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Every last bit of the frozen world's data comprises a pale blue disc. No new material is introduced into the inactive system, but there's enough fragmented data to feed life for untold ages, so long as they possess the means to thaw it out and break it down. And miraculously, such life has evolved on the icy surface of the Digital World. Three primary organisms have popped up, and these infant AIs make use of whatever they can find to eke out a living in this hostile environment.

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The most important creatures are the Demeras. Born from the ambient temperature of the chugging CPU, their bodies are the sole source of heat in this wasteland, and they naturally melt the ground that they slowly meander across. From this melted Ice data, usable information is exposed and consumed by them, allowing them to grow in size and turn hotter. After growing enough, they halve themselves to form offspring, then continue along their way. As time passes, the world will surely be carved out by them.

Next up are the Mekos, creatures who are unable to process the raw data that the Demeras bring to the surface. So instead, they detect the light that their bodies give off and hunt them down, using them for sustenance. They excrete energy in the form of Electric data, and release it from their tails when they're full. Offspring are made by combining code into a new, smaller entity. To conserve energy in this frozen hellscape, they typically only move when they sense the light from a Demera, and they detect mates by the momentary flashes from their excretions.

Likewise, the Yukes cannot digest data, nor can they stand to approach the burning Demeras. Instead, they use their ears to detect the movement of the Mekos, who cannot perceive them. They function as ambush predators, and as nothing preys on them, they are the de facto Apex Predator of the Digital World at the moment. They also reproduce in the same manner as Mekos.

What's an Evogame?

>An Evogame is a style of game on /qst/ where a few starter creatures are given, and anons make edits to the drawing to represent them changing and gaining traits as the generations go by.

>Evogames typically have events over time to spice them up, like new environmental stimuli, mass extinctions, and other things to shake up and influence how creatures evolve.

For those who play these regularly, it's just the standard fare.

Don't evolve your own creatures/submissions. It's meant to be a collaborative game. Don't evolve the same creature too many times in a row either, try to mix it up a bit.

>Give a little description when you make a new evo, so that we know what the change is meant to be.

>Don't make the change huge, or too abrupt when posting. I reserve the right to veto a species if it suddenly does something too bizarre or major out of nowhere.

>Save as a .png, and please try to make Evos that people can work on. If a species is absolutely beautifully drawn, but nobody can add anything to it because of complexity, it's likely to go extinct.

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Isolated sprite for the Demeras.

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Next up are the Mekos.

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And lastly, the Yukes.

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One demera got a memory corruption while splicing, granting him possibility to see the electic data of a full Mekos, avoiding further Krumpings

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>>5519238

Some Mekos turn blocky and rigid over time, remaining still on the ground layer of the Digital World. They turn upside down to hide in the holes that Demeras melt in the surface, decreasing the chances of being found by Yukes.

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Meet Zappos, feeding on Electrical waste of Mekos and the occasional overfed Yuke. Once enough Electric data have been processed, the Zappos split its 4 members, and each member regrow a new individual. Picrel have been spawned by top-Right flagel

>>5519346
The grey bar is an electromagnetical antenna, its only sensor organ

>>5519346
Creatures have to be evolved from the existing ancestors, and branch out into different creatures later down the line. Zappos are cool, but submitting completely new starters isn't really a thing, sorry :(

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>>5519238
Mekomera attempts to make its own fire to ward away Yukes, but it isn't strong enough to actually hurt them, and the flash is dimmer for mating calls.

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>>5519239
Yuski harden some of the fragmented data into skis to slide effortlessly through the environment. This increases the speed and range of their ambushes.

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>>5519351

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>>5519317
With the ability to see, it now has reason to shoot blades of fire ahead of itself. It can gather data when it sees any, or stay behind so it has more distance to escape when a Meko investigates.

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>>5519364
Made me smile, but I'm sorry Zappo... You will live on in my heart.

>>5519317
Some Demeras develop heads capable of holding more matter at once. They scoop up pieces of the frozen land directly, so they can melt them in their mouths and keep moving while they eat.

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Over many generations, the Yuski has improved the quality of the skis.

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>>5519402
Would you look at that! some even developped articulation to turn the refined skis into walking limbs!

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Over the course of time, some demeros learned to feed on electric data, despite it lowering their inner temperature

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Uh oh...
Looks like the demeras are managing to live together as a coherent whole, with shooters preparing ground for scoop to predigest, while Demeros can attempt to defend them from the Mekomera and legendary Zappos!
How will the other species cope?

Mekomera develops a rather soft and slimy carapace on their forehead to reduce the impact of projectiles aimed at it


Can't upload because 3rd world countries get clapped
https://i.imgur.com/jKw4xnH.png

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>>5519361
The Yuskibuild continue working on shaping fragmented data into objects. Their next step is to create larger chunks of the frozen data, which they assemble into crude areas for them to reside in.

Unfortunately, they don't actually have storage space to remember where these cubes are, so they tend to wander far away and lose their homes.

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>>5519426
>https://i.imgur.com/jKw4xnH.png
I got you covered anon

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>>5519422
Consuming Electric Data leads to the bodies of the Dedenki taking on the shape of sparkling electricity, rather than flickering fire. Hey, this looks a little familiar...

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>>5519421
Copying their builder cousins, Yuski Iski starts leaving half-finished skis on the ground. Unsuspecting prey that step on these slide straight to an ambush.

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>>5519359
While developing their sparking ability, the next generation of Mekomeras are able to make tiny pops from their tail, combining sparks and flames. Doing this takes up a lot of their energy, however, so they only use them to propel themselves away when attacked.

>>5519430
Thanks QM

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>>5519437
Some dedenki grew a pecular organ, antenna-like, turning into Demzapskis.
Those being are anti-social, and don't dwelve among demeras tribes

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>>5519430
>>5519426
Mekoquills have focused the flame data into tiny hairs on their carapace. Although few in number, they're hot enough to hurt attackers.

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>>5519448
Catalyzing the sparking ability led to dangerous effect. Mekonades can release a shorter, even more powerful burst, but this destroys their tail, impairing continued survival.

On the flipside, predators are now deterred from hunting this suicidal species.

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>>5519581
Hey I know this pokemon

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>>5519340
With meras being hunted before they can eat, bits of fragmented data lie exposed on the ground.

Mekospikes fall on this data with hardened exteriors to break them down, but it is a much slower process than letting meras eat them and eating the meras.

