Level 602

The sea may be relaxing, but that is just an illusion...
==Description==
Level 602, known commonly as "Vacuum Sea", "the Sea of Curses", "Hole Sea", "Cursed Sea", "Suction Sea" or most commonly, "La'unaiy Atholheve" is a large oceanic body that is presumed to be infinite in size. Lying on the sea are multiple atolls, some of which are Vacuum Atolls. Because of the abundance of atolls, there are multiple islands one can settle in; however, before moving into an atoll in Level 602, one must have the distinction between Vacuum Atolls and normal atolls if one does not want to go missing or be presumed dead. Wanderers usually spawn in an island called Kuda Island, which is the safest section of Level 602. Kuda Island's area is around 2.3km², which is the same area as the Frontrooms island of Cồn Cỏ district in Vietnam, hence the name, with "Kuda" meaning "Little" in the Dhivehi language. The island is home to most of the outposts in Level 602 and is overpopulated; this could be because of the rare or risky exit methods and the fear of being pulled into a Vacuum Atoll, as well as the safety and comfort that Kuda Island exudes.
Level 602 has been reported to make wanderers feel a sense of relaxation when one stays in the water for around 30 seconds. This feeling intensifies the longer one stays in the water. This relaxation effect can make wanderers incredibly vulnerable to events such as Vacuum Atolls, as well as the risk of the level's sea floor giving way and creating a new Vacuum Atoll. Weather events such as waterspouts or rain oftentimes can occur. When a waterspout does occur, one must evacuate to Kuda Island or the safe range of a Vacuum Atoll, as waterspouts tend to avoid being in a 45 meter radius around Kuda Island or any Vacuum Atolls. Additionally, the sea level of Level 602 does not change, even when it does rain within an area. Due to this, no submerged islands or atolls are found within Level 602.
Every 140,000,000 square kilometers one reaches into Level 602, they will see a large coastline; this is not the border or the end of Level 602 as actually climbing into this coastline will cause the sand of the coastline to slowly dissolve into multiple Vacuum Atolls, normal atolls, and islands surrounded by more water and the level will continue on. This will repeat every 140,000,000 square kilometers, although some wanderers claim that there is a limit to the level; however, Vacuum Atolls will not form at the area where a wanderer steps into this so called "mirage coastline", although they will still form at the ends of the "fake land". Additionally, in areas where the water is a more turquoise color, the temperature in said areas range from 60°C (140°F) to around 75°C (167°F), although Kuda Island's temperatures range from 28°C (82.4°F) to 35°C (95°F).
Level 602's sea is shallow, unless around a Vacuum Atoll, although the sea is not too shallow for wanderers to be able to walk on the sea. The level's day-night cycle is considered "strange" by most wanderers, as in some areas the level's sky is clear and blue, while in others it is cloudy, as well as the cycle changing from sunrise to noon at random times. Despite this, no meteorological events apart from waterspouts or rain happen in Level 602 and the level is always around sunrise to noon. The level's water is also still and remarkably clean, undisturbed by any foreign motion whatsoever.
==Vacuum Atolls==
Vacuum Atolls, formerly and still commonly known as "Suction Atolls", are the main and most common danger of Level 602, taking the form of normal atolls. When one gets in the 25 meter radius of a Vacuum Atoll, they will have the growing temptation to get closer to the atoll as thoughts that they will meet salvation and eternal utopia are being injected into their brain rapidly. When one goes 15 meters into the atoll, they will feel intense thalassophobia, although they will convince themselves that the atoll will lead them to salvation and eternal utopia.
Additionally, going into this radius will cause the wanderer to get pulled into the atoll with a weak force that gets significantly more stronger the more they fall into the atoll. At this point, the wanderer is presumed dead and cannot return into the ocean. Going into or holding onto an island of a Vacuum Atoll will cause the island to slowly sink into the ocean, giving way for the Vacuum Atoll's suckage, before the island will re-emerge unscathed. Waterspouts are commonly seen forming in the center of Vacuum Atolls and leaving them in favor of the outside ocean.
The most reliable way to tell a Vacuum Atoll from a normal atoll is that if the sea is significantly deeper around a certain atoll, the wanderer is near a Vacuum Atoll. Another, less reliable way is when the sky gets darker in certain areas, nonetheless, the sky can get darker even when one is not near a Vacuum Atoll. A M.E.G. study has found that the "lagoons" of Vacuum Atolls are darker than the outside sea and are possibly actually holes, whereas normal atolls have actual lagoons that are brighter than the outside sea. It is said that these wanderers get sent to the Void or Level 8, although the discovery of the Cursed Caves has disproved these rumors. However, a new rumor surrounding the Cursed Caves has said that the exit to Level 8 can be found when one explores far enough into the Cursed Caves, although this has never been confirmed.
===Informal Report: How Vacuum Atolls are Formed===
The ground of Level 602 is very weak and vulnerable, although it does not easily collapse when you walk on it, so don't worry. However, when there are depressions in the usually flat sandy area of Level 602's ocean, there is a chance that section may finally give in to the pressure because it cannot handle it anymore. When it collapses, it reveals an area to the aptly named Cursed Caves and sand near the resulting hole will start to pile up and become more compact around the hole until the sand forms islands. This will repeat until it forms a new Vacuum Atoll.
