In fact, according to Lightmus's original plan, he was supposed to act only twenty years later, since many preparations had yet to be completed.
He simply had not expected the Alphart Civilization to discover his connection with the Black Mang Empire, forcing him to move the plan forward drastically.
However, successfully killing Zhang Hao today had greatly boosted his confidence.
After all, although the Black Mang Empire had said that this technology could restrain pure Energy Lifeforms, Lightmus had still felt somewhat uncertain without having tested it himself.
Now, the last of Lightmus's worries had vanished.
"Nevitt!"
Since he had already made his move, he needed to contact his ally. Lightmus immediately sent Nevitt a communication request.
"Lightmus, what is it?"
"I just killed Zhang Hao!"
"...Say that again?"
"I said I just killed Zhang Hao!"
After confirming it again, Nevitt finally became certain that he had not misheard.
Of course, he knew who Zhang Hao was. Zhang Hao had been the person responsible for liaising between the Alphart Civilization and the Four Great Super Civilizations. They had met plenty of times, and he was the Alphart most familiar to the Four Great Super Civilizations.
"What the hell were you thinking? Didn't we agree to act twenty years from now? We haven't finished preparing at all!"
Nevitt said angrily.
"I had no choice. The Alphart Civilization discovered that I had once received information from the Black Mang Empire. Zhang Hao came specifically to question me. Since I couldn't hide it anymore, I could only act!"
"But don't worry, you haven't been exposed. Based on my guess, once the Alphart discover that I killed Zhang Hao, they'll most likely have your three Super Civilizations launch a campaign against me!"
"I need the Fario Civilization to act as our insider and, at