DCRBG 14

Chapter 14

Just Run (3):

5.

[Bracelet of Vitality]

Grade: Rare
Description: Enhances the wearer’s overall physical abilities.
Effect: All physical stats +15, all resistances +15
Equipment Restriction: Bracelet slot 0/2

The first item that came out of the capsule was, as the viewers said, simple.

So this is the average effect of a floor 1 rare item?

Well, that’s 20 million won right there.

But this isn’t the item the viewers were going crazy about.

“Wait, you’re telling me this tiny thing is that good?”

I picked up a golden matryoshka doll with my fingers and gave it a little shake.

On the outside, it just looked like an ordinary matryoshka doll.

Sure, it had a bit of a classy shine to it, but the viewers were losing their minds.

That’s the strongest item on floor 1
Only 6 people in the whole world have ever gotten that
LOL isn’t that basically a lifetime graduation item from the Abyss?
My stomach hurts
If that wasn’t a bound item it’d be worth billions

Seriously? That level?

What the hell is its effect then?

Let’s check the item right away.

[Lucky Matryoshka]

Grade: Rare, Bound
Description: A luxurious matryoshka doll that brings good fortune.
Effect: As long as this item is in your inventory, all probability-based outcomes gain the effect <Luck>.
This item is bound to the holder.
Holder: Meteor Shower (Yoo Sung-woo)

The description was nice and clean.

<Luck>? What kind of special ability is that supposed to be useful for?

“I-I can’t believe you pulled a Lucky Matryoshka! This is… this is the greatest achievement of my life!”

“Congratulations, Sung-woo. I never thought a player from Korea would get the Lucky Matryoshka. I can hear the future of this country getting brighter!”

Even Ji-hyun and Deputy Manager Choi, with flushed faces, nodded like it was truly something amazing.

And right then, our master explainer viewer sent in another donation.

[<Abyss Encyclopedia> has donated 10,000 won!]

The Lucky Matryoshka increases the odds of beneficial outcomes while decreasing harmful ones. In short, it’s a completely broken item. Congratulations, Meteor.

And the chat piled on with more explanations:

That thing really is busted lolololol
Drop rates increase too
Not just drop rates — the quality of drops skyrockets
Everyone who got one ended up filthy rich
The GOAT of farming items
Not just farming, it’s broken in combat too. Higher evasion, lower poison chance, increased chance of finding hidden rooms in dungeons
Rumor is the Abyss admins messed up when they made it lol
Legendary-level item tbh
I’m dying of jealousy
Gotta put together a Labyrinth of the Vampiric Leech party right now. Can’t believe we’re watching this live

Oh, so that’s how it works?

Judging by the chat, yeah, this really was a busted item.

Not just better drop rates, but better item quality, and even combat perks?

We usually call items like this OP.

Some of my Avalon abilities still carry over, and now I’ve pulled a busted item the second I enter the Abyss?

…Is the whole universe conspiring to help me?

“Aha-ha.”

One victory lap wasn’t enough.

I shook the Lucky Matryoshka — let’s call it “LuckMat” — at the viewers and said:

“The item is cute, sure. Is that why it’s so good?”

Clean bot detected inappropriate expression
This guy knows exactly what he’s doing
Congrats, Megod
Since you got such a great item, we don’t have to donate anymore, right? Not like we planned to anyway

“Guys. I pulled this in just 2 tries at capsule gacha.”

Was that flex a bit too much?

I saw my subscriber count dip for a moment.

Time to pivot quickly.

“This is all thanks to your prayers, everyone. Really, thank you! I’ll keep working hard!”

Prayers, my ass lol
I literally wished you’d pull trash. I literally wished you’d pull trash
I’m jealous, I’m jealous, I’m jealous
So the streamer buff carries over into the Abyss too?
If I become an Abyss streamer, will I pull good stuff too?
lol try becoming a player first

Okay, let’s think this through.

It still doesn’t feel real, but what could this tiny matryoshka lead to?

Combat doesn’t matter — I’ll crush that regardless. Economically, though, it looks like this:

…That’s straight-up broken.

“Keheheh.”

The dopamine rush hit me hard.

This is it, this is what gacha is all about!

Wait a second. If I have LuckMat, doesn’t that mean I’ll also hit jackpots just by cracking capsules?

“Deputy Manager Choi.”

“Yes?”

“Does the Bureau happen to have any rare capsules in storage? I’ll buy them. Can I pay later? Or take out a loan?”

lolololol
His eyes just rolled back
Serious case of gacha addiction
omg he’s spiraling
If you’re addicted to gambling, call 1336 right away
Wake up — if capsule gacha could make you rich, every LuckMat holder would’ve spammed them already

“Uh… Sung-woo?”

“Yes?”

“Unfortunately, LuckMat doesn’t apply to capsules.”

“But it says it affects all probability-based outcomes?”

“Well, with capsules, the item is decided the moment it drops. Having LuckMat when you acquire the capsule makes a difference, but opening someone else’s capsule doesn’t. That’s why we do the appraisals for you.”

Ah, so that’s how it works.

A shame, but not hopeless.

It just means I need to farm capsules myself while holding LuckMat.

“If a LuckMat holder brings in capsules, then…?”

“We’ll buy them at double price, since the luck-affected capsules are more valuable. You’d need to certify ownership of the Lucky Matryoshka, but since Deputy Choi and I witnessed it, you won’t need further proof.”

“I see.”

That’s when Deputy Manager Choi jumped in, almost like he’d been waiting.

“Sung-woo. Since this is a momentous event for the Bureau, we’ll go even further — we’ll buy your capsules at triple the price.”

