Along the way, there were many topics to discuss, whether it was Zhang Yuan's personal experience this time, or the bizarre stories between the headquarters and the Green Leaf Alliance, all of which were quite interesting discussion points.

"The Green Leaf Alliance... haha, they not only love to provide food but also go mad with flattery."

"Flattery?"

"It's that kind of blatant flattery that gives people goosebumps..." Old Yang mimicked a plant's voice, saying: "Ah, esteemed New Human Civilization, your people truly have a massive appetite, a great virtue, just like the big fat pigs on Kangerta Planet."

"Big fat pigs might be similar to our pigs; eating a lot is considered a virtue for them."

As they chatted like this, the spaceship returned to the Mountain and Sea base.

Upon reaching the ground, Zhang Yuan discovered that in the decade he had been away, the entire Alliance had undergone a series of changes.

"First, the number of superhumans has increased significantly again, now reaching a total of 200,000!"

200,000 people is not a lot, considering the entire civilization has a billion in population, but with a 500-fold thought acceleration, the research capabilities of superhumans deeply penetrate every aspect of civilization, with research output far surpassing traditional humans.

Some brand new infrastructures have begun to be built on the planet to cater to the digital information age of a Level 5 Civilization, such as core computer groups for storing self-awareness, brainwave internet, and high-end robots that can be remotely controlled by quantum consciousness, all are being vigorously constructed.

These functions can only be used normally by superhumans; traditional humans, although capable of using them, find it very difficult and challenging to use them flexibly.

"Completing these projects makes the capabilities of the new humans comparable to strong artificial intelligence! Of course, the current thought rate is still on the rise," a diplomat enthusiastically introduced the new engineering.

The fact is, if the thought speed of the new humans could reach hundreds of thousands of times that of traditional humans, coupled with the means to remotely control robots, what difference would there be with strong artificial intelligence?

Meanwhile, the productivity of transforming traditional humans into new humans is also climbing continuously, currently reaching 25,000 per year. The number of applicants is very high, indicating that the general populace has completely accepted this situation.

Seeing everything turning towards a "good" direction, Zhang Yuan genuinely felt joyful.

Old Yang continued the topic: "With the in-depth transformation, the entire civilization has once again erupted in several major societal discussions, the power of conservatives is becoming increasingly marginalized, and they have basically lost their voice."

"The productivity of superhumans still needs to be strengthened, 25,000 per year is still not quite enough..."

Zhang Yuan remained silent, truth be told, the so-called "good" and "bad" are also human-defined and do not have a strict standard. What you consider good may be bad in someone else's eyes.

A minority still believes that the greatest purpose of existence is for oneself, if oneself is dead, what difference does it make what happens to the universe?

Thought transformation is clearly a process of killing the past self, so they are unwilling to change.

This logic, concerning the perception of death, naturally has been with humanity since its birth and is difficult to argue with traditional logic and morality.

But Zhang Yuan believes that such judgment might be too arbitrary, at the current level, there might be some disputes.

Because its thinking is akin to the Copernican Principle, discovering all planets revolved around Earth, thus proposing geocentrism, the result of which was obviously incorrect. This principle is to judge the unknown based on known content.

The definition of death is the same.

Someone thinks living is primarily for oneself, this viewpoint stands on personal perspective only, an empiricism, without engaging in a broader view.

Like the "Elementary Electron Theory" of the Gaia School, "you" and "I" in the universe are actually drawn by the movement of the same proton, without any essential difference; the observer's Holographic Universe Theory claims that the universe without intelligent life is void, only with the participations of observers does the universe materialize from the illusory wave function. The "death" perceived by the Observer is an abstract, mathematical cognition, fundamentally different from human cognition!

So, with different perspectives, thoughts and thinking also differ.

The universe never cares about what is good or bad.

It's just that in the eyes of some, these changes may be "bad", but they lack the ability to stop it.

...

Six hours after returning to the planet, due to Zhang Yuan's return, the human high-level on the Mountain and Sea Planet quickly held a grand press conference.

The live conference, along with online streaming, naturally created quite a stir. A billion people eagerly awaited to know how their kind was faring.

Zhang Yuan didn't need to rest and directly reported the situation of this journey to everyone.

He extracted some significant segments and presented them to all the audience present either through video or images.

Especially those Gliese Pangolins, they also listened in on the side, but when they heard that their kind were still stuck in the same predicament, they couldn't help but show a sad expression.

The audience reaction was actually similar to the diplomats, some were shocked, some sighed, and some reporters were frantically taking pictures and asking questions, this was definitely big news.

"Does anyone have any questions?" After reporting the basic situation, Zhang Yuan asked.

A female reporter stood up and asked: "Do you think the Pan-human Galaxy Alliance can become a Level 5 Civilization?"

"It's hard to say... maybe they can, maybe they can't. Their social atmosphere is slightly worse than ours, and there is still room for improvement."

"This step is not easy, not only because of technical difficulties but also due to the need to choose a direction for advancement. We were able to achieve this because we had a vast amount of experimental data provided by the Half-sphere Civilization, coupled with long-term exploration, effort, and adequate collective intelligence."

"We've done our best, it is indeed difficult to provide further assistance. The future is their own matter, it's impossible for us to accomplish everything for them, that would be an infantile behavior."

Another reporter quickly raised a hand: "Will we keep in contact in the future?"

"I'm not sure... they still have some AmiBa Points left; if there is truly an emergency, perhaps they can still get in touch."

Zhang Yuan sighed inwardly, even if there is a return, it would also be a long time later; now there are more important things to do, and it would not be wise to be distracted.

"About the cosmic factions... which one will we join? Or will we not join any? Will we see these more advanced civilizations in the future?"

"That... I'm not sure either, it's still up for discussion."

"Do we need to leave the Milky Way? Head to the edge of the Milky Way? Or search the junction of magical strings and black holes? Scientists believe some unique physical phenomena may occur at such junctions, what is your view?"

The current reporters are really sharp in their questions, Zhang Yuan answered: "These questions I'm not sure of either, we will have another press conference after this, please remain patient."

Soon, the public enthusiastically discussed this event concerning the prospects or Earth's perfect handling of events, giving keyboard warriors ample room to express themselves. Putting aside these matters for now, after the press conference, Zhang Yuan immediately participated in another internal meeting.

This meeting involved not only new humans but also Half-sphere people and Gliese Pangolins, as it decided the future of the entire Alliance.

"Friends from the Galactic Progress Alliance, greetings."

Captain Feng asked slightly sternly: "I believe you have all thoroughly reviewed the relevant materials of this journey, the most crucial information is undoubtedly about the various cosmic factions, observers, Noah faction, Gaia faction, engineers, Shuttle Officers, Amoebas, and more. What are your views on these cosmic factions?"

"It's already a brand new world. We must carefully consider the risks, obligations, and responsibilities after joining these factions... The greatest advantage is undoubtedly sharing some High-level Civilization knowledge and gaining the use rights to the Superluminal Communication System."

This issue is more important for humans.

Ultimately, which cosmic faction should we join? Gaia? Engineers?

A buzz of discussion rose in the meeting room.

A department head for the industrial sector raised his hand to start a discussion: "Everyone, I don't think that after joining these cosmic factions, the knowledge would be completely shared, you get what you give. I think we should develop ourselves first before considering this matter."

"We need to independently complete the vast majority of Level 5 Civilization-related basic projects, at least to increase the thought speed to more than one hundred thousand times."

"Currently, we are still too weak... frankly, we have no bargaining power, we don't even have a SuperSpace Theory, what would we negotiate?"

Zhang Yuan nodded, this was also the viewpoint of the vast majority.

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