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===== Each “bullet” isn’t just a chunk of metal — it: =====
* Explodes into a huge fragmentation cloud
* Or releases a plasma blast big enough to vaporize multiple truck-sized monsters
* Or carries some chain-reaction effect (like a spreading disintegration field)

Now 1 bullet ≠ 1 wounded monster, but maybe:
* 1 bullet = 1,000 monsters dead
* or even 1 bullet = 1,000,000 monsters ruined

Then your KILL RATE becomes viable:
* If 1 shot kills 10⁶ monsters, you only need 10⁹ shots to kill 10¹⁵.
* At ~1.7×10⁴ shots/sec, that’s ~16 hours of nonstop firing. That’s… actually manageable in a sci-fi war.