The rhythmic snoring lulled him into a deeper state of mind where he was able to ignore the perception of his environment and focus on the topic in his mind.
In this state, there was no distraction. Because there was no distraction, the full might of his mind could be brought to bear to solve the problem he was fixated on.
He was in this state of mind for a long time. During that time, his eyes were closed, his breathing shallow, and his heart beat slow as a crawl.
Eventually, he came to a conclusion. When he did, his body recovered to its normal state as he said the conclusion out loud, "If we are to expand and recruit more epic beings, we need something to bind us together and make us work together, or we will doom ourselves."
Then he shook his head and said, "I can't think of anything that can do that safely and without severe repercussions."