Despite living with Digimon for almost three decades now, there's still a lot we don't understand about the Digital World. We're always discovering new locations, species, and exceptions to previously understood rules that leave researchers confused and frustrated. And one of those things that we just don't understand is the X-antibody Digimon, so that's what we're going to talk about today!
If you've been following this blog for a while, you'll remember that I explained that these species all have this one weird string of code called the X-antibody. We have no idea where it came from or how it spreads among Digimon who live in close proximity; but we're pretty sure it acts as a form of anti-virus program. So far so normal, right? Digimon are living creatures so it makes sense that they would have something analogous to an immune system. Well in some species the X-antibody actually triggers a mutation, allowing them to undergo something called X-Evolution!
We have no idea why the species who X-evolve do, and frankly there's no common factor linking them. We used to think it was only Stage III and above Digimon who underwent the process, and then we discovered Tokomon X. Then we discovered that all of the species represented among the Royal Knights *and* the Seven Great Demon Lords can X-evolve and that raised even more questions. And on top of all of that there are species who seem to naturally carry the X-antibody and spread it to other species through physical proximity. Then, moving away from the purely biological mysteries, there's the matter of how the X-antibody was discovered.
Humans first discovered the X-antibody when a group of badly injured Digimon exhibiting physical mutations stormed into a Union outpost begging for assistance. When questioned about why they were all so badly injured they would only give vague allusions to a "natural disaster" plaguing the Digital World and a "monster" they described as death incarnate. After that all seven Digimon collapsed and were taken in for medical care. From there the attending doctors noticed this one weird line of code and well, after that we began noticing it everywhere.
We have no idea what it means and we may never fully understand what the X-antibody is. Some think it's just a random mutation and we're witnessing natural selection in progress. But others believe the story of those seven unfortunate Digimon and believe they could be refugees from an alternate Digital World. Thanks to cooperation with Digimon scientists we know other worlds exist, so is it really so far a stretch that these strange Digimon came from one undergoing an especially tragic event.
As always, send us any questions y'all may have and we hope y'all have a great day!
