Angel thought for a bit, picked up the Mother Tree Interlinker, and prepared to contact Frode through the tree network.
Just as he opened the Mother Tree Interlinker, Angel saw several unread messages.
Some of them were from Mentor Sanders and Brother Lyon.
Angel temporarily put the message aside and contacted Frode.
Frode was online and quickly replied: "Sir, do you need something from me?"
Frode’s tone was very surprised because usually, when Angel entered the Wilderness of Dreams, he would come to him directly instead of contacting him via the interlinker.
Since it wasn’t a big deal, Angel didn’t plan to visit Frode and mentioned Ollie’s situation directly through the private chat of the tree group.
"Ollie? Was she recruited after the expansion of the Sin Hunting Group? Sir, please wait a moment."
Before long, Frode replied: "I have just contacted Sir Sabel. Before the expansion of the Sin Hunting Group, Ollie was already in training with them. Moreover, she has been training for quite a long time."
"Because of the appearance of the Mist of Sin, the camp built by the Sin Hunting Group urgently needed fresh blood to defend it. A few days ago, Ollie accepted the Flight Unit No. 013 Sin Power Creature Old Covenant, successfully bonded, and boarded the airship this morning, being dispatched to the frontline."
"Sir, do you need the airship to return and assign someone to replace Ollie?"
Angel thought for a moment and said, "No need, just keep a casual watch on the situation."
Frode: "I understand. Sir, is there anything else?"
Angel originally wanted to inquire about the situation on Frode’s end, but since Frode didn’t mention it, it seemed there was no major issue.
"Nothing else." After ending the chat with Frode, Angel’s mind flashed with the image of Ollie, who was once his personal maid.
In the flickering light of the quiet room, Angel gently murmured to himself, "I hope you live more brilliantly than before."
After a while, Angel picked up the Mother Tree Interlinker again and opened the unread messages.
Among them, Jon’s team behind the Mother Tree network development sent some update suggestions and ideas. Angel glanced through them and replied: "Sure."
Some of the ideas, Angel actually felt, didn’t have much significance. However, he didn’t deny them. Since the Mother Tree network was still in an internal testing phase and not fully released, it didn’t matter how they experimented with it.
After all, this was an untraveled path, better to let them encounter some obstacles.
Moreover, Angel believed that since Jon was someone who lived in the information explosion era on Earth, he must have noticed some of the shortcomings in the ideas. However, he also didn’t point them out, clearly sharing Angel’s thinking.
Angel browsed through the tree group messages, directly skipping over messages such as the routine reports on the New City construction progress from Lianna. He also skipped over other irrelevant messages.
Finally, Angel’s gaze fell on the messages from his brother Lyon and Sanders.
However, they were brothers, so even if Lyon sent meaningless pictures, Angel would still respond solemnly. Of course, Lyon couldn’t send pictures right now as the image transmission feature was still in development, with some operational difficulties remaining.
After checking in on Lyon’s current situation, Angel then looked at Sanders’ messages.
Sanders: "My research is almost done, and, Sumishe’s injury has begun to stabilize, allowing him to accept authority. Based on the message timestamp, in seven days, let Sumishe undertake new authority."
This message was dated yesterday, meaning there were five days left until Sumishe would undertake new authority.
Since Sanders was offline, Angel replied with an "Understood," and said nothing more.
Seeing that he had finished reading the messages and replied to most of them, Angel was about to put away the Mother Tree Interlinker.
But at that moment, a new private message came in.
Tree Spirit: "Are you there?"
Just as Angel was curious why Tree Spirit knew he was online, he saw Tree Spirit quickly send a new message: "I know you’re there, you just replied to messages from the development group members."
Angel silently opened the adjacent tree group and sure enough, saw Kudodo talking, saying that Angel had agreed to the new development plan and asking everyone to start working on it.
Tree Spirit was also in this tree group and clearly saw Kudodo’s message.
Angel originally had no plans to pretend to be offline, especially since Tree Spirit had said so, Angel could not ignore it.
"I’m here, Lord Tree Spirit, is there something you need from me?" Angel asked.
Tree Spirit: "I do have something to tell you..."
As Tree Spirit narrated, Angel roughly understood the situation. Just two days ago, "Wan Zhi" Xilengding obtained a login device from Rhein after signing a short-term confidentiality contract.
Upon entering the Wilderness of Dreams, "Wan Zhi" Xilengding was filled with curiosity about the place. After probing from various angles and his own speculations, he quickly learned that the terrifying reserves of rare materials in the New City were achieved through what was called the most useless mysterious object—the "Dream Conch of the Moonlit Coast."
After understanding the effects of the Dream Conch, Xilengding seemed intent on doing something and had been searching for Angel these recent days.
He even reached out to Tree Spirit.
Thus, Tree Spirit sent this communication: "Judging from Xilengding’s posture, he seems to want to use your Dream Conch to pull some things into the Wilderness of Dreams. If he does come to you, you must think carefully."
Actually, during this time, several wizards had made requests to Angel, hoping that after he returned to the Barbarian Cave, he could use the Dream Conch to help pull some things into the Wilderness of Dreams. Among them were Lianna, Nis, Wallace, Dumatin... and others.
Tree Spirit hadn’t separately communicated these requests. But, Tree Spirit was very concerned about Xilengding’s request, indicating there was more to the story.
Angel asked the doubts in his heart.
Tree Spirit: "Xilengding may appear as a White Wizard, but at his core, he is a Black Wizard who will stop at nothing and has an almost nonexistent bottom line. Even against fellow wizards from the Barbarian Cave, he would set traps. When facing his request, you must inquire thoroughly."
In simple terms, Tree Spirit was suggesting that Xilengding might be trying to set a trap for Angel.
Angel replied, "I understand."
Regarding "Wan Zhi" Xilengding, Angel didn’t know much, only that he was the mentor of Black Jack’s wizard. However, Xilengding took Black Jack as a student purely for the Inscription Studies in Black Jack’s possession, with very strong motives.
Sanders had once warned Angel to stay away from Xilengding.
Now, seeing even Tree Spirit specifically sending a message to caution him, Angel would naturally take it to heart.
Tree Spirit: "As long as you understand, then I won’t say more. I’m off to see how they are developing the Mother Tree network."
Just as Tree Spirit was about to switch to the adjacent tree group, Angel sent another message.
"Lord Tree Spirit, do you know how to survive in a Spatial Tempest?"