goopthrower such a success. those ants didn't know what the flip was going on. just kept running around in the circles i made. completely ignored me and drones and everything. ants are bonkers for the goop.

two problems though

one is that it takes a bunch of antgooblood and also a bunch of other nonsense to make this stuff. could maybe efficientise the recipe a bit. maybe dilute it more? but that's okay. that is a solutionable problem.

second is that all it does it make ants go to a place. also it doesn't last that long. like an hour at most. so i can't just put a trail of it around my base to lead ants away. what i am saying is there aren't that many exciting applications. also ants could get wise to my tricks. these things aren't stupid. i mean they are. but sometimes they aren't.

however overall this is an exciting step forward. another rung on the ladder to total ant domination. who know where this path lead? onward. onward to science. congratulations jin. you are leading the field in ant technology advancement. award yourself a biscuit. chocolate biscuit. eat it in your field. alone. good girl.

meanwhile i am also furthering my understanding of ant communication and radiation sensation. please welcome to the stage the latest radiation sensation, ant singing ant. that tiny crystal radiation organ definitely has some interaction going on with ant eyes. maybe putting an ant eye in my head is not such a silly idea? although initial experiments in cyborg ant bionetic augmentations not promising. antbits just don't get along with mechbits. maybe i could start with some basic grafting. put some chitin on my butt or something. make new eyebrows out of antennae. oh no yes i'd have to have antennae too because there's interaction with them and the crystalradorgan. muck on it. my entire head is going to be like an ant head by the end of this. i just know it.

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in other self modification/mutilation news i got to messing around with my robot arm lasers and had a thought like. hey. jin. it is a crime that you lost an eye but don't even have a cool scar. just this weird acid smooth skin. would it be a good idea. to maybe. make a scar on your face.

so

i lasered a scar over my socket

oh boy did it hurt

accidentally triggered my fireball drone glove with the noise

pretty funny actually

helpful drones put out the fire

no big damage

no big deal

but

maybe should've done some anaesthetic stuff

before burning a scar in my face

life is a series of lessons i guess

anyway

got a cool scar over my eye now

looks good with eyepatch

i feel slightly more complete

computer is bleeping at me. apparently it's working on this ant trail goo efficiency stuff. good computer. i probably told it to do that sometime. good jin. also at some point appraently i fitted out some drones with goopdrippers. they're out between the base and the waterfactory. just to see what happens. is this viable? probably.

also did a bit more fiddling with antblood batteries. man it is weird that antgoop is turning out to be so useful for everything. just totally ignored that stuff for so long. oh well now i know etc

might just go check on my new prisoners. lured some back to my base with anttrailgoo. hey ant. get in my van. i got candy. hehe. anyway they are all in v good health due to not having to eg slap them with a giant sword. so they should last a while.

note: make ant candy?

need more antbits though. more antgoop. should maybe assault that waterfactory. if i could do it without using scrapbag vortex bombs and eg vaporising the place then i'd have ant corpses for days. might be a siege situation. or like. just gradual attacking. go in, kill ants, secure areas, work my way through until i take out the boss and put up a flag and then the thing belongs to me.

videogames have taught me that this is how you capture an outpost

i am sure they would not lie to me