Level 764

Survival Difficulty: Class 5e - Environmental
》Unsafe
》Unsecure
》Numerous Non-Entity Hazards
==Description==
Level 764, aka "The Desert of Despair", is the 765th level of the Backrooms. It resembles a seemingly endless tropical desert with scarce vegetation and extreme heat. The weather is always sunny and the day and night cycle is varying from 12 hours to 56 hours, and the day is always longer than night, the reason for the varied length of a day is still unknown. 
It is not recommended to stay at this level for too long as the temperature remains at about 45 °C (about 113°F ), and the sunshine is too intense for human skin. Most of the wanders who made it out alive from this level report that they had nausea and fever caused by heat strokes, and severe sunburns on their skin. In some rare cases, the subjects were insane and consumed plenty of almond water before recovery. __NOTOC__
At night time, the temperature drops to a moderate temperature of around 18°C (about 64.4°F ), but it is pitch black without any lighting devices. 
It will also start raining strong acid (mostly hydrochloric acid) in some areas and burn your skin, and while you feel pain and run around, panicking, you are more likely to step into quicksand (Will Mention Below) and probably die. The only way to survive this is to find a cave and hide in it. It is known that the rocks in the level have high resistance to corrosion, but is infeasible for further investigation due to the hazardous environment. It is theorized that the plants use the acid rain as their main water source. 
The floor of the desert is covered with a thick layer of white dust, more specifically, the dust of human skeletons. It is not known how many humans have died there to form that dust, or if the dust was just there before humanity acknowledged the existence of the level. It is known that erosion happens in the level at an abnormally fast rate, and a corpse of a human can become a pile of dust just in 2 days. 
Every once in a while, an oasis could be spotted. They are most likely to be mirages, but sometimes they could be real. An oasis has palm trees that always grow a decent supply of palm fruit. The center of the oasis always has a pond of almond water, being completely clean and safe to consume, the size of the oasis might vary. This area is completely devoid of acid rain at night, so if you find one, you should make it your shelter. 
When you enter this level, you will immediately start losing sanity and hope, when your hope and sanity drop to zero, you will immediately fall on your legs and eventually die. 
Geological tests show that there is rock material 200 meters under the ground, and even cave systems. 
There are numerous environmental hazards other than the blazing sun and heat. 
===Hazards On Level 764===
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|-| The Sandstorms=
===The Sandstorms===
Although there is no sufficient airflow at the level, malformed wind can be a great disaster for anyone nearby. The so-called "Sandstorms" are formed during the event, and the temperature quickly rises to a deadly 60°C in a matter of only 10 minutes. Moreover, instead of sand, however, the "sandstorm" carries the bone dust mentioned above. The dust is extremely hot, and a strong nauseous feeling will make you want to vomit although there is nothing to be disgusted about. If you cannot resist and open your mouth to barf, dust will go into your lungs and suffocate you. Besides, the bone dust can go into your eyes and nose, which can be also fatal. The only way to survive this is to avoid it at all costs. If you feel a hot breeze starting to form, run for your life. If you run in the opposite direction of the wind at full speed for 5 minutes before the disaster, you will be out of the danger zone.
|-| Tumbleweed Swarm=
===Tumbleweed Swarm===
Around noon, a horde of tumbleweed will always roll at high speed to the south. Never underestimate a tumbleweed swarm, facing a tumbleweed storm could be extremely deadly, and usually, it follows a sandstorm, but, there are efficient ways to prevent it from injuring or killing you. Standing at heights will grant a high chance of dodging the tumbleweed, or try digging a hole with anything you have, note that the hole should be as small as possible not too low to the ground. Hide inside the hole, since the tumbleweed is big and it will be hard for them to get into the hole.
|-| Lack of Wi-Fi and Food Supply=
===Lack of Wi-Fi and Food Supply===
There is very little food supply and no wi-fi connection throughout the level. Bring plenty of supplies with you and expect no connection with anyone if you are planning to pass through this level. If you do not do so, the fate that awaits is only death. 
