Luckily.
Since Xing was chasing Collei, Amber only needed to chase Xing to avoid losing track of Collei.
And when Amber had previously used Elemental Sight to observe Xing hiding in the trash can, she had also managed to memorize the aura of Elemental Power emanating from Xing.
At this moment, relying on Elemental Sight, Amber tightly locked onto the direction of the two by following the traces of Elemental Power left by Xing.
"I found you guys!"
Amber lightly leaped onto the eaves of a residential building.
Compared to the two outsiders, Collei and Xing, Amber was much more familiar with the terrain inside Mondstadt city. Moreover, the crucial point was that Amber possessed a Vision, and her operational skills were extremely proficient.
Therefore, Amber's speed was much faster than Collei and Xing's.
In less than a moment, Amber caught up with Xing.
Ahead of the two, Collei was desperately sprinting across the rooftops.
"Crap! They actually caught up!"
Collei glanced back at the pursuers behind her, her expression growing even uglier.
At this time, Collei had just escaped from the burned laboratory, driven by the conviction to seek revenge for her parents, her friends in the lab, and herself. She was constantly searching for the Doctor, living a life of exposure and subsisting on Sunsettias.
After several twists and turns, she arrived at Mondstadt city.
Collei's original goal was to assassinate the Fatui diplomat in Mondstadt, but she was forced to hide in a trash can to recover due to the agitation of the demon god remnant inside her body midway through her journey.
The hardship and wandering along the way had filled Collei's heart with vigilance, and the torment of the demon god remnant made her extremely miserable. She had already given up hope of living; the only conviction supporting her survival was revenge.
Consequently, Collei at this moment was like a small hedgehog covered in thorns, rejecting the approach of all external beings, whether benevolent or malicious.
Boom!
Collei showed no mercy, spitting out a stream of black flames toward the two behind her, attempting to stop them from continuing the pursuit.
The power originating from the demon god remnant made these black flames more troublesome than ordinary Pyro Element; once stuck, they were hard to shake off until the target was burned to ashes.
However, at the final moment before shooting the black flames, Collei reduced their power, making them less lethal.
The commotion caused by the three on the rooftops had already attracted the attention of the nearby residents. Looking from afar, the Knights of the Knights of Favonius were rapidly closing in.
"I can't stay here any longer!"
Collei turned and rapidly advanced toward the location of the Mondstadt city wall.
After being discovered by Xing and Amber, who was wearing the uniform of the Knights of Favonius, Collei immediately understood that she could no longer remain in Mondstadt city.
In Mondstadt city, which was controlled by the Knights of Favonius, being discovered was only a matter of time, no matter where she hid.
Fight against the entire nation's armed forces? Although Collei had become somewhat arrogant after using the demon god remnant within her body to kill many enemies, she hadn't inflated to this extent.
"If I'm captured by the Knights of Favonius, my path of revenge might end here."
During Collei's upbringing, the torment of the withering sickness and the suffering in the laboratory had always accompanied her memories. As a qualified test subject, she didn't need to be too intelligent, so Collei's level of education—well, it was almost non-existent.
Thus, her understanding of various nations was purely based on hearsay. Under such circumstances, Collei naturally did not trust the Knights of Favonius much.
Not to mention that Collei still needed to take revenge on the Fatui diplomat in Mondstadt. Collei did not believe the Knights of Favonius would antagonize the Fatui of Snezhnaya for her sake.
"If I get caught, I'll be sent back to the laboratory."
Holding this belief, Collei had no intention of stopping to exchange a few words with Amber and Xing.
Soon, Collei reached the vicinity of the Mondstadt city wall.
She took three steps in two, and the resentment of the demon god within her body transformed into black tentacles, swiftly and rapidly climbing the wall, then she quickly jumped down from the wall and submerged herself into the Wine Lake.
Feeling the gentle embrace of the water in the Wine Lake, Collei breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
"Having escaped here, they should give up chasing me now!"
However, Collei had underestimated Xing's obsession with her, the first Golden Travele.
Xing and Amber stood on the city wall, gazing out at the Wine Lake surrounding it. The water surface was calm, with two or three ducks playing on it.
The entire Wine Lake surrounded Mondstadt city, so its water capacity went without saying. Searching for one person in such a large lake was akin to finding a needle in a haystack.
Moreover, it was unrealistic to blockade the entire Wine Lake. Even if all the personnel of the Knights of Favonius were mobilized, it would be difficult to surround the entire Wine Lake in a short time.
And perhaps during that time, that child would have found an uninhabited place to come ashore.
"Xing, perhaps we should just let it go."
"That child is so resistant to us; even if we catch up, it will only lead to conflict, right?"
"If fate allows, we will meet that child again."
Although she said that, Amber recalled the bandages on Collei's body, and her pink eyes filled with exhaustion and sorrow; her worry never left her.
"No!"
Xing looked up, his eyes full of determination!
"I believe the bond between us will definitely not end here!"
"Amber, I can sense it, she is in that direction!"
Xing raised his hand and pointed forward, his face filled with confidence, which made Amber's heart waver involuntarily.
...
...
Two hours later.
Xing and Amber advanced dejectedly across the wilderness of Mondstadt.
Under Xing's lead, the two darted around like aimless flies.
The pair swam across the Wine Lake, passed through the Wild Boar Woods, provoked Whopperflowers, beat up a Ruin Guard, snuck into a Hilichurl tribe, and opened a Hilichurl treasure chest...
"Xing! Are you really looking for that child?"
"Why do I feel like you're just leading me around randomly? Haven't we been to this forest before?"
Xing, who was currently rubbing his face against a Primogem, paused his movement.
He quickly retorted:
"How could that be? I am genuinely tracking her; I am absolutely not taking the opportunity to wander around aimlessly."
Saying that, as if to prove himself, Xing's little nose twitched as he sniffed the air.
Sniff, sniff.
"I smell her scent; that guy is definitely nearby!"
Looking at the determined Xing, Amber was half-believing, half-doubting. After swimming around the Wine Lake, how could that child still have any scent left on her? But perhaps Xing was one of those gifted individuals with an exceptionally keen sense of smell?
On a Sunsettia tree not far from the two, Collei quietly poked her small head out, observing Amber and Xing.
Collei lowered her head and sniffed herself gently, thinking to herself, "Is there really a scent? Why can't I smell anything?"
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