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>>5519586
Oh hey, convergent evo!

>>5519423
In groups of this size, there has to be some kind of leader. The Demetribe develops the Demiking, which is the Demera that burns the hottest. They typically take on a bluish hue, and impress their underlings by constantly melting the data wherever they go. Spots where Demikings have popped up turn into oases of melted data. The fact that cousin species congregate around them contributes to the mass melting.

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The Mekor has moved its tail to its front. this allows them to stun their prey from a distance.

Mekoquills have learnt how to use their small numbers to create specialized hunting packs, the flame follicles of the combined pack really packs a punch!

https://i.imgur.com/dMVOdxB.png

The Yuke have learnt how to use their enhanced senses to become ambush hunters, they simply need to camouflage in the snow and waits for Mekos

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>>5519369

The Demablast's detection organ has transformed into a cone that locates any electric data around it. It responds by automatically firing at the source until it departs. This keeps most Mekos away from it. However, due to not having proper differentiation, it ends up shooting at Electric Demeros as well, and this antisocial behaviour stops it from being part of the tribes.

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>>5519884
>https://i.imgur.com/Bm26ArB.png

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>>5519907
Whoops, linked the wrong one. Oh well.

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>>5519591

Rather than jumping on the data, the Mekochew manage to bend their bodies so they can curl up and crush data. Leaping up and down tends to attract Yukes, so these ones are slightly stealthier. They still have trouble digesting the raw data, and must eat much more to get their fill.

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>>5519437
Decompressing itself allows Dededenki to balloon in size. Predators have a hard time eating the sheer volume to get enough nutrition while being shocked in the cloud of electrical data.

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The digivolution chart at the moment.

>>5520723
you missed demzapkis

>>5520726
Demzapskis are there, the image is just labelled wrongly as the second Dedenki

>>5520729
But I split off from dedenki, not demsapskis

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>>5520740
Whoops, yeah my mistake, here's the fixed one:

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Looks like the dededenki can be tamed by the demzapskis. The fearsome mount have evolved to encompass some frozen data chunk in their tail, making them even fiercier. However, some have gone back to the wild on the occasional fall of their riders

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Yuski iski and yuskibuild have hybridized into yuski iskibuild!

These open the path to more advanced construction as natural selection follow it course for better builder sexual reproduction

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>>5519591
The Mekohear continues to feed off the broken down data on the ground. The hardened nubs turn into filaments that brush up pieces. By consuming leftover excrement and corpses from Yukes, these scavengers have integrated the motion-detecting ears of their predators.

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>>5520760

The fusion solves a major problem that the Yuskibuild experience. Some develop an engraving that holds the positional data of their home bases, allowing them to remember where they come from. These ones no longer get lost in the great unknown.

>>5520768
I overdrew a bit last time, could you kindly provide a Yukinerd in the wild so we can keep improving from a cleaner slate?

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>>5520771

Sure thing.

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Among land thawn by demerios tribe, a pecular sight. A golden monticule, with a few wrinkle, and a strange organel, as if drawing the nutrients of the frozen soil.
Is that... A new starter species? Unless they've always been there, gestating, waiting to emerge?

More probably just one of this world's dweller myth, like the Zappos.

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>>5520767
Mekosteel have grown heavier and another set of ears to pinpoint data with greater precision and stability.

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>>5520395
Yukigra have abandoned stealth in favor of fierce brutality.

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>>5519673
To contain their ever-increasing heat, Jawmera have grown bones to insulate themselves.

Mekonades developed a self preservation trait and decided to avoid head on confrontation. Their tails grew longer and are detachable now which overloads with massive fire data when disconnected from the host

https://imgur.com/C9blRmf

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>>5520789

>>5520812
oh gods, cannibal Yukigra

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>>5520794

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>>5519402
Plenty of Mekos have developed adaptations to avoid being hunted. And as a result, new predators have begun to adapt. Some of the regular skiing Yukes begin macerating the frozen data. They still can't digest it. However, they take advantage of their affinity with Frozen data and spit it out at their prey in little clouds. The icy coldness tanks their processing speed momentarily, preventing explosions, sparks, flames, and many other means of fighting back.

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By order of Jawmera, the Bony King, three creatures started to travel together in search of the fabled Zappos, or the even more fabled Golden Walnut. The Perillous Knight are known as the element they matered, such as PK Fire, PK Freeze and PK Thunder

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>>5519229
starters: Analized
experiments: completed
Hotel: trivago

>>5519239
first experiment: Yukecicle: excess ice data added. mouth added for more efficent hun..cleaning. eyes added for cutenes proximity. with the pluss ice data the frozen core penetrates outwards creating a horn of pure ice data the super cold horn can cause frostbite by just touching it.

>>5519233
experiment two: Cranimera demera(s) found some scraps in the thawed data the scraps contained minimal information about anatomy more specificaly skeletal structure most demera concluded that their bodies= head so by the data they needed to have a skull. self experimentations ensued until they developed a Charcoal skull having this skull had a peculiar side effect if the main body is destroyed and the charcoal is still hot there is a small chance that they regenerate.

>>5519238
Experiment three: Mekoneko forced to evolve by intentionaly "poisoned" demeras with various mouse related fragmented dataMekos poisoned by this data mentaly Shattered by its information an excrept from its contents:
"PCmousemousetrapmousehuntingmousehuntercathuntmousecatkittenKITTYCAT, eatingCatkittenCATcat?!?CAT!!! "
these mekos are believing themselves to be cats and expressing simmilar habits.

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>>5520826

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>>5520572

The less dense Denklouds develop two appendages, which they use to hold chunks of data. They only float down briefly to seize pieces off the ground and carry them back up to safety. When they're full, they descend while excreting at the same time, causing data to rain down upon the land.

While every Digiform can theoretically move upwards, the vast majority of life is concentrated around the ice, where food is plentiful. For now, only the Denklouds can go that high without starving to death from the trips, due to their eating habits.

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>>5520827
>>5520826

>>5520826
>>5520827
>>5520829
Love your job anon!
Can i Personnally request you to evolve my Dedenki? >>5519476

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>>5520830
I gotchu

>>5519476
Their lower temperatures catch up to them. The Dedenpos ends up a little smaller, and has less mass to use. It flits between sources of Electric Data and consumes them to keep itself powered.

