Seeing his two friends go down like that, Commander Zhu was very worried. Normally, he would have gone back to find someone to help them immediately, but when they came out, there was no one left except the people. After thinking about it, he decided to go down and check first.

Commander Zhu found a relatively sturdy tree stump by the roadside, which had been broken off by the earthquake and was now lying in the ground.

He took the rope off his body, tied it to the tree stump, and then slowly moved down little by little.

When he found the two, he saw that they had fallen into a crater left by the earthquake, and a tree was lying across the crater.

Both of them had already passed out from the fall.

Commander Zhu first tested the stability of the tree and, after confirming that there was no problem, wrapped the rope around the tree twice before lowering himself down to the bottom of the pit.

After checking their injuries, it was confirmed that they were both superficial wounds. However, Mayor Liu's head was still bleeding, likely from the impact when he rolled down. To be on the safe side, Commander Zhu gave Mayor Liu a sip of water from the canteen he was carrying, then tore off a clean piece of his clothes from the ground to apply medicine and bandage him up.

Then, after thinking about it, he figured he might as well give one or two a sip, so he gave Director Qian a sip as well.

After confirming that the two were not in mortal danger, Commander Zhu thought that he would first tie the rope to one of them, and then pull the other up after he went up.

He then looked the two women over and, noticing their plump figures, remarked, "Are you two feeding pigs?!"

Despite his complaints, he wouldn't risk his brother's life.

He tied one end of the rope directly to Director Qian's body, and after confirming that there were no problems, he climbed up the rope himself.

Fortunately, as the commander of the military, he had regular training. Otherwise, with the rope secured at both ends, he might not have been able to climb up. Luckily, the pit wasn't very deep, probably about three meters deep. If it had been deeper, he might not have been able to climb out.

After climbing up, panting heavily, Commander Zhu felt completely exhausted.