Derivator

## Overview

A fist-sized red crystal ball inside. The crystal ball was propped up by a milky-white pillar like a champagne glass, glowing with a faint silver and red light. Garen stole it from an Obscuro Society facility.

He slowly took out the crystal ball, resting it on his palm. As he focused his vision on the top, the crystal ball emitted a dim red light for a while. A few rows of words showed on the ball. "Thank you for using the Enpaler Derivator, please select your operating language."

Beneath it are rows upon rows of different languages; Canbria Language; Kovitan Language, Ender Language….

Canbria, Kovitan, Ender, are the three strongest empires among the hundreds of kingdoms within the East Continent, of which Canbria and Kovitan allied themselves to fight against a superempire in the West Continent. Although Ender is considered a strong country, its sphere of influence was significantly worse than the two before it, furthermore, it is a vassal of the Kovitan empire, while being much stronger than other countries. But due to its small size, it can only be a strong country; not a big country. Garen only recognized these three languages, the rest of the countries seemed foreign to him. From top to bottom just seemed like a bundle of unknown words. Garen’s thoughts sidetracked, and went back into focus onto the crystal ball.

"Is this a touch interface?" His index finger reached out, clicked onto "Kovitan Language" shown on the crystal ball. The words disappeared, and reappeared with a simple interface "Functional introduction: You are now using the General-Level specialized Derivator, dear esteemed General, please input your full name via voice, the derivator will use your voice pattern as an encryption."

"General-Level?" Garen’s heart skipped a beat, he indeed found a treasure. "Garen" He tried to calm his voice as he answered. "Sir Garen, below are the functions of the derivator.

### Functions

**Function 1:** This derivator will provide up to 10 totem control systems, you can use the derivator to control up to any 10 Silver totems, and cause no toll on the body.

**Function 2:** The derivator controls the totem’s nature, but only for empowering totems. The derivator is able to use a living creature’s core to be converted into a semi-living totem’s ability. Cannot control pure Silver totems. Please proceed with caution.

**Silver Totem:** Using a living creature’s core to be converted into a controllable empowered creature totem. Be aware, the Silver Totem itself will not be guided or controlled during evolution, it is completely dependent on the influence of the creature’s genes. Please choose the creatures to be empowered wisely. – functionality abnormal, please proceed to the fourth Obscuro maintenance center for a checkup.

Garen meticulously rearranged the messages shown on the crystal ball, using the up-down swipe motion of his fingers, he could browse through the content of the crystal ball, it is almost as convenient as an electronic touchscreen.

"This thing is indeed extraordinary…" Garen looked at the functions’ introduction, he suddenly understood something. "to be able to research a way to turn living creatures into semi-totems, Obscuro Society is indeed strong. No wonder, at the later point of the war, they dared to pick a war against the entire world., the reason behind it was this. One of these objects could control 10 totems, and those are additional totems that do not burden the user at all. Not accounting the user’s own core totem, one person can control more than ten totems, if these totems are form 2, or form 3 ultimate form…" Garen felt his body numbing as these thoughts run through his mind,

That is practically a single-man mechanized army, one totem user fighting against a Mech user. He looked upon the crystal ball, he suddenly thought, everything on Earth had a barcode. He wondered if there is a barcode on this. "Show derivator code" He tried using the voice enquiry function. The crystal ball indeed showed a tiny row of numbers. ‘Code: 0032gcr, your derivator is the 32nd piece in East Continent, There are a total of 10 derivators placed in the Kovitan Empire, please exercise caution regarding the functions. Garen was shocked, there were actually ten of these in Koviten.

Keeping the crystal ball away, his heart had a brief idea. The Derivator was a futuristic invention from the Obscuro Society, being able to additionally control the remaining totems, even though it would have been converted from living creatures. They were probably not as strong as real totems, but this would suffice, as quantity would make up for quality.

