The development level 13 was far away, and the system had told me that I would only get the new lifespan gene at level 15. Even though I had literal years of life until then, the increasing gap still made me worry a little.
But with our most direct competitor removed from the playing board, the Bee Empire advanced with a sure stride of the iron feet of its mechas.
It took me several weeks to fully adjust to my new ability to meditate instead of sleeping, but when I did, it was truly incredible. This state didn't just increase my intelligence—it turned on some parts of my brain that must've been only active during sleep.
When I meditated, my mind always bloomed with incredibly creative ideas, the type that usually only came to a person in dreams, only to be forgotten in the morning. Not all of them were good, but they helped me solve a lot of problems as the Bee Empire continued growing.