|-| Toxic Plants=
===Toxic Plants===
The plants here are anomalous, and seemingly do not need water to live on, and use strong acid instead. Do not attempt to eat any part of the plants, the juice of the plant is all Liquid Pain. It is hypothesized that the plants can convert the strong acid they absorbed into liquid pain to protect themselves from invaders. There are several variations of the plants that can be found on this level. One of them is spiked-leaf bushes, as shown in the figure. 
|-| Quicksand=
===Quicksand===
Quicksand is common throughout the level, although the level is full of bone dust, MOST of the quicksand is exposed on the surface and is easy to avoid. However, if you are careless and unlucky, and you are trapped in the quicksand, you are probably done because the heat absorbed by the sand can cook you alive, and it can bring you up to 200 meters underground. Therefore, it is almost impossible to escape. 
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==Entities==
Most entities would choose not to dwell at this level due to the hazardous environment. However, there is a level-exclusive humanoid entity which is named SANDWALKERS. They reside in groups and usually do not interact with humans but will guide you if they think that you are "worthy". The Sandwalkers have near-human intelligence and are immune to all the hazards on the level. The intentions of the Sandwalkers are unknown, but it is known that they can understand human language, and once provoked, they will attack the targets until they are unconscious and kill the prey by throwing it into liquid pain. It is also known that they drink Liquid Pain from the underground lakes for unknown reason. The Sandwalkers seem to have strong communication and unity, so it is strongly adviced against to approach them. 
A book written in unknown language and made from unknown materials has been recovered during an investigation, and was later transcribed. The contents are as followings.
It is presumed to be a diary or history record of some sort.
 Origins (Brief History of Sandwalkers)
 The content of the book is transcribed and altered by M.E.G such that most irrelevant content is removed and such that the content is humanly understandable. All notes by M.E.G archeologist. Dr. Smith Miller.
===Chapter 1 (Frontrooms 2500 BCE to 2200 BCE, Age of Lilith)===
Before time starts, there was nothing in the universe, only chaos and despair. Everything does not exists. The one and only God,Lilith, who is our glorious leader has come to rescue us from eternal suffering. She created the world in just a short while, and that is when time starts. She taught us to farm and raise animals, and we started our own civilization under Her great rule. As a bless species, we were granted to have a life span of 2000 years. 
Our world is a beautiful place, with flowers, birds in the sky and fish in the waters. Everything lives in harmony and we only ask for what we needed.
( Untranscribable Nonsense, probably a hymn to praise their God)
M.E.G note: The exact identity of Lilith is unknown. She is assumed to be a mythological entity which possesses the power to create the old level 764. 
===Chapter 2(Frontrooms 2200 BCE to 2100 BCE, Age of Sinners)===
There are too much evil and sins inside us. God was angered. She warned us, but none of them would listen. Now all of us are sinners. She would lock all of us up and torture us for what we have done, we are all doomed, yet none of us notice it. Thunder hit the ground to burn down the forests and acid rain fell down to kill our crops. This is a true disaster, some of us starved and died due to the lack of food while others had to fight for it. 
(Untranscribable Nonsense, probably a prayer to beg for pardon from their God)
M.E.G notes: The details of the "sins" are unmentioned throughout the book, if more information is collected there will be possible complementary update to this.
===Chapter 3(Frontrooms 2099 BCE, The Year of Betrayal)===
She left us. Alone. Leaving all of us to die. (Untranscribable Nonesense, probably some curses and hatrate toward their God.) We will all suffer a slow and unavoidable death. (Untranscribable Nonsense) Before she left, she gave us a curse that says "You will be your own demise." 
This is unacceptable! We will fight for our lives and show Her that we can be independent on our own! With 50 million of us, we shall achieve a higher glory which She could ever imagine! 
M.E.G notes: The population of the Sandwalkers are first mentioned in this chapter, however, due to transcription difficulties, the number may not be reliable.
