Agama

'So what do I want my intelligent species to be? Definitely not a human, humans are boring. Then what is a cool animal that I could anthropomorphize? Cheetah? Rhino? No, how about chameleons? Ya, chameleons.'

'With their unique ability to change the color of their skin, their long sticky tongue and their eyes that can move independent of each other. Humanoid chameleons would be interesting. I want a species creator.'

Another screen popped up in front of me, much like the other one but with even more options, other than just the appearance, I can affect the general personality of my species, their powers, how they reproduce, what they eat, how intelligent they are, ECT…

'This is going to be fun, but my environment is kind of bland and I haven't even landed on the new planet yet.'

Floating through space and down to my new planet that I had yet to name, I find a peaceful yet beautiful place to settle down, the place I find is a pond with fish swimming around and animals drinking the water.

I saw the circle of life happening right in front of me, something that looked like a crocodile bursted from the water snapping its jaws on the neck of some poor deer-like creature. 

I noticed that almost all of the plant life was bright yellow instead of the green that I'm familiar with. I guess things evolved differently here. The bark of the trees was a dirty orange, the entire color scheme seemed wrong, but it was beautiful nonetheless.

The scales of the crocodile were a dark yellow, probably evolved that way so they could be more sneaky in the water. I also noticed that the average animal was above average in size, that crocodile was the size of a rhino and I bet even bigger animals than the elephant roamed this land. I plop myself right on a rock in the middle of the pond.

'This is quite nice… now back to the species. Lest start with the appearance of the chameleon, most of the plant life in this world is yellow, but there are other places that are dark purple or red. But the main one is yellow so their natural color should be yellow.'

Starting with the head I make a wide snout where the mouth would open up from, I added two holes above the mouth so they could breath, adding two eyes that can move independently, meaning they can view a panorama of their surroundings up to 180 degrees. Inside of their mouth is a sticky tongue that is 2 times the length of their head.

The backside side of their head will have different ways of spikes or scales of protruding, creating differences in different chameleons. I created a neck and torso with some arms and legs attached. I made it with only 2 fingers and a disposable thumb.

The feet had 3 claw-like toes with a 4th one on the backside of the foot. The chameleon also had a 5th limb being their tail, which would be curled up behind them most of the time, but it can be used like an extra arm.

For the color I made the entire back side of the creature yellow similar to the plants, but under the neck, on the chest, and the stomach, I made the color orange, the orange also went down to the groin and the inside of the leg, the third color i added was green that I put on the lips, like a lipstick.

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'Ok that looks good'

I made the scaly skin be able to change color, any color. So they will be able to blend in, or stand out if they want. I made them on average 5ft(1.5 Meters) tall, if they are too big they would stand out even if they were camouflaged.

They would reproduce with eggs, I didn't add any abilities. Their personality would be a variety of things. I left a large space for their brain, so it would be bigger than a human of the same size. I made them omnivores, so they can eat both plants and meat. 

The lifespan of one of these chameleons would be at most 120 years, and that's if we had modern medicine. Without modern medicine they would probably only live to 40. Now the only thing left was to give them a name… 'Agama'. I was finally finished so I pressed the green 'Evolve' button.

'Finally done, I will have to wait until they are evolved, so probably another time lapse. But before that I should add something else to this world, to spice it up a little bit.'

'Systems are boring and overused, so no system. Magic is also boring and overused, so no magic. Cultivation is boring and overused, no cultivation. I want an entirely new thing, maybe a new form of combat? Ya, I will keep fighting physically, but add a way for intelligent beings to fight each other mentally.'

'Oh ya, like a chess board will be in their minds and they can challenge other intelligent beings to a game of chess, they can wager things or even their lives. So people who are physically incapable but are the smartest can rise to the top.'

'Ok so I want every intelligent being to have a Chess board inside their mind, they can challenge other intelligent beings to a game of Chess, the person challenging will have to wager something, and the person challenged will have to wager something of equal value. The person challenged will always go first in the game of Chess, an advantage.'

'Each player will have a 1 hour clock, when it's their turn the clock will tick down, when the clock reaches 0 they will lose, the participants in a Chess game can't hurt each other physically, but people who aren't participating can hurt the participants. It is possible to play more than 1 Chess game at a time, but the clocks for all Chess games will run at the same time.'

