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===== Atomizers and lasers were great at starving them of corpses. =====

But now:
* It takes much longer to kill anything.
* Fights in each region last longer.
* There are more corners and fringes where atomizer coverage can’t be perfect.

So in practice:
* More kills will happen outside perfect atomizer sweep zones.
* More half-destroyed bodies and chunks survive long enough for: - Feeder-types to rush in, - Devour them, - Fuel more growth or mutation.

Mutation-wise:
* The longer each wave survives,
* The more “experiments” the hive mind can run in real combat,
* The more chances to find specific counters to your patterns and beams.

You’re still super dangerous—but they now have time to iterate.