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>>5519233
A glitch in its internal timer has caused a Demera to split improperly. Its offspring ended up functioning as a conjoined clone of itself. When the time came for them to split again, their internal timers ended up completely synced, and all further children ended up as Demera^2.

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The skullflame met a Jawmera.
That was a strange encounter, and a double-boned structure emerged from the fusionned data.
Burning Fiercier thanks to the skull holding material, protected from the iced flooring, this new king will certainly reproduce and replace all the obsoletes ones with its kind

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>>5520826
>>5520827

Within the ice, ancient bits of malignant viral data are present. Typically, when a Demera consumes these viral chunks, they lose functionality and die. However, the regenerative function of the Cranimeras has allowed corrupted specimens to return to life, bringing the virus along with it. Viral Data is now present on the surface, carried by Infected Cranimeras.

>>5520851
>New things within the ice

>>5520774
Wallnut confirmed. Go, knights, your quest isn't vain

>>5520882
>They don't know
Keep searching little guys...

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>>5519476
>>5520830
okay i hope you will like it.

experiment: Crackelzap Electric Data in Demzapkis are entered into a self replicating fission making their composition more unstable for more benefits like levitation or more powerful electrical attacks from its antenna some beings like to think Crakelzaps can teleport this is false they can just move their data from A to B incredibly fast this action however drains them. being in this unstable state means they no longer need electrical data to feed from but their Data fission needs replacement constantly so they constantly forage for data scraps of weak digiforms to feed on, their feeding method is also changed they can CRACK out the data they need. their composition is also weak so a stronger digiform can destroy them

Conclusion: this Digiform is both predator and prey of everything. uses electrical data fission to fend of their need for energy, capable of rapid data movement.

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>>5519884
>>5520392

The Mekoblaze have developed their quills as a team! It now forms flaming fins on their heads. Their packs are a little smaller now, and their Electric Data excretions has been completely replaced by fire. They recognize each other through the twin patches of flames that they put out. This renders them invisible to most Demeras as well, who can no longer sense the electricity. After abandoning that data type, they're reluctant to start eating electric Demera relatives, so those are safe from their hunts.

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>>5519572
The Raycast Mekoquill releases the flame data as focused, directional beams from it's scales, effectively having a shell composed of laser cannons it can fire at will.
It's tail is typically curled up under it's body to ensure it doesn't accidentally shoot it off with one of it's rays.

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>>5520851
WARNING: Evolution unavoidable
some individual Cranimera has accesed some data by C̴̮̉a̵̳͘ǹ̶̟n̸̝͌i̴̟̽b̵͙̕a̸̠l̶̙̀i̴̒ͅs̵͎̏i̶̝͒ǹ̶͙g̶͂͜ ̸̢̐ě̸̠ă̴̗c̷̛͇h̵̛͉o̶̫͐t̵̗͆h̷̥̆ę̵̃r̵̮͌ which by normal means either lost or became too fragmented to be useful but these individuals accide....s̶e̴a̷r̷c̷h̸e̷d̶..ntaly found them. these new forms are filled to the the brim with corrupted data, gibberish information, f̶o̴r̷b̸i̴d̶d̴e̵n̶ ̶k̴n̴o̴w̵l̸e̷d̴g̵e̸ and other things. they are primitive beings turned insane viral horrors they are the first succesfully failed entities instead of using the viral data the viral data uses them for its own purpouses ẅ̵̗́h̶̻̕i̷̜͋c̴͕̚h̷̉͜ ̴̿a̵͚͑r̸͔̐ȇ̸͈ ̴͍̐c̷̗̆ơ̶͜m̶̫͒p̶̨̓l̵̻̐e̴̬̓ţ̷̐ī̷̩o̶͔̍n̶̟͌

this Digiforms name is Viranimera,

conclusion: an agressive and primitive digital hazard that looks like some half complete organism it uses its leaking viral data to corrupt its prey and consume its data to postpone its own destruction.

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>>5520824
The Perilous Knights were almost slain by a Viranimera in a hopeless fight, but with the power of friendship, they turned the tides of battle and unlocked a powerful new form! Rise, PK Rockin, seeker of the Golden Walnut, defender of the innocent! This form possesses the amplified power of all three elements, but is physically unstable, and a far bigger target.

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>>5520828
>>5520754
Dededenki and Denklouds interbreed, the Denkloud's arms becoming another weapon for the Dededenki's fierce and merciless passion. It protects it's masters from Viranimeras tirelessly by compressing the demonic enemies into tiny boxes. This doesn't kill them, but it makes them a complete non-threat - at least until some other organism accidentally decompresses them.

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>>5520395
>>5519907

The Yukegrab seize Mekos with their longer tongues so that they can rotate and chew on them headfirst, avoiding the sparking and flaming tails. They also develop a pocket by their rears where they store surplus data, serving as an emergency food store.

Gonna run a world event/development update tomorrow. Lots of great evos so far! Been loving it.

>>5519232

I think I need to add a new rule though, since I don’t want it to become a precedent. Once a creature branches off from an ancestor, if it’s able to crossbreed, it can only be with the line that it evolved from in the first place. Not completely different branches. My reasoning for this is that I feel it goes against the spirit of an Evogame to constantly have two separate branches recombine so that they can have their best traits put back into one organism. The point of splitting into different lines is to have diversity and play around with all sorts of mechanics and ideas, instead of having a singular superorganism that does it all.

Exceptions can probably be made later for fucky reproductive methods, like parasitism or corrupting bits of another creature’s code. But for now, >>5521105
the Denkloud will be the Final creature allowed to crossbreed and combine traits like that.

>>5521086
>Guren lagan glasses
The Iced sky is the limit I guess?
Made me laugh.

>>5521191
Fair point, I guess I'll stop doing funky stuff like that.

Or maybe you can drop occasional "fusion cores" as events as we're essentially playing with data?

A strange glitch causes a pair of Mekoblaze to have offspring with limbs, this is called the ᗰEKOᖴᒪᗩᖇE. They are of the vaccine type and seem to go after virus types like >>5521058

Fun fact: Mekoflare are solitary which is odd since their progenitors are adept pack hunters

https://imgur.com/mr76Umt

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>>5520851
The viral data has taken over the Cranimera's consciousness, becoming Cranivera, and with that the means of consuming data has changed.

Instead of burning data to break it down, it is taken in and dissolved. Easily dissolved data becomes nutrients, while the rest is spat back out as infected sludge.

