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- 1 The Backrooms: Echoes on the Edge 后室：边缘回响 A fanfiction inspired by games, websites, fantasy, and encouragement from friends. I'm writing whenever I get ideas, so feel free to point out anything that seems wrong. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Backrooms: When the Whole World Begins to Shift 后室：当整个世界开始切入 [The Backrooms] [Exploration] [Group Survival] [Building a Civilization] [Readers unfamiliar with the Backrooms can jump right in.] [No System. The setting follows the Wikidot Backrooms canon, with original additions as needed for the story.] [The author is continually adding related story content and scene images.] [Some levels, entities, and items are covered in the chapter comments for interested readers. These details are optional and do not affect the main story.] During a retreat, Cheng J 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Backrooms: Endless Nightmares 后室无尽噩梦 An abandoned, sealed-off school gym hides all kinds of inexplicable mysteries. A group of people went inside and vanished without a trace. This is no ordinary sports venue. Its depths connect to another world, full of bizarre monsters and illusory visions. Could they have fallen into an endless dream? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 An Adventure in the Backrooms: Escape the Backrooms 后室的探险之旅：逃离后室 [Backrooms + Adventure + Worldbuilding + Hardcore + No System + Smart Protagonist + Combat] The early chapters are a novel adapted by the author from Fancy's game Escape the Backrooms. Feel free to discuss any issues, and the author will gradually revise it to match the Backrooms standards. Since the game combines three different Backrooms settings, please bear with me and feel free to offer suggestions. The later chapters use the W-version level setting, with the C cluster included. If you don' 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Backrooms: A Wandering Survivor 后室之幸存的流浪者 [The Backrooms] [Mystery] [Villain] [No System] A stark, spatial narrative, a close-up of morally gray humanity, and a distinctly internet-native pace. Told from a Villain's perspective, the story reveals the cruelty and unknown dangers of the mysterious world of the Backrooms. Its rules never pity the brave or make room for the weak. Rather than following a detective or a victim, the story stays with a character who is “not entirely innocent” as they venture deeper into the Backrooms, caught be 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Backrooms: Shifting Levels 后室：层级转变 Not a wish-fulfillment story. No harem, no System, and no invincible protagonist. The Pantheon, REDE, interlocking mysteries that build layer by layer. The protagonist and their teammates are smart, but they aren’t all-powerful or invincible. There may be some “bugs” that are actually foreshadowing! After accidentally falling into the Backrooms, the protagonist discovers abnormalities in the levels as they struggle to survive. Strange events keep occurring, and as they search for the truth, a va 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Backrooms: I’m Safe After Falling Into the Backrooms 后室：掉落后室的我很安全 The surroundings are gloomy, the lights flicker, and old facilities are everywhere. They encounter terrifying monsters such as the Grinning Nightmare and the Blunt Ones, constantly facing the threat of death. The author has been suppressed and can do nothing about it. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 My Prison Cell: The System's God of War 我嘞个牢室之系统战神 The System isn't much use... The protagonist's team has to do all the work. They occasionally explore some obscure levels, and there will be descriptions of level items in physical form. The entire class transmigrates into the Backrooms. I have a System, there are moles, bleeding hearts, and organizations. It's a strange place that nobody can escape from! [Attention, everyone!] The protagonist, Zhu Rong, starts with M.E.G., then goes on to U.E.C., B.N.T.G., Argos, the robotics company... Even wi 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 My Backrooms Journal 我的后室笔记 This Backrooms story is pretty good, but it covers quite a few levels and stories. I’ll tell you about the levels, organizations, entities, and more. The work has its shortcomings, so I humbly ask readers to offer their feedback. 137Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The End Is Nigh, and I Open a Mixue Bingcheng in the Backrooms 末日来临，我在后室开蜜雪冰城 All of humanity was transported to the endless yellow Backrooms level, Level 0. Just as Lin Huo was desperately struggling to survive, a voice rang out in his mind: “Ding! The Snow King System has been activated!” Faced with all kinds of bizarre entities, Lin Huo simply smiled calmly. “Want a glass of lemonade, friend?” 