Level 2979 is the 2980th level of The Backrooms.
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Description
The land of Level 42. As you can see, the trees are quite compact, making it easy for transmitting diseases between the trees.
Level 2979 is a compact swamp, with faint buzzing noises constantly in the background that slowly lower your sanity. Most parts of the level are knee-deep with murky water, with thick mud on the bottom. Leaves are often found on or in the water due to the unknown trees in the way. There is dry land in the level, but it is very infrequent. The thick layer of leaves often cover the pitch black sky. Anomalous Phenomena Portals are more likely to appear in this level, and when they do, they appear hidden in the top of the trees.
Note that when you are transported into this level and are with any friends, they will be sent to different versions of the same level.
Entities
There is only one entity to be found in this level. Nicknamed “The Virus of 2979” by many, it is a deadly disease that infects living things. Leaves, trees…and wanderers. To get the virus, the target has to be about 5 metres (5.46807 yards) away maximum for the virus to be able to jump. It transmits very fast. When you spawn into the level, the virus is a few hundred metres away but knows where you are. It follows your every move and infects the trees you went past.
Symptoms of “The Virus of 2979”
Infected trees turn white, then lose all of their leaves. Then they die after a few hours. This is the same with wanderers. Infected wanderers turn pale and die after a few hours. But during the last few hours of their life, they start to have hallucinations. Hallucinations about their worst fears and nightmares. You see, what the virus has done has implanted a sort of venom into the victim’s body to slowly kill them off, for the virus to feed on. But it tries to make the victim unaware of the problem by distracting it. So the venom tricks the body into sending it to the brain. The venom feeds on the brain, and sends some of itself into the most important memories, and erases them. Then, it brings the worst fears and tries to make the victim think about them.
There has been no cure found for the virus.
Colonies & Outposts
Due to the harsh nature of this level, let alone the fact that you can’t be with anyone else with this level, makes it certain that you cannot establish a colony or an outpost of any kind.
Statements
There is only one known survivor of this level. He told Bryan Colbison, host of The M.E.G. Talk Show, that the experience was, in his words, “…a literal hellhole, don’t mess around here!”
His other statements include:
”So when I was finding that tree, I was panicking so hard because I was slowed down by the swamp water. I was running as fast as I could, which is quite fast, and the virus was infected so many trees behind me, it was still ever so slightly faster. But the thing is, that virus can’t exit the level. Well it can, but it stops being contagious for some darn reason.”
”That big tree was like in the middle of a sort of clearing, so it was ‘safe’ to run there. The virus was right on my toes, I tell ya! My friends weren’t (sniffle) so lucky…entering the hellhole was the last I ever saw ‘em.”
”It just seems that the virus is runnin’ towards me. No! It’s just jumping from tree to tree so fast, I swear I could have seen it jump at one point. It was like a white blur or something, I don’t know. It was just millions of those virus particles playing a game of death tag with me. It was so scary, man!”
Entrances & Exits
Entrances
- Occasionally, the monitor of Level 41 can show a black screen. Do not interact with the monitor now, because it will send you to this hell of a level. The monitor will then display for a second, “Virus Found” before returning to its normal state.
- If an alligator attacks you in Level 66, there is a chance that the alligator will dissolve into murky black water, that of this level, for unknown reasons. If you interact with the water, or even be in the vicinity of the water, you will be transported here.
Exits
- There is one tree you find next to where the virus is found. If you manage to get to there without being infected, enter the tree to find a small black tunnel going down. If you follow it for long enough, you will find yourself in Level 4000.