Wilderness of Dreams.
The location where Angel appeared was outside Pat Manor. According to the message from the Gate of Dreams, Angel learned that Sanders had entered the Wilderness of Dreams five minutes ago, and his entry point was precisely Pat Manor.
Ever since Sanders mentioned that he was on the verge of finding Flora and Sumishe, he hadn’t logged in.
No one knew what was happening on Sanders’ side.
For this reason, once Angel got the notification that Sanders was online, he immediately entered the Wilderness of Dreams.
As soon as Angel’s figure stood still, he heard a beautiful "ding-dong" piano sound coming from his pocket.
At first, he didn’t realize it, thinking someone nearby was playing the piano, until the music continued, and he belatedly took out a thin black disc from his pocket.
This was the First Generation Mother Tree Interlinker.
Upon activating the interlinker, the surface of the disc immediately displayed the layout of the surface network.
On this page-style surface network, there was a budding sprout breaking through the soil. On the left and right sides of the sprout were tiny fuzzy new green leaves, each corresponding to two virtual buttons.
These were: Tree Group, and Mother Tree Forum.
The new leaf representing "Tree Group" was being drenched by a mysterious drizzle, and each raindrop that fell triggered a "ding-dong" piano sound.
Staring at this scene, Angel was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was the message notification indicating unread messages from the Tree Group.
The so-called "unread messages" here did not mean all unread messages in the Tree Group but rather unread messages resulting from someone privately messaging Angel. Those non-directed unread messages weren’t displayed here.
"Who sent the unread message? Could it be my brother?" Angel muttered softly, walking towards the interior of Pat Manor while opening the Tree Group.
Upon entering the Tree Group, Angel immediately received a "Popup Window."
"Update Notice: The current version of Tree Group is the Initial Development Version, an outdated version, and it is about to be upgraded to a new version."
Accompanying this line of text, without giving Angel any choice, the Tree Group automatically entered update mode: a small hourglass appeared in the center of the page with fine sand slowly dripping from the top.
Ten seconds later, the sand finished dripping, and at the same time, the Tree Group interface popped up again:
"The current version code of Tree Group is: Version 0. To see detailed updates of this version, please open the - Update Announcement - in the features section at the bottom of the new Tree Group interface."
"It’s pretty formal." Angel chuckled, shaking his head as he clicked into what was called the new Tree Group interface.
As soon as he opened it, an intense sense of familiarity emerged in front of Angel.
Instead of directly entering the group chat interface, he was greeted by a rectangular bar interface where the topmost part showed the name, followed by friend list, group chat, and feature integration.
The layout was very similar to a social software on the holographic tablet, except that software had much more complex functions, while this was a primitive, simplified version.
"It seems like Jon plans to gradually upgrade and iterate Tree Group according to that social software model?" Angel felt that was not bad. Because no suitable external conditions existed, Angel hadn’t used the social software on the holographic tablet, but he had researched it in boredom and found it very functional and user-friendly.
If it followed this pace for upgrades and iterations, there was no need to worry about deviating from the right track.
While marveling, Angel’s gaze was drawn to the friend list interface.
He hadn’t added any friends at this moment, but there were two "stranger message dialogs," indicating these dialogs belonged to people who had previously left him a message.
Opening the first dialog box immediately revealed a bubble message: "Angel, come find me after you enter the Wilderness of Dreams."
This bubble was colorless, but a small row of names could be seen beside the bubble: Sanders Iguro.
It was evidently part of the Version 0 update that canceled the differentiating colors of bubbles and instead directly used names as identifiers.
This was a positive change, as the number of users would inevitably increase in the future, and the limited number of colors couldn’t be used for distinction indefinitely.
In addition to the change in the bubbles, Angel also noticed a time stamp on the private chat interface.
This bubble was sent three minutes ago.
Undoubtedly, after entering the Wilderness of Dreams, Sanders promptly left him a message, probably because he had something to discuss with him.
With this thought in mind, Angel quickened his pace.
On the way to the room where Sanders was located, Angel also opened the second "stranger message dialog."
Without glancing at the message content, Angel’s first notice was the sender’s name: Tree Group Development Team.
"This is Jon. Make sure to experience the new content of the Tree Group version when you’re online, and after experiencing it, remember to message me."
Message Jon after experiencing it? Is he trying to gauge customer satisfaction?
Angel didn’t think too much, planning to experience the actual content later and have a detailed chat with Jon. For now, he should first see what Sanders needed from him.
As Angel reached the door to Sanders’ room, another "ding-dong" sounded.
Angel, still with Tree Group open, saw the new message alert, again sent by Sanders.
"I don’t know when you’ll enter the Wilderness of Dreams, so to avoid missing each other, I’ll briefly explain the situation."
Then, there was no more text.
Angel pushed open the door, looked inside, and saw Sanders sitting at the desk, holding the First Generation Mother Tree Interlinker, frowning in frustration as he used his consciousness to input text.
Converting consciousness into text in the chat bar wasn’t difficult, but Sanders was clearly a beginner, with very slow conversion speed.
That’s why, even though Angel had already arrived in front of him, the text behind him was still not written out.
Sanders, who was struggling with text input, heard the sound of the door being pushed open and instinctively looked up: "Angel?"
Sanders’ eyes lit up, and he immediately placed the Mother Tree Interlinker on the table, freeing himself from the hardship of text input.