Alfred, standing before her, clearly didn't notice his sister Alexia's attitude; he still smiled happily and stepped forward, looking at his sister Alexia, who was now within arm's reach, and couldn't help but say excitedly, "Welcome back, my dear sister!"
"Alexia, I diligently completed the task you gave me. It has been decades since you entered the nutrient capsule for cryogenic freezing. The original unsealing time was only about four days away."
"But there was nothing I could do. You don't know... that old undying Spencer has discovered your secret that you didn't die. Just a few hours ago, he sent people to attack Rockfort Island Prison, where I am, to seize the T-Veronica Virus. I was chased the whole way... and had no choice but to come to the Antarctica Research Institute to forcibly interrupt your virus fusion!"
Looking at his sister Alexia, who revealed her perfect physique, Alfred explained in a flustered and helpless manner.
He couldn't step forward...
After all, Alexia's beauty was beyond defilement for anyone, including Alfred himself, who couldn't bear to, and could only admire from afar—
But he couldn't leave either,
Because he simply couldn't allow himself to forget such a beautiful glimpse of spring before him; Alfred would regret it greatly if he did...
Meanwhile,
The awakened Alexia listened to her brother Alfred's explanation, and her originally icy face softened slightly. As long as the virus fusion wasn't forcibly interrupted, it was fine. Since decades of cryogenic freezing had been completed, a few days more or less didn't matter to Alexia.
Especially when Alexia had carefully sensed the immense power within her body, her tense heart gradually began to calm down. This was the confidence of holding a trump card—!
However, very quickly,
Alexia also noticed her brother Alfred's gaze, constantly sweeping over her body. Although she didn't care, it would become troublesome over time, so she simply found a random piece of clothing in the Institute to put on.
But the style happened to be the purple evening gown Alfred wore at Rockfort Island Prison Castle. At this moment, it perfectly showcased Alexia's noble temperament. Vaguely... Alexia's temperament, appearance, and even demeanor were becoming more and more like Lady Veronica in the portrait of the Ashford Family's first patriarch...
Bloodline reversion—?
"..."
"Besides this matter?"
"During the decades I was fusing with the T-Veronica Virus, did anything else interesting happen with the Umbrella Corporation, my brother?"
Having changed into clothes, Alexia reverted to her original noble and elegant demeanor, making her difficult to approach. At this moment, Alexia also seemed exceptionally bored, so she simply sat on the throne in the Laboratory.
Her jade hand in a white silk glove propped up her proud neck, and she idly began to ask her brother Alfred about all the events that had occurred in the world since her disappearance decades ago, including various secrets of the Umbrella Corporation, and so on—
And facing his lovely sister's inquiry,
Alfred temporarily forgot about the few rats still lurking in the Antarctica Research Institute and began to explain with great relish.
For example, new inventions, new anecdotes, new world orders, and what new Bio-weapons BOW the Umbrella Corporation had invented, Tyrants, Pursuer, G Virus, Wesker's feigned death and escape, William's death, the Raccoon City incident, and everything else.
Everything Alfred knew,
He revealed without reservation.
So many things had happened in just over a decade, which slightly startled even the prepared Alexia, especially the G Virus developed by William and the Raccoon City incident. These two events particularly sounded an alarm for Alexia. Her time seemed not as abundant as she had imagined.
Now that Bio-hazard outbreaks were already happening, her plan to rule a city, a country, and the world with the T-Veronica Virus probably needed to be accelerated. Otherwise, if people were intentionally prepared, it would be difficult for her to make any progress.
"By the way,"
"You said there were a few pesky rats you led into the Antarctica Research Institute, right?"
Alexia, propping her fair chin, seemed to have thought of something and asked Alfred beside her. She had been busy catching up on world events until Alexia sensed a few life forms slowly approaching her within the Antarctica Research Institute. Only then did Alexia react.
"That's right,"
"I diverted the transport plane they were on to the Antarctica Research Institute. They've probably entered the Institute by now, but they might not find this place for a while."
Seeing this,
Alfred nodded.
He disliked outsiders disrupting his time with his sister. If he weren't so weak, he would have personally gone to deal with Javier and the others.
"Hehe..."
