Wang Chen began his first patrol in Area Ji-9.
As a newcomer, he was assigned to a senior prison guard, who would show him the patrol route.
The prison guards in the Yongle Dungeon were also ranked hierarchically.
Apart from the lowest rank trainee prison guards, all other guards were graded based on years of service.
One level per three years.
You start at level one, and after three years without leaving, you automatically advance to level two.
And so on.
Survivors with a higher rank enjoyed slightly better treatment.
But not much more.
Furthermore, in dangerous and special situations, senior prison guards had command authority over junior ones.
The latter had to follow the orders of the former.
The two prison guards who came to give Wang Chen trouble the day before all had two silver lines embroidered on their sleeve cuffs, which meant they had been here for more than three years but less than six.
The guard leading Wang Chen had three silver lines.
