(Landscaping.2)

"Timber!" He came out again and watches another tree in a section of the forest fall down onto the ground, Progress was being made but ever was it so slow.

Deforestation then moves to terrain landscaping which are the quicker phases of building a structure in the wild. Getting the foundation set up, and then building the frame of the structure, and then completing the build were going to be the slower parts.

"Laura, How many logs did the drones cut down so far?"

"Roughly between 30 to 40 logs, stack up in a 10 log per pile." She responded through the comms

"And the estimated total when we cut enough of the forest down to make our base foundation?"

"Estimated total of trees that are needed to be cut down for space for the base foundation, A total of 154 logs will be harvest"

(" A 154 logs, I wonder how much native currency will I get for those? ")

(" Wait... Do they even have a money system? ")

"Laura, Another quick question, In our findings had we found any indications of this planet having some sort of a money system?"

"One moment"

A second later multiple imagine tabs appear on a screen, Metal coins being exchanged for goods, but each picture shows a different set of coins.

(" So their money system is base on metal coin value? But it seems like each race has their own unique coin designs, Probably jewelry and other rare materials could catch a high price ")

(" Fascinating ")

An idea pops into his mind when moves closer to the screen to get a better look at the metal coins.

"You think we could try and copy their designs and start producing our own?" He asks Laura

"What you are saying is that... You want to copy their money and start making your own?"

"Isn't that what I just said?"

"I thought you didn't want to play god, and not cause any social upheaval?"

"Ah-bup-bup" He holds up a finger at Laura

"That is true, I don't plan on playing god, and as long as I don't mess with this world economy too badly, I should be fine"

Laura was not amused at the idea of copying a primitive money system and taking advantage of it, but right now their top priority is their survival and if that means performing a little crime, she would have to agree with him on that.

"We will be doing them a favor in the end anyway." Aiden shrug at Laura's quietness.

"At some point, the surge is going to come to this reality." He looks up at the blue sky "And cause destruction in this one it's only a matter of... When"

"And everyone here has no idea what's even coming."

"Is that some sort of weird logic that makes you sound like an over-glorified hero?" Laura said.

"Eh... Hero, Villian, it doesn't matter who, in the eyes of the surge if you aren't them then you're good as dead" Said Aiden

Aiden walks over to a tree that was recently cut down and stared at the stump that was leftover, the stump that was once a full-blown tree is now a stump. He sat down on the stump and looked back at the ship, his eyes was moving from the front of the ship all the way to the back, lost in his thoughts.

"I notice you spend more time than usual, staring out aimlessly" Laura said

"Yeah, In a way it's therapeutic for me" He said with a tiny smile

"When there a chance to allow my body and mind to relax a bit, I take it"

"I see, I will keep a note of this"

His eyes had wander over to the direction marker on his screen hud, the direction that lead him to the closet human settlement out. Everything is prep and loaded for him to travel to the city, but it depends whatever or not Aiden feels like he's ready to open a dialogue with them.

He wants to keep his identity a secret, the unknown always scares people since they can't control it. Aiden also knows that eventually the secrets and mysterious about him, will be unveiled to them some day.

"I wonder will I be able to settle down here on this planet?" Aiden said, curiously

"What made you say that?" Replied Laura

"I know that once the base is made, I'll have a home but" He looks down at the tree stump and examines the interior lining pattern. "Will I be able to truly settle myself here and maybe..."

He stops himself from saying what was on his mind, cause it was a major thing for anyone to think about, a heavy responsibility will be place onto them.

"Maybe what?" Laura ask

"Maybe... Maybe even start a family here?"

He was still in his 20s, the idea of a family shouldn't really be that big of a thing for him, especially when he gets too work up over his research and studies, leaving him with no time to experience any kind of romance. Now the idea of him making a family became a bit more interesting for him, he escape from his own reality and probably may never return, so the only option left is the people of this reality.

"A family? Where did this even come from Aiden?"

"You never talked about creating a family before, you never even brought up anything related to romance to begin with"

"I-..." Aiden became quiet again, what kind of answer could he even give her? All of it sounded strange even for himself, it sounded off.

"I guess... I still have a lot of things to think over, and some other things that I didn't care about before are now becoming a bigger issue for me" He said

"Like settling down and starting a family?"

"Yeah..."

"Well~" Laura pops into the screen starting a video call him "If you are able to settle down, I would say that is incredibly wonderful for you, and even starting a family would be nice"

"As your personal AI assistant, I will support you and I wish you the best of luck" She said with a cheerful smile on her face, making Aiden smile again

"Thanks Laura"

"Not a problem"

Aiden gets up from the stump and looks at the construction drones, working away most of the trees would have been cut down, and drag over to a pile.

"You think it's time to bring out the miners? Start collecting some raw material?" Aiden ask

"Wait a bit longer then I'll activate the drone miners and send them out to start the digging operations" Laura said

"Are we still on schedule of estimated time duration for the base construction?"

"We're off by a few minutes but that's not a major problem for us to worry about right now"

"If we get too far behind I'll notify you"

Aiden nods and ends the transmission temporarily for him to think things through. The eventual meet up with the locals, the base construction timer, And other preparations he needs to take a look at.

His stomach started to growl a bit since he hadn't had lunch for the day.

"I think I'll go get some food to eat, then come back to work" He began to head over to the ship and get some food in his stomach.b