Another Civilizational Path Beyond the Extraordinary

Meanwhile, the players were still formulating their strategy. "We thought this would be a simple instance dungeon, some backwater civilization with barely anyone even on the path to Weak Ninth-Order. Who knew it would be even more terrifying than we imagined?"

"As expected, even the backwater bumpkins out there aren't always that backward."

"A truly complete ninth-order being isn't something crippled ninth-order beings like the Super Saiyama People can compare to. Based on the historical records, we have reason to suspect it might even be one of the invincible kinds among ninth-order beings."

"Yeah. Either we don't run into one at all, or the moment we do, it's the strongest kind of ninth-order."

The players all spoke in low voices.

They might have seemed reckless, but they were actually extremely cautious.

Their previous campaign against the Brain Worm God had made that clear. If they could use the power of Heavenly Emperors, they would never reveal divine-level strength and leave the Brain Worm God questioning its entire existence afterward.

That was why they had progressed so slowly along the way, using no greater power than necessary to deal with Great Octopus after Great Octopus, each only at the Heavenly Emperor level.

"According to the descriptions, that Cosmos Garden is bizarre. Just one cloned hand was enough to sweep everything aside. That shows how terrifying the original must have been!"

"And there's that cloning technology too. Mass-producing gods is simply unimaginable."

"We came to explore, not to wage war. Looks like we need to hide ourselves completely. If we can avoid meeting them, we should."

"We'll stuff our eyeballs into a Great Octopus's eye sockets—the true Eyes of Cthulhu—and send them into that extraordinary planet to scout it out."

In an instant, they settled on the perfect infiltration plan. They intended