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Great Backrooms Collapse 后室大崩坏 [Plot]+ [Slow Burn]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Not Overpowered]+ [Everyone Is Smart]+ [The Backrooms] 2033, the tenth year since the Backrooms faded from people's attention. A yellow hell. Mysterious entities. Those things are all in the past now. Backrooms kids, longtime Backrooms fans, even Backrooms writers. They can no longer remember what this place used to be like. People who slipped in from the Frontrooms, and residents who belong to the Backrooms themselves. Either way, their numbers are close 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Backrooms: A Writer and the Chuangjiao Community Fall into the Backrooms 后室：当写手带着创交群落入后室 (The author writes for Zhongzhan and has written four Level stories. There’s absolutely no chance of a Shinfeng situation (lol).) (A very good Backrooms story, with love from Wikidot.) [The Backrooms] + [Chat Group] + [Wikidot] As an ordinary Chinese Backrooms wiki writer, Huai Yue got so furious after her story received 50 downvotes that she transmigrated to a parallel world, only to accidentally clip into the Backrooms. When she saw the familiar surroundings of Level 0, Huai Yue was complete 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Become an Explorer in the Backrooms 我在后室成为探索者 Lin Rui unexpectedly transmigrated one day to a parallel world filled with mysteries and strange phenomena. Urban legends flourished there, especially tales of the "Backrooms," which filled countless people with dread. Lin Rui discovered that the world seemed to conceal some kind of illogical bug, and that bug was the key to exploring the unknown and embarking on an adventure. After making careful preparations, Lin Rui successfully found the world's bug and used it as an entrance to step into th 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Backrooms: Just a Little Bigger Than the Frontrooms 后室：就比前厅大点地儿 [W-Backrooms] + [Blended elements] + [Exploration] + [No System] + [No female lead] Hello. No need to introduce ourselves. No, I mean, our titles don’t matter. When you scratched off a lottery ticket and won 500 million, what dreams did you hold in your heart? And then, when you came in, this was the place you found. The floor was damp and smelled strange. The lights flickered without stopping, and the walls were covered in bizarre, yellowed wallpaper. Boredom, exhaustion, helplessness, panic. N 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Backrooms: I Transmigrated and Chose Not to Be Human 后室：穿越我选择不当人 Grinning Facers, Hounds, Partygoers... What should you do if you encounter these entities in the Backrooms? Zhang Ming will tell you: Transmigrate to the Backrooms? System, I've decided to stop being human! 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Backrooms: Diaries of Those Unlucky Enough to Clip In 后室：那些不幸切入的日记 A note on the linked stories This is not your home. It is a collection of endless unfamiliar spaces, non-Euclidean corridors, and things lurking at the edge of your vision. They call it the Backrooms. No one comes here willingly, but some people are unlucky enough to… fall in. This book is neither a guide nor a hero’s epic. It is a stack of lost diaries, fragments of transcripts, and a final phone memo that was never sent. Their authors include students, nurses, drivers, programmers… You will re 110Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Endless Escape from the Backrooms 后室无尽逃脱 Lu Mingyi, Zhu Yinqi, Su Luo, and others fall into the Backrooms. Its many levels await exploration, and they are joined by people who live there. Along the way, they get help from the brothers Chen Shijin and Chen Shitui, as well as Xu Jinchen, who isn't afraid of the entities at all. They also encounter all kinds of terrifying Villain entities. Can they escape the Backrooms? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 I Died in the Backrooms from the Start, but I Have the Phoenix Project! 开局死在后室，但我有凤凰计划！ [A Desperate Start] The pale cycle of Level 483 reduced Luo Wu to ashes. Luckily, the Phoenix Project activated and helped him be reborn across dimensions! [A Backrooms Journey] There are dozens of Kalanzi with huge eyes and long tentacles on Level 9. Could you please stop chasing me? I was wrong! U.E.C., releasing poison gas? I’ll go straight to your hometown and release “abstract dance powder,” making you dance to the Pure Land of Bliss for 365 days! A little Backrooms doctor tells you: Grin, 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 A Wish-Fulfillment Hero? Sorry, This Is the Backrooms 爽文男主？不好意思，这里是后室 [The Backrooms] [Exploration] [No Saintly Protagonists] [Original Setting] [Anime Characters] (Most of this work is based on the W version of the Backrooms, though it also draws on some other versions. It includes plenty of original worldbuilding and some reasonable adaptations, so even readers who aren’t familiar with the Backrooms can enjoy it. Oh, and two anime characters, Xiedie and Furina, will also appear.) Ye Chen, Wang Hao, Xiedie, and Furina make up a Backrooms dream team, ready to writ 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Beyond the Antechamber 前室以外 Based on the Backrooms, a “reality bug” from an online community devoted to bizarre fantasies, this book tells various fictional stories about “wanderers” in the Backrooms. