Night fell faster than expected.
When the skies over Russia were swallowed by darkness, all that remained was a pure white snowscape.
Unlike other countries, where buildings rose one after another, Russia, as the largest country in the world by land area, was sparsely populated. Once one left the cities, endless stretches of land could be seen everywhere.
Thus, outside the cities, countless villages were scattered throughout the land.
The populations of those villages generally numbered only a few dozen people.
At least, that was the case in western Russia near the Elizrina Independent Nations Alliance.
As a result, Fang Li's group had not encountered another group of living people along the way. Instead, Academy City's supersonic bombers freely swept through the skies from time to time, airdropping huge quantities of supplies and troops beneath opened parachutes with utter impunity.
Fang Li could even occasionally see Russian forces opening fire in an attempt to shoot down the parachutes as the supersonic bombers released them.
Unfortunately, all of Russia's resistance was futile.
Because even shooting down the parachutes would have no practical effect.
Either Academy City's units that had landed ahead of time evaded the shells with astonishing maneuvers, dug out concealed positions, and launched solid counterattacks with enormous shotguns.
Or, while the Russian troops were shooting down parachutes, additional supplies dropped by the bombers rained down one after another, practically without end.
Academy City's airdropped ground forces mainly consisted of unmanned Powered Suits and mobile units.
Therefore, even if they were shot down midair, there would be no human casualties—only the loss of some supplies.
And those supplies were encased in metals with high heat resistance and tensile strength, so ordinary shells could not damage the resources inside at all.
In that case, what could Russia possibly do to Academy