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- 1 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 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 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—14d adds
- 3 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—14d adds
- 4 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—14d adds
- 5 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—14d adds
- 6 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—14d adds
- 7 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—14d adds
- 8 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—14d adds
- 9 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—14d adds
- 10 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… 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 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—14d adds
- 12 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—14d adds
- 13 The Backrooms Level 1: Is It Over...? 后室level1:结束了吗…… Backrooms Level 1: Is It Over...? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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—14d adds
- 15 I Found an Encyclopedia of the Backrooms 我捡到了后室百科全书 After Xiao Jichuan happens upon an encyclopedia about the Backrooms, he clips into Level 0. Using the book, he gets through his first crisis. Later, on another level, he encounters Fu Yuchi, who has been wandering the Backrooms for a long time. The two decide to work together and find a way out. A calm, rational, sharp-eyed archivist x a decisive, resolute, outwardly cold but warm-hearted former special forces soldier 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Backrooms: I Revive Party-Poopers Behind the Players' Backs 后室：我在玩家幕后复活扫兴客 The orphan Mo An was raised by the Partygoers in the bizarre, colorful Backrooms. When the “War of Enjoyment” brought its slaughter to his last remaining family, he used his own life to build a fragile shield. The Partygoers, on the brink of extinction, sacrificed the soul essence of their entire race to call him back from death and grant him a System linked to the “Frontrooms.” It could summon players who treated the Backrooms as a “game.” Reborn as a ghost lurking behind the scenes, Mo An had —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 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 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 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—14d adds
- 19 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?” 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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 20Reads—Score114d adds
- 21 A Journey Through the Backrooms, 后室之旅， A young college student receives a mysterious invitation from the Backrooms. He doesn’t believe any of it, but the hard facts soon prove impossible to resist, and he accidentally enters the Backrooms. There, he meets others who have found their way inside, and they set out together to survive and explore. They encounter all kinds of phenomena that science cannot explain, uncover the origins of humanity, and make contact with advanced civilizations, beginning an extraordinary adventure. 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 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? 4Reads—Score214d adds
- 23 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—14d adds
- 24 Paranormal Adventures in the Backrooms 后室灵异探险 Take a look at this man. His name is Hong Yue, and he entered the legendary Backrooms for five billion dollars. [The protagonist isn’t a saint, isn’t invincible, has no System, and is here just for the adventure.] Welcome to the story! Sorry if the K-version Backrooms and other versions get confusing. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 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 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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—14d adds
- 27 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, 33Reads—Score314d adds
- 28 The Backrooms: A Journey of Omniscience 后室：全知之旅 [Pure W-level Backrooms] + [C-layer clusters] + [Exploration and adventure] + [Faithful to the original, no System] + [No heroine] + [Please don't ban it] Ling Feng clips into the Backrooms, and it turns out to be right up his alley! From an empty tutorial level to the relatively safe “Easy-to-Die Zone,” from the dangerous, complex power station to the endless city where “every road leads to Level 11”... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Backrooms: A New Beginning 后室：新的开始 [The Twelve Talismans] [SCP Foundation] [Superpowers] [Mutant Entities] As we wander through the Backrooms, we often encounter things that make no sense at all: a note of unknown origin quietly describing the end of the world, a floor that always brings a particular incident to mind, or whispers coming from behind a door that should not exist. The walls breathe, the lights lie, and time twists into symbols that defy interpretation. There is no logic here, but countless stories take root in the d 47Reads—Score10914d adds
- 30 I Glitched into the Backrooms 我切入到了后室Backroom [Backrooms] [Not Invincible] [No System] [Exploration] [Plot] [Level Introductions] [Original] Since 2019, reports of paranormal disappearances have kept cropping up around the world. The Backrooms appeared right around the same time, and more and more people began wondering whether they really existed. The protagonist was certain they couldn’t possibly be real, but one day, he accidentally wound up in the Backrooms. If you have any questions about the Backrooms, feel free to ask the author. I’l 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Backrooms: Threshold Path 后室：阈途 Backrooms: Threshold Journey When an ordinary office worker, Lin Mo, is plunged into an endless yellow maze by a malfunctioning elevator late at night, he finds himself in Backrooms Level 0. The isolation effect is in force: all there is is a monotonous hum, damp carpet, and six billion square meters of non-Euclidean space. No one else is there. From the pipe-filled hell of Level 1 to the eternal darkness of Level 6, he faces the Wretches and Skin-Stealers. He ventures deep into the eerie C Clus 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Not-So-Serious Backrooms War 不正经的后室战争 [Backrooms] [Funny but Meticulous] [No Female Lead] [Plot-Focused] [Exploration and Command] [United Against Outsiders] [Scavenging?] “Our Explorers’ United Headquarters must sit at the same table as the UN peacekeeping forces, right? So how should we deal with the Unbound Explorers Organization next door?” “Easy. They’ve built illegal facilities, stockpiled weapons, and occupied the area for ages while siphoning off resources. Slap a label on them first, then pick a side. It’s a forceful, forwa 452Reads—Score10214d adds
