Level 15

**SURVIVAL DIFFICULTY:** *Class 0*
**⯁ Safe**
**⯁ Stable**
**⯁ Regular Geometry**
**⯁ No Reported Hazards**

Level 15 is the 15th Level of The Backrooms.

## Description

   **Level 15** is a labyrinth of hallways with futuristic architecture and technology with occasional pitch-black areas created by the absence of any lighting. To date, no two wanderers have been able to make contact in the level, not through navigation systems, maps, or even radio contact.
The disorienting nature of the halls originates from their irregular, "twisted" shape, leaving them feeling vast, yet narrow. Long LED lights are present on the ceiling of each hallway, serving as the only source of luminescence in the Level.

Sounds of engines can be heard from afar when traversing through these pitch-black hallways. These noises are coming from machines that are located in large rooms closed off by reinforced doors made out of metal. A part of the wall of these rooms is made out of thick glass.

Dizziness after sustained exposure to the harsh lighting and stale air present in **Level 15** is very common. Studies have attributed this to the temporarily bradycardia Travelers suffer while in the level. These effects are generally exacerbated in areas of complete darkness, so it is recommended that wanderers attempt to leave these areas as soon as possible to minimize the risk of irreversible damage.

This Level is thought to be infinite, but it has been verified that it covers a surface area of at least 6 080 km², the rooms and hallways are made out of white or gray concrete, with beams of white steel lining up against the walls and ceilings. Long symbols—which look like arabesques—can be found inscribed on the beams. These appear to have only a design purpose.

Large lights on the walls, ceilings, or ground give an eerie glow to these empty hallways.

### Discovery

**Level 15** was discovered when a wanderer entered it during an event that occurred in Level 10. They entered it only to end up in a large control room, which they used as a camp to explore further. After two days, the door slammed shut by itself and hasn't reopened since. That wanderer, who we will call Enric from now on, has effectively been stuck in this level since the door has never reopened itself and no other way out, or in, has been found to this day.

## Details

Occasionally, one may stumble on a worn-down control panel with wires connecting to the floor. Most have between ten and twenty buttons, with few appearing to be functional. Interestingly, the only working buttons appear to be consistent with all panels: "ON," "OFF," "DESTROY," and "CHANGE." Pushing the "DESTROY" button seemingly creates an explosion, unleashing a deafening boom and causing nearby hallways to shake violently for several seconds.

Despite this, no evidence of any damage resulting from an explosion occurring within the halls has been found. The "CHANGE" button has never been pressed; according to witnesses, the button emits some sort of magnetic field that repels all matter, akin to a force-field. Despite best efforts to disable or otherwise bypass the field, wanderers have failed to press the button.

Numbered hallways are present in this Level, after going in a certain order of hallways, one can find a computer from which they can learn about other Levels, as assumed from Theorists, though we have never figured out its actual password.

Coming into contact with the field produces this message on a screen of the control panel:

**Access denied:** Administrator clearance is required to change reality perspective.
Unknown machinery has been discovered within the halls of **Level 15**, notably resembling Antikythera mechanisms. Indecipherable inscriptions, complex dials, and broken gears define the majority of these machines. Any attempts to operate the machines have failed. However, they appear to be functional. During power outages, a faint constant ticking noise can be heard emanating from the machines, imitating a human heartbeat. The rate of the ticking gradually slows down until the lights turn back on.

## Entrances

This Level can be entered during a Event in Level 10, but it has only been reported happening once in all of history.

After going down 2 flights of stairs and entering a metal door in Level 14, you'll be transported here.

## Exits

Travelers have speculated that occasionally, a control panel will a staff only door. Going through the door can transport you to either Level 3 or Level 16.

## Rooms

    Several kinds of rooms can be found in this place. The engine rooms have already been mentioned, but other ones exist, which appear to be laboratories, dormitories, kitchens, and control rooms, as well as storage containing food, water, or numerous types of equipment. Almond water is notable by its absence in the entire level. The majority of these rooms are empty and devoid of furniture, while others have been the theater of intense fighting. Computers can be accessed and can connect to the I.L.N.

These computers are running on unknown versions of Linux, which is called "Avalon 2.4". They are hosting files that appear to be written in an unknown language; a language of which is currently being studied and researched by the Cygnus Order. However, it is known that some of these files are journals, mails, studies, or manuals about the aforementioned engines and machines, and their tasks.

### Theories

A theory attempts to link this radar (including its scan) with the event of the apparition of the wall in Level 10. It says that the objects displayed on the screen are levels; that green lines are the connections that wanderers can use to travel across these levels, either through no-clip or doors which allow for access to a new place; and that when shapes overlap it means that two levels have "collided" into each other, resulting in the levels no-clipping into each other, making parts of said levels appear in one another. Something that is still unsure is if this radar is merely a simulation or if these levels are moving across a flat plane.

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Author: Lxnar\_Whrxd

Original Authors: KingSheep17, Ross Dear, SkyCityXD3, Hugorrr and incomplete-sentanc

Original Page: Wikidot, Fandom.

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