[Main story complete. Mild horror.]
Hidden in the real world where humans live are cracks that no one can see.
If one day you are unlucky enough to step on one, you might fall into another dimension.
Some "cute" monsters live there, and its infinitely vast space contains endless levels.
You will begin exploring at Level 0. You can pick up supplies that appear out of nowhere, build a simple shelter to hide from the monsters, or follow your curiosity and courage to explore farther, searching for a way out.
This place was later called the Backrooms by humanity.
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Yu Xian is an energetic college student and an escape-room enthusiast.
One day, she receives a text from an unknown number. It reads:
[Welcome to the Backrooms. =)]
She deletes the spam text and helpfully labels it as an advertising scam.
But that's when the nightmare begins.
To gather more information and improve her chances of surviving in the Backrooms, she starts posting about her experiences in an app called Escape Room Forum.
No one would believe that her ghost story about the Backrooms is real. But one day, "they," with their garbled IP addresses, begin commenting on her posts...
At first, Yu Xian thinks these accounts belong to other humans. Then she meets them for real and discovers that the comments are nothing but traps set by monsters to lure people inside...
[I'm not like them. I don't eat people. =)]
[Come find me. =)]
[Reader's Guide]:
1. Escape-and-survive story, no supernatural powers.
2. Not a wish-fulfillment story.
3. Contains horror elements.
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Next novel: "Drug Resistance (Sentinel and Guide)." Visit my profile to save it to your collection. Here's the preview blurb:
Xi Zhuo, an S-rank Sentinel of the Federation, lost her Guide in the depths of an S-rank Infected Rift.
Since then, every Guide she dates reminds her of him.
But none of them are him.
She can no longer maintain a long-term partnership with any Guide.
Her attending physician calls this psychological trauma "drug resistance," a term for the phenomenon in which a drug's effectiveness decreases as it is used more often.
Only by repeatedly accepting comfort from different Guides can she pull herself back from the brink of mental collapse.
But the looks in the eyes of the Guides she "borrows" temporarily grow increasingly strange...
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"I... I want to bond with you permanently..." the young Guide pants, his eyes glistening as he gazes at his master like a loyal puppy.
At Xi Zhuo's feet, a golden retriever spirit companion eagerly licks her dangling fingertips.
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"You're hurt." The young man turns his head away, his shadowed eyes hidden in darkness. The tentacles of the jellyfish in his arms curl around Xi Zhuo's thigh. "Don't overthink it. I just don't want to owe you anything."
As the wound heals, the tentacles unwillingly wind around her again and again.
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"Are they better than me?" The young Guide crouches and looks up at Xi Zhuo, struggling to hide his obsessive, dark jealousy. A giant python lies low at his feet.
"Big sis, want to touch it? Or... want to try it with me?"
"As long as you like it..."
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They desperately long to merge their minds with hers, possess her, even bond with her permanently and become her one and only partner.
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The young man leans close behind her, his breath hot against her ear. "Who do you actually like?"
His voice carries a laugh, but it is cold.
Xi Zhuo glances sideways at his face and smiles warmly. "You, of course."
Only later do they break down when they discover that one person in this rivalry cannot be targeted.
And he has been dead for a long time.
[Important Content Warnings]
1. The female lead has multiple partners; all male characters are virgins and emotionally devoted. Female Sentinel, male Guides. BG romance!
2. Light combat + everyone falls for the female lead + love-triangle drama. This is an anything-goes indulgence project. The female lead is a deeply charismatic bad woman, and there are many male supporting characters. If you can't accept that, please don't read it! (Covers head with a pot lid.)
3. One-on-one relationships in each arc! Open ending, but the bonus chapters will include what-if scenarios for each male supporting character and the female lead. No betting on a love interest.
4. Strong female lead, replacement romance. The white moonlight is completely dead and cannot come back to life. The female lead has no heart; when she's done with one, she moves on to the next.
5. Includes some original worldbuilding, with a cyberpunk wasteland setting.
Blurb archived on February 10, 2025.
Theme: Never give up hope.
It's over!
After reading a book for so long, this is the first time I have come across the subject of "backroom". My previous knowledge of "backroom" was limited to the fake backroom videos I had seen online. I feel that the subject matter is really novel and I searched the entire internet and found nothing similar in style.