"It's fine, they're almost here, and we sense a hidden, special presence among them, someone of my kind. How interesting! But before that, the party is still inexplicably too monotonous. We must invite more guests, brother... help me connect the Institute's communication to Rockfort Island Prison. I want to invite the guests there as well."
Gently closing her eyes,
Alexia could sense Javier and the others scurrying around in her territory. And Lisa, who carried the G-Virus, was actually the most special presence, which greatly interested Alexia. She found that waking up wasn't so boring after all; at least there was plenty of fun.
Besides Javier and the others, Alexia also thought of the mysterious mercenaries causing chaos on Rockfort Island Prison. Since they were also sent by that old undying Spencer to obtain her T-Veronica Virus, she might as well invite them all over!
Thinking of this,
Alexia had her brother Alfred connect to Rockfort Island Prison's communication. As the base training commander there, Alfred, though weak, held significant authority. Many equipment permissions were in his hands, so accomplishing this was very simple!
...
Meanwhile—
Javier and the others, scurrying around inside the Antarctica Research Institute, also sensed something amiss. Ever since a strange aura began to emanate from within, as if something had awakened, Javier was almost certain that Alexia had awakened early. However, Alexia didn't immediately launch an attack; instead, she waited for them to find her.
This surprised Javier.
But thinking about it, in the original story, the newly awakened Alexia was angered by her brother Alfred's direct death, which led her to immediately use tentacles to drag Claire and Steve, who were trying to escape on a snowmobile, back, and declare war directly on Wesker, who was far away.
But now...
Since Alfred hadn't died, Alexia certainly wanted to play the role of her Queen, waiting for Javier and the others to come to her. After all, only this would fit her Queen status.
"Someone is secretly watching us...!"
Not only Javier, but even the taciturn Lisa felt it. Alexia was a Overlord (Overlord-class) like her, so when Alexia tried to probe, Lisa had already detected her.
And facing this secretly lurking enemy, Lisa felt very repulsed. The opponent's aura gave her a bad feeling, a very chilling sensation. It wasn't just an ordinary monster; perhaps this battle would be very difficult, who knows.
"That's truly interesting!"
"We can't keep them waiting."
Thinking of this, Javier quickly led the way, quickening his steps. He was even more eager to meet Alexia, the boss. Don't ask why Javier was so confident... The answer is that while Alexia is strong, and the T-Veronica Virus is terrifying, her weakness is too obvious.
And in the Antarctica Research Institute's Laboratory, her father Alexander Ashford had already prepared a secret ultimate weapon specifically designed to counter the T-Veronica Virus: the "Linear Particle Emitter"—!
This device was a cellular weapon specifically designed to terminate genetic connections.
It was very effective against Alexia's T-Veronica Virus, as she was a virus fused with ancient Queen Ant DNA. Once hit, she would have little power to resist. Her father Alexander had long known that an accident would occur, which is why he secretly kept this card up his sleeve!
With this weapon,
Javier was so confident.
As long as this weapon remained in the Antarctica Research Institute, Javier could do whatever he pleased in front of Alexia. This was also the real reason why Javier wasn't afraid of Alexia!
A bit unfortunate,
Were Claire and Steve beside him.
Because of Javier's butterfly effect, this young man had now avoided his first demise. If Javier hadn't come along... Steve would probably have already been injected with the T-Veronica Virus by Alexia.
Then Steve would turn into a Hulk, chasing Claire and slashing wildly, only to regain his sanity at a critical moment and choose to commit suicide. Later, his body was taken away by Wesker, and the T-Veronica Virus within him was extracted and flowed in large quantities into the black market—
Now this series of chain reactions had disappeared,
Javier himself didn't know how to re-trigger it!
...
Rockfort Island Prison—
"What did you say?"
"She's already left!"
In the interrogation room, Chris listened to Rogrid's explanation, his voice suddenly rising in disbelief. Chris truly hadn't expected... his sister Claire to really be imprisoned in this dreadful place.
But what he hadn't expected even more was,
His sister Claire had already left before him.