Internal Workings

The crystal ball was held in his hand, and a dim red light was emitted from the ball. Inside, just like liquid, a row of words appeared. "Please enter your voice pattern to unlock." "Garen." "Unlock successful, Esteemed Sir Garen, your control mold’s upper limit is 9. Empowered creatures are set as animals. The controlling rights have been changed." Beneath it was an automatically generated data form.

**"Main totem’s light strength:** Normal first form. (the current silver totem that was controlled by you will provide the same intensity as a regular totem user’s totem’s light. Note: this only calculates the Derivator’s silver totem’s light intensity, it does not factor in your personal totem’s light’s intensity/ In order to test it, please proceed to Third Obscuro to undergo a defense evaluation).

(Detailed level analyses were done in comparison to the Obscuro Society’s data center, the data center needs to be refreshed once every two years to ensure validity, logic, so that you can accurately determine each totem’s positioning.) Garen understood, that this normal first form, if it was evaluated by Obscuro society, should be rather accurate. Normal first form, means, among form 1 Totem Users, the howling wererabbit will provide himself with additional totem light, with its defensive capabilities equivalent to a regular form 1 Totems, perhaps there would be slight differences, but it would be generally the same.

As he set his mind, Garen started to closely research on the derivator on his hand. This thing was like a touchscreen computer, new interesting functions kept popping up from time to time. As he studied more about the derivator, Garen accidentally accessed some stored information within the derivator.

This Derivator was used by a General-level, according to the ball. Beneath that was a Field-level, which can control up to 5 silver totems. Above the General-Level, was the Commander-level, which could control up to 20 silver totems.

He thought about how the imminent war was, how overwhelming the amounts of silver totems would be. Obviously, Field-level derivators were much more common compared to General-level or Commander-level ones. Plus, after the empowerment of the creatures, if the creatures died, it could immediately empower another creature, there were no restrictions on time. Unlike traditional totems, in which you would need at least a five-year buffer period.

### Communication & Privileges

He immediately took out the Crystal Derivator. This red colored ball was throbbing in silverlight, and a crystal clear message appeared in the center of the ball. ‘Incoming message from the outer realm, do you want to connect?’ Garen was shocked. "A communication request?! Does that mean there are people with Derivators nearby?!" He recalled that this crystal ball was a terminal used by the Obscuro Society to control the Silver Totems, so it was impossible to not have a communication functionality. Garen could feel that there was a possibility that he would lose the Derivator.

He hesitated for a moment as he looked at the communication request. ‘The communication level had increased to emergency. Do you want to accept?’ The crystal ball changed its sentences and a yes and no choice appeared at the bottom of the crystal ball. After preparation, Garen then reached out his hands and gently pressed ‘yes’. In a blink of an eye, the crystal ball produced red ripples and a woman with a deep tone could be heard.

Garen just kept staring at the Crystal Derivator on the table, continuously fondling it with his fingers. Finally, the derivator glowed a soft red. In the middle, a line of Kovitan text appeared. "Would you like to connect to the derivator network?"

"Do I have control of all subordinate derivators?" Garen suddenly understood, the derivator could issue and accept commands using voice, so he spoke back in Kovitan. "All derivators can be controlled by superior derivators. Lord Garen, your derivator is a "General Level" derivator, your immediate superior is the marshal level, and your immediate subordinate is the colonel level."

"Serial number: 0032gcr, your derivator is the east state’s 32nd. There is a total of 10 derivators in the Kovitan region. Your rank is General, under you there is Lieutenant General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major. Please select which rank you would like to command. You may modify the selected user’s derivator usage privilege at your own will." Upon discovering this, many inexplicable things before made sense now. Garen stared at the five different choices floating in the interface.

"Since I can modify their usage privileges anytime, that probably means that the people above me can do the same to me as well. I better be careful.He squinted his eyes, feeling even more threatened than before.

"Perhaps I can find an answer there," he suddenly had an epiphany,"Let me see what I can do with my subordinates for now." He tapped the derivator softly. "Lieutenant General rank selected, you have two subordinates that can be contacted," Two names appeared on the derivator. "Lieutenant General Helis, Lieutenant General Kuiman." Both of the names were grayed out, and there was a text saying "not contacted" behind their names.