- 33 Forced into the Backrooms, I Had No Choice but to Weave It All 被迫切入后室的我只好编织一切了 The story’s core is the intertwining of multiple timelines, both primary and secondary. The protagonist is a unique existence, chosen as the main timeline. This will be revealed gradually. The beginning can be a little confusing, so it’s fine to skip ahead, though the Time Corridor chapter serves as an introduction and is best not skipped. The story also involves closed loops and distortions in space and time. [A separate note] The main text of this book is entirely original. The tier informati 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 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—14d adds
- 35 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! 294Reads—Score14314d adds
- 36 Dorm Survival: S-Rank Talent from the Start 宿舍求生：开局S级天赋 [One heroine, no harem] [Not a self-sacrificing saint] [No System] [Feel-good wish fulfillment] [Survival and building] [Everyone is smart] [White-haired heroine] [Decisive male lead] This is the kind of book that gets better the more you read. The first 28 chapters are all setup. Later, it will introduce holy, fire, ice, and lightning attributes, as well as poison, corruption, bleeding, freezing, talismans, battle records, dungeons across the entire Blue Star, and more. It brings together all —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 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 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Backrooms [Notes] 后室【笔记】 Written in the second person, with a focus on environmental and psychological description. It includes original entities and some deviations from the original setting, but the main premise is fine. It doesn't go on and on about how the characters got to the Backrooms. If all else fails, just make a cameo ˃ ˄ ˂̥̥ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 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 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 A True Record of Survival in the Backrooms 后室生存实录 (Backrooms + death-based power-ups + awakening divinity + survival against the odds) Friendly reminder: Some parts of this book are fan-created, including original levels and entities, and it does not strictly follow the original Backrooms wiki's setting. Lu Mingxuan had planned to jump into a river and end it all, but instead he crashed headlong into the endless Backrooms, its yellow walls mottled and peeling. Here, death isn't the end. It's the beginning of torture. His special ability is call 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 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—14d adds
- 42 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—14d adds
- 43 I Opened a Supermarket in the Backrooms, and Monsters Queued Up to Shop 我在后室开超市，怪物排队来进货 Backrooms survival / System shopkeeping / creative business management / survival adventure / solo protagonist / level exploration When Lin An wakes up, he finds that he and his 24-hour convenience store have somehow gotten stuck in a liminal space overrun by urban legends. While other survivors dodge Hounds in the yellow maze, he calmly serves uncanny figures who trade spare parts for cola; With Smilers lurking in the shadows, he uses powerful lights and power banks to turn terrifying entities 442Reads—Score10514d adds
- 44 The Backrooms Mo Fan was an ordinary person. One day, he accidentally fell into the Backrooms, where he encountered terrifying entities. But the entities weren’t the most important thing. What mattered was staying calm at all times, adapting to whatever came, and finding a way out. However, as layer after layer of mystery was unraveled, the Backrooms he knew began to fall apart. (This book includes original material. Please don’t read if that bothers you.) (W-version Backrooms + no System + not invincible + n 169Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 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 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 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—14d adds
- 47 A Rather Improper Backrooms Adventure 不太正经的后室大冒险 [Backrooms + System + comedy + grand adventure + antics] A Backrooms fanfic featuring a built-in System. The setting isn’t very rigorous and includes plenty of original additions. Please don’t flame it if it’s not to your taste. Just have fun reading. P.S. Wang Chen is a player who’s incredibly good at pulling stunts. 6.5kReads8.0Score87114d adds
- 48 Reality's Bug: The Backrooms 现实的bug：后室 I was only trying to help someone in danger, so why did I end up in the Backrooms? I lost so many friends in there, only to be left alone in the end, wandering through this hell. [Backrooms] 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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—14d adds
- 50 Backrooms: A Record of the Backrooms Backrooms：后室实记 [Level-based exploration] [Consistent and well-reasoned] [W-version Backrooms] On a stormy night, Cheng Mu searches an underground parking garage for his lost front door key. Just as he finds it, the ground suddenly gives way beneath him. He falls and blacks out. When he wakes, the damp, moldy stench engulfs him. Welcome to the Backrooms. “If you accidentally noclip out of reality in the wrong place, you’ll end up in the Backrooms: a place with nothing but the stench of damp, rotten carpet, the 68Reads—Score—14d adds
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