Level 1
Faced with Zhiyue's explanation, Shen Hui, who had originally intended to reject it outright, hesitated when faced with the last question.
After pondering for a while, Shen Hui finally spoke:
"I don't know... so do you?"
Zhiyue looked at Shen Hui's expression and gave him an understanding smile.
"I don't know either, but not knowing and not wanting to know are two different things."
"If we were to define the Tarot Club, it would be to become witnesses to history and seek the truth of the world."
"How about this Tarot Club?"
Zhiyue looked at Shen Hui and pulled her clothes up again.
Shen Hui lowered his head and pondered for a moment, thinking about many things.
"Go back and think it over. Now that you've been chosen as a candidate for the Death God position, all that's left is your ritual."
"The ritual of Death God is very simple, yet very difficult; some members of the Tarot Club may not live to see that day."
"As I said before, although we all belong to the Tarot Club, we are not an organization, and some members might try to harm you."
"However, in the name of Justice, I might help you."
As Zhiyue spoke, she revealed a warm and reliable smile, like that of a friendly older sister next door.
Hearing Zhiyue repeatedly mention a ritual, one that concerned her, Shen Hui asked:
"What exactly is this ritual you're talking about? Who are those members of the Tarot Club?"
Zhiyue said mysteriously, "You'll know when that day comes."
"Hmm... As for those members of the Tarot Club, anyone could be one of them."
"Alright, that's all I can tell you. Just be more careful from now on."
After speaking, Zhiyue looked at Shen Hui Shen Hui, waiting for him to get out of the car and leave.
But Shen Hui seemed to have taken root there, remaining seated for several minutes.
"What? You're still reluctant to leave?"
"Now that you're sitting here, aren't you going to take me home?"
Shen Hui looked at Zhiyue, shrugged, and acted as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Zhiyue paused for a moment, then pouted and said, "Give me directions!"
As Shen Hui got out of Zhiyue's car, he felt a little anxious.
Suddenly, a Tarot Club appeared out of nowhere and approached me, without even saying a word.
Some members of the Tarot Club even wanted to harm him.
What kind of natural or man-made Natural Disaster is this?
But Shen Hui's curiosity about the Tarot Club intensified.
"Looks like I'll have time to stake out the underground market and see if I can run into that... the Fool, right?"
Back home, Shen Hui temporarily put all his problems out of his mind.
Improving our strength is the most important thing. As long as we have enough strength, then no problem will be a problem.
Chi Yan is not at home; she has not returned yet.
Shen Hui grabbed something to eat from the refrigerator and went back to his bedroom.
Lying in bed, Shen Hui immersed his consciousness in the Death World.
Everything inside is progressing normally.
Shen Hui didn't pay much attention to the development in the Steam City, but instead focused his attention on the Backrooms, a subsidiary world of the Death World.
Within the Level 0 Backrooms.
Dim lighting, yellowed walls, damp carpet...
Dozens of corpses, corroded to varying degrees, lay in different parallel universes.
Some bodies are just beginning to swell and leak fluid.
The body is eroded, exposing the internal organs.
Or perhaps it has already turned into a skeleton.
These are all travelers who have been trapped in the Level 0 Backrooms World the Death World over the years.
Of course, Original Adam, who was voluntarily exiled by Shen Hui, was also one of them.
They will endure a long period of torment, eventually dying slowly from mental or physical suffering.
This is only the first level of the Backrooms; the deeper the Backrooms goes, the more hope and despair it brings.
Furthermore, the number of levels in the Backrooms is not arranged sequentially.
At different levels, there will be entrances and exits leading to different levels.
Therefore, being on the first floor does not necessarily mean you can only access the second floor.
For example, the Level 0 layer that Shen Hui has already created has entrances to several different levels.
There are passages leading to higher levels, as well as passages to sub-levels between levels 1 and 2, and even negative levels.
For example, 27 floors, -1 floor, 0.2 floors, 0.7 floors, 0.1 floors, etc...
Therefore, the Backrooms is an incredibly vast world.
However, the main structure or foundation of the Backrooms is still built on top of a normal floor.
Especially floors 0-8, which are known as the nine main Backrooms.
Therefore, Shen Hui's immediate goal is to construct these nine layers.
What is being constructed now is naturally the second level of the Backrooms World, Level 1.
Shen Hui began to recall information about Level 1.
Enter the wall through Level 0 and you'll find a stairwell or a fire door to enter.
There is a chance that you will reach the second level of the Backrooms World, Level 1.
If the first level is called the beginner level, then the second level is the habitable zone.
Level 1 resembles a vast, sprawling warehouse or parking lot.
The floors and walls were made of concrete, with exposed steel bars and fog of unknown origin drifting in the low air.
This mist will condense and form puddles of varying sizes on the ground.
Compared to Level 0, the lights in Level 1 will not flicker, there will be no buzzing sound, and the hallucinations will largely disappear.
But it's also a sealed space; if you forcibly break it...
Without needing the rules of the Backrooms, Shen Hui can guarantee that you will only fall into the void.
There are also many graffiti works on the walls that have no clear meaning.
These graffiti will change or disappear when there is no light or they are out of sight.
Level 1 is called a habitable area because it is located on this level.
It has a usable power source and water source, and random supply boxes appear and disappear.
These supply crates may contain food, water, medical supplies, weapons, clothing, and the like.
There were also useless dead rats, used syringes, and discarded parts.
Overall, these supplies should be enough to keep you alive in Level 1 for a long time.
However, beneath the surface of being safer than the first layer, this second layer harbors even more terrifying dangers.
That means that there will be Entity appearing in this layer.
The Entity are the monsters in the Backrooms World; some of them simply exist naturally within Backrooms World.
Some, however, were transformed from travelers.
Whenever the lights on Level 1 flash, the supplies placed on the ground will disappear.
There is also a chance that Entity will appear next to you.
However, the Entity on this level will deliberately avoid the light.
If a reliable light source can be found, the chances of survival will greatly increase.