Uprooting the Tree

The nearby Ninedust sent mentally, "Darknorth, should we use our Hegemonic treasures?"

"No, we don't have that many of them to begin with. Once we use them up, we'll be out," Ji Ning refused mentally. "We're keeping those to keep ourselves alive at critical moments. I'll try a few things out first. Even if it takes me a million years or a hundred million years, that'll be better than wasting a Hegemonic treasure. Besides… even if we did use it, it wouldn't be of that much use to us!"