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Chapter 154: Galadriel's Fall (22)

Lothlorien spanned about 50 miles from east to west and 30 miles from north to south.

The southern limit of this forest was originally very far, almost touching Fangorn Forest, but as time passed, the trees in the south gradually became thinner.

The open pastures south of the forest were called Pascal Brandt, and though no Elves dwelt there, they were always considered part of Lothlorien.

The River Nimrodel rises in the Misty Mountains and flows southwest into Lothlorien.

There is a waterfall on the Nimrodel River, and it is said that the song of the elf girl Nimrodel can be heard here.

Below the falls, the river is shallow enough for people to wade across the Nimrodel.

There used to be a bridge over the river, but it was removed for defensive reasons.

The Nimrodel flows into the Silverlite or Celebrant, a great river that is fast, deep, and wide.

The Silverlode flowed southeast through Lothlorien until it joined the Anduin.

The elves used ropes to build a temporary bridge on the trees on both sides of the Silverlight River to cross the river.

After leaving Caras Galadon, Chu Xuan set out alone for the Silver River.

The Silver River meanders across this land, its water icy cold. It is a spring formed by the melting snow from the Red Horn Peak in the Misty Mountains.

Chu Xuan spread out his electromagnetic flying wings and patrolled along the river from west to east.

A gentle breeze blew, and Chu Xuan's figure glided through the air.

Surprisingly, the river seemed exceptionally calm.

Everything was normal on both sides of the river, but there was no sign of the elves.

Chu Xuan came to the intersection of the Anduin River and the Silver River, folded his electromagnetic flying wings, and slowly landed on the ground.

Although the land here is fertile and the environment is beautiful, it is a bit barren.

He walked straight to the river. The soil under his feet was soft and moist, making a slight sound.

The river gurgled gently. Chu Xuan scooped up a handful of clear water and carefully observed it in front of his eyes. The water was clear and transparent, reflecting his stern face.

Then he took out a small instrument and placed it in the water.

Temperature: high, smell: normal, color: normal, composition: normal, no harmful or hallucinogenic factors.

It's not the river's problem.

So, there must be something in the river water that caused the elves, a race that was originally sober and asexual, to change so drastically.

——Sizzle!
Chu Xuan didn't even look at it. A powerful electric current shot out like a silver snake, directly electrocuting a creature lurking in the water plants on the right, causing it to turn upside down.

It was a water snake, and its appearance was not much different from ordinary water snakes on Earth.

The triangular snake head and black body appear very hidden against the backdrop of water plants, and the purple patterns on its body are like mysterious talismans.

But this little snake, only half a meter long, had been lurking by the water, trying to attack Chu Xuan since he arrived here.

During this period, it did not run away or swim, appearing to be very patient, which is completely inconsistent with the biology and behavior of snakes.

Chu Xuan had a blank expression on his face. He picked up the snake with special protective gloves and held it in front of his eyes, observing it carefully.

From the outside, this snake has no obvious abnormalities and does not even have venom glands. It is a relatively safe non-venomous snake.

So Chu Xuan took out the sharp scalpel without hesitation, his movements skillful and precise.

Half a minute later, Chu Xuan picked up an organ from the snake's abdomen, an organ that should not have grown on this kind of reptile.

A small, misshapen animal ovary.

Moreover, in the dissected ovary, there were some things that looked like mosquito larvae, densely packed, crawling all over the ovary and even the snake's abdominal cavity.

The sight of those larvae twisting their bodies was enough to make ordinary people's scalps tingle and feel extreme physical discomfort.

But Chu Xuan was obviously not a normal person. He looked calm as he picked up a larva with tweezers.

Then he said to the black collar around his neck: "Zhang Xiaoxue, record it."

A blue light flashed on the collar, and a mechanical female voice uttered, "Understood, Colonel."

This is Zhang Xiaoxue, the strong artificial intelligence he created based on the Red Queen algorithm, to assist him in experiments, combat, and analysis. It is equivalent to Tony Stark's artificial intelligence Jarvis.