Although less efficient, this method of consumption is faster and leaves traps that infect other creatures and serve as a more effective means of "reproduction".

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>>5520970
To survive the viral landscape, Lupoblazes have developed an entirely new set of senses. This nose "sniffs" data for safety before consumption, communicating information to the rest of the pack via howls.

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>>5520846
Burning brighter and hotter than anything else, Skullmera can bites for such force that it purges even viral data. But the duration of the flames is still too short, and sometimes the purge is incomplete and they get infected anyway.

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>>5520773
Having been evicted from their homes, Yukinerds turned their considerable mental capacity towards other purposes.

Wealski cover themselves with the skis they generate, and fire them at high speed to stick to enemies and make them slide as well. This creates high velocity multi-direction combat that only Wealskis can keep up with.

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>>5520818
Yukifog generates frozen clouds in great volume, decreasing visibility in a wide area. Only yuki species can see in this dense fog, retaking the stealth advantage.

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>>5521231
The concept of ombining/fusing creatures is still alright. Like if they have some kind of symbiosis and eventually fuse into a single organism, or link up together like the Dededenki riders. I just want to avoid two branches plainly coalescing back into the same one. I enjoy the riders a lot, they're great.

>>5521232

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>>5520792

The LORD Jawmeras have developed limbs made from fragmented flame, tipped in bone. They continue impressing their fellows by developing the ability to build. However, the only suitable material seems to be the >>5521105 mysterious boxes left scattered around the terrain. They gather these up and use them to assemble rough shelters for their tribes. As they've just started doing this, the effects of this habit are yet to be seen.

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>>5520826

The Yukehold has developed two separate subtypes. One is the giver of data, and the other is the receiver. By pairing up in this way, they sacrifice their horns temporarily in order to combine code and generate offspring. The young Yukehold has a body constructed of Ice Data. Ironically, this makes them vulnerable to the Demeras until they shed their ice and reach adulthood.

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>>5519782
The Mekorupt has been damaged by consuming viral Demeras, and has lost its lustre. It excretes trails of this data from its horn, and the corrupted Meras that are consumed by it are able to hijack its hollow body to reproduce. Being eaten becomes almost beneficial to them.

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>>5520754
More ice data is used to form clubs. The ones with the fiercest disposition are picked by the Zapskis, leading to an increase in aggression in the next generation.

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>>5520812
After stealing the homes of the Yukinerd, the cannibalistic Yukithief hides within and grows fat. They wait for them to return home and eat them when they do.

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EVENT:

There are several Digiforms who transform the world through their presence. Slowly but surely, the plain disc of Ice Data is being shaped. New ecosystems and types of terrain are starting to emerge!

>>5519423

When tribes of Demera gather, the ground they inhabit begins melting and thawing. There are [MELTED OASES] scattered around the world now, in little pockets. The solid data has been freed from the ice, forming pools that organisms can delve right into. Demeras can feed from the surface, but their flames make it difficult to go deeper into the fluid in their current iteration. Organisms who cannot consume raw data are not able to feed from the Oases, but the pre-melted food attracts plenty of Demera, and thus predators.

>>5520760
>>5520768

Since they've started recalling the positions of their home bases [SNOWSKI VILLAGES] form when large groups of Yuskibuilds construct homes in proximity of each other. These are havens for the predators, and prey species ought to stay far from them. Stretches of Ice Data extend across their territories, forming basic structures and shapes. However, the plentiful data might attract Demera, who melt them with their presence.

>>5521058
>>5521849

Near the Northernmost edge of the Digital World, the flaming Cranivera and Cranimera have unearthed a larger pocket of data from the ice. Unfortunately, this data seems to be dangerous. The [VIRAL SEA] is similar to the Oases, but is filled with malignant data, and will only expand outwards as the edges continue to melt. Creatures who feed from it end up corrupted, damaged, or dead, and it's a region where Viral types can congregate.

All three of these biomes are minor for now, but as their residents continue to adapt, they'll end up expanding in scope.

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>>5521912
Updated evolutionary tree.

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>The knights found the wallnut

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They even found a tile of earth, like the old data of "KokonutCulture.pdf" hinted at under the ice

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...Uh oh
Mekorupt thrived in the rare earth-type data, turning into Mekogrowth

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>>5521860

The Yukisled evolve even further. Nothing is more terrifying than getting lost in fog, then having a giant sled barrel into you and flatten you into a mess of data! They use the increased mass of their sled to run over Mekos.

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>>5521861
>>5521232

ᗰEKOᖴᒪᗩᖇE eat with their mouths. However, those who use their newfound claws to attack Viral Digiforms find their limbs being worn down. To counteract this, they've developed their Vaccine data into protective bracers, so they can slash away with reckless abandon.

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Also, the knights sired a lot of descendant, taking of the pecularity and data of different types... Starting with DegenLagan

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>>5521086

Some of the Knights become inseparable. Their bodies meld together, fighting as one unit.

>>5522004
>Mekogrowth

The Mekogrowth spurts data chips which contain the binary codes for [Insect type] [Earth Type] [Virus Type] [Plant Type] digimons, how this creatures will spring forth from the branch seems to be by unsuspecting organisms feeding off it and it grabs some data from them to give birth to the new Digimon

https://i.imgur.com/SNyIwqQ.png

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>>5522045
>https://i.imgur.com/SNyIwqQ.png

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>>5521856
To increase the duration of their flames, Skullwyrms begin utilizing a unique reproductive method. The younglings cluster together and follow the parent, contributing their heat and processing power into its head. Whenever they mature and start splitting, the younglings are added to the tail end. As Skullwyrms die of old age, the next head in line takes over, creating an entire family lineage in one organism.

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>>5523027
the fluff:
sucessive generations of amassed data contains knowledge and power hypotethicaly. every generation that comes after the previous one has acces only to a small fraction of that [ POWER]. a Mechanic installed into their system might help unlocking it. every 9th generation there is a 0.9% chance that the Digiform may evolve into a different entity that fused together all its sucessive generations and has acces to the [POWER] of its predecessors this chance will grow every nine genrations with 0.9%.

the actual creature:
the resulting Digiform is Drawyrm a protodragon, highly arrogant and demands worship of smaller Demeras, while its DATA-type it has a great hatred for VIRUS-types seeing them as imperfections only worth of purging. their numbers the rise but because they rely on [ASCENDED] skullwyrms to reproduce.