===Chapter 4(Frontrooms 2099 BCE to 1900 BCE, The Sandwalker Government)===
We managed to make some progress with our technology after stablizing our minds. However, some foreign unknown entities attacked our territories and some of our citizens got killed. The entities look like some kind of distorted humanoid, and are disturbing to look at*. We believe that science can bring us out of this mess. We must be united and gather all of our forces to sort of this terrible invasion!
*It is assumed that the entity the book mentioned is skin stealer.
(Untranscribable Nonsense)
This is unbelievable and disgusting, but the monsters tears off skins from its victims and try to impersonate the one they killed. Like we are anywhere as stupid as that! Debates broke out on whether we should form a government to protect ourselves. More people have died, killed by the monsters. We are trying to make more deadly weapons, all we need is more time. Some say that to increase our unity and efficiency, a government should be formed to rule over us. Some of us opposed this idea but most of us agreed. So be it, we have a government now. An organization to take away everything we have and then reallocate them, will it help? Only Time will tell.
(Untranscribable Nonsense, 90 years passed.)
We have fought off the hordes of monsters. The government plan did work after all. Some suggested that we should disband the government after cleaning all the corpse as it has served its purpose. However, most think that it is fine to keep the government as nothing bad happened. The ones who want the government disbanded are all arrested, being charged for secessing the nation. No one stated that we are a nation now, yet no one cares. Guess we will stick with the new idea now. We are a nation with a government, permenantly.
===Chapter 5(Frontrooms 1900 BCE to 1700 BCE, Technological Explosion)===
We've made a huge progress in science! This is amazing! The quality of life for our species has increased greatly. There is only one problem, our over-expanding industries are polluting the sky and cause desertification. There should be an easy fix though.
M.E.G notes: It is assumed that the technology level of Sandwalkers at that time was equivalent to the Frontroom nowadays. 
===(Plenty of pages are missing from here, chapter 6-9 are missing)===
===Chapter 10 (Frontrooms 1200 BCE to 1100 BCE, The Great Revolution)===
Everyone is unsatisfied with the current situation. Some threatened the government to oppose their rule if no rightful treatment to THE INCIDENT is given. The government is incapable and corrupted. The ministers only fight for their own rights. They imposed heavy taxes on us and ignored our complaint. We tried to resist the outrageous rule but got suppressed. That is it! We will show them who is the boss!
(Some poems about supporting a revolution, removed to reduce length.)
(Some missing pages)
It has been a painful journey, but we are almost there! We can see the light of hope and freedom! 
===Chapter 11(Frontrooms 1100 BCE, The Final Attack)===
So, that is it. We started from despair, and now it is going to take over us again... They launched their secret weapon, attempting to wipe out all of us! It is going to hit anytime now and we are all doom-___
(This is the last page of the book with transcribable text)
==Theories about Level 764==
-Level 764 used to be like the frontrooms, with a stable, unique ecosystem, and used to have a massive civilization ruled by Sandwalkers, which are humanoids that look like humans but are more sapient, however, due to massive outbreak of wars only a few Sandwalkes survived.
-It started because a mythological creature- their god left the level and they fought for the power to rule over all Sandwalkers, causing a massacre of Sandwalkers towards each other.
-At last two parties are formed.
- At last, one of the parties almost won, but the other launched a deadly weapon to wipe out almost all life at the level just such that both of the parties would die together.
-The civilization dies gradually with massive destruction and decline of the population base
-Erosion and Temperature caused desertification, and only a few plants survived.
-The remaining Sandwalkers rely on oasis to survive, and due to a deadly mutation caused by the weapon, they have to drink liquid pain to survive even though they feel the same pain as human consumption, and their intelligence dropped below the human average. 
Since there is not enough evidence to prove or falsify this theory, investigation is being processed. 
