Chapter 148
Chapter 148
Maybe there are some secret tips for these random gachas.
For example, back when I was obsessed with games like Maple Story, Dungeon Fighter, or Lost Ark—or even those hardcore
Chinese and Japanese otaku games—there were always these superstitions. You know, like shouting the company CEO's name
and yelling "Manse!" three times to increase your pull rates.
[ Never, ever do the Random Gacha. ]
User: Why?
Author: If I tell you not to do it, just don't do it, you son of a bitch.
User: Why are you cursing at me all of a sudden... ㅠㅜ
Author: Anyway, just don't.
User: LOL
User: Total zero-to-sixty rage ㅋㅋㅋ
User: "Just don't"?
User: LOL
User: To the person above, this is just a meme. Don't take it to heart ㅋㅋㅋ
User: Taking notes... Random gacha in the Tower Shop is... just like marriage...
[ The Tower Shop's Random Reward Box is absolute trash/a total rip-off, so seriously, NO. ]
User: For real?
Author: A complete waste of points.
User: Are you just saying that so you can have the good stuff all to yourself?
Author: If you want to try it that badly, go ahead once you're in the Tower. It’s your loss if you die.
User: OK, since you put it that way, I'm definitely staying away if I ever get in.
[ I believe the win rate for the Tower System's Random Reward Box gacha is roughly 30%. ]
User: How do you know that?
Author: I’m currently a university teaching assistant. We’re conducting a large-scale survey of survivors of the
domestic Tower trials as part of an emergency national research project. Based on the number of attempts versus
successes, it came out to about 29.989%... so I think it's set to 30%.
User: Oh...
User: Finally, an actual info post. Upvoted.
User: Always gotta upvote info posts.
User: Upvote.
User: But is it okay to make this public?
Author: Ah... should I delete it? If it becomes an issue, I'll take it down.
User: Isn't 30% actually pretty generous?
Author: No. Absolutely not. You should never do the random gacha. 70% of the time, you get a "Dud" (nothing). Even
within that 30% success rate, most people just get items like a 50-point Hemostatic Agent... anyway, it sucks. 99% of
people who have tried the gacha agree that it’s trash.
User: Whoa;; 99%?
User: But I've heard stories of people occasionally hitting 10,000 or 100,000-point items or skills.
User: There were even posts about hitting a 1-million-point skill or item. Something about stuff not sold in the shop.
Can't say if it's true, though. But risking points that are directly linked to your life inside the Tower on a gamble
like that is a bit...
User: Just don't. Skipping it is the right answer.
"Hmm... No real 'tips' to speak of. It’s just people telling me not to do it. Everyone’s evaluation is total crap..."
Feeling a bit disappointed, I pulled the random gacha anyway.
It costs 100 points per attempt. I wondered what it would give me.
"I believe in my luck!"
I purchased a Random Reward Box.
A 3D hologram animation, like several massive 120-sided dice spinning, automatically played in my mind, followed quickly
by the result.
The dice stopped, pointing at "Dud."
< The result of the Random Reward Box is: "Dud.">
"What?"
It was a result I found hard to believe.
This bitch of a system just slurped up my 100 points and gave me absolutely nothing.
"Whew... right... it's the first one. Since it's the first... that can happen."
I decided to try again. I just needed to win on the second try.
< Would you like to purchase a Random Reward Box for 100 points?>
"Yes."
< The result of the Random Reward Box is: "Dud.">
"You son of a bitch!"
A curse word escaped my lips before I could control my temper.
Whew... calm down. That wasn't very gentlemanly.
When opening random boxes, the most important thing is maintaining peace of mind... I felt that my mental
discipline was still lacking.
"I'll probably succeed next time, though. I've failed twice in a row, right?"
I remembered being taught in school that this kind of thinking is mathematically wrong when learning about cases
and probability.
However, based on my own personal theory of probability—the vague "I failed twice, so the third time has to be it"
logic—I tried again.
< Would you like to purchase a Random Reward Box for 100 points?>
"Yeah. Hurry up, roll the dice already."
< The result of the Random Reward Box is: "Dud.">
"You crazy bitch...!"
