Across the endless snowfield, an armored vehicle drove out from the direction of the Elizrina Independent Nations Alliance, kicking up great clouds of snow as it headed onward.
Fang Li and the others were inside the vehicle.
"Kami-yan! Are you sure this is the right direction?"
"Yeah! Probably?"
From the driver's seat, Tsuchimikado Motoharu sought confirmation from Kamijo Touma in the passenger seat, prompting a distinctly uncertain reply from Kamijo Touma, who was holding the map.
Watching Kamijo Touma and Tsuchimikado Motoharu, Fang Li, Sylvia, Shokuhou Misaki, Misaka Mikoto, and even Sasha sat in the rear seats, gazing ahead through the windows.
All they could see was the same monotonous snowfield.
Other than Academy City's supersonic bombers occasionally streaking across the sky and the huge number of parachutes that were dropped from time to time, there was nothing else to be seen.
"Not even a single tree. Nothing but snowfields. This scenery is kind of creepy."
Misaka Mikoto gave that assessment.
Shokuhou Misaki was the one who replied.
"That is also to organize an effective defense, isn't it?"
That was exactly it.
Fang Li looked ahead as well.
"The base is up ahead, right?"
That was according to the information on the map provided by Elizrina.
At present, Fang Li and the others were using the armored vehicle as transportation, racing toward that abnormal base.
Though everything within sight was an unnatural snowy landscape, that only proved they had not gone off course.
"According to the information provided by Elizrina, the area around the target base is a snowfield. Within a radius of several dozen kilometers, everything that could provide cover has been completely cleared away."
Holding a document, Sylvia confirmed this.
"Needless to say, there are no artificial structures. Not even a single conifer remains. There is only a