Let me talk about some minor shortcomings first. I feel that the author does not have an outline or the outline is not detailed. The last few chapters are a little rushed. I can feel that the author wanted to describe the atmosphere formed by the huge mother sculpture at the end, the black tears in the corners of the eyes, and the surrounding empty and lonely space, but I don't know why it feels a bit inexplicable. Some of the places I thought were foreshadowing in the previous article are not closed. Specific questions such as: Why was my mother sitting peacefully at the Blue Knight before suddenly being asked by my father to take away her mobile phone? My father is my mother's only envoy, so who are the other envoys? Are my father and mother not the only researchers at the institute, and two people can't create space-time through particle collision, so where are the other researchers doing? Is this institute private or national, why do everyone on the Internet treat the back room as a fantasy instead of raising awareness to discover its authenticity? If it is a national Has it been so long since the family has studied and understood the entry mechanism? After all, the original intention of studying this space is to allow humans to enter. We can't let it be born without any understanding or research. The researchers have become the big boss of the space. The hall will understand whether the brother's entry into the back room was accidental or necessarily active or passive; the brother has been in front of the mother before, why did the mother insist on killing the white bird without saying anything (several times) and insisted on waiting for three people to arrive before not taking action; why the people in the back room are so real The body can be transformed, why does the entity have a different stance? Why did the partygoers win such a complete and overwhelming victory by starting the war without saying hello in advance? From this strength, it seems that there is not much difference between saying hello or not; and that Yu Xian saw the entity eating and eating with his own eyes She was about the same age and then the entity left her a message online and she actually felt comforted. I thought it was a sign of the protagonist's alienation from the entity, because I brought it in. I saw a monster that had eaten people leaving a message to me. Although it was very cute, I still felt creepy. I thought it said it wanted to come to me to complete its achievements of not eating me last time, etc. I thought of so much first, and some questions may be caused by me not paying attention. If so, I will keep it private first.
I feel that the author could definitely write a sequel, write a group portrait of the team that entered the back room, and expand the world view. The father is both a guide and an untrustworthy entity. Each team has its own personality and a story that must come to the back room. Because of the characteristics of the back room, everyone will be alone when they break up, and the stories that happen between the various entities.
My wife is really good at writing this kind of surreal thriller plots. Many of the plots have appeared in nightmares. When I read them, I will get chills on my back, such as the thing that looks like a kitten in the dark room; the tracking of the partygoers (the protagonist has been serializing his whereabouts on the forum, why did the partygoers stop chasing him later? I am looking forward to it appearing again, and why did the spoiler not appear on the forum later? What happened to it); hiding from searches under the table, etc., It is really awesome! ! ! ! It's been a long time since I've seen a book like this that made me feel really scary! ! ! Moreover, the plot of avoiding tracking and entities is arranged very compactly. It is not always tense and boring, nor is it always dull and dangerous. It is very smooth and readable. I feel that this kind of thriller plot description is in my comfort zone. It really has the potential to be a hit! There is something wrong with the outline. You can write the outline before starting the book and then gradually improve it. I guess I have been looking for a meal replacement article like this for a long time.
Looking forward to my wife's new work! ! !
I have something to say after reading this!
The theme of the wife is well chosen, and the theme of the back room is quite rare in Jinjiang. The plot connection is also very good, and the descriptions at each level are very attractive. The choices of different people guided by level changes are also very attractive. It's a bit of a pity for me personally that this aspect of different people is not explored in more depth. However, the back room is originally a one-person game most of the time, and it is more necessary to focus on the protagonist.
