Reincarnated To Evolve My Bee Empire-Chapter 431: More limit breaks!

I spent some more time thinking about the prospects of a new war, Dalmanrach’s words, and his appearance. It didn’t lead to any particularly smart thoughts, but I hoped I might finally stop being an absolutely helpless pawn in divine games.

For now, I focused on what I had—and I still had limit break points to spend on other morphotypes.

Of course, Beehounds immediately got the ’Telepathy’ limit break. They would benefit the most from both the range increase and the astral projection ability, which will let them scout distant places without even leaving the safety of their hives.

With Beemarines I wanted to max out one of their attacking genes—like ’Shootable Stinger’ perhaps—to limit break it. I was sure that this will bring their attack potential to its very best. At the same time, I also felt like some of the existing genes might prove very useful...

I hesitated just as much on my last remaining morphotype, Hardbees.

I could upgrade their telepathy, but it wasn’t their defining feature as a morphotype. It was their resilience and low-maintenance, but how low could it even go?

I imagined that even if I limit break their improved metabolism, the most that could happen will be that they stop needing food at all. Which will save a lot of food in perspective, but won’t be a game-changer.

In the end, I decided that this can wait until I return to Hive Supremo and speak with Oracle Undecided. Even if it takes a week of waiting, I was going to get a straight prophecy out of her about what various limit breaks meant. This was too important!

For now, I focused on other business I and Amby had left in Hive Explanatoria.

Right after I sent my astral projection to Hive Supremo and asked one of my Attendants to ask Undecided to get me my prophecy.

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Another week later, after many more diplomatic talks and several more ceremonies, I and Ambrosia had left the Naregan capital and returned to Hive Supremo. Despite her earlier jokes about making the way home by some other means, Amby stoically bore the journey on a dragon’s back.

Of course, the first thing I did upon returning was spread updated morphotyping pheromones with future Beehounds in Hive Supremo. The second thing I did was donate some blood for a dozen Queen Bees from ones who had retired from laying eggs.

As regional advisers, or even rulers, they spent a lot of time flying from a hive to a hive already. Now they were going to have an extra task added to it—spread Beehound morphotype pheromones.

The third thing I did was ask Undecided about the other limit break upgrades. By this point, she actually had an answer.

It was unusually clear—she even spelled out the system descriptions of all limit break talents available to me.

〔Heat Resistance V+I (MAX): allows gathering energy and life force from heat. 10% of all heat damage that could’ve been inflicted on you will be turned into stamina. 10% of all fire damage will be turned into health points.〕

〔Improved Immunity V+I (MAX): all parasites, microbes and viruses that enter your body become symbionts and allies, providing various benefits.〕

〔Improved Metabolism X+I (MAX): reduces need for food by 100%. Increases regeneration and stamina recovery speed by 50%.〕

〔Reduced Sleep V+I (MAX): fully removes the need to sleep. Allows entering a meditation state in which intelligence increases by 20%.〕

〔Flight V+I (MAX): increases base flying speed by 1000%, increases reaction speed by 100% and dramatically increases air maneuverability. Makes your body more resilient to the side-effects of flying at high speed.〕

〔Faster Regeneration X+I (MAX): +2000% to health recovery speed. Allows regrowing lost limbs.〕

〔Thick Skin V+I (MAX): reduces all physical damage taken by 100%. Reduces damage from fire and acid by 20%.〕

〔Venom Resistance V+I (MAX): allows breaking venoms that enter your body into energy. 10% of all venom damage that could’ve been inflicted on you will be turned into stamina and health.〕

〔Detachable Stinger V+I (MAX): lost stingers regenerate instantaneously. Your stinger becomes dramatically sharper and more tough, enough to cut thought stone.〕

Just reading this list was mind-blowing... I could barely believe my eyes!

"This is some incredible job predicting, Undecided," I praised my daughter. "Thanks a lot. Now my choice is much easier! Or... Not really."

I looked at the list again and shook my head in disbelief.

I could limit break the ’Thick Skin’ gene on Beemarines and make my future soldiers almost invulnerable. Even venomous creatures will have a hard time dealing any damage to them, because how would they poison someone in the first place when their venomous claws, fangs and stingers won’t break a Beemarine’s skin?

At the same time, Beemarines could get stingers that could cut through stone—and that meant even the toughest of defenses...

Meanwhile, Hardbees could learn how to gain stamina from heat—and since most of them already worked in metallurgic industries, this would mean that they will have infinite stamina! They will barely need breaks at all. Or I could get the limit break for ’Improved Metabolism’ and...

Actually, not needing to eat sounded sad. Food was such an important part of life—I decided I don’t want to cut any of my progeny from it, even for the Empire’s sake.

And the ’Improved Immunity’ limit break actually looked dangerous. Not to the owner, but to everybody around it. It was quite common for creatures immune to some illness to still spread it, and this looked like just the case.

Still, there were still promising flight and sleep upgrades...

I knew I couldn’t make the choice of the limit breaks on my own—I had to ask my Advisers. And with all the news and goals brought by me from the Naregan capital city, I was going to talk with them, anyway. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The Empire Council was going to gather, and for once, there wasn’t going to be a two-minute-delay for everything Whisper wanted to say!