On another part of the planet, some distance from the original location, sat dozens of people from both sides.
"General, what are your thoughts on our origins?"
"Your Majesty, the origin of our human race is indeed our home planet. We evolved from native life forms. Although Human Civilization only about ten or twenty thousand years old, if we count from the time of ancient apes, we have a history of two million years. Our home planet is an ordinary planetary system in the Third Spiral Arm of Orion, and it has nothing special about it."
"This means that our home planets are at least 50,000 light-years apart, and we also evolved from native life forms. Starting as intelligent apes, we evolved to the civilization stage in just about 300,000 years. Just as we entered the Stellar-Level Civilization, the insect swarm reached our planetary system. Fortunately, a fleet from Great Star Region Civilization passed by and rescued us. We learned that the other side of the Milky Way was relatively safe, so we moved our entire race to the First Spiral Arm."
"The general cannot imagine the difficulties we faced back then. Without faster-than-light technology or powerful offensive weapons, traversing tens of thousands of light-years, we not only had to constantly face attacks from swarms of insects, but also the plundering of other migrating civilizations. We could only hide and move at a stop-and-go pace. By the time we finally arrived at a quiet planetary system in the First Spiral Arm, exhausted, a full 1.5 million years had passed."
"After a long and arduous journey, we suffered heavy losses, losing most of our technology. We rallied and developed our technology. Perhaps because we endured so much hardship, the days that followed were surprisingly peaceful. We slowly healed our wounds, and after hundreds of thousands of years, we finally reached the Star System-Level Civilization. But just as we were preparing to challenge the Small Star Sector Civilization, alas, as Wei Kaiyuan has already told you, a small group of our people escaped with our technology and hid in the Second Spiral Arm. To avoid attracting attention, we lived underground on planets year-round, never seeing sunlight. Even so, we only took 100,000 years to break through to the Small Star Sector Civilization."
"Once we reached the Small Star Sector Civilization, we were basically safe. Only in the last few thousand years have we expanded our territory, moved to the surface, and returned to a normal life. At the same time, we have vigorously developed our fleet and tried to find any possible surviving members of our race."
"Your Majesty, your plight saddens me. We share the same fate. Nearly a trillion of your people are still being kept as food by the Insect Race. What are your plans, Your Majesty? If you need our help, we will do our utmost. However, the Fish Horse Star Civilization's fighting power is simply too overwhelming. Even with our 20 million warships combined, we couldn't defeat even 100 Fish Horse Star warships, and ended up being completely annihilated..."
According to Li Shun Shunyuan, things don't seem as bad as Hu Yu had previously imagined. In fact, their development potential might even surpass that of humans on Earth. It took humans 2 million years to evolve from apes to civilization, while this group of humans achieved it in just 300,000 years. The reason they are still only Small Star Sector Civilization is due to bad luck. However, compared to the Xuan Star Civilization, they still seem to be somewhat inferior, since the Xuan Star Civilization broke through to Small Star Sector Civilization in just 10,000 years.
However, they were quite lucky; at least they survived. According to the Destroyers, countless civilizations were destroyed by the Insect Race. If what the Sovereign said is true, then the origin of humanity on Earth really has nothing to do with them. When humanity originated, they were still struggling on the other side of the galaxy and could not have come to Earth.
"Our people? General, they can no longer be considered our people. Even if I rescue them, they will only be a burden to civilization and of no use to it."
"At least there are still some clear-headed individuals like Wei Kaiyuan. Is the leader just going to abandon them like this? They've been waiting for their civilization to come and rescue them."
"General, don't be sentimental. Even if they were all sane, so what? We now have 200 billion people, and if I wanted to, the population could easily surpass one trillion. Moreover, the quality and manners of the people here far surpass those of the captive humans. And I believe you know better than I how much it would cost to rescue them."
"Since the leader has no intention of saving them, why give them hope?"
"Hope? I didn't send out gravitational waves for them. What we need are members of our race with potential, like the general. Because we weren't the only ones who escaped back then. If they also survived and thrived, then their return would be the kind of people we need."
"Thank you for your kind words, Your Excellency. Perhaps our views are different. As long as there is even one member of our people outside, we will do everything we can to rescue them. Your Excellency, have you ever been to the Third Spiral Arm? Have you ever been to Earth?" Hu Yu asked the crucial question.
"General, what makes you say that? Do you suspect that we tampered with your origins?"
"To be honest, Your Majesty, we did have this doubt at first, because this matter is just too coincidental. However, when we originated, you were on the other side of the galaxy, so it was impossible for you to interfere with our origins."
"Yes, it's not surprising that the general has such doubts; it's understandable. If I were in that situation, I would have the same thought. However, as I just said, we only arrived at this side of the galaxy in the last few hundred thousand years, so it's impossible for us to interfere in your origins."
"And in the last 100,000 years, have your people left this place? Perhaps they left without your knowledge?"
"Impossible. More than 100,000 years ago, we were invaded by a powerful race. It wasn't until Wei Kaiyuan returned that I learned the Fish Horse Star Civilization was the mastermind. Although we didn't know at the time, we were still very careful because the powerful race that invaded us was also very strong. In order to avoid the powerful race, we didn't even dare to use planets much and always operated underground. All our spacecraft were under strict control. It's impossible for any spaceship to bypass the control and act alone."
Hu Yu didn't entirely believe what Li Shun Shunyuan said. The existence of two human groups in the universe at the same time was a coincidence, and the resemblance between the UFOs in the legends on Earth and the disc-shaped warships here was another coincidence. If one coincidence was acceptable, then the simultaneous occurrence of two coincidences was almost impossible.
President Li Shun seemed unconcerned about the origins of humankind; perhaps he already knew the secret but simply chose not to reveal it. In that case, there was no way to get anything out of him.
"Your Majesty, please forgive our disrespect."
"It's nothing. Since the general is second only to me in our civilization, why bother with any talk of respect?"
"What do you mean by that, Your Majesty? I still need to consult our leader before we can finalize our cooperation!"
"Haha, I don't want to wait that long. Who knows if your so-called leader even exists?" Li Shun laughed arrogantly.
"It seems that President Li Shun intends to detain us."