Then here are some of my thoughts on the ending:
In fact, I was a little regretful after finishing the ending at the beginning. I felt that the ending was a bit hasty. I thought I would dig deeper with my brother, but the final ending was similar to a boss battle. However, after thinking about it for a few days, I realized that it was not sloppy and it had indeed landed smoothly. First of all, it's the brother's part. The heroine has a shell bracelet that the dummy doesn't have. In this case, the conclusion that the heroine = the dummy can be easily overturned. Secondly, with the blessing of the Moon Tarot Card, the rest of the brother's doubts can be completely overturned. Moreover, there is no other entity at this level except the dummy, so it is very easy to achieve the result of the sister rescuing the brother. Then comes the ending. The most sloppy part for me at the beginning was the part where the heroine leaves the back room. There was no thrilling boss battle, and there was no thrilling plot. After just a few simple chats, the parents sent him away. Even the so-called friends asked their parents to send him away. But after thinking about it later, I realized that this was the only way to escape from the back room. The heroine is not a king, and she has no special skills. She is just an ordinary person who was forced into the back room. For ordinary people who suddenly get stuck in the back room due to a bug, the possibility of escaping from the back room is basically zero. And there is no such thing as a level of destruction. If you destroy this level, there will be countless levels in the back room. You never know when you will be able to return to the front room. Therefore, for the heroine, returning to the front hall through her parents is the only way to escape from the back room. And it is even more impossible for the heroine to save her friends by herself. Not to mention the various entities, just the unknown level can drive people crazy. The most terrifying thing in the back room is not the entity, but the hierarchy. And the number of people who cut into the back room cannot be calculated at all. You never know when a person will cut into the back room, so it is very unrealistic to find friends in the back room. The only feasible way is to use entities. Looking at it this way, the ending is actually a smooth one, completely in line with the situation where ordinary people can escape from the back room.
So I think the sloppy look may be due to the fact that the foreshadowing of the search for the truth is too long, and there are too many expectations for the ending, and the ending is deviated from the overall atmosphere of the article, and does not keep up with the atmospheric rhythm of the previous part. For those who don't know much about the back room subject, this bland ending is completely different from the common endings on the market, and most of it is caused by this deviation. If you don't get the ending right, you can try to narrow the frame a little next time, it might be better. The teacher's writing is very good, please don't be unsure!
Ah... It's gone... I remember that I had collected the names of the rescue team members before, and thought there would be some scenes.
I was recommended by a group of friends. The subject matter is relatively new. Although it relies on the existing world view settings, the atmosphere created by the author's writing style is also very exciting. It is a pity that various aspects are not further deepened, but this is also the disadvantage of creating based on the existing settings. Some things have been framed and cannot be dyed with too much of your own color.
The first half is very attractive, but as a reader, I still hope it can be more exciting. For example, the forum elements are mainly explained in the introduction. In the early stage, some plots that provide information and suggestions to the protagonist can be added to strengthen the initiative of the protagonist in posting posts. However, in the later stage, the forum just becomes a place for communication between the protagonist and entities. It is a pity that ordinary people have all become the atmosphere group. (As mentioned above, the search and rescue team did not appear in more scenes. It mainly played a role in connecting the mother in the base with the children in the outside world at the beginning? (I watched it in one go and may not have been too careful. Everyone is welcome to add.) At the end, it was gently put down and the protagonist asked his father and mother to help rescue. However, it was a bit abrupt not to mention the other people in the back room.
I always felt that the ending was a bit rushed. Maybe the author was anxious because he couldn't perfectly present the outline in his mind due to the serialization? It is a pity that I could not see the excellent work in the author's mind. I hope that the author will continue to create and present the real dream to readers more completely.
It was well written, and the ending did feel a little rushed, but overall the flaws were outweighed. I got goosebumps when I watched the first half in the middle of the night. I feel like the author hastily finished it because there are not many readers. I feel like there is a lot of content that has not been developed, such as M. E. G. From the concept to the writing, it is actually very good, which is a bit of a pity, but I still thank the author for bringing such a wonderful book.
I feel like the writing has been so hasty since the brothers met each other. I feel like there are still many stories that can be unfolded, Ming Ming Ming.
The subject matter is very good, but I was a little disappointed when I saw the end. The plot was not developed, the foreshadowing was not clearly written, and the relationship with my brother was honestly a bit awkward.
Everything feels weird =) Is this the end?
It's very interesting to watch, and the plot is very interesting. I quite like it, but the ending is a bit rushed. It would be a particularly good work if the ending was more perfect!
What a hasty ending... I can only say that the author has a good idea.