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>>5520829
>>5520826
The Cat Data has reached deeper into the construction of the Mekoneko changing them not just mentaly but physicaly their metallic exterrior partially falls off and grown paws. these paws has large metallic claws that can slash through ice. on their back the remaining parts of their metal bodies has coalesced into an armor. unpredictable and mischievious by nature.
the next step of catifications begins with the Mekitten

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>>5521859

Wealsnipes develop several minor adaptations. They've used bits of Metallic data from their prey to fashion 'racks' for their skis, allowing them to shoot straight and store more at once. Their tracking abilities have also advanced. They use positional detectors in their two ears in tandem with the engraving on their fronts. By triangulating the position of their prey, they can fire skis and send even creatures brimming with Fire Data into the [MELTED OASES] to be extinguished, allowing them to feast.

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>>5523643
Mekitten have found hidden data lore hinting that cats are liquid, thus propelling their next step of evolution, Mekomizu

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>>5521849

The next generation of Cranivera shed the last bits of their Fire Data. Now that their bodily composition has changed, they're able to freely move in the [VIRAL SEA] using long protrusions that they propel themselves with. The sludge is filled with fragments of their parasitic data, which latch onto passing organisms and grow by feeding on their data.

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>>5523643
Fully grown Mekats end up quite a bit bigger than their juvenile forms. They hunt non-viral Demeras with impunity, and can put up a decent fight against weaker Yukes.

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>>5521058
The stronger and faster ones avoid being squished into boxes by the Denklouds. These tend to stay at the edges of the [VIRAL SEA], as though obeying some sort of directive to expand it. They gradually melt down the edges, increasing the size of the gaping hole in the earth. Weaker Viranimeras are occasionally snapped up by them.

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Gonna try and revive the thread with a couple of Evos.

>>5521040
The Raycast Mekoshoot's scales form into a hump that fires in all directions. The tail also grows a bit longer, so they can protect the underside of their bodies, where the lasers don't reach.

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>>5521105

Kloud Guardians have a close bond with their mounts. Ice data is used to fashion disposable tools, like gripping claws and eyepatches. Not only do they box Virameras, they also stack the cubes together and pack them in ice, attempting to prevent any other creature from messing with the hoard of dangerous viral data. If they fail to protect them, cataclysmic hoards of Viruses can be released all at once.

I'm still following, I think the biggest thing you can do for "revival" would be a new world event; maybe including which species in the global tree have straight up disappeared, which one are on the brink of extinction, which one are endangered, which one are well of, which one are dominating

Also, if anyone have ideas but can't draw, I can shitty draw for (You)

>>5525780
>>5525790
I'm just busy, and drawing takes a lot more effort from me than typing something up

>>5525780
Good idea, yeah. Had some plans, but I'll bring them forward after a few more evos.

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>>5519238
Reproduction by use of binary fusion splitting into 2 equal parts while both are weakened means also that the resulting offspring are stronger still increasing there chances of survival compared to other Meko species

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>>5525799

Gonna try and breathe some life back into the game with new stimulus. Hopefully it works, would be sad to call it so early.

With a great heave, the Digital World experiences a series of tremors that collapse Yuskibuild homes and send digiforms scampering across the ice in terror!

Since large swathes of the frozen data are being melted up and freed, the computer is gradually regaining its functions. Deep beneath the surface, processes tick by at a glacial pace.

POSSIBILITY:
>Should Demeras continue to melt the surface and create large bodies of free-floating data, the ancient CPU that the Digital World is hosted on will begin recovering from its freeze.

BIOME:
One of the latest applications to have been activated before the Y2K freeze is a simple storage folder. It's now visible in the middle of a sea of data. The [NEW FOLDER] biome is different from the chunks of Earth Data that have been brought to the surface. Creatures entering this biome find themselves shunted into a subterranean layer of the digital world. Within the folder is... Yet another folder? And within that, another. Who knows what lies buried within this virtual treasure trove, and how deep into the system it leads? Either way, the underground pocket dimension provides a new space for beasts to colonize.

EXTINCTION:
Most creatures have adapted to avoid predation, or to capture prey with increased efficiency. There is an ongoing arms race between numerous species. The ones least adapted are eventually snuffed out, either starving to death or hunted into extinction. Many Digiforms have gone EXTINCT and can no longer be evolved. Creatures adjacent to a Red X are considered threatened, as their future generations are likely superior to them in some manner.

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>>5527433
A world update, Phylogeny is next.

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>>5527435

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>>5522060>>5522004
The GreenHillzone is not what it appears at first unlike the ice its alive made from mekgrowth Digiforms interlinked near completely inanimate living slow lives some sprouting DigiChips from there FlowerPower Program "now with ONE MORE DIMENSION!" as the method of reproduce spreading DigiCode between MekGrowth units forming the zone by being consumed and pixel dumped back into the environment onto the Mek Turf of sorts while also attracting in other lifeforms such as demeres to slowly trickle data into the system by melting the ice at the edges for the Growth to absorb

>>5527433
Nice update. I have a tons of idea, but sadly two tons of work...
>Hippie cultivator demera tribe with StonedKing after stumbling upon data talking about global warming
>Liquid Neko evolution into Spelunekos with little hard hat and rope-like shoggoth body, going folderdiving
>Knights including aforementioned spelunekos for folder exploration
>Raycast evolving into Sombreromekos, a social one shielding other life form from the virus
>Yukichomp, evolution of Yukithief feeding on Virus, handled by Yukinerd evolution, YukiMusch
>Another Yukinerd evolution, specializing into chopping MeKokotrees to build wood house on earthy land
>Water-bending YuNauticalSkii
>Firewalled Cranimera V3 , hunting fire-data aligned species

>>5528311
Ooh, neat ideas. I think I'll evolve the Water YuNauticaalSkiis and some Folder creatures in the morning.

>>5528916
Once again, I'd wish I could draw them myself, but got a couple crazy day and it is kickstarting a couple crazy month

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>>5525764
The Raycast Mekoshoot's scales now cover it's whole body, for a full 360 degree shooting experience. Also it floats upside down now. For reasons.

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>>5528311
>>5523690
The Mekave is a creature that has evolved to start delving into the [NEW FOLDER] in search of fleeing Demeras. It stores them in an external stomach to be digested, allowing their light to illuminate the caverns. They also have harder heads, so that falling data can't hurt them, and their tails are used to grapple to the edges of the cavern.

