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So I am trying to decode the new image, and have had mixed luck so far. There are 8 lines in total, 3 left, 5 right. I will refer to them as 1-3L for the left, and 1-5R for the right.

The text to the left side is "Data Corruption Detected". I initially got:

1L- tata

2L- orruption

3L- tected

I added extra (a) symbols to get the breaks to work out and triple checked my symbols. That side was easy, it's the right I am struggling with. I have gotten random lines and redone them over and over, maybe I am just blind or missing something. The best I have gotten so far is:

1R- 4

2R- $4

3R- NM

4R- MLY

5R- 5

These are clearly wrong, but it is better than the full line I got of "bd4>c80-8esSCv9c9d5" so either someone is buying a Wendy's 4 for $4 or there is a weird math formula going on. Most likely the data is as stated corrupted and we might not get to decipher it.

I would LOVE to be wrong here.

Let me know what you guys can make of it.

edit:

The current hypothesis that I also started thinking was numbers as letters. As users u/Flashflashcrash and u/laemiri brought up, modifying the broken strings can give you "4nmly" as some strings can become blank. This can be seen as "Anomaly", which would make sense as this creature appears to be a new form of the Karkinos (crab). Both have 6 legs, but the new image is missing parts and may not have the 4 front limbs with the claws, but both do have the same 4 eyes in the same structure. The new "anomaly" as it is called has spines along the back so if it is tameable it might not have the same saddle structure. Obviously other creatures with backs like this can be ridden, but the reason I bring this up is there appears to be smaller arms or something underneath. If these are small arms/appendages we may end up with a gatcha like scoop saddle. The anomaly also has claw feet as opposed to the spikes the Karkinos has. Based on the bowing shape to the legs and the flaps, we might have a creature that can climb like Ravagers, jump like a Karkinos, and glide like a Drake. The gliding might just be a webbing for swimming as well.

All of this might be false and me looking too deep, but what else am I going to do with my game knowledge and biology background?

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There may be more going on with this. It might be worth cruising through the STA forums. :)