This can't be happening.

Mondstadt. Once a wonderful city, with towering windmills and a beautiful cathedral. Now, it was nothing but a ruin, with the scent of rotting flesh covering the city.

And Venti... where was Venti, when his city so desperately needed him? Surely he didn't run away?

You search through the city for hours on end, and soon, you find an unconscious Amber laid out under a giant rock. From what you can see, she's bleeding heavily---but she's still alive.