Mercer's perception of his body was now exactly the same as it had been outside.
The Mind Stone, Reality Stone, Space Stone, Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Blacklight Virus were all still present within him.
Even his weapons, Black Blade Shusui and Dark Saber, were there. With a thought, Mercer made them appear as icons lined up before him.
Strangely, all these icons were gray, like skills that had yet to be unlocked in a game.
Mercer tried clicking one, and a line of text immediately floated up before him.
[You need to craft a Transmutation Tablet and retrieve the corresponding items from it to activate them.]
That cleared things up for Mercer. This really was a world built around "equivalent exchange."
He had indeed brought his items in, but they were all stored in this mod's central item, the Transmutation Tablet.
Only once he crafted the Transmutation Tablet would the game truly begin.
"All right, time to get to work!"
If he could really retrieve all his equipment from the Transmutation Tablet, Mercer would never lack equipment again.
As long as he had enough points, he could withdraw an endless supply of items. Even the Infinity Stones would become cheap commodities to him.
Mercer slapped his cheeks hard with both hands. He would have been lying if he said he wasn't excited, but he hadn't crafted it yet. He couldn't celebrate too soon.
"Okay, okay. If you want to get rich, punch some trees first."
He kept the game's core resource firmly in mind: wood. It was arguably the most important material in this world.
Without it, making tools and progressing would be difficult. He would have to find another way to craft tools.
This world had a bizarre mechanic: punch a tree with your bare hands, and it