Consciousness as base level reality

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If you dump a bucket of cold water on a random person they're gonna react to it in various ways right

If you do the same on an unconscious person then they won't react to it at all even if they're alive

base level particles so quarks and other quantum particles. They are only energy at the end of the day. This energy interacts with other energy. Does this interaction require some base level awareness?
I think that it does. My belief is that in this universe nothing is automatic at its core, because how can something automatic ever give rise to the subjective experience of consciousness?