The eighteen peak Glorious-level powerhouses were practically flooding the psionic network with messages, frantically sending several each per second:
"Are they really extraterrestrial lifeforms?"
"Probably."
"How do they know our language?"
"They must have sent spies to infiltrate us long ago and secretly learn it."
"Wait a moment, everyone." At that moment, the most influential powerhouse in the psionic network spoke up.
This powerhouse was named Lai Mi Mei Li. He was the strongest Carbon-based lifeform on Grella-13A and everyone's acknowledged spiritual leader.
The moment they saw him speak, the flow of messages in the psionic network immediately slowed. Everyone waited for Lai Mi Mei Li to continue.
About five seconds later, Lai Mi Mei Li continued, "I made brief psionic contact with the extraterrestrial being who was broadcasting. I discovered that we are not on the same level at all. She seems to be an existence above the Glorious-level!"
"Above the Glorious-level?"
"How is that possible?"
"So the peak of the Glorious-level isn't the end?"
The psionic network erupted with cries of alarm once more.
At this point, Aikebaier felt the time was right.
He immediately sent a message through the psionic network. "The universe is vast and full of wonders. It is entirely possible that beings above the Glorious-level, at even higher ranks, exist.
What we should be considering now is what to do.
The extraterrestrial visitor said that she is also a Carbon-based lifeform and will not target us..."
Before Aikebaier could finish, someone in the psionic network immediately refuted him. "You actually believe her? You believe an extraterrestrial lifeform?"
"No, you actually believe an extraterrestrial lifeform? Isn't this just a trick by the extraterrestrials to hold us back temporarily, destroy the machine intelligences first, and then deal with us?"
"Have you already forgotten the Shame of