Level 399.4

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Level 399.4❝THE SUNSET GARDEN❞
Description
 
The Sunset Garden, more commonly referred to as Level 399.4, is a sub-level of Level 399. According to the newest investigation, Level 399.4 represents a large structure possessing a ground area of around 40,000 square miles, roughly claiming the aerial shape of a full circle. In contrast with its parent level, Level 399.4 has the appearance of a series of small chambers scattering around a peculiar and atypical garden, which makes up the entire level.
As the name suggests, the Sunset Garden lacks a significant day-night cycle, along with the absence of any celestial bodies in its sky. The time is permanently affixed to remain in the evening, with a deformed spherical image in the sky resembling a “sun.” However, since there are four of them, with each of them having different colors, the positioning inside the garden fundamentally relies on them.
 Overview 
The atmosphere that envelops the garden and Level 399.4 in its entirety is mainly built up of nitrogen, oxygen, and other noble gases, with the full absence of carbon dioxide, creating a “fresh” feeling when the air is breathed in. After sending a few drones to explore the heights of the sky, a stunning result shows that the garden is floating in a yellowish-orange void amidst an endless layer of mist, with an indestructible transparent layer of glass casing at the very top of it, preventing anything from exiting or entering the main body of Level 399.4. Further investigations show that the transparent casing is shaped hemispherically, so the “sky” has no corner. 
If one were to venture off until they reached the very edge of the garden, they’d realize it’d be fully fenced off by a giant layer of prickly rose bushes made up of many colors, with any attempts to effectively cut or burn through the fence having failed miserably as it turns out that the rose bushes will return to their initial state after a certain amount of time, trapping and suffocating any personnel located inside the bushes. Removed roses were sent back for experimentation, but they would often disappear seamlessly in the middle of transportation. The Neon Chambers The Neon Chambers is a type of structure very commonly located in Level 399.4, which would be taken as a resting station for most. The interior style of the chambers in Level 399.4 is like its parent level, with vibrant illumination and relaxing tunes playing. The tunes played range from popular classical music to unrecognized ones, but they all share the same atmosphere. Additionally, paintings resembling the classic ones from the Frontrooms can sometimes be seen. Compared to the parent level, the interior design of the chambers in the Sunset Garden has a more retro feel. For instance, instead of radios, gramophones take their place. Some settings in the room are fixed to their positions and cannot be removed, like the disk from the gramophones. 
Other than the music played, the chambers would also feature one or more soft sofa beds, depending on the availability of space in the chamber. The sofa beds in the room always fit the room's hue. To magnify the glamor of the rooms, there are sometimes full-wall aquariums and glass chambers showcasing antiques. However, everything in the glass chambers cannot be removed.
Swimming pools or fountains can be found in all the chambers. The shape and size of the swimming pools vary, and they have different internal water mechanisms. Some of the pool water may be hotter or cooler than the others, but they are all in the safe temperature range for a human to swim in.
Strong wifi connections are available in the chambers, with signals emitting from the signal emitter hidden in the walls, allowing wanderers to make use of their modern technologies. Smart television screens with a modem allow wanderers to have access to the Internet if they do not have their devices. However, there is only one electric socket in each chamber, which is occupied by the television. The voltage of the socket, however, seems to shift to the optimum voltage for the plugged electronic device. By unplugging the television, one may make use of the electricity without worrying that their device may be damaged.
Food in the chambers, be it in cupboards or on tables, does not go bad like normal food. However, they do the same as their counterparts. Enigmatic food supplies like almond water can be found lying at the bottom of the pools, but they are extremely rare to come across. The Garden The garden is a complex consisting of a large variety of plants, and small heterotrophs, which is almost congruent to its Frontrooms counterpart. The animals may include common park animals like snails, squirrels, snakes, and turtles. The animals’ temperament is very docile, and they attempt to evacuate whenever they find out about the presence of humans nearby. However, it appears that the senses of such animals are greatly reduced, and cannot recognize the source of relatively weak stimulations. Insect sounds like the ones produced by crickets and cicadas can be heard occasionally, but the source of the sound has not been found.
As aforementioned, the entirety of the level is enveloped inside a large transparent hemisphere floating in an infinite abyss; thus, it is presumed no rainwater can pass through the barrier to enter the garden. Later investigations show that the soil of the garden seems to have an irrigation system buried in it throughout the entire surface area. The source of the irrigation water is not known, but it seems to be made just for the plants and is toxic to the human body. In the absence of an open atmosphere, there is still fog around the level, though it is uncommon. The humidity of the level rose moderately inside the fog, but no other impacts could be observed.
