Level 523 is the 524th level of the Backrooms.
Picture taken during the first documented expedition of the infinite venue which took place on December 2nd of 2021
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Description
level 523 Is a seemingly infinite set of rooms which take place as venues with small varying rooms branching to the sides. Each venue's main room layout is essentially the same, the main space is 3675 square feet (49ft x 75ft) and each venue has two panel style doors to the east wall and 1-2 walk in rooms to the south wall.
Walk in areas
Each Venue in Level 523 features 1-2 randomly generating sets of walk in rooms which vary greatly in content and shape. The most common of these walk in rooms is The Kitchen which takes the form of a standard small kitchen you'd find in the side of a party venue. These kitchens are very useful as the Fridges are stocked with bottles of Coconut flavored Almond Water, an assortment of fruits that don't seem to ever spoil, and sometimes a protein bar can be found in the lower compartments. Very rarely (estimated to be around 0.36%) there will be a birthday cake near the top part of the fridge, it is highly recommended that you refrain from interacting with the birthday cake as there have been reports of it transporting people to dangerous levels such as Level 56. The second most common of the walk in venue rooms appears to be a small cramped bathroom with dim light. The only thing of note in this venue is that the toilet contains salt water with a salt concentration of 3.45% (roughly the same as ocean water.) The exact cause of this is unknown but experiments surrounding level 523 are still being done considering how new the level's discovery is. The final of the different walk in venues (and rarest only appearing in roughly 2% of each Venue) is a small room with steel walls. The only interesting thing about the room is that it seems there previously were lights but in every recorded record of this room the lights appear to be smashed in, other than that there's nothing else about this room to talk about.
Main Venue Panel Doors
On the south wall of the main venue there will always be two panel doors about 20 feet apart from each other. These doors when opened lead to other venues with 1-2 of the random walk in areas listed above. But be warned, it is advised to have a weapon on you every time you are to open one of these doors as out of the two doors one will always have some sort of entity behind it. Essentially any time one opens a set of two doors there's a 50/50 chance an entity will be on the other side, the types of entities that can appear behind each door include Hounds, Child-Facelings, and Skin-Stealers. There seems to be no way to detect the entities on the other side of the door or avoid the entities once the door is open. So if you're going to explore Level 523 be armed and ready to face any of these entities. One thing to take advantage of when opening doors is that each entity seems to stand around 8 feet away from the door. This gives plenty of time to aim and shoot the entity before it can reach you so be sure to use this to your advantage.
Colonies and Outposts
The Musicians
-Established January 2nd of 2022
-Composed of 30 members but don't accept many new members
-Friendly and open to trade
-Have their own culture that derives around music and theater
The Central Backrooms Research Agency (C.B.R.A)
-Established December 3rd of 2021
-Composed of 50 members and deployed by an anonymous company
-Friendly and will help any injured travelers
-The main source of research for level 523
Research Log for Level 523
-Research on the source of the saltwater in the walk in bathroom area has lead the C.B.R.A to a pipe system. The exact source of this pipe system is unknown but research is still being conducted but theorized to be a large ocean like supplier -The cake found in the walk in kitchen area's fridge (Now being referred to as object 97) is being tested in a variety of areas in level 523. So far there have been a variety of effects particularly in the steel wall room walk in area. These effects include deafening sounds of 140dB emitting from the walls, minor radiation recordings emitting from object 97 recorded being around 2.71mSv, and reportedly one case of exposing object 97 to this room caused a small 1cm x 2cm pitfall into the void to appear in the floor, because of this the area has been barricaded and cameras have been left for constant surveillance. -The Skin-Stealers of level 523 have been observe consuming the bones of victims, the exact reason for this is unknown.
Entrances
-The only confirmed entrance into level 523 was done while trying to noclip from level 11 through a tree. For some unknown reason there's a chance to end up in level 523
-There have been reports of wanderers taking extremely particular routes in level 8 and being transported to level 523, but this has not been confirmed
Exits
-Interacting with the birthday cake can take you to level 56, level 8, or level ! so it's highly recommended to be as careful as possible around the item.
-Touching any of the ceiling lights in the main venue transports you to level 16.
-Noclipping in the main venue area can send you anywhere from level 524 to level 555.