First of all, let me praise you! This Mrs. Wen is so pretty! The subject matter is novel and the writing is superb! But the only drawback is that this article is too short! It feels like there are still a lot of plots that have not been developed. Some of the characters that appear exist to serve the plot, and they could be written in more detail to make them more vital. Looking forward to seeing the author's next work
It's over! After reading a book for so long, this is the first time I have come across the subject of "backroom". My previous knowledge of "backroom" was limited to the fake backroom videos I had seen online. I feel that the subject matter is really novel and I searched the entire internet and found nothing similar in style. Let me talk about some minor shortcomings first. I feel that the author does not have an outline or the outline is not detailed. The last few chapters are a little rushed. I can feel that the author wanted to describe the atmosphere formed by the huge mother sculpture at the end, the black tears in the corners of the eyes, and the surrounding empty and lonely space, but I don't know why it feels a bit inexplicable. Some of the places I thought were foreshadowing in the previous article are not closed. Specific questions such as: Why was my mother sitting peacefully at the Blue Knight before suddenly being asked by my father to take away her mobile phone? My father is my mother's only envoy, so who are the other envoys? Are my father and mother not the only researchers at the institute, and two people can't create space-time through particle collision, so where are the other researchers doing? Is this institute private or national, why do everyone on the Internet treat the back room as a fantasy instead of raising awareness to discover its authenticity? If it is a national Has it been so long since the family has studied and understood the entry mechanism? After all, the original intention of studying this space is to allow humans to enter. We can't let it be born without any understanding or research. The researchers have become the big boss of the space. The hall will understand whether the brother's entry into the back room was accidental or necessarily active or passive; the brother has been in front of the mother before, why did the mother insist on killing the white bird without saying anything (several times) and insisted on waiting for three people to arrive before not taking action; why the people in the back room are so real The body can be transformed, why does the entity have a different stance? Why did the partygoers win such a complete and overwhelming victory by starting the war without saying hello in advance? From this strength, it seems that there is not much difference between saying hello or not; and that Yu Xian saw the entity eating and eating with his own eyes She was about the same age and then the entity left her a message online and she actually felt comforted. I thought it was a sign of the protagonist's alienation from the entity, because I brought it in. I saw a monster that had eaten people leaving a message to me. Although it was very cute, I still felt creepy. I thought it said it wanted to come to me to complete its achievements of not eating me last time, etc. I thought of so much first, and some questions may be caused by me not paying attention. If so, I will keep it private first. I feel that the author could definitely write a sequel, write a group portrait of the team that entered the back room, and expand the world view. The father is both a guide and an untrustworthy entity. Each team has its own personality and a story that must come to the back room. Because of the characteristics of the back room, everyone will be alone when they break up, and the stories that happen between the various entities. My wife is really good at writing this kind of surreal thriller plots. Many of the plots have appeared in nightmares. When I read them, I will get chills on my back, such as the thing that looks like a kitten in the dark room; the tracking of the partygoers (the protagonist has been serializing his whereabouts on the forum, why did the partygoers stop chasing him later? I am looking forward to it appearing again, and why did the spoiler not appear on the forum later? What happened to it); hiding from searches under the table, etc., It is really awesome! ! ! ! It's been a long time since I've seen a book like this that made me feel really scary! ! ! Moreover, the plot of avoiding tracking and entities is arranged very compactly. It is not always tense and boring, nor is it always dull and dangerous. It is very smooth and readable. I feel that this kind of thriller plot description is in my comfort zone. It really has the potential to be a hit! There is something wrong with the outline. You can write the outline before starting the book and then gradually improve it. I guess I have been looking for a meal replacement article like this for a long time. Looking forward to my wife's new work! ! !