“Ah, that doesn’t sound so great.”

“Which part bothers you?”

“Why would I give up on something this fun? This is my dopamine! The joy of gacha is doubled when you roll it yourself.”

His brain is fried
Did his brain just explode?
They offered triple and he refused, insane lol
As expected of Megod
Dopamine is Megod’s fuel
Why give up dopamine, indeed
Gacha itself is content
So he’s opening every capsule himself? True streamer vibes

[<National Real Men Association> has donated 50,000 won!]

As of today, we officially recognize Meteor as a true man.

“Thanks for the donation.”

Yeah, next time I’ll save up the capsules and do a massive gacha stream.

Why sell when I don’t even have enough dopamine for myself?

No way.

So, with that, the gacha stream was wrapped up, and now it was time for the moment our viewers had been waiting for!

“Since I got one bound item, I’ll give away this Bracelet of Vitality in a subscriber event! Time to do a raffle!”

Time to pick the winner.

6.

Back in the day, pulling a sample from YouTube comments and doing a raffle was such a hassle.

But now, in 2035, it’s laughably easy.

[Raffle prep complete.]

My AI-powered earpiece, with help from the Bureau’s drones, pulled a sample in just 5 seconds.

And the recording drone wasn’t done yet.

Fwoooosh—!

It projected the raffle status in a hologram.

Cutting-edge tech, truly the best.

Number of raffle participants: 22,117.

For a streamer who’d just started broadcasting, it was an unbelievable figure — even considering the clickbait.

And this was my first video in seven years.

This wasn’t just a hit. This was a mega-hit.

“The prize is the Bracelet of Vitality. Deputy Choi, if a regular civilian wins, can they sell the item?”

“Of course. The law guarantees civilians the right to purchase items too. Recently, it’s become a popular investment method. If the winner wants to sell, our Bureau will buy it.”

“You all heard that, right?”

A Bureau-backed broadcast? Smells fishy
Please let me win. I helped an old lady this morning
Hello everyone, I barely survived this morning with tap water…
lol if I win I’m selling and buying crypto
I feel dizzy, hurry up and raffle

Nice — that even boosted my stream’s credibility.

This should put a damper on the “rigged raffle” talk.

Now, time to run the draw.

But it’d be boring if I did it myself.

“For today’s lucky draw, let’s have Deputy Manager Choi Sung-hoon — from the very Bureau hosting us here — push the button! If I do it, you’ll all accuse me of rigging, right?”

Yup
He might use his Lucky Matryoshka to pull his own alt account lol
Wait, can it do that?
So basically if he buys a lotto ticket he’s rich
I approve
Shut up and spin the wheel already, bro

Best to dodge suspicion and let someone else do it.

There’s a perfect excuse too, and if I hand it to Deputy Choi, all the better.

He takes the responsibility, I get the subs.

That’s what I call effortless streaming.

And with the Bureau handling the raffle, there’s no way people can cry rigged.

Raffles always sparked rigging rumors in the old days.

“…You really want me to do it?”

Deputy Choi looked startled by my ambush.

“Of course. Most of the viewers here are Korean citizens. Isn’t bringing them joy a duty of the Bureau? Sounds like a good deed to me.”

“You’re… very persuasive.”

“The Bureau, together with the people!”

“…Fine. I’ll do it.”

If you can’t avoid it, enjoy it.

He quickly agreed and stepped up to the hologram raffle machine.

Without hesitation, he pressed the button.

Whirrrrr—!

The raffle wheel spun with a pleasant sound.

Over twenty thousand nicknames flashed by at incredible speed.

Please!
Me!
Pleeease
Am I finally escaping NEET life?
Even if you win, you’re still a NEET lol

And then, at that very moment—

“Oh!”

The winner appeared.

[Winner: MeteorSubscriber40Years]

A viewer with a fan nickname!

My stream had only been live for two days, and they already had my fan tag?

Rigged
Ri-ri-ri-rigged
This has to be rigged
Ahhhh
AHHHHHH
Should’ve changed my nick to Meteor too
From tomorrow I’m adding “Megod” in front of my name
Reroll please, this stinks bad

Complaints exploded in the chat.

But ignoring them for now, I congratulated my very first event winner.

“MeteorSubscriber40Years? You’re my senior then. Are you watching right now? Ah, there you are. So you’ve been watching me since before I was even born? Anyway, congrats! But uh… this is my first time running a raffle, how do I…?”

“Player Yoo Sung-woo, we’ll assist you with this process.”

“Oh, the Bureau says they’ll help! Congrats again, senior! Please coordinate with the Bureau!”

Deputy Choi really was competent.

I’d heard prize distribution was a hassle, but he’d picked up on it right away and offered to help.

I should definitely stay close with the Bureau.

Maybe not a direct contract, but if they ask, I’ll help out too.

That’s how the world should work — helping each other.

And whatever I receive, I return it doubled.

Explain! Explain! Explain!
This feels unfair
That’s it? Wow
Rigged!
I was gonna sell it and pay my college tuition…
Grats grats grats
Grats grats

I snuck a glance at the viewer count.

7,000.

Wow. For a surprise daytime stream, that was insane.

The chat was full of disappointed messages though.

Would be a shame to just end here.

Yeah, I’m in the mood.

If you’re gonna give, give big.

“You know what? I’ll throw in yesterday’s ring too! Magic grade! The one infused with traces of dark power! But only for those watching live right now! Hands up, everyone! If you’re not subscribed yet, subscribe right now! If you win but you’re not a sub, no prize! Ten minutes! Go grab your friends, family, whatever!”