11. Shopping in another world

Ajay closed the laptop and put it in the car.

"Let's go, Alfred."

<Yes sir.>

Both of them got out of the car and went to the mall. The mall was nearby just a dozen meters away. Ajay walked around and found a shop where both casual and formal dresses were on the display.

The name at the showroom front was Bear and the logo was also of a bear. Ajay went into the shop. He selected a few shirts and trousers. Ajay found them very good looking and the cloth was very soft and comfortable. He then put them in a bag of unknown material and handed them to Alfred.

Alfred selected a few business suits and a few party wear suits for me.

<Yes sir.> Alfred went to the counter where different suits were displayed. There was a large number of suits hanging. Alfred selected a few black business suits and the 3 partywear suits of different colours.

In the meantime, Ajay selected a dozen black and white full-sleeved shirts and a few formal pants of different colours.

After selecting the clothes Ajay's sight fell on products lined in a showcase.

"Alfred, are these effective."

<Yes sir, the hair products not only give shape but has the effect of blackening the hair and making it smooth, silky and shiny. Face products are very useful for skin. It can make the person look younger.>

Ajay nodded in agreement and took three sets of Bear hair oil, shampoo beard oil, face wash, face cream, perfume and de-tan for himself, his father and his mother. After that, they went out of the mall. Ajay turned his head towards Alfred.

"Is there any shop or convenience store to buy daily use items like soap etc?"

<Yes sir, there is.>

Ajay went to the convenience store with Alfred. The convenience store was slightly different from his imagination. It was like a big complex with many floors. It was like you can buy anything here.

Ajay spent around 1 hour walking around and picked whatever he found useful. The electronics things were very technologically advanced but Ajay didn't take much as there are only limited things that Jeep could carry. He generally picked some soaps, shower gels, bed sheets or pillows. The sheets and pillows were very soft. He shopped very heartily, for the first time he shopped without worrying about the money. He just saw the item, if he likes it buy it.

After strolling around, Both of them went toward the jeep, they also bought a cleaning robot and servant robot with them. After reaching the jeep, they put all the luggage into the jeep. Then, Ajay asked Alfred.

"Alfred, is there any solar pannel manufacturing production?"

<Yes sir, there is one production factory used to manufacture solar panels.>

"How is it compared to silicon Solar panels?"

<Sir, it is far more efficient than silicon panels. The silicon solar panels are 2 generations behind the current solar panels.>

"Can you fix some solar panels here to generate electricity?"

<Yes sir, I can do some simple work. But for more complex work you can use a technician or engineering robot.> Hearing Alfred Ajay sank into contemplation.

"Alfred, with one time full charge how much time you can work continuously with any charging."

<Sir, I can work for around 40 hours without any charging.>

"Ok let's do this. Alfred, you put a few solar panels together to charge around 10 robots at the same time and charge as many engineer and labour robots as you can by tomorrow morning. Then the rest I will tell rest tomorrow. oh and put these panels near the biggest and most expensive villa."

<Yes Sir.> Alfred Slightly bowed and turned around and started walking and soon disappeared into the alleys.

Ajay also opened the door of the car and sat on the driver's seat and put on the seat belt. He opened the laptop and Friday's avatar suddenly popped up. In fact, there was no lid on the laptop, just a power button and a glass of unknown material on one side. There is no mouse no keyboard, everything is virtual.

"Friday put the location of the biggest and most expensive villa on the map."

<Yes sir> Then a holographic map materialized into a thin air and two locations, his current location and the villa's location.

Ajay drove the car and after a few minutes reached a villa. The villa was in the centre of the Town. The area of the villa was very big. On Earth, it would cost more than dozens of millions of US dollars. The villa was very complete, there is not a single crack on the wall and even the windows were intact.

"This villa is good and can be used as a temporary base. After some time I will use the nearest city as my permanent base."

Alfred entered with Friday in the villa. The Villa was giving a very technological and futuristic feeling, but pity that there isn't electricity. The floor was made from glass-like tiles but was covered with dust. The walls were coated with some plastic-like materials which gave a very smooth feeling.

Ajay wandered and looked around the villa. The facilities in the villa were full. He found a big unused room for his room. There was a bed, sofa, cupboard, table, everything of need is complete.

"Open."

He stood in the empty space. Then he opened the portal.

He took the laptop with him to the portal and placed it on the table.

He switched on the laptop and connected it with charging. Friday's projection emerged above the laptop.

"Friday, connect with network, get some information about this world."

<Yes sir, but the speed of the network is very slow. It will take around 15 minutes to get the basic information.>

"Ok, don't worry. I will upgrade the network soon."

Then Ajay made a round trip to another side of the portal and brought the servant robot and connected it to the charger. Then he went to the bathroom and took a quick shower to refresh himself.

After 15 minutes the robot was 15% charged. Ajay removed the charger and switched on the robot and scanned all the credentials. The robot was not wearing any human mask. There was white plastic like material on the outer layer of the robot.

"OK, first go to the other side of portal and bring that cleaning robot and connect with charger. Then bring all the luggage from the jeep to this room."

The servant robot bowed slightly and then went to the other side of the robot. He first brought the cleaning robot which was similar in appearance to the servant robot and then brought all the things from the jeep.

And this time a voice came from the table.

<Sir, I have collected the basic information about this planet.>