===Cursed Caves===
The Cursed Caves are an underground underwater cave system around 360 feet deep into Level 602. These caves are either accessed by collapsing depressions in the level's seafloor or are accessed by being pulled into a Vacuum Atoll. Not much is known about the Cursed Caves, as there is only one attempt to explore the cave system done by the M.E.G.; however, the system has been reported to have multiple dead bodies and skeletal remains, presumably from wanderers who succumbed to Vacuum Atolls. As mentioned above, it is said that there is an exit to Level 8 in the Cursed Caves, although this is unconfirmed as there were no further attempts to explore the cave system.
==Entities==
There are no entities within Level 602, nonetheless, the level is still dangerous due to the presence of waterspouts, high temperatures outside Kuda Island, and Vacuum Atolls.
==Colonies and Outposts==
Colonies and outposts are able to be established in Level 602, although they can only be established in Kuda Island due to the outside environment's dangers. There are 45 colonies and outposts in the level, although for research purposes, only the major outposts are mentioned. 
Additionally, there have been attempts to establish colonies and outposts outside Kuda Island, although all of them have never come to fruition.
===Republic of Aqua===
*Self-declared "country" in Kuda Island. The area where wanderers spawn at is at the Republic of Aqua, in an area called Kuda Island City that is seen in the center of the island;
*Open to trading, will not accept harmful items;
*Set up by the M.E.G., has created a map for Kuda Island;
*Does occasional exploration missions at a 145 kilometer radius beyond Kuda Island;
*Currently has 2300 members;
*Friendly and will take wanderers onto exploration missions as tourists;
*Accepts new members.
===Backroom Colonists===
*Reincorporated group, consisting of divers from The Backroom Colonists.
*Previously a split off, forming the Backroom Divers, but now listed as a organisation under the group called 'The Minas Diving Association'.
*Currently does both recreational and technical diving, as well as research missions.
*Co-operative with other organisations on the level, trading occasionally.
*Has around 600 people.
===World Sea Tourism===
*Founded in 1977 by a wanderer born in Level 37.93, although said wanderer was lost to a Vacuum Atoll in 1979;
*Tourist guide of 145 employees, does not accept new members;
*Hosts larger exploration missions for tourism purposes, has a vendetta against the Republic of Aqua because they also do exploration missions, although they support the M.E.G. in general. Despite this, some of Nathaniel's relatives work for World Sea Tourism and they have a vendetta against the M.E.G. in general;
*Open to trading; when one trades with them, they will give one a tour guide of the level.
===Attempts to Settle Outside of Kuda Island===
The following is a table describing multiple attempts to establish colonies and outposts outside of Kuda Island, all of which have failed. The data has been provided by the M.E.G.-backed Republic of Aqua.
Colony/Outpost Name 	Background 	Date of Formation (MM/DD/YYYY)	Date of Failure (MM/DD/YYYY)	Reason for Failure
Base Delta 	The first owner of World Sea Tourism was exploring Level 602 on a speedboat as a tourist guide before finding a triangle shaped atoll. Base Delta was first established on a remote island to create a luxury resort outside Kuda Island. 	5/13/1979 	5/13/1979 	Because there was little knowledge about distinguishing Vacuum Atolls from normal atolls, the owner accidentally set up the resort on a Vacuum Atoll. Because of this, the remote island immediately sunk and the speedboat was pulled into the Vacuum Atoll, presumably killing everyone on board.
Little Antigua and Barbuda 	A wanderer set up a base on two islands with the same geographic positions as the Frontrooms' country of Antigua and Barbuda as to create a semblance of normalcy and home for inhabitants of the country that noclipped into the area. The base had received 1450 wanderers for the area.	2/12/1951 	10/18/1960 	A presumably tornadic waterspout struck both islands and caused the government to flee to Kuda Island, now acting as a government-in-exile in the Republic of Aqua.
Male' Little World 	The 2nd owner of World Sea Tourism wanted to create an artificial island imitating the island and capital city of the Maldives called Malé to expand the outpost's industry. 	2/31/1982 	6/5/1983 	The artificial island was exerting pressure on the ground that was too much for it to handle, resulting in the island collapsing and forming a Vacuum Atoll. The island was west of Kuda Island and formed a Vacuum Atoll that is now named "Male' Little Atoll".
Republic of Aqua (1921-1957)	When Level 602 was first discovered by the M.E.G. they planned to settle on an island to create an outpost to keep wanderers safe. Eventually, the outpost turned into a self-declared independent country keeping wanderers safe. 	2/18/1921 	12/22/1957 	The island was surrounded by Vacuum Atolls, which caused a frequent occurrence of waterspouts, resulting in a decrease of population. In 1935 the Republic of Aqua set up a base at Kuda Island and caused the first island to be treated as an exclave. The island then was abandoned in 1957 and is now treated as a tourist attraction.
==Logs==
==Entrances and Exits==
===Entrances===
*Noclipping into a water body anywhere has the chance to lead one into Level 602 at the shallower sea near Kuda Island's beaches.
*Climbing into an atoll in Level 7 will cause the atoll to behave in a similar way to that of a Vacuum Atoll, although the wanderer will wake up at Kuda Island unharmed, even though the wanderer will be confused as to where they are at.
===Exits===
*A resort island will lead one to Level -33 or more rarely, Level 399; keep in mind that this exit is rare to find and will only work in some areas with sunsets that exude shades of pink onto the sky.
*Clinging to the walls of a Vacuum Atoll and noclipping into it will lead one to Level 7, although this is extremely risky and ill-advised by the M.E.G.
*It is said that there is an exit to Level 8 in the Cursed Caves, although this is not confirmed and entrance to the Cursed Caves is inadvisable.
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