Only a Thousand Years

As the Council Chairman of the Alphart Supreme Council, Lin Aotian had come here personally to meet Lin Fan for three main reasons.

First, curiosity—curiosity about Lin Fan as a human.

Second, his mindset had changed. He now saw humanity as the most likely of the ten God-Making Plans to succeed.

Third, he had brought news—news that concerned the entire universe.

"Lin Hong told you about the Black Mang Empire before he left, but... there have now been some changes. Some very bad changes!"

Just as I thought.

Lin Fan muttered to himself inwardly. It really was exactly as he had guessed.

"Yes, exactly as you guessed. The Black Mang Empire's forces, which were originally supposed to reach our universe in ten thousand years, will now arrive in at most a thousand years!"

"No, to be precise, it isn't the Black Mang Empire's entire military. It is a fleet that evaded our surveillance, one that set out for our universe ten thousand years ago and was only discovered by us today!"

"Though it is only one fleet, do not underestimate it. No matter what, it is a fleet from a God-tier Civilization. Even if the Alphart Civilization deployed all its forces, our chances of defeating it would still be less than ten percent. And even if we did defeat it, the damage we suffered would be enough to cripple our entire civilization!"

"Therefore, more than ever before, we hope that one of the ten God-Making Plans can succeed. Even if it cannot reach the level of a God-tier Civilization for now, reaching the peak of a Super Civilization would still be an enormous source of support for us!"

"And among these ten God-Making Plans, if there is any civilization that can reach that point within a thousand years, then I