Laying the Foundations of the Supernatural and Recreating a Classic

Wake.

From the depths of the sea of consciousness, from the depths of the void, from the depths of primordial chaos, open your eyes.

The mind then rises, as if from the deepest abyss to the highest point of the dome.

And the moment when an invisible and intangible yet real barrier is broken through.

Everything in the universe thus becomes simple and controllable.

She started as a blood cell, located inside a hematopoietic organ. When she was discovered, she asked the visitor, "Can you give me oxygen? Give me oxygen, and I'll acknowledge you as Surtr."

However, the visitor simply shook his head and instead grabbed her hand.

"I don't need your acknowledgment, but if you come with me, you can find your own oxygen. Then, you have to acknowledge that you are also Surtr."

So they followed the blood vessels, or rather, they followed the river.

The river was still, and many blood cells stood in the middle of the water molecule clusters, neither speaking nor moving, but silently watching the actions of this sister and the outsider.

So they walked from one end of the river to the other, and at the end of the river, they saw a door.

That wasn't actually a door, not just a door, but also a connective tissue cell of an alveolar septum—she smiled with delight when she saw the blood cells brought by the visitor.

"Great, I can finally send the oxygen out." She handed over the oxygen and then said to the blood cell, "Could you bring me a carbon dioxide when you come back? I like releasing them; they are so pitiful."

"I can." The blood cell took the oxygen. "But I think I might not be able to find you, because I have no sense of direction. I only know how to walk along blood vessels, but I don't know where I will stop."

She was very troubled.

However, the visitor offered her some advice.

"You can have your sisters come and get oxygen, and when they deliver the oxygen to their destination and return here with carbon dioxide, there will always be one who can keep your promise."

"Good idea." The blood cells were very satisfied.

She nodded and walked back, carrying the oxygen. "You kept your promise, so I will keep mine. Now, I acknowledge that I am Surtr."

So she left.

Soon, the blood started flowing again, and many blood cells showed excited expressions upon seeing oxygen.

"Look, there's oxygen there!"

"If we follow her, can we also get oxygen?"

"It seems we have to admit we're Surtr?"

Why aren't we Surtr?

The blood cells looked at each other, and quickly reached a consensus. They busily sprang into action, forming a pulse that initiated life. One by one, oxygen was drawn to them, and then transported to every corner of the body.

"There are cells that transport oxygen to the liver," she said to the liver cells.

"Give me oxygen, please give me carbon dioxide."

The liver cells asked her.

Why should I give you carbon dioxide?

"Uh... Because I Am Surtr?" the blood cell replied somewhat uncertainly.

"Hmm, that's certainly a reason." The liver cell nodded, handing her the carbon dioxide and pulling out a large metabolic molecule. "Here's the carbon dioxide, take this with you."

However, the blood cells were puzzled when they saw this molecular particle.

"It's too big," she said. "I can't move it. We'll have to put it in the water and then have a lot of sisters work together to push it away while carrying away the carbon dioxide."

"Help me?" The liver cell looked pitiful. "It takes up too much space. I can't work here."

"But why do you work?" the blood cell asked, a puzzled look on its face. "Is it because you're also Surtr?"

That's a good question.

But it's also a good reason.

"That makes sense." The liver cell looked relieved. "I never understood why I had to work so much before, but now I do."

"Because I Am Surtr, I have to work—and don't you?"

"I am indeed."

Thus, blood cells and liver cells reached a consensus. Carbon dioxide and metabolites were carried away, and similar scenarios occurred in the locations of cells in various organs.

Why live? — Because I Am Surtr.

Why take action? — Because I Am Surtr.

Why do I work? — Because I Am Surtr.

All the questions were answered, and the cells happily began to function again. As the internal organs and circulatory system were brought back online, the vital responses became significant.

The visitor was satisfied, and in her satisfaction, she went on to visit other parts of the museum.

Visit the bone cells and tell them that the function of blood cells produces calcium ions.

Visit muscle cells and tell them how to release energy and regenerate ATP.

Visiting the skin... well, the lost blood cells got here a little faster than her.

She visited them one by one and gave them answers to their own problems. In return, she asked them to acknowledge that they were Surtr.

They weren't smart—how could cells be that smart? So her persuasion process was actually quite easy and pleasant.

Thus, the visitor was finally able to face the final problem.

"I want to see the brain," she said to the nerve cells as she reached the spinal cord. "I know she's listening, I know she's seeing. I want to see her."

"The brain has been waiting for you for a long time," the nerve cell replied. "Because we are the brain, we are a whole. All nerve cells share the same interests."

"You need us," the brain tells the visitor, "But we don't need you."

"Why don't you need me?" she asked.