No, seriously, how? How could I fail three times in a row?
Does this mean I just threw away 300 points for nothing?
This dog-like system is definitely cheating me. This scammer bitch stole my money... no, my points...!
"...Whew, ...whew, calm down. The f-fourth time will be different. I’ll succeed now. A legendary item or skill
is bound to pop up."
I couldn't stop here.
If I stopped now... I’d just be a total idiot who tried it when everyone told me not to and ended up wasting
300 points for nothing, wouldn't I?
So, I made my fourth attempt.
< The result of the Random Reward Box is: "Dud.">
"You absolute piece of shit...!"
After cursing out the system for about a minute... I suddenly wondered if the system was doing this out of
spite, so I became momentarily polite.
"System-nim, I'm sorry for everything. I won't curse anymore, I promise. Just help me out once. I'm just
really curious to see what comes out. I'm sorry!!!!"
After offering my own version of an apology, I felt like the system and I had reached a dramatic
reconciliation.
So, I made my fifth attempt.
< The result of the Random Reward Box is: "Dud.">
"You bitch! We made up! I trusted you! Aaaarrgh!!!"
I had just flushed 500 points down the drain.
Sure, 500 points... honestly, you could say it's not much these days.
If I go into the 1st Floor's Project Zombie World, I can earn that by killing about 50 zombies.
Right. It’s only that much.
But I'm a man with a pure heart and romantic ideals.
When I feel like the world is out to get me, there is no greater sense of injustice.
"Dammit, if it's going to be like this, I'm doing it until I win."
< Would you like to purchase a Random Reward Box for 100 points?>
"Yeah. Fine. Let's see who wins."
< The result of the Random Reward Box is: "Dud.">
"Whew... This is impossible. This isn't reality."
I started with denial.
How could this happen? Six failures in a row?
Now I was starting to get scared. Scared that only "Dud" would keep appearing.
At the same time, rage surged. What did I do so wrong? You son of a bitch system!
Yet, I felt the need to negotiate with this system bitch who manages the gacha.
"System, let's really make up now. Hey. Say something. Don't ghost me. You holding a grudge? Huh?"
The system said nothing.
Only then did I realize that since I had been hurling all sorts of abuse and curses at the system, I
was already screwed.
Right. If I were the system, I wouldn't forgive me either.
Once I realized that, all of this began to make sense.
I became rapidly depressed.
I was throwing money (points) into the void, begging someone I had just cursed out to let me win once.
I am a man who failed the Shop gacha six times in a row.
I realized it then.
The fact that the world is out to get me.
The world is trash.
And so, I moved toward acceptance.
Let's just try 10 times.
Exactly 10 times.
Right.
1,000 points. For me, if not for others, that's not such a huge amount. I can handle it.
Having passed through the five stages of "Denial-Anger-Bargaining-Depression-Acceptance," I rolled the
gacha again.
< Would you like to purchase a Random Reward Box for 100 points?>
"Yeah. Sure. Do it quickly."
< The result of the Random Reward Box is: "Hemostatic Potion.">
"Oh! YESSSS!!! Finally!!! ...Wait, a Hemostatic Potion...?"
Feeling an ominous sense of familiarity at the name, I checked how much a Hemostatic Potion cost
in the Shop.
< Hemostatic Potion>
Price: 50 Points
"Ah... ah.... Ahhh. Ooh, I suddenly feel a sharp pain in the back of my neck..."
I had a moment of true realization regarding what people mean when they say their blood pressure
is skyrocketing. I finally understood why people in dramas grab the back of their necks when
their blood pressure rises.
"...No way. D-Did I just... waste seven hundred points... seven gacha tries... just to get... a
50-point Hemostatic Potion? Me? Right now?"
Spend 700 points, try the 100-point gacha 7 times, and all I get is a 50-point potion...?
Are you kidding me?
This couldn't be. This just couldn't be happening.
With hollow eyes, I blankly... without a single thought... rolled the gacha again.
Because I couldn't let it end like this.
< Would you like to purchase a Random Reward Box for 100 points?>
"Yeah. Sure. Do it quickly."
< The result of the Random Reward Box is: "Temporary Tent.">