It has to be said that under the influence of Zhuang Boshi, Chu Xuan has begun to develop towards another style of painting.

"Snake-like creature, 45 centimeters long."

"It is a water snake, and its appearance is 87% similar to the yellow-striped tiger snake."

"It's proactive and aggressive, but not toxic."

"The body has a narrow ovary and uterus, and the offspring live in the mother's body, with the number of fetuses exceeding 120."

"The tentative name is Purple Striped Snake."

"Understood, Colonel."

There was a rustling sound and a crawling sound suddenly rang out.

Chu Xuan looked up and saw that the river water was turbulent, as if countless creatures were stirring frantically underwater. The originally calm river surface instantly became turbulent.

"Wait, let's record the population's behavior again. They live in groups and have a strong tendency to retaliate."

As he spoke, tens of thousands of water snakes emerged from the water like a tide and swam towards Chu Xuan quickly.

The entire scene instantly turned into a terrifying scene of a python disaster.

Snakes of different sizes are entangled with each other. The small ones are only a dozen centimeters long, with slender bodies like twisting black lines; the large ones are nearly ten meters long, with thick bodies enough to swallow an adult.

The tongues in the mouths of tens of thousands of snakes kept moving in and out, making a creepy "hissing" sound that made people shudder.

"Unreasonable behavior." Chu Xuan's mouth curled up slightly.

"Some abnormality, through the carrier of the snake, affected the elves."

Electricity suddenly surged in his body, and the powerful current formed a blue electric waterfall around him.

Just as these snakes were about to approach Chu Xuan, a powerful electric current burst out from Chu Xuan's body and was transmitted to the snakes through the water flow.

In an instant, electric currents raged in the water, and countless blue arcs jumped and flashed, like blue fireworks blooming underwater.

The river water was electrolyzed by the electric current, and a large number of bubbles emerged, and the entire water surface seemed to be boiling.

In just a few seconds, tens of thousands of water snake carcasses floated on the river, emitting the stench of burnt protein.

The corpses piled together to form a horrific river of floating corpses.

No matter what kind of snake it is, as long as it is a carbon-based creature, it cannot withstand high voltage electricity without any strange magic or bloodline.

Chu Xuan turned around and was about to leave when suddenly a huge black shadow jumped out of the water.

It was a giant black snake with a head as big as a calf and more than ten meters long. It was howling and biting towards Chu Xuan with its bloody mouth.

—Boom! Two extremely fast arrows flew towards this side like meteors, cutting through the sky with a sharp whistling sound.

Another arrow from behind immediately hit the previous one, and the force generated by the collision caused the air to tremble slightly.

After the two arrows collided and exploded, the first arrow was so fast that it was difficult to capture with the naked eye, turning into a deadly streak of light.

Then there was a loud bang, and the giant snake's head was instantly blown into blood foam, blood mist filled the air, and the bloody smell instantly spread.

With a loud splash, the huge headless snake corpse fell heavily on the water, splashing huge water, like a torrential rain.

The scarlet blood quickly dyed the entire surface of the water red, forming a shocking river of blood.

This archery skill should be the elves' skill called two-edged arrow.

Chu Xuan understood and turned to look in the direction where the arrow came from.

"Human, get out of here!" A young female elf jumped down from the tree and looked at Chu Xuan warily: "Why are you here? Humans are not welcome in Lothlorien!"

"You are--" Chu Xuan looked at the elf carefully. He was too young. Among the elves, he should be considered a minor.

He suddenly asked, "Are you the infected person number one that Galadriel mentioned?"

"The culprit behind the elf mutation?"

"Is that what Lady Galadriel said? I, I, I, I don't know what you are talking about!" The elf's face turned pale and he took a step back in horror.

She was about to turn around and run away, but Chu Xuan had already arrived behind her and directly electrocuted her to the ground with a shockwave.

The elf's eyes rolled back, his body twitched uncontrollably, and saliva and tears flowed uncontrollably.