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 In the Backrooms, Dreaming of the Frontrooms 人在后室，梦回前厅 Born in the Backrooms, Bai Yue suddenly discovers that she can return to the beautiful Frontrooms in her dreams, anchored to a young girl. Long abused, Li Zi sees a boy who seems part ghost and part spirit, and unexpectedly gains a power that does not belong to her. Is it all just coincidence?! Or... was it fate? Can they break free from the bonds of destiny? Perhaps The answers they seek lie in the deepest recesses of the human heart. There are tears and sweet moments. Come on in and take a lo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Backrooms Super Player 后室大玩家 The Backrooms, W-version, C-cluster. Quick-hopping player, no entry requirements. (This is purely an exploration story with little plot. Hope you enjoy reading!) I was an ordinary person who fell into a despairing hell: the Backrooms. This place is lifeless. Everyone lives in constant fear, until... Time to start quick-hopping! Since I’ve already fallen into the Backrooms, I might as well go wild! 295Reads—Score143Shelves
- 23 The Backrooms: A Wanderer's Tale 后室：一个流浪者的经历 [W Version + F Version] [No Harem] [Not a Saint] Could such a mysterious place as the Backrooms really exist? Back when I was in the Frontrooms, I knew pretty much everything about all the levels, but I still had to keep my distance from this place. I used to think it was just an urban legend, but I never imagined I’d actually end up here! How am I supposed to survive and escape? Of course, I can’t do it without help from my companions. P.S. This book was inspired by "The Backrooms: A Wonderful 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Finding My Way Home from the Backrooms 后室寻归 I'm just a miserable wage slave. What a rotten day. What kind of place is this? Can someone please come save me? Qu Ming is an ordinary office worker who somehow fell into the Backrooms. Even in this internet-connected age, he'd never heard anything about the place. Will he get a chance to learn the truth about it? Or, at the very least, can he make it out of beginner level 0 alive? A fanfiction based on the basic Backrooms setting. No flashy organizations or confusing levels of information, so —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Fallen Into the Backrooms: A Girl’s Protection From the Start 跌落后室：开局受到少女庇护 [The Backrooms]+ [Beautiful Girls]+ [Pure Romance]+ [Level Fan Fiction]+ [Growing Protagonist]+ [Dark Monsters]+ [Easy to Read] The ambitious young Harley enters another world after one brief misstep. Strange phenomena, perilous surroundings, and vicious monsters come at him one after another, all brimming with malice. One level after another, each a bizarre and uncanny world: this is the Backrooms. Fortunately, he has brought the beautiful girl who should exist only in his dreams into reality. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Transmigrate into the Backrooms: I Became a Level Explorer 穿越后室：我成为层级探索者 Main characters: Wang Jia and Gu Yan [Ensemble cast] + [Original power hierarchy] + [No System] + [Carefully plotted] + [No characters acting foolishly] When space begins to shatter, the only way to survive is to uncover the lies. The legacy of ancient gods, the council's merciless experiments, eerie whispers from the spatial rifts… Just as everyone is willing to pay any price to uncover the truth, Wang Jia realizes that what they call salvation is nothing more than a desperate gamble with their 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Cultivating Immortality in the Backrooms 我在后室学修仙 [Cthulhu + Backrooms + Cultivation + Golden Finger + Two Male Leads] The protagonist is forced into the Backrooms, awakens a Backrooms Cultivation System, and begins his path to immortality. He keeps playing it safe while quietly building his strength, and meets a good buddy during his explorations. With the System's constant help, the protagonist carves his way through the Backrooms, leaving the entities battered and fleeing. But only at the very end does he discover that no sponsorship comes f 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Backrooms: A Record from the Rooms Backrooms后室实录 When Zhang Xiao yawned in the stairwell of his office building at two in the morning, he had no idea he was falling into humanity's oldest nightmare: the Backrooms. This infinite space, caught in a crack in reality, stretches on without end, its six hundred million square miles of yellow wallpaper never stopping. The fluorescent lights' incessant buzzing gnaws at your sanity, while beneath the damp carpet lurk secrets more terrifying than death. Level 0 is only the beginning. In the mold-scented 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Backrooms: I'm an Employee of the Inside Company 后室我是内部公司人员 Six months ago, I went to study abroad in the Beautiful Country. After graduating, I planned to find an ordinary job, but unexpectedly landed a position at Company A... “While carrying out a mission with my companions, I accidentally fell behind and got lost in Level 0.” (How am I supposed to survive? How do I get out of here?) “But that's okay. I have information on every level!” 