The Infinite Realm was a completely new game in the Marvel Universe. There was no tutorial, so players could only figure things out for themselves.
Only a handful of people had discovered how to craft things. Most players just gathered a few blocks and wandered around, dying, respawning, dying, and respawning again.
Some players quit in a rage because they couldn't figure out how to play, but they were ultimately in the minority.
The speed at which the Infinite Realm took off exceeded even Mercer's expectations. He hadn't done any promotion at all, yet the player count had surpassed five hundred thousand in just ten hours of real time.
And that was without any advertising whatsoever. Apparently, people who had played it had spread the word privately, introducing more people to the game.
Mercer ignored them and remained doggedly focused on mining.
Blocks shattered one after another, and the pickaxes in his hands broke one by one. After breaking his fourth iron pickaxe, Mercer finally spotted the crystalline blue blocks he'd been waiting for.
Diamonds!
Mercer carefully dug out the surrounding stone, making sure there was no lava underneath. He didn't want to mine the diamonds only for them to fall into lava and burn up.
Fortunately, that didn't happen.
"Haha, four diamonds! What a haul!"
Overjoyed, Mercer hurried forward to pick them up. The moment he collected the diamonds, a game notification popped up before his eyes.
[Congratulations to player [Mercer] on obtaining diamonds and becoming the first person on the server to do so.] [This can be announced in the world channel. You may choose to remain anonymous or use your name.]
"Reward obtained: Lucky Block ×1!"
Mercer was delighted. He hadn't expected an achievement like this to come with a reward.
The Lucky Block was