Upon reading that, Garen remained expressionless and continued to scroll down to the next row of names. Suddenly five names popped up, two of which were grayed out, and three were red with a row of text saying "contacting…" behind their names. Garen’s heart skipped a beat. He reached out and tapped on the name of one of the brigadier generals.

### Authorization Mechanism

"There are no other choice. A Crystal Derivator is needed to control the Silver Totems. Based on this assumption, doesn’t that mean that I will forever be controlled by someone else?" "A Crystal Derivator?" Reylan looked confused. "That sounds familiar…" Garen was patient and sat there quietly as he waited for Reyland to recall her memory. Time slowly passed. Reylan finally opened her mouth.

"I remember this thing. Its control mechanism isn’t perfect so it can be avoided." She paused for a while. "Technically speaking, this item isn’t able to send images and can only send voice messages at best. Although the user interface is partially encrypted, it’s fairly easy to hack into it. The basis of deactivation is… Ah!!"

Suddenly, she grabbed her head as she let out a deep cry of pain and toppled onto the bed. Her body started to shudder, as though she was running in a blizzard without clothes on. "Don’t force yourself too much. Get some rest! Get some rest and relax!!" Garen immediately stood up as his face filled with concern. He swiftly reached out his hand and pressed onto a few pressure points to reduce her agony.

"You don’t have to be impatient too brother. Although I don’t recall how to deactivate the Crystal Derivator’s authorization mechanism, we can at least temporarily bypass it and control the authorization mechanism." "Oh?" Garen’s eyes glimmered. "To bypass?"

"Yes. The authorization rights only allow the higher level Crystal Derivator to monitor the Crystal Derivator of the lower level. Since secret phrases are very reliable, it is very uncommon that a fake leader would appear. To control a lower level crystal with a higher level crystal, one must go through the Control Crystal. There are two prerequisites before one can go through the Control Crystal. The first condition is that the crystal that is being controlled must not be broken."

Garen nodded as he saw the broken crystals turned grey and couldn’t function any longer. "The other one is that the crystal that is under control must be in a sluggish state." "A sluggish state?" Garen repeated his question. "What is a sluggish state?"

"It is a special state of the crystal. When the crystal is in this state, its functionality, abilities and communication speed are all reduced. Errors occur more frequently as well. This way, if one were to keep using it without anyone from the Obscuro Society to fix it, the crystal will eventually break. This would still be fine for the typical crystals. However, if it’s a high grade crystal such as the Field-level crystal which is hard to create, they would not forcefully command the lower grade crystal under these circumstances to prevent any losses." Reylan explained with full confidence.

"Furthermore, in the current world of chaos where strong experimental creatures have escaped, there were a lot of generals killed. Hence, crystals in a sluggish state are natural and inconspicuous. As long as you execute it naturally, no one would be suspicious of it. At the very least, you do not need to worry about the Creature Totem that you nurtured so hard going against you."

"This is a great plan." Garen nodded as he agreed with the feasibility of this method. "However, we can’t always be in the sluggish state, can we?" "This can drag up to months and we will think of another idea when the time comes." Reylan explained. "At least we don’t have to worry about the crystal’s information being casually looked upon."

"You can casually look at the Crystal’s information?" Garen was startled. "Only the Commander-level Crystal can do so." Reylan nodded. "Come over here and I will set up your crystal’s state." Garen squinted his eyes as he hesitated but he took out his Crystal Derivator in the end. "You don’t have to pass it to me. Just hold it like that will do." Reylan had no intention on obtaining the Crystal.

She reached out her right index finger and immediately produced a black fire. The fire kept producing complicated black Tactic symbols in the air, which looked like endless of alphabet K superimposed together in a roulette shape. "Go!" She gently pushed the Tactics forward. The black Tactic symbols turned into a black light instantly and went into Garen’s Crystal Derivator.

