All Carbon-Based Life originated from a single cell.
No one knew why such a cell had appeared, especially in the primordial darkness of the deep sea. Superstitious occult enthusiasts believed someone had deliberately brought it about behind the scenes, but the more likely possibility was that countless Base Purines had accidentally been brought together.
It was as though life had been filled with absurdity, ridicule, and uncertainty from the very beginning.
Then one day, this solitary cell decided to split off another version of itself.
What was the point of that?
People today found it difficult to imagine what could have made a cell without even a brain decide to "cleave" itself in two.
But regardless, from the moment it chose to divide itself and replicate another version of itself, the once deathly silent ocean, with its dark undercurrents surging, would become bustling and colorful billions of years later.
Absorb energy, take shape, divide, replicate, absorb energy, take shape, divide, replicate, cluster together, combine, build tissue, cellular differentiation...
"No... Nomi..."
Amino acids, calcification, bones, muscles, amnion, egg membrane, oviparity, lactation, nerves, notochord, myelin sheath, jaw, expanded cranium, differentiated teeth, stereoscopic vision—
"Nomi!"
Her eyeballs turned, squeezing away the crystalline secretions. Her eardrums resonated, stored information in her brain was retrieved, neural synapses discharged, Bio-current flowed through her nerves, reflexes activated, and a request was sent to the brain: permission to open eyes.
The brain replied: Permission granted.
She slowly opened her eyes. Moist tears clung between her eyelids as the glaring fluorescent light shone into them, and her pupils contracted automatically.
Pigment settled in her irises, reflecting a deep violet hue. Her optic nerves resumed normal function.
"Welcome back."
She muttered, slowly raising her head. Her brain rapidly began processing, and she mechanically scanned left and right. Her vision immediately