One may usually end up on the crisscrossing paths of the garden, followed by the uneven altitude of the surface, and may easily get lost. It is advised to locate a chamber to gather some supplies to ensure an abundance of food. Moreover, upon entrance, one would be immediately greeted by a strong fragrance of perfume and diluted fungicide mingled together from all directions. It has been proven that the smell can slightly lower the inhaler's sanity. However, the odor will fade away as time goes by, so it is not taken as a major threat. Entities Level 399.4 is entirely devoid of entities to approach and harm humans, but the animals still possess sharp claws and teeth, which would be a potential hazard. Colonies and Outposts M.E.G. banned the formation of outposts a few months after the discovery due to the lack of hazards and the calm environment favoring the resting of wanderers. The location has been made an extension of the Rosatin Hotel and is now inhabited by thousands of wanderers, with restrictions on entrance by M.E.G. to make sure that no evildoers can enter the level.Entrances and Exits Entrances The entrance to the level is located at the Rosatin Hotel. Proper navigation instructions are given to wanderers if they request to go to the Sunset Garden at the inquiry desk.
Other, albeit less common, entrances include: 
*Noclipping through any floral-themed object in Level -100;
*Noclipping through green, yellow, or pink neon lighting within Level -206 sends wanderers here;
*You persuaded it...
 Exit To exit the Sunset Garden, one may directly noclip through any surface of the pools, and they would find themselves at the lobby of the Rosatin Hotel.
Retrieved Logs
Prologue:
On 4/9/2022, at 17:54, a series of sudden blackouts tackled Rasatin Hotel, resulting in the electric supply of rooms 3000-4000 to stop functioning. The impacted area is left completely pitch black and all the inhabitants living in the area were temporarily evacuated to safe places. However, the source of the fault is still unknown after a thorough investigation. The blackout persisted for another six hours before the lights turned back on, along with the electricity supply, as if nothing happened. After the blackout, final checks were given to ensure the safety of the area, resulting in an extra door being unearthed. It is reported to feel unnatural strong gusts in the dark corridors during the outage, which supposedly originated from the then-opened newly found door.
The following file is recorded by a newly raised M.E.G. Junior Anomaly Investigator, J. T. Chen.
[5/9/22, 04:11:17]
Chen:
Greetings! I am the investigator representing M.E.G. You may call me Chen. Did you call for help for some knotty issues?
Hotel Security: 
You are finally here! You see that yellow-orange door there, right between rooms 3993 and 3995? I’m pretty sure that that was not here yesterday. I would have entered it myself if I was still a free man, but I have family and a hotel to take care of, so I can’t take the risk of going in there. This is all to ensure public safety and better documentation for the Backrooms.
Chen:
Worry not. It is my job after all. Tell me, what did you see behind that door? 
Hotel Security: 
Nothing, just a mixture of yellow and orange color, to be more precise, it’s like the color of the sky during sunset, except there is no sun. I would have taken a closer look if I could, but a strong force attempting to pull me through the door made me close it.
Chen:
Well, it isn’t my first time dealing with randomly-popped-up suspicious doors. From experience, as long as it isn’t crimson red or pitch black, I can make it out alive. Still, if I have not… I should have left this at the base but I forgot to, so please do me a favor. Send this to whoever comes next, they know what to do.
Hotel Security: 
A letter? Is this a will of some sort?
Chen:
Kinda, you really don’t want to hide something and have them buried six feet underground with you sometimes. Anyways, off I go, wish me good luck.
[5/9/22, 04:13:20]
The following are sections of text extracted from Chen’s Log.
9th September, 2022
It took me a brief moment to realize that I had already stepped through that door and arrived at somewhere new. The first thing that I noticed is that I feel comfortable standing on the floor, with no sickness at all. This is very important as some places in the Backrooms do not even own breathable air. This place looks like… A garden of some sort, but the surroundings are quite dark, given that the sky is similar to one in the evening. However, everything is slightly visible. From a distance, I can see some glowing particles levitating about in the air. Maybe fireflies of some sort. I ran towards them, but when I got closer, they… vanished. I rubbed my eyes and questioned what I had just seen, but it did not take long before I took my step deeper into this unknown realm.
As I was walking through the lush bushes, a cool sensation caught me. It was a mild breeze, or what my parents told me, the messenger of nature. It had been long before I was about to have this feeling—— standing in the center of a wild environment, natural, calm, alive. The old feeling that had never reached me in a long time slowed down my pace. I wanted to stay here for a longer while, but I have a mission to accomplish, to write a report about this place, find an exit, and spread the existence of this place to others. 