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Backrooms: Crown of Calamity 后室：灾厄冠冕 The moment I opened my eyes, I fell into the Backrooms' hell. The nothingness of Level 136 wanted to devour me, and the rules of Level 363 declared me a cheater. But when four strangers gave their lives to lift me out of the abyss, I understood: this hell needs a king. “The Lord of the Party” bestowed revelry upon me, and “The God of Silent Souls” granted me authority. And I will use this [Crown of Calamity] to crown every wanderer with a new dawn. (JOJO Stand battles + Backrooms survival + The 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Backrooms: Drifting Through the Global Backrooms Backrooms全球后室漂泊 Eight Billion People Around the World Fall into the Backrooms [Backrooms] + [Smart Protagonist] + [Exploration and Plot] + [Innovative Worldbuilding] At dawn on Judgment Day, Zhou Yuyi and eight billion people around the world fell into the Backrooms at different times. This surreal space seemed endless, with yellow corridors stretching on forever beneath bright lights. The hum of the lights filled the entire space, and every corner was steeped in uncertainty and fear. Faced with this sudden uph —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Backrooms: I Have a Livestream! 后室：我有一个直播间！ In two whole years' worth of emails sent to Luo Chen, was the only thing they explained this bizarre concept called the Backrooms, something he'd never even heard of? Did searching it on Baidu only bring up a bunch of garbled text? Did he suddenly fall into this place as soon as the emails stopped? While everyone else was struggling to survive in the Backrooms, Luo Chen merely smiled and said, "What have I got to worry about? I've got a System!" (I'm in eighth grade. Please don't flame me if my —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Escape the Backrooms: A Challenging Journey of Survival 逃离后室：充满挑战的生存之旅 (Also known as: BACKROOM Survival Adventure) We went on an outing. That was it. I didn't even know where we were going. It was supposed to be a date, and we'd picked a place. The Backrooms are real. No! We somehow ended up here without even realizing it. I don't know how I've managed to last this long. Nothing but monsters, everywhere. And the survival difficulty on top of that. Fine. Survival difficulty is still just survival difficulty. Whatever, something's wrong here. I don't want to join th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Backrooms: My Superbrain Overpowers the Entities! 后室：最强大脑的我，力压实体！ [Exploring levels] + [Eerie entities] + [Ensemble cast] + [Humorous and entertaining] This story follows Cao Ji as he ventures deep into the Backrooms and experiences its many levels. For someone as skilled in strategy and research as Cao Ji, the Backrooms are still the Backrooms, yet they bring him the utopia he has always dreamed of! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Surviving the Backrooms: I Can See the Hints 后室求生：我能看见提示 [Welcome, everyone, to the world of the Backrooms!] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Backrooms: Known Boundaries 后室：已知边界 Lin Qi thought he knew everything there was to know about the Backrooms, until he actually fell into them. The descriptions on the forums and the notes left by survivors became his only lifeline. But beneath the humming fluorescent lights, as the yellow walls stretched on without end and the "rules" he knew began to behave in strange, unexpected ways, he realized that the maze he had entered might be far more unfathomable than the legends suggested. The first "whisper" he encounters: does it poi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 My Backrooms Are Just a Little Different 我的后室有亿点点不一样 [Backrooms exploration + Infinite Flow + original entities and levels] An endless series of levels lies in the cracks between worlds. An unknown presence has thrown the mysterious Backrooms into chaos, turning them into a never-ending escape game =) Countless people have stumbled into this place, yet almost no one has ever escaped... Ning Qi wanders into this mysterious realm, only to discover that it's just a tiny bit different from the Backrooms he knows so well? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Everyone Is Fighting to Survive in the Backrooms, but I’m Just Here for Work 全世界在后室求生，就我是来上班 [Rule-based horror + unconventional workplace antics + team spirit] While everyone else desperately fights to survive, I sit in an office and write rules. A Backrooms civil servant's daily life: saving people counts toward performance reviews, staying alive is a perk. Shen Chen: Backrooms Administration Bureau · Seventh Affairs Division · Acting Administrator · Employee ID BM-404 Level 0 - "Starting Station" Class 0: Non-Euclidean space, yellow wallpaper, buzzing, damp carpet. The first level t 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Backrooms: A Road to Survival Thebackroom求生之路 [The Backrooms] + [No Female Lead] + [The Backrooms] + [Not Overpowered] + [No System] + [Survival] + [Slow Burn] + [Ensemble Cast] When you noclip out of reality's errors or through a hole in space, you should understand that there's no going back. You'll see monotonous yellow wallpaper, a carpet reeking of rot, buzzing fluorescent lights, and endless corridors that seem to repeat forever, with faint sounds coming from far away. This is the Backrooms, a place where chaos and order, distortion a 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Lost in the Backrooms, but It’s Arknights 误入后室但是方舟 An ordinary young man, a wildly popular game, and a fantastical urban legend. What unexpected things