It is probably reasonable to say that Zig is closer to C's current philosophy in practice, which encompasses many additional developments over the decades to deal with various aspects of C and programming real machines that have arisen as both have changes, and Go closer to C's original philosophy of simplicity and relative ease of use. (In modern times, C is not one of the easier languages to use any more, due to significant advancements in the field of making easy-to-use languages. But it was originally intended to be an advancement there itself.)
By similar logic, I can say with a straight face that all of Go, C++, Zig, Rust, and Swift (and more) are "evolutions in general-purpose programming languages like C", despite their wild differences, because the world has gotten larger, and there is room for a lot of variations like that, each addressing different aspects of the newer, larger world.