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>>5522060
>>5521859

The skis of the Wealaxe have changed shape, allowing them to cut Mekogrowths apart by launching them. They do their best to ignore the viral data streaming out, instead taking their wood-like bodies and using them to make structures that are a lot more durable than the Ice their ancestors used.

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>>5524430
Extending their tentacles further, Spongivera soak up water from the viral sea to spray it on land dwelling creatures, leisurely hunting with minimal investment.

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>>5525764
The Mugenshoot replaces the scales with a dedicated laser system. Segmented Plates protect the body and shift to release an infinite series of lasers from various joints.

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>>5523027
Chainwyrms are quick to claim folders for their territory, and wrap them in chains of bone to seal them off from intruders.

Inside these homes, they are free to release some of their younger offspring to grow into their own wrym clans.

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>>5522060
After repeated cycles of cold and lack of viral input, MekoTree virus gradually loses any lethal predatory features.

They instead focus on encapsulating viral seeds into fruit laden with data harvested from the Earth. The seeds then take in data from whoever consumes the fruit as they are excreted on fertile land to begin anew.

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>>5520828
While others search the folders for data, wild Densteps take pieces of the folders themselves into the sky as floating plates. While not strong enough to carry a full digimon, they serve as useful steps and resting spots for cloud lifeforms.

Some of these folders even accidentally reassemble to form portals in the middle of the sky.

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Some demeras took upon an healthier live feeding from data they grown from the earth under the rule of a PeaceKing. They become aware to the global warming other causes and try to, like, do the things right, man.
Other tribes are often bothered by their moralizating attitude, smell and constant bad taste music.

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Meet the Folder-diving Spelunknight

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>>5532966
The Mugenlaser finds that permanent damage to its detection code can be received if a laser goes straight into its eye. To remedy this, it has developed a refractive film over its eyes, protecting it from lasers. The little booms that it creates have been converted into one constant stream of heat, which it moves around like limbs. Zipping around so much has given them a tapered form.

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>>5523506
The Drawyrm is among the most powerful of the Demera species, if not THE strongest. Their blue flames reach an even higher grade as they develop, and they gain the ability to shoot white-hot beams across the ground. They tend to use this to melt swathes of land, but curl up in the craters and fight off any creatures that dare try and harvest the plentiful data left behind. While they're in sleep mode, brave Demera sometimes attempt to pick up the spoils from their data hoards.

Things can get nasty when they decide to melt the ground near Yuskibuild villages.

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>>5521852
The Lupoblaze develop little nubs to push off the ice with. They bounce across the ice in packs, and the motion is adorable to look at. Too bad nothing in the Digital World can really appreciate cuteness.

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>>5527437
>DANGER! ALL DIGIFORMS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO A RED 'X' will go extinct in a period of 1 week.

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A few demera2 are still around.
The dying bloodline mutated once again, with the same splitting code that failed.
Quadmera are a dangerous, but wise, lifeform

>>5533285
Wait, what happens to the meras serving the lordmeras? Are they extinct?

>>5533810

In the wild, their solo iterations are extinct. They still exist in the form of the tribes, as a collective whole, and can be evolved as specialized tribe members or something.

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>>5521873
a extra layer offers extra protection more so for the young also camouflaging them

>>5537016
Nice, had no idea on how to keep them alive

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>>5521873
its sort of backwards of who grows ice with adults mouth extending outwards good for feeding along along with creating a internal lenses for the eyes

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>>5525892
Some BIT MEK have made it to the folder caverns. They search for empty subfolders to make their nests in, quickly growing to fill up these pocket instances.

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>>5538042
Living in there own digital spaces but still halfway still interacting with the outside world these Card Cavern type folders are a odd bunch PokeDigi B1TMEK.
The behavior and "Card Effect" of a Adult being threatened is reproducing and splitting into 2 equally large Young B1TMEK to flee in different directions.
Fun Digi facts:
>a group of these creatures is called a "Card Stack" or some other card based thing.
>they sometimes flip there card face down blending in with the ground and hiding

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>>5539465
"It's over, Kaiboss the folder-dweller! You activated my B1TMEK trap card!

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>>5520963

The Parazap permanently latches onto larger Digiforms, hiding on areas of the body where they're incapable of reaching themselves. The organ extends all the way through their body now, and is used to hook onto hosts.

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>>5533283
Traveling on the earthen ground, Wolfblazes develop more sophisticated limbs to grip the earth. Living far from snow also lets their crowns grow in temperature.

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>>5533176
Wishing to connect more deeply with the earth, Ray King fashions feet of bone to walk as one with nature.

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>>5538042
Blink Mek have fully integrated pointer data from the folders, allowing them to travel from folder to folder near instantly, rapidly escaping predators

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>>5537016
Yukishoes harden snow to a much greater degree, creating heavy armor. By reinforcing only the ground they use and hiding it among fragile snow, predators with heavy weapons find themselves stuck in the snow.

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>>5522016
After ramming through Denkclouds enough times, Motorsleds have collected enough electrical data to fashion motors for their sleds and go VERY fast.

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>>5520511
leaping crawling along using its tongue is the bakechew latching on putting fear into digital creature

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>>5520511
cousin species bouncily moving by its metallic barbed curled sparking tail, and like its cousin a extra layer offers camouflage

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>>5533285

A date error has, fortunately, caused the timer to be delayed by several days. Time has caught up to the Digiforms, however. With new, more powerful ones roaming the frozen world, those who are unable to adapt are snuffed out or integrated. Yukigrabs who aren't differentiated enough from their inferior cousins are outcompeted by the numerous more competent predators. Yuskibuilds who can't keep track of their own homes wander off and die. By now, there are enough hunters that even the explosive and flaming Mekos can be hunted into extinction if they don't create powerful tools of their own. The Mekorupt phenomenon eventually ceases to be, as specimens that get infected perish to predators or root themselves in the rare islands of Earth Data. Demeratribes without leaders find themselves lost, and are eventually hunted down if they don't fuse with another tribe.

Unfortunately, some lineages have completely ended. The solitary Demablast is gone, though its predecessor has been rescued by the tribes. The Yukigrab failed to hang in there. Finally, the Knights who integrate the corrupted Meko 'walnuts' find that exposure to the leaking viral data destabilizes their combined bodies, leading to extinction.

