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Xu Yourong, slumped on the carpet, had a complex look in her eyes.
"You… can you tell me more specifically what this place is?"
He had nothing else to do anyway.
"The Backrooms is a collective term for countless different worlds. For example, Level Fun, where we are now, is a special level within the Backrooms."
"And the pale yellow space you first encountered is called Level 0. Besides that, there are Level 1, Level 2…"
"But to this day, no one knows how many worlds the Backrooms connects."
"In these worlds, there is a type of monster called an Entity."
He pointed a finger at the Partygoer hanging from the ceiling.
"It's called a Partygoer. Of course, there are other monsters, but they are all collectively referred to as Entities."
"For more detailed information, you can find out when you encounter people from M.E.G. For now, are you going to follow me, or should I send you to another world?"
Xu Yourong felt a bit dizzy from receiving so much information at once, but she only hesitated for two seconds before saying, "I… can I follow you first?"
"Of course, but you have to run fast."
He bent down, took the Almond water bottle from her hand, and handed her a new one.
"Stop pouring it on your chest. You really don't need to grow any more in that area."
This woman's ability to accept things was quite strong, and Yang Tao genuinely admired her. If it were a little fairy… no, if it were a little fairy, she might have already been made into a cupcake by now.
Watching Xu Yourong drink the Almond water, Yang Tao reached out and pulled her up from the ground, smiling as he said, "Follow me, but if you hear any strange sounds, be sure to tell me."
"In the Backrooms, the most dangerous things are not the overt attacks, but the invisible and intangible ones."
Yang Tao walked forward, carrying his shotgun, and Xu Yourong followed him almost glued to his back.
This time, he didn't walk for too long before Yang Tao saw a colorful door.
The doors in the Backrooms can be said to be full of danger and uncertainty. If you're lucky, you'll be teleported to another level. If you're unlucky, a door-kill is not impossible.
He turned to look at Xu Yourong, then conjured an ancient golden key and handed it to her, saying, "This is the key to my home. If I suddenly disappear after opening the door, immediately hold the key and silently say 'open door' in your mind. A wooden door will appear, and you don't need to worry about anything else; just go straight in."
As for why he didn't send her back now?
Because showing off when no one is watching really gives no sense of accomplishment.
Xu Yourong took the key with a puzzled expression. She was a novice Wanderer and wasn't yet clear about some special abilities.
To her, a key being able to conjure a door out of thin air was simply a fantasy.
He cautiously walked forward, reached out his hand to the doorknob, gently turned it, and then pulled it open.
What met his eyes was a room adorned with streamers and balloons. The floor inside the room was made of various colored square tiles pieced together.
The tables were filled with all sorts of cakes, and the rich scent of milk wafted from the room.
Besides that, there were at least twenty or more Partygoers constantly twisting their bodies in the room.
Yang Tao quickly looked back at Xu Yourong and said, "You wait for me…"
With that, he took large strides into the room and closed the door with a smile.
Xu Yourong, who was about to speak, heard a series of gunshots and explosions from inside after the door closed.
She could faintly hear Yang Tao's voice as well.
A few minutes passed.
The colorful door opened, and Yang Tao, unharmed, said to her, "It's safe, come in."
Xu Yourong immediately obediently walked into the room. The tall monsters that were originally inside had all disappeared, and she just felt that this world had become somewhat fantastical.
"Don't touch anything in the room, especially those cakes that look delicious. Wait until I've cleaned up."
"Cakes? What about the cakes?"
"Hmm… these cakes should be a byproduct of something called the Party Host, but the raw materials are a bit special."
"Special? What's special about them?"
It wasn't that Xu Yourong was talkative, but rather that she wanted to use conversation to alleviate the fear in her heart.
"The raw materials are, of course, Wanderers like you who accidentally stumble in. Do you think that's special?"
Yang Tao cleared away all the movable items on the room's table. After putting the table into his backpack, he suddenly discovered a box hidden underneath the table.
This was quite a surprise to him.
Clearly, the fundamental rule of the Backrooms was these supplies that could randomly refresh and appear at any time and any place.
Even Level Fun couldn't avoid this rule.
He opened the cardboard box.
Inside was a can of white powder in a glass bottle, with two familiar gray almond water bottles and some fire salt fragments next to it.
Yang Tao reached out and picked up the white powder he had never seen before.
[Seer Tea powder]
"This stuff can also be found in a box??"
Seer Tea powder is the corpse of an Entity called Sightless Seer.
[Entity 365 'Sightless Seer']
Sightless Seer appears as a glowing, slowly flying jellyfish, resembling a shimmering, iridescent film of oil.
Its body is almost completely transparent, gracefully and silently floating in the air, radiating blue and green bursts of light.
According to statistics, its disc-shaped body can reach 8 centimeters in diameter, while its tentacles and upper limbs can extend up to nearly 14 centimeters.
Do not be deceived by its small size and appearance. Although Sightless Seer appears to be a tiny, fragile creature, it is extremely ruthless, and physical attacks are ineffective against it. Attempting to attack any Sightless Seer with metal weapons will result in an electric shock.
Although they are notorious, they are the raw material for making [Seer Tea].
Under normal circumstances, they appear on Level 365, but their true habitat is the Mirror World. Once they leave the Mirror World to hunt, they are like fish out of water, quickly dying due to energy 'drying up'.
Their bodies will then turn solid.
Remember not to let its corpse come into contact with water, or you will only be able to lick the floor.
As long as its corpse is ground into powder, [Seer Tea] can be made by brewing it with hot Almond water or coffee when needed.
Drinking Seer Tea can not only restore and enhance mental power and physical fitness, but with long-term consumption, this enhancement can accumulate permanently, and it can also awaken some special abilities, such as a mysterious sixth sense.
However, Seer Tea is most famous for its 'live' taste.
After drinking it, you can feel as if countless insects are crawling into your mouth. One hundred percent of people cannot accept this feeling the first time they drink it.
Yang Tao looked at the [Seer Tea powder] in his hand, his expression becoming somewhat puzzled: "How did the first person to know this stuff could be drunk even think of that??"
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