King of Beasts.

Chapter 1: Fighting Insect Boy
Green Sea City, a resort where the sea, trees and light rail blend together, still retains a lot of traditional culture.

The center of Hongye Park, which is adjacent to Cuishan in the east and the green sea in the south, is crowded with people at this time, and there is a long banner hung between two trees.

A young girl squeezed into the crowd, and when she saw the four big words "Insect Fighting Conference" on the banner, a huge cheer broke out.

"Lu Ran won again!"

"It was him last year too, wasn't it?"

"Yes, and they are all complete victories!"

While people were talking, a boy about sixteen or seventeen years old stood up in the center of the venue under the unacceptable gaze of a bald old man.

"Thank you." He said with a smile.

Fighting insects is one of the folk fighting games in the Xia Dynasty, and is also called fighting crickets in the north.

Just now, at the "Insect Fighting Conference" held in Hongye Park in Luhai City, Lu Ran brought his favorite generals to defeat a group of experienced veterans and won the title of Insect King.

And this is not the first time he has won the championship.

"You little rascal!" The old man kept scratching his already sparse hair, looking at Lu Ran opposite him in annoyance.

Ever since Lu Ran started participating in the insect fighting competition, he has never lost once. How is that possible?

How come this teenage boy has more experience in cricket fighting than these old guys?

"Just lucky." Lu Ran laughed.

But suddenly, he seemed to be aware of some gazes from the surroundings, and his body immediately shuddered.

"Well, everyone, I'm leaving first!" Lu Ran's face changed, and he immediately put away his beloved generals, hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd, and walked outside.

However, before he could go far, he was blocked by a man who took a shortcut.

This person was not very old. She was tall, pretty, with long dark brown hair tied into a ponytail, and two slender white legs. She was full of youthful vitality, but her expression at this moment was very unfriendly.

"So you asked for leave just to attend this insect fighting conference? Why didn't you answer my call?" Fang Lan crossed his arms across his chest, waiting for Lu Ran's explanation.

"Just focus on the game and turn off the volume." Lu Ran curled his lips.

"You'll be a senior in high school soon, did you know that?" Fang Lan felt overwhelmed and rubbed his temples.

"Really...I'll go back and make up for the lessons tomorrow." Lu Ran said helplessly.

"I'm urging you to do this for your own good!" Fang Lan looked at the jar in Lu Ran's hand and said, "But you're first again... Not bad. Green Sea City is a city of insect fighting. Any old man in the park has decades of experience in fighting insects. I heard that you killed them all without leaving a single piece of armor."

Lu Ran smiled and said, "Sometimes, some things cannot rely solely on 'experience', 'talent' is the most important."

"I'm not praising you!" Fang Lan said angrily, "I'm asking you to focus on studying first. After you finish the college entrance examination, you can fight as much as you want."

“I know, I know~” Lu Ran waved his hand and said, “But I’m not interested in fighting insects anymore. There’s no challenge at all.”

"What do you think about me trying hunting? My ancestors were hunters, so maybe I have the gene for it..."

He fell into deep thought. Hunting, that is, catching and hunting, has the current main purpose of developing the country's wildlife resources, controlling wildlife populations, and maintaining the natural ecological balance. Of course, these purposes have nothing to do with him. It's simply that he has a pet at home that is naturally aggressive and needs a suitable place to give full play to its nature.

At present, there are still many places in Xia Country where legal hunting is allowed.

Thinking of this, Lu Ran opened the jar containing the Insect King and released the valuable Insect King directly. Just as he said, this game was no longer challenging at all.

“Hunting…” Fang Lan looked at Lu Ran blankly and said, “You don’t want to use your Husky as a hunting dog, do you?”

"It doesn't look like a hound, except for its appearance." Lu Ran shrugged and said, "I can train it. It likes to fight too much, and it's not good to suppress its fighting desire all the time. But it's useless to say this. It's difficult to get a hunter's license."

"I hope you're kidding." Fang Lan said speechlessly, but soon, she seemed to think of something, staring at Lu Ran and said, "Wait, you haven't let go of that matter yet, are you preparing to go there?"

"No, even if I go, why don't I just hire a professional team? What's the point of all this, don't you think?"

"Can……"

"Let's go, it's going to rain." Lu Ran said hurriedly, not wanting to continue this topic.

"Huh?" Fang Lan was stunned and looked at the clear sky. There was not even a dark cloud...

"That's what the weather forecast said." Lu Ran waved his hand and took the lead to walk out of the park.

I'm lying to you. It was actually the insects in the park who said that.

……

Not long after, the sky over Green Sea City was covered with dark clouds. Seeing that a rainstorm was about to hit, Lu Ran and Fang Lan came to a restaurant, partly to avoid the rain and partly to have lunch.

"I'm going to school in Shanghai the day after tomorrow. Why don't you stay at my house? You'll be a senior in high school soon. Let my parents cook for you so you don't have to order takeout every day. It's unhealthy."

Fang Lan held the tea in his hand and sipped it while saying, "My parents have told me this several times."

"I can do it by myself. Thank our parents for me." Lu Ran also drank tea to moisten his throat.

"Call me godfather and godmother!"

"Okay, okay, thank my godfather and godmother for me." Lu Ran said. He and Fang Lan were childhood sweethearts. Fang's father and mother were close friends of his parents. After Lu Ran's parents were confirmed dead, he was adopted by the Fang family.

However, after he could basically take care of himself, Lu Ran moved out on his own. His parents left him a large sum of money, which was enough for him to live a normal life.

"I don't care about you anymore. Let them persuade you themselves." Fang Lan also knew that she couldn't persuade Lu Ran. She knew Lu Ran's temper very well.

To put it nicely, it means having your own ideas. To put it bluntly, it means being rebellious, not just in small matters like this, but in all kinds of things.

"Don't worry, I can take care of myself. Just wait for me in the Magic City. I will come to see you next year. Please protect me then, Senior Sister!"

"You should pass the exam first." Fang Lan put one leg on the other white leg and browsed her mobile phone leisurely. Her grades were very good. This year, she was admitted to the first university in the south, Magic University, with excellent results. Because of her parents' careers, she chose veterinary medicine as her major.

Although Lu Ran has good academic performance, it is not easy to be admitted to the Magic University. The next year is crucial.

“It’s easy.” Lu Ran didn’t find it difficult, but he hadn’t decided what major to apply for… but it should be related to animals, right?
such as……

"Beastmaster?" Fang Lan asked.

"What? What beastmaster?" Lu Ran was stunned and looked at the other party.

There is such a major? It's called animal science.

Fang Lan suddenly spoke, and Lu Ran thought Fang Lan was talking to him, but soon he found that the other party was talking to himself while looking at his phone.

"I saw a post and sent it to you," Fang Lan said.

Soon, Lu Ran’s mobile phone received the link sent by Fang Lan.

Click on the link to the post, the title of the post is: "Help! Do you believe in the existence of supernatural phenomena in the world?"

Huh?
Seeing this title, Lu Ran frowned.

(End of this chapter)