I have something to say after reading this! The theme of the wife is well chosen, and the theme of the back room is quite rare in Jinjiang. The plot connection is also very good, and the descriptions at each level are very attractive. The choices of different people guided by level changes are also very attractive. It's a bit of a pity for me personally that this aspect of different people is not explored in more depth. However, the back room is originally a one-person game most of the time, and it is more necessary to focus on the protagonist. Then here are some of my thoughts on the ending: In fact, I was a little regretful after finishing the ending at the beginning. I felt that the ending was a bit hasty. I thought I would dig deeper with my brother, but the final ending was similar to a boss battle. However, after thinking about it for a few days, I realized that it was not sloppy and it had indeed landed smoothly. First of all, it's the brother's part. The heroine has a shell bracelet that the dummy doesn't have. In this case, the conclusion that the heroine = the dummy can be easily overturned. Secondly, with the blessing of the Moon Tarot Card, the rest of the brother's doubts can be completely overturned. Moreover, there is no other entity at this level except the dummy, so it is very easy to achieve the result of the sister rescuing the brother. Then comes the ending. The most sloppy part for me at the beginning was the part where the heroine leaves the back room. There was no thrilling boss battle, and there was no thrilling plot. After just a few simple chats, the parents sent him away. Even the so-called friends asked their parents to send him away. But after thinking about it later, I realized that this was the only way to escape from the back room. The heroine is not a king, and she has no special skills. She is just an ordinary person who was forced into the back room. For ordinary people who suddenly get stuck in the back room due to a bug, the possibility of escaping from the back room is basically zero. And there is no such thing as a level of destruction. If you destroy this level, there will be countless levels in the back room. You never know when you will be able to return to the front room. Therefore, for the heroine, returning to the front hall through her parents is the only way to escape from the back room. And it is even more impossible for the heroine to save her friends by herself. Not to mention the various entities, just the unknown level can drive people crazy. The most terrifying thing in the back room is not the entity, but the hierarchy. And the number of people who cut into the back room cannot be calculated at all. You never know when a person will cut into the back room, so it is very unrealistic to find friends in the back room. The only feasible way is to use entities. Looking at it this way, the ending is actually a smooth one, completely in line with the situation where ordinary people can escape from the back room. So I think the sloppy look may be due to the fact that the foreshadowing of the search for the truth is too long, and there are too many expectations for the ending, and the ending is deviated from the overall atmosphere of the article, and does not keep up with the atmospheric rhythm of the previous part. For those who don't know much about the back room subject, this bland ending is completely different from the common endings on the market, and most of it is caused by this deviation. If you don't get the ending right, you can try to narrow the frame a little next time, it might be better. The teacher's writing is very good, please don't be unsure!
Ah... It's gone... I remember that I had collected the names of the rescue team members before, and thought there would be some scenes. I was recommended by a group of friends. The subject matter is relatively new. Although it relies on the existing world view settings, the atmosphere created by the author's writing style is also very exciting. It is a pity that various aspects are not further deepened, but this is also the disadvantage of creating based on the existing settings. Some things have been framed and cannot be dyed with too much of your own color. The first half is very attractive, but as a reader, I still hope it can be more exciting. For example, the forum elements are mainly explained in the introduction. In the early stage, some plots that provide information and suggestions to the protagonist can be added to strengthen the initiative of the protagonist in posting posts. However, in the later stage, the forum just becomes a place for communication between the protagonist and entities. It is a pity that ordinary people have all become the atmosphere group. (As mentioned above, the search and rescue team did not appear in more scenes. It mainly played a role in connecting the mother in the base with the children in the outside world at the beginning? (I watched it in one go and may not have been too careful. Everyone is welcome to add.) At the end, it was gently put down and the protagonist asked his father and mother to help rescue. However, it was a bit abrupt not to mention the other people in the back room. I always felt that the ending was a bit rushed. Maybe the author was anxious because he couldn't perfectly present the outline in his mind due to the serialization? It is a pity that I could not see the excellent work in the author's mind. I hope that the author will continue to create and present the real dream to readers more completely.
It was well written, and the ending did feel a little rushed, but overall the flaws were outweighed. I got goosebumps when I watched the first half in the middle of the night. I feel like the author hastily finished it because there are not many readers. I feel like there is a lot of content that has not been developed, such as M. E. G. From the concept to the writing, it is actually very good, which is a bit of a pity, but I still thank the author for bringing such a wonderful book.
I feel like the writing has been so hasty since the brothers met each other. I feel like there are still many stories that can be unfolded, Ming Ming Ming.
The subject matter is very good, but I was a little disappointed when I saw the end. The plot was not developed, the foreshadowing was not clearly written, and the relationship with my brother was honestly a bit awkward.
Everything feels weird =) Is this the end?
It's very interesting to watch, and the plot is very interesting. I quite like it, but the ending is a bit rushed. It would be a particularly good work if the ending was more perfect!
What a hasty ending... I can only say that the author has a good idea.
First of all, let me praise you! This Mrs. Wen is so pretty! The subject matter is novel and the writing is superb! But the only drawback is that this article is too short! It feels like there are still a lot of plots that have not been developed. Some of the characters that appear exist to serve the plot, and they could be written in more detail to make them more vital. Looking forward to seeing the author's next work