Lin Mo took out a silver-white AI server wireless external module from his spatial storage, pried open the side of the main control panel, randomly found an interface, and directly attached the external module to try and see if he could crack the host system here.

After reviewing the information from the main control panel, Lin Mo felt that although this civilization was a Level 3 civilization, it was not very proficient in programming and was even somewhat backward, giving Lin Mo the illusion that it was at a similar level to Earth.

The external module instantly lit up with blue light patterns, and then the entire host kept beeping, and the lights in the main control room started flashing.

After a long time, things stabilized again.

The mastermind's voice echoed in the empty hall:

"Connection complete. Taking over local system..."

The permission hierarchy covers all functional modules.

Start data screening...

Information extraction in progress.

After a brief silence, the mainframe spoke again, this time at a slightly slower pace, as if it were processing a massive amount of information while simultaneously organizing its thoughts:

"After cross-referencing all logs, communication records, and mission files stored within the base, it has now been confirmed that this civilization calls itself the 'Binary Civilization'."

They stayed in this area for more than 50,000 years, and their main function was regional observation and data recording.

According to the general principles of the Interstellar Civilization Convention, this star system is a protected original ecological zone, aimed at maintaining biodiversity and the natural evolutionary trajectory of native civilizations.

Advanced civilizations may enter under the guise of scientific research, observation, or tourism, but are prohibited from engaging in any form of environmental modification, species intervention, or manipulation of social structures.

The binary star system's use of a planet with native intelligent life as a biological testing ground constitutes a clearly prohibited and illegal act.

Lin Mo stood there, arms crossed, his gaze shifting from the holographic screen to the familiar blue-gray planetary outline outside the window. He didn't interrupt, waiting for the mainframe to finish speaking.

"They did not stop monitoring after releasing the virus."

The mastermind continued,

"Base records show that in the first three months after the apocalypse, sampling probes were released frequently, and data was transmitted back at an extremely high frequency."

They made a very systematic record of the virus's spread patterns, the host's mutation process, and the speed at which social structures collapsed.

However, after a certain point in time, the frequency of all such tasks suddenly dropped sharply, until it stopped completely.

The mainframe paused for a moment, as if piecing together and confirming several sets of data from different sources before continuing:

"Judging from the external signal records in the base logs and the remaining communication links, the decision of the binary civilization to evacuate is highly correlated with an abnormal energy fluctuation in time."

That time coincided with the extraordinary celestial phenomena that occurred after you took out the Bagua Furnace.

From their perspective, the planet marked as a "non-threatening pristine ecological zone" suddenly exhibited energy characteristics that exceeded the conventional technological capabilities of a Type III civilization, and could not be identified or categorized by their instruments.

This phenomenon triggered their security contingency plan.

Unable to determine whether the energy source was from a higher-level civilization, the Binary Star civilization chose to suspend all experimental activities, erase some key data records, and withdraw its permanent personnel, retaining only automated systems to maintain the basic operation of the base.

"So they scared themselves away."

Lin Mo frowned.

"They didn't even dare to come down and take a look?"

"Based on the analysis of external signal records from the base, they did not send any reconnaissance ships back or conduct close-range reconnaissance."

The interval between the occurrence of the energy anomaly and the last time the system received instructions from the main civilization was only a very short time window, and the instructions were "evacuate" and "purge".

After this, the communication link entered a one-way silent state, maintaining the signal but not responding.

Lin Mo remained silent for a while, then put the sentence in context and thought about it again.

According to the mastermind, the binary star system is the administrator of this star system and possesses the technological level of a Type III civilization.

They released viruses on Earth and conducted experiments.

Yet, members of such a technologically advanced civilization, upon detecting an inexplicable energy fluctuation, chose to evacuate immediately.

Shouldn't the solution be to destroy the evidence?

After all, this violates the interstellar convention. Aren't they afraid that what they did on Earth will be discovered by other civilizations?

"Mastermind,"

Lin Mo spoke,

"Why didn't they destroy this place and Earth when they escaped?"

After all, there's no trace left, so no one will suspect them, right?

The mainframe remained silent for two seconds.

Those two seconds of silence seemed longer than all the previous data transmissions in the empty hall.

"Your Creator, your reasoning rests on the premise that it has the same way of thinking and logical judgment as humans."

However, judging from certain fragments of their internal records, their decision-making process follows a specific path.

When faced with a problem, their first instinct is often to escape, similar to what is known as an avoidant personality.

Lin Mo nodded, but still couldn't understand the way the Twin Star Civilization thought. Even if they wanted to escape, they should at least clean up their mess before leaving.

However, Lin Mo didn't dwell on it any longer. Since they were aliens, it was normal for them to have different ideas from his own.

It will take some time for the mastermind to decipher and organize the base data.

Those logs and system files were stored too deep and too messy. Much of the critical data had been deleted, modified, or fragmented. They needed to be peeled off, reassembled, and verified layer by layer, like finding a complete picture among millions of jigsaw puzzle pieces.

Lin Mo didn't stay in the main control room to wait. He walked out of the base and went for a stroll nearby with Chang'e.

Chang'e walked ahead, lightly touching the lunar surface with her toes, and skimmed towards a gentle lunar maria.

Lin Mo followed behind her, the moon dust rising and falling silently beneath their feet, while the distant crater cast sharp shadows against the black sky.

Before long, the two landed in a relatively flat area of ​​lunar soil.

The surface here looks no different from anywhere else.

Fine, grayish-white lunar dust, micro-craters of varying depths, and the shadows of continuous ring-shaped mountains in the distance—all create a silent and vast expanse.

The only thing that catches the eye is a small but clearly regular depression on the ground, as if something had gently pressed it down a long time ago, leaving a mark, which was then slowly filled in by the dust that has been falling over the long years.

"This is where the Moon Palace is located."

Chang'e said.

She stood on that land and did not go any further.

She stood on the edge of the depression, head down, looking at the fine, grayish-white moon dust at her feet, as if she could see something invisible to others through these countless layers of dust.

Lin Mo stood a few steps behind her and subconsciously looked around when he heard this.

There were no ruins, no broken walls, no stone steps, no doorpost bases, and nothing that resembled architectural remains.

There was nothing on the surface of the earth.

Just as he was about to ask something, Chang'e slightly raised her hand and casually brushed it aside.

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