Chu Xuan frowned slightly: "Zhang Xiaoxue, add new elf data records."

"The elves' electrical resistance doesn't increase in proportion to their physical fitness. We'll analyze the relevant data and control the power output going forward."

"Got it, Colonel." The mechanical female voice recorded it truthfully.

Chu Xuan squatted down and said slowly under the elf girl's horrified gaze: "Madam, please don't be afraid."

"I do not speak for the Lady Galadriel, nor for the elves of Lothlorien who are no longer sane."

"I'm just a Rohan merchant passing through. I'm concerned about the changes happening to the elves. I'm here to seek the truth and report this to the White Council so they can resolve this change."

A man with expressionless eyes electrocutes himself first, and then tells himself not to be afraid.

The elf girl became even more scared.

"My name is Grace, and I'm the daughter of Flint, a nobleman of the Noldor." The elf girl was still trembling from the electric shock.

She trembled and asked, "Can the White Council solve the 'plague' in our hometown?"

"But, but most of my companions don't think this is a disease!"

Chu Xuan smiled gently, comforted the frightened elf girl Grace, and pulled her up from the ground.

It also controlled the bioelectricity in her body, allowing her to recover from the paralysis caused by the electric shock.

Then he said to her, "This is a 'mental plague'. It's not causing any obvious harm at the moment."

"But if things continue to develop, I'm afraid."

"According to Lady Galadriel, she found you infected here one year and three months ago."

"Then this extravagant style spread throughout Lothlorien."

"Five months ago, you disappeared, and the elven 'plague' began to spread completely."

Grace lowered her head, her body trembling for a moment, and after a long moment she whispered, "Did she really tell you that?"

“It’s obviously not the case, but why?”

The sound is as soft as a mosquito or fly, almost inaudible.

Sure enough, the key person was found.

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and continued to ask, "Ms. Grace, please tell me what happened that day."

Grace seemed to have made up her mind and said, "I came here to practice archery that day. I practiced too late and decided to rest in the tree."

"I woke up in the middle of the night and saw Lady Galadriel lying in the middle of the Silver River under the moonlight."

"Tangled with a giant purple snake."

"That noble yet disgusting scene is something I don't want to recall a second time."

"I was so scared that I ran away and didn't dare tell anyone. When I woke up the next day, I thought it was just a dream."

interesting.

Completely opposite statement.

It's obvious who's telling the truth.

"After that day, I found that many of my companions had changed. They began to like luxury, pursue wealth, and enjoy indulgence." Grace's tone was full of pain and confusion.

"I wanted to tell the Lord, but just as I was about to report it to him, Lady Galadriel stood there and looked at me like she was looking at something with immense disgust."

"I was so frightened that I fled from Caras Galadon without saying anything."

"I do not know where to go. I have never left Lothlorien, but this place grows stranger and stranger."

"Later, I returned here again, hoping to find the giant snake. Only by killing it could my companions and Lady Galadriel return to normal!"

Innocent elf girl, the snake is just a carrier, the real problem must appear in the sky.

"So that's how it is." Chu Xuan held his chin and pondered for a while: "Grace, this Anduin River should lead to Mordor."

"That's right." Grace regained her composure and nodded. "This great river flows south, passing through the Grasslands of Rohan and the Nindaf Marshes, and ends at the Shadow Mountains of Mordor."

It seems that the root of the problem lies in Mordor.

For now, the situation in Lothlorien and the elves is generally under control.

He did not become bloodthirsty, aggressive, or dark, but just became more fond of luxury and pleasure, which seemed strange compared to his original pure and simple nature.

Compared to some human nobles and dwarves, what they did was not out of the ordinary.

So, what about Galadriel?

Whether she could still control herself and not kill Grace was because she was not so depraved as that.

Or maybe the remaining rationality in her heart prevented her from taking action.

After all, this place was pointed out by Galadriel herself, without any coercion or threat.

So, this is the most noble and powerful woman in Middle-earth.

What exactly is her position?

(End of this chapter)