooking for someone else might have invigorated his inner chef. As he didn't have enough time to make any elaborate dishes, all Krune did was eat the flesh as is.

He did cut them up into neat slices, though, so that he could eat them better. But that was all. After all, he had many things to do in his time when there was land under his feet. Among those things, storing enough food took priority.

After all, while adrift on the ocean, he had no guarantee of coming across enough fish to satiate his daily needs. As long as the meat remained in contact with water, it wouldn't spoil. As long as he packed it perfectly, the smell of the meat wouldn't radiate outward.

So, that was one such tool he was making. As for the second, it was a boat. Even though he already had a boat's base ready, Krune wasn't sure if it still remained on the Checkpoint Turtle. Even if it remained, if someone else had come across it, they would have definitely stolen it.

After all, no one would say no to something that would keep them adrift. Plus, materials with as much buoyancy as the Neon Radiance fishes were rare. So, they were great materials in the ocean environment.

If they weren't stolen by the time he returned, it would only mean no one managed to reach the respective Checkpoint Turtle. After all, based on what that octopus had said, there were many numerous Checkpoint Turtles in Layer 3.

So, Krune had been working on a boat big enough to last him while on the sea. Moreover, he wasn't working on a normal boat but was making one while using the bone trees. Through his experiments, Krune determined that a bone tree fragment was able to grow into a bone tree.

But as a whole, a bone tree only reached a height of three meters on average. With that, he was making a layered structure. The outer surfaces were made using the bones of the Monster Geckos he had hunted, while the inner surface was made using the bone trees.

With that, Krune was making an elaborate structure so that he could live comfortably with enough room while on the ocean. Besides, he planned to take complete advantage of the place, which was the differing gravitational fields 1.5 meters above the ocean surface.

So, as long as he created a cylindrical structure with a height of three meters, he would basically obtain a boat that would never sink. After all, it would be pulled on both sides. As a boat naturally wouldn't sink, this extra step would make it perfectly steady even when it moved due to the ocean currents.

That alone would make his life wonderful, allowing him to train while on the move. Moreover, as long as he had enough blood, he could snap a branch from the bone tree and grow it into a tree, expanding the size of the boat while he was at it.