A struggle flashed across the face of the surrounded Cole, and the Eye of God hanging at his waist moved without wind.

A green doll resembling a teru teru bozu appears in Cole's hands.

"Koryanba, I'm counting on you."

After saying this, Cole threw the doll at the doctor.

Cole, hoping to stall for time with the doll, found that the doctor had already appeared in front of her.

"You seem to be doing well here."

The sound appeared in Cole's mind like a nightmare, and those unbearable memories resurfaced.

Her struggling, purplish-red pupils gradually became lifeless, and the stunned Cole seemed to have lost her soul.

Upon seeing this, the doctor smiled slightly.

The experiments conducted on this experimental subject were not limited to simply injecting demonic remnants.

The doctor also left many things in her body.

He overestimated the scholars of Mount Sumeru.

The contents of the test subject's body were not completely expelled.

Thinking of this, the doctor reached out to grab the girl in front of him.

But he suddenly stopped halfway through his outstretched hand.

Looking up, something in mid-air blocked the sunlight, casting a shadow on the doctor's face.

Chapter 166 The Lost Earl Rabbit

The shadow fell on the doctor's face, and also on Cole.

Cole looked up at the thing in mid-air.

It is a red doll.

Upon seeing the doll, a glimmer of light gradually appeared in Cole's eyes.

“Amber…”

The girl's pronunciation was unclear, like that of a toddler learning to speak.

However, the two words she managed to utter gradually brought Cole back to consciousness.

The flaming arrow struck Earl Rabbit in the sky.

The sparks from the exploding doll were reflected in Cole's eyes, growing brighter and brighter, just like the light in her eyes.

The explosion disrupted everything around her, and before she could fully regain her senses, Cole felt her right hand being suddenly grabbed.

A steadfast force pulled Cole toward a certain direction.

As Ke Lai gradually came to her senses, she saw the fiery red figure in front of her.

Familiar, yet comforting.

Cole was pleasantly surprised to see Amber here; the warmth of her presence felt like a return to Mondstadt.

Unconsciously, he gripped Amber's hand tightly. Amber trembled slightly, then lowered her head and continued walking forward.

The explosion caused by Earl Rabbit didn't take too long, but Cole, a ranger, knew some of the more secluded paths.

Using this path, the two escaped the pursuit of the Doctor and the Gilded Brigade, and soon returned to the open space in front of Huacheng Guo.

The run left Cole breathless, but the physical exhaustion couldn't dampen her excitement.

"Amber."

Watching Amber's retreating figure, Cole smiled and said, "Welcome to Sumeru."

"Thank you for saving me again."

Cole's thanks made Amber turn back around.

She was smiling, but Cole could sense that Amber's smile was somewhat forced.

just like...

"What happened?"

Cole asked, "I get the feeling that you're not happy, Amber."

"Are you not used to staying in Sumeru?"

A series of questions only made Amber shake her head.

Amber shook her head, seemingly trying to shake off the worries in her heart.

She knew she should be a little happier when she met Cole.

—We should be happy.

A hint of melancholy flashed in his eyes, followed by a bitter smile.

"it does not matter."

Amber spoke up, acknowledging her past habits, because she didn't want to affect others because of herself.

Kaiya is an exception.

The two had grown up together, and even if Amber tried to hide it, she couldn't fool him at all.

If I had to put it in perspective, we were truly childhood sweethearts.

—Childhood sweethearts, huh...

All Amber felt was an irreparable regret.

—Originally, it should have been like this.

Regret has left something incomplete, and because of that missing piece, it is slowly collapsing.

Even though Amber tried desperately to maintain it, desperately trying to restore it to its original state... it was still slowly collapsing.

"Amber, come and sit in Huacheng Guo today."

Cole's voice came through my ear, her tone clearly encouraging.

Although she didn't know why Amber was unhappy, Cole still wanted to cheer her up.

"Let's put our worries aside for now."

“This troubled Amber is not the Amber I’ve met.”

Cole comforted her, saying that her concern for Amber had even made her forget about her previous encounter with the Doctor.

"In my memory, Amber has always been a warm person."

...

Perhaps because it was the first time she had seen Amber like this, Cole had no idea how to comfort her.

As she uttered her last words, a dejected Amber even lowered her head.

Seeing Amber walking headlong toward Huacheng Guo, Cole panicked and hurriedly chased after her.

After thinking for a while, Cole decided that if comforting her didn't work, she would change the subject by talking about something else.

“Amber, I recently met the traveler you wrote about in your letter.”

"They are really kind people."

Amber kept her head down, but her slower pace made Cole realize that her words had caught her attention.

It's good that it attracted attention.

This means that Amber won't just bury herself in her own emotions.

"Occasionally, travelers will even climb to a very, very high place in search of a small treasure chest."

"However, there are also some annoying aspects..."

“They would always inexplicably mess up the ingredients we had prepared, and then secretly take away the cabbage or wheat from the ingredients.”

"If they had just asked, Master Tinari would definitely have given them a whole box of ingredients..."

“If Amber hadn’t said in the letter that they were honorary knights of Mondstadt, I really wouldn’t have believed it.”

"Who would have thought that the Knight of Honor would help clean the statues of the Seven Gods?"

"correct."

At this point, Cole looked at Amber as if she had just remembered something.

"Amber, remember to be careful here."

"Dead zones often appear here, and the monsters in the Dead Territory are terrifying."

"Of course, even without the dead zone, the monsters in the forest are still very dangerous."

"I remember being surrounded by monsters not long ago, and if it weren't for a kind person helping me..."

At this point, Cole thought of those cold eyes, followed by that icy feeling.

This feeling made Cole shake her head; she felt that this was not the right thing to say to Amber right now.

The two quickly returned to Huachengguo, where a man dressed as a forest ranger was staring longingly at the entrance.

Because of the distance, Cole did not see what the person looked like.

But looking at the basket in that person's hand...

It's definitely Faber!

The basket was definitely full of edible mushrooms.

However, Cole does not guarantee that all the edible mushrooms inside are safe to eat.

Faber has had food poisoning twice this month alone, and when he hallucinated, he kept saying that colorful little people were dancing in front of him.

Just as Cole was wondering whether he should ask him to compare the edible mushrooms with the illustrations, Faber noticed him.

"Cole!"

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