[WDIDWAMGB] Chapter 118: Ashford?

"Ashford?"

When Li Yexing heard Wesker utter the woman's surname, he felt a jolt of excitement, and even his groggy head became considerably clearer.

That woman's surname was actually Ashford, one of the three noble families of Umbrella?

Speaking of the Ashford Family, one must go back to the last century when Ozwell E. Spencer, James Marcus, and Edward Ashford joined forces to establish the international pharmaceutical company Umbrella after extracting the 'Progenitor Virus' from the plants called 'Stairway of the Sun'.

In the end, Marcus was betrayed and brutally murdered by Spencer and his student, while Spencer himself was eventually killed by his own protege, Albert Wesker. As for Edward Ashford, he had a peaceful end, but his son Alexander Ashford did not fare as well, and can even be said to have died a tragic death, having been turned into a monster by his own child.

At that time, the Ashford Family was in decline, and in order to revive the family's glory, the mediocre Alexander Ashford dug up his ancestor's grave and extracted the genes of the first family head, Veronica Ashford. He then used genetic engineering to create a pair of siblings, Alfred Ashford and his sister Alexia Ashford.

These siblings were not disappointing, as Alfred, with his exceptional intelligence, took over the army training affairs on Rockford Island, while his sister Alexia's intelligence was off the charts, having graduated from a prestigious university at the age of ten and taking over Umbrella's Antarctic Research Division, nearly giving William Birkin, who considered himself a child prodigy, a brain hemorrhage. Except for some eccentric tendencies and dabbling in German orthopedics, these siblings seemed to have caused no major problems, and Mr. Alexander Ashford must have been pleased.

Until the siblings discovered that they were, in fact, products of genetic engineering.

What happened next was quite incredible.

The siblings felt that they could revive their family's fortunes on their own and that their incompetent father should just be put in the ground as soon as possible. So they conspired to turn Alexander Ashford into a monster and even managed to keep it a secret from their trusted butler. It seemed that the siblings' high intelligence was all manifested in some inexplicable places.

In any case, this family is truly indescribable.

Of course, characters like these usually don't end up well.

Alexander, who turned into a monster, was killed by Chris' sister Claire.

Alexia, who had been frozen for more than ten years, was destroyed by Chris with the plasma launcher left by her father, within a day of being thawed out.

In the end, it was the seemingly foolish brother who died in his sister's arms and had a peaceful ending.

Thus, the Ashford Family was completely extinct.

But then a question arose, who was the black-clad queen with flowing golden hair standing before them? Didn't Wesker just call her "Alexandra Ashford"? There was no such person in the original story, right? Could she be a branch of the Ashford Family?

As Li Yexing was pondering this, the helicopter landed slowly behind the woman.

Sensing the doubt in Li Yexing's eyes, the woman in the black dress lightly flicked her soft golden hair, ignored Wesker's expression as if he had eaten shit, and turned to look at Li Yexing with a bright smile, "Darling, we haven't seen each other in so many years, have you missed me?"

What the hell! Who are you?!

Of course, Li Yexing couldn't say such a thing. His thoughts raced like lightning, and he nodded without hesitation, "Miss Ashford, I've missed you so much!"

"Oh, even though I know you're lying, I'm still happy," the golden-haired queen said with a smile. "After all, you're the famous Roples Mad Dog, and I'm just a weak, helpless, and vulnerable girl who can only beg for your protection. How could someone like you remember every girl you've spent the night with?"

Ignoring the fact that this woman speaks in such a strange manner, Li Yexing feels that her words contain a lot of information. He struggles to sift through the memories of the 'Mercenary Li Yexing' but cannot recall the girl who could jump from a height of several tens of meters and roll over the tarmac without a scratch before he transmigrated.

"Anyway, this is what men are like. Even though that night was so enjoyable, you just forgot about me…" Seeing Li Yexing looking confused, the golden-haired lady spoke mournfully. Then, suddenly, she covered her blushing face like a shy teenage girl and said, "Oh dear, what am I saying? How embarrassing…"

Li Yexing looked at the golden-haired woman in front of him, and he knew that she was pretending.

"Okay, let's stop joking around…" The smiling golden-haired woman waved her hand, and her expression gradually became serious. She looked at Li Yexing and said, "I know you may have many doubts, but the answers are not yet ready to be revealed. For now, you just need to get on the chopper and leave. Leave the rest to me."

"Can I trust you?" Li Yexing asked.

"Do you have any other choice?" The golden-haired woman asked.

"Well, I really don't have any other choice…" Li Yexing smiled helplessly and said, "Then, I'll leave the rest to you."

After speaking, Li Yexing went straight to Kanan.

Wesker wanted to stop him, but the next second, he felt like he was being drenched from head to toe with a bucket of ice water. This feeling made him stop in his tracks. Turning around, he saw the golden-haired woman staring at him with a look full of murderous intent, as if she would skin him alive if he made a move.

Although he was unsure of what the woman was capable of, and he did not necessarily think she could defeat him, who was almost like Superman, this feeling still made Wesker very uncomfortable.

So Wesker and the golden-haired woman stood still, watching as Li Yexing picked up Kanan, who was lying on the ground and walked straight to the helicopter.

Wesker didn't know if it was his imagination, but the moment Li Yexing picked up Kanan, the blonde woman seemed rather displeased as she pursed her lips.

After placing Kanan on the transport plane, Li Yexing turned to the blonde woman and asked, "That guy is tough. He has surpassed the limits of humanity and can dodge bullets with ease. Are you sure you can handle him?"

"Darling, you have to have confidence in me," the blonde woman, a graceful lady, turned her head and smiled at Li Yexing.

For some reason, looking at the beautiful smile on the blonde lady's face, Li Yexing felt a shiver down his spine.

"Lastly, there is one more thing..." Li Yexing hesitated for a moment and asked, "That guy just now said your name is Alexandra Ashford. Is that correct?"

"Indeed, please remember that I am Alexandra Ashford, the descendant of the Ashford Family," the blonde woman with snake-like orange eyes replied with a smile after a slight pause.

"I will remember," Li Yexing said solemnly, looking at Alexandra's striking eyes.

As the helicopter took off and soared into the sky, Alexandra's smile gradually changed from warm and gentle to arrogant and mocking. She looked at Wesker and said coldly, "Surprised? I'm still alive."

"Indeed... quite surprised," Wesker replied, his nerves gradually tightening as he looked at the blonde woman.

"In fact, there's nothing to be surprised about," Alexandra laughed and opened her arms in the pouring rain and strong wind. "I am the chosen queen, and even though I no longer seek to reign over everything, I still hold the power of the gods. How could someone as stupid as you all kill me?"

The queen with golden hair watched as a raging fire began to burn beside her, turning the raindrops in the air into wisps of white steam. She sneered, "Look at those fools. They've turned my Black Umbrella into what? An organization that seeks the path of human evolution has turned into nothing more than an arms dealer like H.C.F. or even Tricell..."