POSSIBILITY
>Should Demeras continue to melt the surface and create large bodies of free-floating data, the ancient CPU that the Digital World is hosted on will begin recovering from its freeze.

The advent of the >>5533176 Peacetribe has had the opposite effect for the time being. Mass evolution of Demera tribes will kick-start it again and achieve this possibility.

BIOME
Demeras attracted to the Earth Data have melted the sea around it, producing a single large island. [EARTHERN ISLAND] is the largest piece of data available, that isn't part of the snowy [OVERWORLD]. While such data can be found in small pockets in the oases, this large one is where creatures like >>5541201 >>5533176 >>5532990 >>5527754 can flourish. As time passes, the island will grow larger and larger, in conjunction with the POSSIBILITY.

BIOME

The >>5532999 Densteps have, remarkably, created a new biome through their interference. There now exists solid matter high in the sky, allowing airborne creatures to rest. These plateaus, however, create opportunities for predators to do the same- not to mention the fact that they link to the caves far below, allowing creatures to cross between them. Digiforms native to each area tend to not fare well in the other, but they're capable of hunting or gathering resources for a period. The [FOLDER CLOUDS] have been established, and every so often, data flakes out of them, sprinkling the land below with information that can be consumed.

There are now many notable biomes in the Digital World. I'd like to encourage players to attach text to future evolutions, mentioning what Biome they're part of.

[OVERWORLD]
[MELTED OASES]
[EARTHERN ISLAND]
[SNOWSKI VILLAGES]
[VIRAL SEA]
[NEW FOLDER]
[FOLDER CLOUDS]

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>>5544481
World map update! And biome descriptions. The Possibility is just a quest I've set out. But as always, performing changes and creating specific creatures can lead to snowballing effects that make new biomes and affect the whole world. Here are the descriptions, some of them might provide inspiration.

>[OVERWORLD]- Frigid cold, which can tank the processing speed of creatures who lose adaptations to it. There's very little input of data to this primary area, which comprises almost the entire known world. Demeras melt the ice, which provides usable data for them. The rest of the food chain revolves around this face. At first, it seemed like there was too much ice to make an impact, but more and more is being melted away.

>[MELTED OASES]- 'Oceans' of melted data. Demera tribes are usually the cause of the melting, as their combined presence causes the data to return to a usable state for them. They tend to hover over the surface of these oases, able to freely feed from the data that melts below them. However, ones who are fire-affiliated are unable to dive beneath the water-like data.

>[EARTHERN ISLAND]- The biggest landmass of Earth Data. It's far away from the folders, and has plenty of space for ecosystems to start up. It began when Mekorupt were planted by the PK Knights, and purged their Viral Data in the form of fruits. No Viral Infestation has started up on the island yet, but it's a possible path that might destroy this peaceful, warmer paradise.

>[SNOWSKI VILLAGES]- While the Demera tribes mostly destroy Ice Data to make their homes, the Yuskibuild lineage builds theirs out of the very same material. These villages are sprawling masses of data, completely occupied by predators.

>[VIRAL SEA]- The location where Viral Data was first unearthed. Hostile to non-viral lifeforms, and dangerous creatures stalk the surface to partake in the data. They commonly assault creatures along its fringes. Predators arrive to feast on them, but at the moment, are unable to keep them from expanding.

>[NEW FOLDER]- Unearthed by a mass melt, this folder creates a subterranean system of branching folder paths, extending not downwards, but into a whole other dimension. It's not made of Earth Data at all, and this directory is filled with information that creatures can use and consume. Some might even be able to use the Folder Data for their personal purposes, such as Chainwyrms who occupy entire folders and B1T Meks who stack themselves in them.

>[FOLDER CLOUDS]- Pieces of the folder have been carved out and placed in the air, due to their iconic property of floating in place. Notably, they also serve as portals on occasion, allowing Digiforms to travel out of the caves and appear in mid air. As there's technically no gravity or force FORCING creatures to stick on the ice, this opens up a whole new avenue if they don't starve. The same applies, with aerial creatures now being able to access caves.

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>>5519423
The tribal Jawmera rulers develop crowns of bone to radiate heat out of. Via signals embedded in temperature fluctuations, they take command of their villages. The various members of the tribe have began to develop further as well, forming specialized units that carry out different purposes.

Firstly, the scoopers now double up as breeders. They hold data shared from tribe members with optimal genetics, then produce infant clones or combine the data with that of other members. With plenty of snow melted, they no longer need to pre-digest data.

Then there's the shooters, who used to be the ones melting ground. By combining data with generations of Jawkings, they've upgraded themselves with superior vision, as well as the ability to form tubes of bones to fire their projectiles out of.

Joining them in defense is the former Demeros, who use their speed to stab at Mekos that come too close.

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>>5520794
>>5520815
Fleeing to the waters, Mekoboats have developed a buoyant shape that conserves energy when swimming. It stays on the surface of the water and lures Demeras by shaping the flames on its tail into their likeness, before snapping them up when they come too close. There are no oceanic predators for them at the moment.

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>>5544553
Bomboats have developed secondary buoy modules for the tails. When detached, the tails can stay on the water for extended periods before exploding, giving Bomboats much greater freedom for distance and luring.

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>>5544548
Multiple shooters have fused together to create heavily armored Dakkamera. They are largely immobile, but can be carried by other mera.

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>>5520812
OH LOOK THERE IS A NEW HOME TO STEAL.
ironically it helps the B1TNARY population by making flipping cards more of a gamble for predators

>>5553431
love it

What happens in this evo?

>>5553482
It hides in the 'cards' that the Bitnaries create to hide in, which are little folder pocket dimensions.

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>>5533462
Mutations have finally broken the lifeform's splitting limit, resulting in unexpected effects. The flames have reproduced inward, not outward, merging into a fractal that bleeds into another dimension.

This ethereal flame has new, strange properties. Although it burns hotter than ever, Angelmera can spread their flames through snow and objects without ever burning anything other than their target. They pierce through all manner of armor, eating their fill of data and leaving the rest as untouched husks and corpses.

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>>5553431
Mindthieves use their third eye to steal information from trapped lifeforms

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>>5533280
Frustrated at how the viruses are slow to burn and fast to run, Frostwyrms mix in a cold breath that freezes them in place before properly incinerating them.