* * *
I have started to care a little about the fact that I am alone in this ever-dimming garden, torching my way through chunks and chunks of colorful floral vegetation. To be honest, I feel uneasy behind the serenity, monstrosity always lurks in the shadows. For some reason, tension started to build up inside of me, and the unwinded feeling from a while ago began to fade away. “This is just a part of my job,” I started muttering while strolling among the tall plants submerging the surface. This place is just so safe that it feels like… Something is off. After experiencing thousands and thousands of brutal scenes in front of me, I suddenly do not know how to enjoy myself and let my guard down anymore. I should have, because I am alone, helpless, lost in an unknown region, and it is of no use to be anxious about anything.
If something comes, it comes, I would not be able to stop it at all. Once you have entered the backrooms, you are like the most vulnerable fly stuck to a sticky pad. You wouldn’t be able to resist death, but you will be left to spectate whatever is shown in front of you before it comes. I see the Backrooms in this way, I participated in a few operations, which are later regarded as the deadliest ones—— if my team and I decided to take the wrong path, we would have ended up having a far, far worse fate. I usually see death as a relief from this hell——bereaved, homeless, alone, constantly facing lethal situations. Somehow, the more one embraces death, the longer it takes to die; the more you want it all to come to an end, the more care you have for this world. I have been stressed out by all of this, and yet I do not have a good enough reason to terminate it. My only hope is that this terrible realm will inflict some irresistible compulsion on me, but as aforesaid, it is terrible, it would do anything to torture me.
Drifting into my sea of consciousness sped up the accumulation of exhaustion in my body, I looked around, looking for anything useful. “Shouldn’t have recklessly dashed into a beautiful garden with the prior knowledge that there might be no supplies and no exits!” I laughed to myself. Maybe from the bottom of my heart, I was looking for a helping hand. As if it was not obvious enough, no one responded. I stared into the distant nightfall sky. It has been at least hours, but nighttime never came. Maybe it will never come. I feel thirsty, my lips dry and chapped. My vision is blacking out, I think I’m fainting. If I slept, I would only be even more thirsty the day after, making my chance of survival slimmer. 
As I applied my last drag on my body, I almost lost all hope. Suddenly, I saw some shifting colors in the corner of my eyes, they were different from the color tone of the plants… They look bright and vibrant like they emit light themselves. It could be dangerous, but I do not care anymore, this is my only hope. I dashed in the direction with all my vigor, and a smile appeared on my face when I found what I needed. A building—— very close to a vacation hut of some sort. I looked through the floor-to-ceiling window, and there was a table with delicacies placed on them. I could almost smell it on the other side of the glass. It was right there. I could eat a horse, I would do anything to get inside. There must be somewhere where I can take my entrance. 
I roughly had a glance at the surroundings of the house, and finally located a stylish door at its front. I knocked on the door, no response. “Alright, be there danger or not, here I go!” It is not my first time to rashly break into another facility anyway. I was expecting that the door would be locked and that I would have to enter by breaking the glass that I was looking into, but the door seamlessly opened as I turned the doorknob. I was lucky. In front of me lies a square room, with a sleek cushioned sofa stuck to the wall. There is a pool in the center of the room, bubbling vigorously with the emitting device at the bottom. The edge of the pool is stair-shaped, providing easy access to the water. The entire room is lit up by warm, purple lights, and is fully air-conditioned. There are some display cases too, but I did not stop to look at the artifacts and paintings locked inside them because the most important thing to do now is to fill my stomach up. I saw a pink door at the side, which would surely lead to that table full of food.
I opened the door, and a new room entered my eyes. It was like a bar, with a variety of drinks set out on shelves. I could see some really fine wine, well, if the bottles contain what they should. However, I should not get drunk during an expedition, so instead I set my eyes on the freezer. There are even more things inside, like ice cream and soft drinks. I could not hold my grasp after a long day of walking. If I counted it right, I have not slept for over twenty-five hours. I am very tired right now. I just wanted to get myself full and leave this place alive. With a final bite of a piece of ice cream sandwich, I settled myself down on the couch and dozed into sleep.
Aftermath
Chen was able to make contact with M.E.G. through the wifi connection in the room and successfully documented the location. More personnel are sent to retrieve Chen, and the location is named “The Sunset Garden” due to its physical appearance. Later, the location fell under the management of Rosatin Hotel, which was then transformed into an attraction.
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