The pink Crystal Derivator glew brightly before it dimmed down for good. Garen could feel that the constantly faint ripple gradually disappeared. "It’s a success. However, brother should learn some of the basic knowledge in case something complicated comes up when I am not around so you can solve the issue." Reylan explained. Garen was startled and smiled afterwards. "That’s fine by me. I had the same intention as well."

## Creation

"A nest is the Obscuro Society’s biological weapon plant, if only we could conquer one…" "Weren’t these kinds of nest invented by the Obscuro Society?" Garen frowned.

"Of course not. They initially also found a special creature’s nest, then imitated it after that. But many of them were unrefined, and it was impossible to control the nests." Reylan explained. "There should be a black bull panther’s nest here. According to the Obscuro Society’s records, it is an agility type, and is decent among first form totems. Big brother, there are two ways for you to come in contact with the derivator’s control method. The first method is to find a derivator not owned by the Obscuro Society to shift your silver totems. The second method is to directly make adjustments to the original derivator."

"A derivator that is not owned by the Obscuro Society? Besides the Obscuro Society, are there others who have derivators like this?"

"Actually, the derivator crystal was discovered by the Obscuro Society in the outside world. It only achieved this form through unique modifications." Reylan explained softly.

"How do we conquer the nest?"

"The first step is to clear up these black bull panthers, get rid of all the guards. The nature of a nest is like a plant. The roots are rooted in the ground to absorb nutrients. These black bull panthers are like the fruits. They are like vassals and guards who are being controlled." Reylan calmly said. "A black bull panther’s nest should only be a first form nest. There are minimal second form creatures. The black bull panthers gathered here should be all of them."

"To control a nest is difficult indeed. But the core material to create the derivator could be obtained from a nest. It is called the Resonance Stone and has wonderful effects. After a splitting a resonance stone into two, one of the pieces could be transmitted through resonance to the other piece regardless of distance. Although there is a certain loss, but the frequency will be the same. Because of this, the Obscuro Society used it as a core for long distance communication. After complicating the simple resonance, then going through informationization, then coding, it will then have the communication function of the derivator in your hand."

"A nest has only one resonance stone. It is its core, and its heart. Without the stone, although they wouldn’t die, they would gradually wilt and become a normal plant. Two things have to be done to control a nest."

* "The first step is to segment the resonance stone. Hold one half in your hand and leave the other half in the nest. You will be able to control the nest’s life with the resonance stone. As the plant as no intelligence, survival is their basic nature. With the resonance stone in your hand, you will gradually be filled with their aura. Naturally, you will be the master of the beings it creates."

* "The second step is to remember the vibration frequency of the nest. It is like the password to a code. Only by remembering this you would be able to truly control the beings of the nest with the password. This is difficult, exceptionally difficult."

"The nest will assimilate into the first building or area that it comes into contact with. This tower was also a structure that was assimilated by it." Reylan was explaining to one side.

"This should be the resonance stone," Garen said confidently. This was the largest focal point of the blood flow in the eyeball’s nest. It should be what Reylan was saying.

"Next is to segment it. As the resonance stone is not considered as hard, it is easy to do. Big brother, you can carefully study the control mechanism of the nest. The Obscuro Society’s derivator also imitates this mechanism. Once you understand it, you can quickly resolve the concerns regarding the derivator."

Consequently, the two of them cut the resonance stone into two pieces, a big one and a small one. The small piece was then replugged into the hole in the wall.

After Garen’s aura expanded, he thoroughly memorized the blood flow of the nest according to Reylan’s explanations. It was tremendously fruitful.

As for the frequency of the resonance stone, Garen could feel that this oval piece of meat was indeed like a heart. It was beating lightly, but its frequency was messy and randomized. Even after holding it in his hand for a while, he couldn’t sense any repetition.

## Links and References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Chapter 277
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Chapter 280
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 314
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Chapter 315
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 Chapter 318
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Chapter 329
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Chapter 330