===The Ruins===
Although the Sandwalker Civilization is assumed to be extinct over 3,000 years ago, there are still ruins of the old cities from what is leftover from The Final Attack. Nobody knows what the Sanwalkers used to destroy themselves, but it is known that the weapon left a deadly level of radiation on the level for about 500 years, with this level of radiation, any humans in contact for over five minutes will die instantly due to mass internal bleeding. The ruins are newly discovered along with an old book that is made with unknown material, which will be mentioned below. The book was scattered all over the floor page by page and was retrieved.
The ruins are severely eroded by the sandstorms but some tall buildings still stand. It is not known what are the materials of the building since the radiation level in the ruins is still high enough to kill a human. The outskirts of the ruins, however, are safe enough to be explored. The center of the ruins can be observed from the outskirts, and some extremely tall buildings (~1,500 meters) can be seen. The exact technology level of the Sandwalkers is not enough, but definitely higher than what humans have in the Frontrooms.
After humans enter the level, the rate of erosion seems to increase and become abnormally fast for unknown reasons, but while no one is in the level, erosion almost does not happen. This may be due to the time speed changing every time a human enters the level, however the human himself remains unaffected. Due to the damage dealt to the ruins by the level itself, salvage excavation is undergoing to preserve as many as humanly possible from the Sandwalker Civilization.
==Theories of Level 764==
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|-| The Universal Collision Theory(UC Theory)=
====The Universal Collision====
Proposed by M.E.G scientists.
The origin of the level is unknown, but it is known that it used to be independent from the Backrooms. M.E.G find out that the glitched objects in the level are only about 200 years old, so the level is confirmed to form in about 200 years ago. However, the Level is not formed by the Backrooms itself. Its formation maybe due to a small universe (which is Level 764) crashing and colliding with the entirety of the Backrooms. The Universe of the Backrooms is so large that it absorbed Level 764 without unstablizing it by too much.
The level crashed into somewhere between Level 7 and Level 8, and therefore some connection is formed between the levels. Weak connects had also been formed with the neighbouring levels of them, and some of the structures from other levels glitched into the Level, and noclipping into corrisponding structures may lead to the levels.
|-|The Ring of Despair Theory(ROD Theory)=
===Class Habitable? (The Ring Of Despair Theory) ===
Proposed by an experienced Level 764 explorer who completed 16 missions in the level before he died in a sandstorm.
Since the level has been infinite in nature, while the Sandwalkers had a limited population and colony size (According to the book), it is believed that the desert of Level 764 only extend to a certain point, and beyond that point, it is still the paradise that it had been 4,000 years ago. This theory makes logical sense but it is still not known how far has to be travelled to get to the habitable zones, and as travelling in the level is very difficult, long-term exploration is challenging and very demanding. M.E.G has drafted a plan on finding the habitable zone and will prosecute it if the technology is available.
However, some scientists warned that it will be too late when humans actually have the technology to survive in the desert. According to calculations, the Ring of Despair is spreading at a speed of 200 meters each month due to the effects of desertification. It will be harder and harder to get out of the ring with every second passing. It is presumed that the rate of desertification will be faster with larger area being effected.
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==Colonies & Outposts==
It is infeasible to establish a colonies in this level due to its hazardous nature, several attempts had been made by M.E.G, only resulting in numerous deaths and severe injuries.
==Entrances==
* Noclipping into the floor of Level 763.
* Noclipping through the ceiling on Level 8.
==Exits==
* Noclipping into the ground has a high chance to send you to Level 8, which is why it is theorized that there are cave systems underground at the level.
* Falling into quicksand and falling into unconsciousness has a 10% chance to send you to Hell, or Run For Your Life!, if not, your game is over.
* Wandering far enough into the desert and you will see a conveniently placed pool. Noclipping into it sends you to either Level 37 or Level 765.
* According to the ROD and UC theory, it is theorized that there are oceans in the habitable zones, diving into them can eventually lead to Level 7
*One may somehow stumble upon Level 764.15, but it is unconfirmed.
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