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Level 205: 'Archaeology'
Level 205 is a plain spanning approximately 100 square kilometers, appearing to have no special features.
Its boundaries are marked by 10-meter-high barbed wire fences, and crossing these fences leads to Level 10 and Level 11.
Entities rarely appear in Level 205.
However, some Entities might attempt to cross over from Level 10 and Level 11 via the barbed wire.
Nevertheless, this grassland contains over 30 petrified items dating from before 1950.
For example, the tank Yang Tao just saw is a special type of petrified item.
Object Number 205-13: War Fossil. Records indicate there were only 15 of them in total, and now Yang Tao has destroyed one.
"So, I destroyed a valuable antique??"
Yang Tao reached out and touched the petrified tank beneath him, feeling a complex emotion.
'Forget it, I won't sell it. I'll just keep it here as a souvenir…'
The digitized damage caused no visible harm to the 'tank'; it looked 'lifelike'.
As Yang Tao summoned a wooden door, preparing to return to the Main World, a message appeared in his line of sight.
"There are no bases, outposts, or communities within Level 205, only 6 exiled former members of F.O.J. reside here."
F.O.J. refers to the Disciples of Jerry.
Yang Tao stood up, lightly leaped, and immediately summoned his magic broom.
'Exiled disciples, I wonder what rules these guys broke to be kicked out.'
Controlling the magic broom, he swiftly glided through the air, intending to circle around and see if he could find these former F.O.J. members.
After flying for about ten minutes, a wooden display stand erected on the grassland suddenly caught his attention. He controlled the magic broom to descend quickly.
On the wooden display stand was a toy resembling a pony or calf, covered in colorful paper. It was quite abstract, and Yang Tao couldn't immediately tell what animal it was.
After confirming it had no health bar, Yang Tao reached out and picked it up.
"Piñata."
'Piñata? What is this thing?'
He was a bit puzzled, having never encountered such a thing before. He examined it closely and found it was entirely made of cardboard glued together.
But it was quite heavy.
A gentle shake produced a rattling sound from within.
'Could it just be a regular candy box? But it's so ugly, isn't it?'
With a slight tear.
Some candies and chocolates fell out of the Piñata, and simultaneously, the surrounding environment instantly changed.
Yang Tao's face showed a look of astonishment.
"This is truly unpredictable! This wretched thing is actually a Partygoer's trap. Damn it, I should have thought of it earlier. In the Backrooms, anything covered in colorful paper is bound to be related to Partygoers."
The surrounding room looked very similar to Level 0.
However, the wallpaper here was not light yellow but had many bright colors, and there were also some cute cartoon murals painted on the walls.
The room he was currently in contained an ordinary modern table and several blue chairs, with some floating balloons tied to the chairs, each adorned with a bizarre smiling face symbol.
The table was set with some tableware and cupcakes.
Without needing to check any information, Yang Tao immediately recognized this very famous level. He looked around and chuckled to himself:
'The legendary Level Fun, but it's not time for fun yet. The most important thing is to find that Blue Skinny Chicken first.'
He reached out and summoned a wooden door, and at the same time, a children's rhyme began to hum from another room—a sign that he had been targeted by a Partygoer.
Yang Tao merely chuckled, stepped through the wooden door, and returned to the Main World. Subsequently, a yellow Partygoer appeared in the room.
It held a red balloon in its hand, watching the disappearing wooden door, its bloody grin becoming even wider.
Back in the Main World.
Looking at the wooden doors that appeared on the misty wall behind him, he reached out and took out a signboard.
"Level 7."
"Level 8."
"Level 205."
"Level Fun."
"Heh heh, if I were a bit faster, maybe I could join the Speedrunners Association…"
Yang Tao affixed the signboards to these wooden doors, nodding with great satisfaction.
His Hub was now taking shape; as long as he continued to explore, it would inevitably become the most convenient transit station in the Backrooms.
At that point, he could simply build tollbooths and charge a toll, earning a fortune.
Just as Yang Tao was pondering what to build and how to charge, his peripheral vision noticed a new wooden door had appeared at some point on the misty wall leading to other worlds.
'New World?'
A New World meant a new mod. Yang Tao looked at the wooden door without a signboard, pondered for a moment, and felt it would be better to go to Level 9 first.
He wasted no time and immediately opened the wooden door leading to Level 8.
But as soon as he entered, he received an enthusiastic welcome.
Countless spiders poured out from the depths of the cave, like an endless tide, even making Yang Tao feel as if he were facing an endless zombie horde.
These spiders were not as large as the previous ones, averaging about a meter in size, with 80 health points.
However, their sheer numbers were truly terrifying.
"What's going on?"
This scene made Yang Tao's scalp tingle, feeling as if insects were crawling on him.
Even Iron Bro, with his high attack and defense, was now engulfed by this swarm of spiders. A series of damage numbers appeared on Iron Bro, and he ultimately fell to the ground, filled with regret.
Seeing this, Yang Tao immediately took out some dirt and spread it on the ground, then materialized and summoned some Double Shooters.
Suddenly, a large number of peas were ejected.
"Where did all these spiders come from? I haven't heard of Level 8 being this brutal."
Boom…
firecracker chili and Cherry Bomb were thrown into the spider swarm as if they cost nothing. The spiders also counterattacked, spitting out large amounts of venom, interspersed with some white spider webs.
These spider webs were like hunting nets, precise and efficient.
"Poison II 0:15."
"Slowness III 0:30."
"Nausea 0:05."
Yang Tao only felt his vision sway as some spiders leaped down from the cave ceiling, frantically pouncing on him.
First, he poured a bucket of milk into his mouth, followed by a golden apple and a bottle of Fire Resistance Potion.
Blazing magma flowed down from above Yang Tao, and for a moment, the outside was filled with the screeching cries of spiders.
Finally recovering, Yang Tao was about to replenish his health when he felt the entire cave shake violently.
Then, the ground beneath him gave way.
His body plummeted downwards with the magma.
A giant spider appeared in his line of sight.
"Health 150,000/150,000."
A thick, black spider foreleg plunged directly into the magma, plop…
-77.
Yang Tao, whose health was already low, was instantly killed.
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