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>>5554218
by displacing itself as it fold inwards and outwards along it outerdimesnions resulting in unexpecting motions as it lashes out with its rotating flames looking diffrent form every angle the outer rings not matching the inner ring

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>>5537016
Similar to the Mekoflare, the Yukihold develops a larger, more upright body. Snow clings to it, giving them a protective coat.

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>>5541231

Evolving into Motorboats, these Yukes craft buoyant devices to speed across the ocean with, allowing them to ram and hunt Meko and Bombboats. Unfortunately, their speed often causes them to run into tail buoys, leading to the doom of careless ones.

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>>5558970
large spikes deter ambushes

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>>5558973
Skateboats refreeze parts of the ocean into halfpipes, letting just barely change direction before crashing into danger.

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>>5541528

The Bakechains predate on the offspring of the >>5532973 Chainwyrm. They sneak into their chained up homes and navigate the links effectively, using their tails to fasten themselves to the walls for stability.

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>>5522032

evolution is the process of being good enough to survive this degenerate lagann is the utmost example of it

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>>5558994
stumbling onto the only thing that does not melt the [EARTERN ISLAND] containing solid data such as EARTH data this was used to construct the ultimate armor against there predators that DOES NOT MELT at the current intensity of flames, they spend this saved energy of not having to worry into things like cool shoes and colours that accidentally make them more tasty but being tasty does not effect there survival with there ultimate armor meaning it becomes a fundamental trait due to sexual selection favoring bold colors on both sides

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>>5558970
why make cone when you can steal cone from
>>5559177

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>>5532973
The Chainwyrm wraps itself in its own flaming chains. Secondary mouths have been developed, which function as chain spitters that direct them towards surfaces that they intend on grappling to.

Thread is nearly off the board. Thanks you guys who've played so far! I think I'll try and do an event to decide what species are preserved for the next thread. If you're still here, I'll make it happen in a day or so, that's all the time we have before it gets archived, I think? Not all creatures will make it as starters for the next thread.

>>5559257
I only wish for the knights to survive

>>5559297
They will! Gonna write this event and then update my other quest, since this one is closer to archival.

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>>5544548
>>5550461
>>5554218
>>5554231
>>5554514
>>5559251

POSSIBILITY ACHIEVED!

>SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY: 4%
>ERROR: 0.45 GB REMAINING
>INDEXING FILES...

The continued growth of creatures on the frozen world have filled up the computer's disk space. However, the increase in Demeras have also led to the operation system being freed up, as more and more of the integral operation Data is released back into the environment. As it regains this partial functionality, the first thing the Digital World does is attempt to condense its files and save space. Unfortunately for the Digiforms, however, THEY are these files.

This will be the final event for this thread, and will run until the thread dies on its own. I've archived it on suptg already, would appreciate voting it up!

https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2023/5519223/

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>>5559976

[INDEXING BEGINS]

The awakening Digital World finds that many of the extant creatures are extremely closely related to each other. In order to preserve the maximum amount of variance while freeing up junk data, it removes intermediary steps. Creatures will have their data analysed to find an ancestral common point, where they possessed a weaker form. Upon growing enough, these forms will refer to data from the environment and develop into adult stages.

Lineages that do not possess great enough variance in stages and body types to trigger this checkpoint system will be EXTINCT as the world continues to develop. The rest will be linked through this metamorphosis system. Example to follow.

This means that the starters for the next thread will be condensed into lineages that transform directly into one another, skipping entire evolutionary steps. Once thread 2 begins (ETA to be confirmed), the digivolution lineages can be disrupted and changed freely, it's just a beginning guideline.

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>>5559981

To avoid starter bloat next thread, the System will prioritise creatures with distinct stages between them. This means that if a Digiform does not have a clear differentiation in stages (An analogue for in-training, rookie, champion), it will be archived and removed. Until the thread ends naturally, new evolutions are able to be made, in order to establish stages and preserve lineages. Already Extinct creatures may be used as the starter base, and transform into their descendants.

You guys are also free to suggest what these lineages could be, as we have lots of branching species now. If there are two different base stages of Mekos, for example, that turn into different evolutionary trees, then the ancestral connection to those base species will be cut, and they'll be considered different starters genetically.

>>5559986
Mekoquill
>Raycast Mekoshoot - 360 coating variant
>Mugenlaser - Cutting laser variant

Angelmera
>Princimera

Yukifog
>Motorsled
>>Skateboat

Jawmera
>Lordmera
>>Ray King

Skullmera
>Chainwyrm
>Drawyrm

stuff like this?

>>5559994
Yep!

>>5559986
Yukithief
>IglooThief
>CardThief

Knights
>Knights
Even if they die, their spirit will return. New polymerisation are inbound.

DenClouds
>CloudMakers
>Viral Compressors

>>5560001
>Knights
>Knights
Yeah, I'll pick three starters most appropriate to Xros evo into the Knights.

For now, all future evos will affect the way lineages go. There are some that are still not differentiated enough, which will probably go extinct, but can be rescued until the thread dies. I'll make one or two but I don't want to influence what creatures get saved too hard, since I'm Qming.

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>>5550452
Bombuoys release their explosive tail modules into the water, creating hazardous fields that blow up when things carelessly float into them. They remain within these fields, hunting Meras in the same way as before. As Meras fly above the water, they don't trigger the sea mine fields set by Bombuoys, thus protecting them from Yukeboats and skates.

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>>5533278
LazerdatadiveMon has the ability to dive under the melted data streams to breach the surface using its lasers

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>>5529779
The next generation of Raycast Mekoshoot float around and blast things with their ports. They can also fire powerful, concentrated blasts from the holes on their fronts. They're quite safe from predators now.

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>>5521856
Wyrmling mon lives in areas cleared by adults running around on there short chunky legs flapping there wings and stubby arms in the air with eyes to the sky imagining they could fly they may be not so large but they are not defenseless in them there dwells a true wyrmfire with embers blazing on there tail indicating there health and as a torch to blaze Fear into the data of there enemies

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>>5562497
The Mekoshogun exchanges some offense for defense with it's new polygon armor, composed of rays forming a solid projection. It is especially effective at protecting against viral data, as the polygons act as a buffer for the infection. If a polygon becomes infected, it can be discarded before the infection spreads to the main body.

The Mekoshotgun on the other hand opts for increased firepower. It's central blaster has a particularly wide spread, acting almost like another set of rays - though it's rays that don't last as long but hurt much, much more. The secondary blaster has been turned into a sensory organ, producing a ray that helps in aiming the main blaster.