"Yes,"
"Someone led mercenaries to bomb Rockfort Island Prison at the time, and many zombies escaped. I couldn't bear to see that girl die here, so I let her leave the interrogation room and gave her a pistol for self-defense, telling her to run towards the shore, as there were vehicles there to leave the island."
"But now, I'm not sure if she left or not. However, she always wanted to find her brother's whereabouts, and I never expected you, her brother, to actually come to such a dangerous place to save her."
Looking at the photo in Chris's hand, Rogrid confirmed that it was indeed Claire from before, so he explained everything he knew.
Seeing this,
Chris shook his head helplessly.
The clue had suddenly disappeared, leaving him unsure where to continue looking for his sister. He didn't even know if his foolish sister Claire was still on the island, had returned to the United States, or had been captured again and taken to a new place. In short, it was very troublesome.
However,
Seeing Rogrid so kindly giving him information, the righteous Chris still put down his pistol, took out a bottle of painkillers from his waist, and threw it to Rogrid, then bid him farewell:
"These are painkillers. Thank you for the information, but whether you can leave here alive depends on your own luck. I need to continue searching for my sister."
After speaking,
Chris took Old Captain Enrique and prepared to continue searching for his sister Claire's traces in the central part of the island.
But who would have thought...
Chris and Enrique hadn't walked far when they ran into that familiar figure.
"Da da da..."
"Oh, let's see which two old friends I've run into, Chris! And... Enrique, long time no see, you've taken the bait again!"
Though still dozens of meters away,
Wesker's mocking laughter had already reached them from afar. Wearing black sunglasses, he walked towards them. Seeing the sudden appearance of Chris and Enrique, two old S.T.A.R.S members, made Wesker feel both surprised and excited. He hadn't expected two fish to slip through the net just as he was about to leave Rockfort Island Prison, and one of them was Chris, whom he greatly anticipated.
He had just been severely humiliated by Javier,
But this time, Wesker wouldn't allow himself to be like that again. He had to vent all his previous humiliation onto Chris before him.
And not just Wesker himself,
Even Chris was surprised to see Wesker here. Wasn't this guy supposed to have died at the Mansion Villa? How was he alive again? And it seemed Wesker was the one who led the attack on Rockfort Island Prison? And there was a very high chance that Wesker might have seen his sister Claire!
Chapter 17: The Queen Ant's Soldier Ants
"..."
"Hey, hey, don't make such a surprised face, Chris. We've just been apart for a little while. By the way, you're here to find your sister Claire, right?"
Looking at Chris's indignant expression, for some reason, Wesker always found it amusing to toy with him. So, he pushed up his dark sunglasses, shrugged his shoulders, and greeted him.
Upon hearing Wesker's words, Chris's face instantly changed. Indeed... Wesker before him knew his sister's whereabouts. Seeing this, Chris had no intention of wasting more words with Wesker and decisively chose to act to inquire about his sister's whereabouts.
Because Chris knew that compared to indifferent pleas—
Wesker responded better to hard tactics!
"Bang—!"
The next second,
Chris decisively lunged forward,
Aiming at Wesker's obnoxious, punchable face, he swung his massive fist without any hesitation or preamble. It was the most unadorned physical technique, actually a form of probing, not intending to fight to the death.
"Hehe..."
However, even Wesker, wearing black sunglasses, couldn't help but smirk at this scene. He liked Chris's way of asking for trouble, so he didn't hesitate either. With a slight stomp of one foot, his whole body instantly tensed. Looking at Chris, who was now within arm's reach, Wesker also instantly made his move!
He had been severely humiliated by Javier earlier,
Now he had to return all that humiliation onto Chris.
"Hah—!!!"
A muffled roar,
Like a thunderclap, Wesker's five fingers formed a palm, striking fiercely at Chris's incoming fist with lightning speed. As a practitioner of Pai Yun Palm, Wesker felt his palm techniques were far superior to his fist techniques now, so he wasn't afraid of Chris's unadorned military boxing.
"Boom—!!!"
A muffled thud,
The large palm and fist collided, instantly unleashing an extremely powerful impact. White air currents flew. The moment Chris's fist hit Wesker's palm, he felt as if he had struck a thick wall, a heavy sense of powerlessness washed over him, but even more so, a strong rebounding force.