Environmental Change

Some suspicious changes

Each environmental phrase has undergone some form of change. Each phrase had a specific change applied, which when reversed, revealed a legible clue. Answering this clue, would give a word, that applying the original mutation process to, would result in a word that could be represented by an Otherdeed environment. (https://www.otherside-wiki.xyz/otherdeed/environment)

For example: COWAOYSLEASHERLEGFINGS can be read as COWBOYS LEATHER LEGGINGS that has been changed by applying ROT +1 to the 4th letter of each word. The answer to this phrase is CHAPS, which when changed per the original rule gives the answer of CHAOS. The full list of changes can be found below:

CIPHERTEXT	PLAINTEXT	Rule	ANSWER
COWAOYSLEASHERLEGFINGS	COWBOYS LEATHER LEGGINGS	Rot +1 the 4th letter	CHAPS
CMTTHEWTALCWOTALCPAYSTALCPRRYTALCMSONTAL	MATTHEW WHO PLAYS PERRY MASON	Prepend C, append TAL, remove 2nd	RHYS
GLCITEGLOFGLLAOCGLANDGLPAKICTAN	SITE OF LAOS AND PAKISTAN	Prepend GL, replace S->C	ASIA
SWISSLEFOUNDERLEOFLEANALYTICALLEPSYCHOLOGYLE	SWISS FOUNDER OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY	Append LE	JUNG
MARILYSIXMONROSEVENBEAUTEIGHTMARNINE	MARILYN MONROE BEAUTY MARK	Replace last with TEN	MOLE
CLPITALOLCLECHRLPUBLIC	CAPITAL OF CZECH REPUBLIC	Replace a letter with L	PRAGUE
LIKEAKIDIEPDLUSUADY	LIKE A KIDDIE POOL USUALLY	replace double letter with D	SHALLOW
CIUIZENGEKAUESGEROUEBUDGEFOUGEONUGE	CITIZEN KANES ROSEBUD FOR ONE	Append GE, change 3rd to U	SLED
OTHERDNARDDOWRDOFLLYDEBTTONDUB	ANOTHER WORD FOR BELLY BUTTON	xDyy -> [reversed yy]Dx	NAVEL

Reapplying the rules results in an answer that can be correlated to an Otherside environment.

Rule	ANSWER	NEW WORD	ENVIRONMENT
Rot +1 the 4th letter	CHAPS	CHAOS	CHAOS
Prepend C, append TAL, remove 2nd	RHYS	CRYSTAL	MINERAL
Prepend GL, replace S->C	ASIA	GLACIA	HARSH
Append LE	JUNG	JUNGLE	GROWTH
Replace last with TEN	MOLE	MOLTEN	VOLCANIC
Replace a letter with L	PRAGUE	PLAGUE	DECAY
replace double letter with D	SHALLOW	SHADOW	PSYCHEDELIC
Append GE, change 3rd to U	SLED	SLUDGE	PSYCHEDELIC
xDyy -> [reversed yy]Dx	NAVEL	VELDAN	SPIRIT

Around the edge of the image are icons for Otherside environments, scientists needed to count the number of each and using it as an extract value.

NEW WORD	ENVIRONMENT	# OF ENV	Extract
CHAOS	CHAOS	5	S
CRYSTAL	MINERAL	6	A
GLACIA	HARSH	5	I
JUNGLE	GROWTH	3	N
MOLTEN	VOLCANIC	4	T
PLAGUE	DECAY	1	P
SHADOW	PSYCHEDELIC	3	A
SLUDGE	PSYCHEDELIC	3	U
VELDAN	SPIRIT	3	L

Extracting letters from the changed riddle world using the count of environment symbols reveals the final answer of SAINT PAUL