A Clear Pact to Govern Conduct

Chen Chuan picked up the form and glanced over it. Most of what it listed were restrictions and obligations imposed on National-Level Fighters.

"National-Level Fighter" was the official designation for a Fighter.

The form set out restrictions on the use of their power in several areas.

One clause, for example, stated that within cities and their surrounding areas, National-Level Fighters could not use large-scale destructive force or harm or threaten others unless they had explicit authorization or faced an emergency.

And what counted as an emergency? Large-scale unrest, riots, major accidents, serious public security incidents, and similar problems could all be handled locally. Only threats to national security, war, localized natural disasters, or incursions by hostile forces qualified.

Another clause required the movements of National-Level Fighters to be recorded by public security and administrative oversight departments while they traveled through Central Cities and other urban areas.

At first glance, the restrictions seemed strict across the board. But he could see that almost all the clauses governed activity within cities.

In practice, most Fighters did not operate inside cities. Even someone like Principal Yao, who held a post at Wu Yi Academy, spent most of the year stationed in a Convergence Zone.

He turned it over in his mind. Convergence Zones were the best places for Fighters to obtain the energy they needed for cultivation. With this agreement on top of that, it was no wonder Fighters were almost never seen in Jibei Province Central City. The same was probably true of other Central Cities.

But that was not necessarily a bad thing. Fighters wielded tremendous destructive power, and most of their families and friends lived in these urban areas. While the agreements constrained the Fighters themselves, they also protected their loved ones and those close to them.

Overall, the benefits