'Every hour spent in a Chess game is equivalent to 2 minutes of real time, when you win a chess game you will gain all the things wagered, all the things won will go into a mindscape where you can then take them out. When things are in the mindscape you can choose to gain it or destroy it. If the game is a tie then whoever was doing better overall would win.'

When I was done every intelligent creature gained a Chess board inside their mind, they all freaked out, animals waving their heads back and forth trying to get what was inside their mind out. Scratching at their heads, and banging against trees. I was given a Chessboard too.

'Ok the stage has been set, this new way of combat will force creatures to evolve smarter. I hope my Agama will be able to survive and even thrive in this world, let's just sit back and see how things progress'.

I float back up into space.

'Ok while that is evolving I should make something else, hmm, although humans are boring, reincarnation isn't.'

I teleport to a different sun far away.

'I want a modern world filled with humans to orbit the sun.'

A new modern planet similar to my old one appeared, it had its own history and politics, but I didn't care about any of that. All I wanted to do is reincarnate one of these boring humans into my new world.

'Ok who is the best chess player in this world? Magnetic Carlos? What a weird name, but he will do…'

POV Magnetic Carlos:

*Sigh* "I resign."

My opponent knocked over his king and stood up, reaching out for a handshake. I stood up and turned around, ignoring the hand as I walked away from the chess board.

'He doesn't deserve a handshake, he didn't even make me sweat'.

I was the #1 chess player in the world, and that has been going on for 10 years. Nobody has even gotten close to beating me. I'm honestly thinking of retirement, I was already in my 40s and playing chess has gotten boring.

I made my way out of the building and to my car, but before I could make it I started getting lightheaded. As I walked I felt myself becoming woozy, it was harder to walk. And before I knew it my face was fast approaching the pavement.

I woke up after an unknown amount of time, but it wasn't in a hospital, or the pavement, but a chair?

"What happened?"

"You died"

Startled, I looked to where the voice came from, but only to be startled by what I saw. A humanoid figure in a blue hood, I tried to get a look at his face but the only features I could see were his blue eyes. His ice covered hands were crossed. He looked happy.

"A-Are… Are you god?" 

"No dumb*ss, gods aren't real"

I was once again startled at the deadpan response, his eyes seemed to turn normal as he looked at me.

"But hey, look at this." 

He grabbed my chin with his ice cold hands and turned my head to the right, what I saw was a television. It showed a video of my world, peacefully floating through space.

"Boom" When he said that the world exploded… 

"What the actual f*ck" 

"You died with the rest of humanity when I blew up the world, though you passed out before it did explode, so you didn't have to experience your skin burning off."

I was officially terrified, this guy wasn't a god, but a demon. 

"What d-do you w-want with me?" 

"Oh lighten up, I'm here to help you."

He started massaging my head with his spiky cold hands. I was too afraid to ask him to stop, so I just sat silently, hoping he would stop. I was able to look around the room he's got me in, it was just an office.

"I'm planning on reincarnating you in a world I made! I could've just done it without doing this explanation, but I found this to be more interesting."

I was trying to keep my tears in, but was failing as I sobbed silently, struggling to keep my composure in front of this demon.

"Hey chat look at this guy he's crying"

Looking over at the demon in confusion, he had phone pointed at us.

"Oh look chat he's confused, well I'll explain, while you were silently crying, I created another world, made a streaming account, and started live streaming, say hi to chat" 

'This demon is crazy, I should just go along with whatever he's saying.'

"H-Hi Chat"

"Did you know chat, that it has been 6 Million years since I blew up the world this guy came from and wait… only 1 viewer… BAH"

I watched as the demon threw away the phone, and unknown to both of them, this live stream VOD would become an internet sensation overnight.

"Anyway, off you go!"

The demon pushed me off my chair and without my control I was heading towards the ground head first, again. Everything turned to black when I hit the ground.

POV MC:

'That was fun, where should I reincarnate this guy? And how is his body going to be? I want to reincarnate him in a poor family of Agama's. His parents should die and his body should be weak, but he should be fine, he can use chess combat to survive.'

'I should also livestream his life, it would be very interesting to see people commenting as they see him survive on a completely different planet than their own. I want a streaming setup.'

A building appeared that looked like someone's basement, in the basement was a streaming setup. I sat into my gaming chair.

'I want to start a stream that will show Magnetic Carlos's POV, they should also hear his thought process and hear everything Carlos hears, this stream should only turn off when he goes asleep.'

Looking at my gaming monitor I saw a 'Start Stream' button and clicked it with my mouse.