Zhang Yuan piloted the Curvature Spaceship and continued forward for a while. After a thorough check, he found that the nuclear fuel mining base near the gas giant was in a stagnant state. The base had been cleaned thoroughly, with all useful equipment taken away.

"This indicates that this human branch left in a planned manner, not in haste."

After a series of calculations and analyses, Zhang Yuan discovered traces of gravitational disturbance in the planetary system, with some disruptions appearing in the original asteroid belt.

He thought silently to himself: "These gravitational traces should have been caused by the intense gravity from the Cosmic String, leading to slight changes in the orbits of some asteroids."

"Did they move this planet?"

This fact made him somewhat surprised, but also a bit pleased.

"This indicates that the former Earth Era branch possessed a Planet Fortress."

"Based on these gravitational traces, it's hard to estimate the exact time; it should have been a long time ago... As for the trajectory of movement..."

With a simple estimation, this Planet Fortress was moving along the Cosmic String towards Caputan Star.

"Did the two human branches indeed reunite?"

To be on the safe side, Zhang Yuan planned to visit the Gliese Pangolins living on Gliese 581g and inquire about where the humans went.

"A group of Pangolins was also left on this planet back then, preserving traditional culture. I wonder how they are doing now..."

"As neighbors, these Pangolins should know something."

With this thought, Zhang Yuan piloted the spaceship to the skies above Gliese 581g.

Although feeling a bit excited, he carefully observed this planet. Zhang Yuan did not know if, over the long years that followed, the Pangolins had coexisted peacefully with the humans left there, or if there had been conflicts.

This Curvature Spaceship has quite limited combat capability; the laser and electromagnetic gun are of low power. The main mode of combat relies on digital viruses, and being all alone, he might not be able to handle everything... even with high computational capabilities.

Regrettably, Zhang Yuan did not see any artificial satellites above the planet's atmosphere, nor did he see many surface constructions.

This discovery left him slightly disappointed.

Due to the tidal-locked nature of the planet, one side is hot while the other is cold, causing periodic stormy weather. The absence of large surface structures is normal, but the lack of astronomical satellites is slightly disappointing. This suggests that the remnant Gliese civilization probably treaded the same old path.

Zhang Yuan waited in the air for a few days and finally, on a calm day, he deployed a tracked reconnaissance robot from high altitude and controlled it remotely via a VR system.

With a soft "swish", the deceleration umbrella opened, and the reconnaissance robot slowly descended.

Upon successfully reaching the ground, the robot looked up at the eternal sunset hanging in the sky. The ground plants retracted upon contact, and even insects retreated into the depths of the earth.

This familiar scene brought him a strangely familiar sensation.

The tracked reconnaissance robot continued moving forward, encountering various simple animals and plants along the way, as if Gliese Star had never changed.

It was like this millions of years ago, tens of thousands of years ago, and remains so now.

Ahead lay the entrance to an Underground City, where the Gliese Pangolins dwelling inside had already noticed the unfamiliar robot and vigilantly watched it.

Seeing these pangolins still surviving on their planet, Zhang Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Dear Glizerians, hello. I am your old friend, a human." The robot spoke.

"Humans?!" several pangolins exclaimed loudly.

"Sir, he says he is a human? Have humans returned?"

"Please wait a moment..."

Soon, high-ranking leaders came to greet the robot. The Pangolins examined it with their dark eyes but did not make any aggressive moves.

Zhang Yuan observed and thought, "It seems that during the following times, humans and Glizerians did not turn against each other."

Upon reflection, it makes sense. The disparity in strength between the two sides is too great; humans have no need to bully them. Back then, humans also promised to return this planet to them intact, without interfering with their lives.

And these pangolins know well how powerful humans are, so now they are quite polite.

For this new generation of pangolins, "humans" is a very unfamiliar term, yet it is widely recorded in history. Therefore, at this moment, these pangolins looked the robot over one by one and glanced at the horizon, seemingly trying to see if there was a spaceship floating in the sky.

"Respected human friend, hello. Is there a special reason for your visit here?" These Gliese civilization hosts were quite cultured, performing a sweeping gesture, their standard etiquette.

Zhang Yuan said, "I just wanted to simply visit old friends and see how your civilization is doing, how it has developed; I have no other intention, and I will soon leave."

The Pangolins discussed briefly and agreed to Zhang Yuan's request: "Respected human friend, this way, please! We welcome your arrival."

Due to the difficulty of the robot's control waves penetrating deep underground, Zhang Yuan did not delve deeply. He only briefly toured the various facilities on the first underground level of the Gliese civilization—school, museums, factories, etc., went online for a bit, and then did not proceed further.

A very ordinary, very common Level 1 Civilization that had almost stopped progressing.

This is a very simple civilization with capitalism at its core, a system they learned from humans.

Initially, it worked well, but now it has backfired on the entire civilization.

Capital has almost completely alienated culture; Gliese civilization's oldest cultural arts were truly excellent, capable of evoking similar emotions in more advanced intelligent beings.

But now culture, music, idols are just commodities for capital gain, boring, uninspiring, and ignorant.

At the same time, capital alienates the public's pursuits, shifting focus from developing productivity and enriching the nation to merely pursuing on-paper assets. Additionally, capital alienates love, making it increasingly aligned with capital.

The whole population becomes spiritual capitalists, spokespersons for capital. Every family educates their children to work for big corporations, to idolize capitalists instead of scientists.

Thus, this civilization has reached its end.

Seeing all this, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

The Glizerians did not overcome their inherent wilderness phobia, nor did they modify their inherent disadvantage of oversleeping with short wake times; neither did they venture toward the stars and the sea; they still live in their tiny underground world, enjoying a modest and tranquil life.

Even though they know the history, they still ended up like this...

No miracle occurred.

The only difference is, lacking the Universal Factory, most of the technology is now developed by themselves, so they no longer rely on artificial stimulants.

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