will happen when fate brings the three together… 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Backrooms: This Partygoer Is Asking for a Beating 后室：这个扫兴客有点欠揍 (Dream skin + two heroines + practically invincible in the later stages + System + Minecraft meets the multiverse) My name is Lan Bing, and I’m a Partygoer. Hey, wait, don’t hit me in the face! All I did was throw a rotten egg at you. Was it really necessary to chase me for so long? But the Backrooms have become a little more complicated. Time and space are in disarray, and people, places, and skies are appearing one after another. Where will the protagonist end up? “Bing, can I really do it?” “ —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The New Backrooms, Changed by Me 因我而变的新后室 [Backrooms] [Everyone is smart] [High-level difficulty] [Organizations and internal conflicts] [Connections between Entities] The Backrooms are our wondrous homeland. Here, we welcome everything new. This is our second home. The protagonist, “I,” is a wanderer who accidentally stumbled into this place. As soon as I arrive in the Backrooms, I hit the jackpot and end up in Level 598, followed by a series of high-difficulty levels. The View, False Levels, Barren Skies, Mourning, Crystal Caverns Bon 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Backrooms: I Founded a Faction to Rival MEG! 后室：我创建团体比肩MEG！ (Backrooms W-version) + (No female lead!!! Stop asking!!!) + (C-cluster) + (System) + (factions) + (protagonist isn't a saint) + (informative) + (a few jokes) Ling Feng is an ordinary 996 office worker and a member of a Backrooms website. One day, while walking down the street, he accidentally noclips into the Backrooms. A lively, adorable, little-girl-like voice rings out in his mind: [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on unlocking the Backrooms Faction System!] As a veteran reader of Tomato novels —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Backrooms: Infinite Rebirths, Hunted by Horrors Again and Again 后室：无限重生，诡怪杀我千百次 Zhang Xi longs to explore the meaning of life. Then she encounters a strange figure in white that can send you back to the past, and the mysterious otherworld known as the Backrooms... What kind of extraordinary reaction will occur when these three collide? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Backrooms Level 1: Is It Over...? 后室level1:结束了吗…… Backrooms Level 1: Is It Over...? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Backrooms Are a Dead End? Then I’ll Just Beat the Entities into Submission 绝境后室？那我打服实体不就行了 [No System] + [Global] + [Survival] + [The Backrooms] + [Survival] + [Easy to Read] + [Plot-Driven] + [Not Overpowered] As space collapses across the globe, a bizarre disaster seeps into reality and all of humanity is plunged into the Backrooms, where scarce resources leave people struggling to survive. Dangerous levels of every kind are home to terrifying entities. With order in ruins, Yang Fan discovers that the malice of other people is harder to guard against than monsters. Facelings, Skin-S —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Global Transmigration to the Backrooms: Escape Countdown 全民穿越后室：逃生倒计时 [No System, no superpowers, nearly invincible, Wikidot version, with some original additions] Everyone transmigrates to the Backrooms, and each person starts with a status panel and a 25-slot inventory. The protagonist plays it safe and builds up his strength early on. Later, he'll join many organizations, taking on a different identity in each one. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 I Created the Backrooms to Slaughter Abominations and Raise Catgirls 我创造后室，虐杀异类与饲养猫娘 Xiao Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and finds himself the master of every level in the Backrooms. An invasion from another world? First, he’ll head into the Backrooms and have a heart-to-heart with the entities! Accidentally created a [Safe Level]? Perfect. He can stock it with adorable monster girls! Viewers watching the livestream cry out in relief that Xiao Feng is on humanity’s side. But Xiao Feng only smiles and says nothing. He opens his mouth to accept a fresh piece of fruit offer —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Backrooms: An Infinite Journey 后室：正无穷旅途 This book has little to do with the main story. This is a prequel. Updates stop here, and I won't be updating it anymore. I hope you understand. I'm doing my best to keep the main story updated.… This book is a record of abandoned plot ideas and has little influence on the main story. It is not useful as a reference, and it does not share the same worldbuilding. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Afterlife: I Cheat My Way Through the Backrooms 后世：我在后室里开挂 Even Tomato is going too far. After signing the contract, you still can't change the title of your work? Anyone who dares ask me for an update or give me a low rating is getting a 360-degree, no-blind-spots summon of Shaoyu**************and then**********Shaoyu is freaking awesome 666, and finally I'll summon the young master's grandpa to grab that cement with chopsticks*********😡😡😡😡😡 Ten years at the top, yet no one knows, The innocent are known by ten thousand, I guard the nation's gates f —Reads—Score—Shelves
