I'm gonna stomp you out

Ten minutes later.

[Ding! Fishing success! Charlotte obtained ×1 Cream Bread]

Charlotte flinched as the notification popped up, recalling how Calvin had just reeled in his catch.

A yellow-packaged cream bread materialized in her hand.

"Yay, food!"

She smiled sweetly, but then quickly had another thought.

"Calvin, this is food. You must be hungry by now, right? Want me to duplicate it? Hehe, call me a good sister first, or I won't give it to you!"

Calvin ignored Charlotte, who was smugly trying to get attention.

"This talent is about duplication, but it has limitations. The fishing rod can't be copied. Charlotte, being a living person, can't be duplicated either...

Still, since everyone is bound to their own fishing rod, having two would make early resource gathering way more efficient..."

Besides, Calvin had no interest in duplicating another Charlotte. One of her was annoying enough. Two? He couldn't imagine how noisy that would be.

But since it's ranked S-tier, this talent must have something powerful hidden within...

Calvin thought to himself.

Maybe one day, he could even duplicate someone else's talent?

His imagination ran wild.

"Hey! Calvin! Do you want it or not? If not, I'm eating it all!"

Charlotte waved the cream bread in front of him.

"I'll keep waiting. I don't believe we won't catch something good!"

Calvin patted her head casually, not really bothered.

Charlotte hesitated, then opened the package and took small bites of the bread. After eating about 40% of it, her mouth covered in cream, she wiped her lips and handed the rest to Calvin.

"Here!"

Calvin was a little surprised.

Usually in the cafeteria, Charlotte couldn't wait to secretly pick all the meat from his bowl. She was a certified foodie!

One glance at her figure and size, you could tell though short, Charlotte was... well, top-tier.

Clearly, her body wasn't just thanks to genetics. She definitely ate her way to it.

Yet now she was actually sharing food with him and the bigger portion, no less.

"Well damn. The sun must be rising from the west."

Charlotte saw the strange look in Calvin's eyes and exploded in anger.

She was being nice, worried that he was hungry, and this was how he looked at her?

It was like a best friend offering chips out of kindness, only to be asked,

"Did you drop them on the floor or something?"

"Ugh! Fine, starve for all I care!"

Charlotte pretended to pull the bread back.

"I want it! I want it! Sister Charlotte is the best!"

Calvin laughed shamelessly and gobbled down the rest.

His stomach no longer felt so empty.

Okay. Breakfast, done!

"Wait a sec, I remember the chat and trading functions should be unlocked now."

After fishing for supplies, the clouds drifted away.

With no new ones nearby, Calvin opened his game panel, revealing three tabs:

[Attribute Panel]

[Trading Market] (Trade collected resources with others—global player market)

[Chat Channel] (Regional chat shared with teammates)

He thought for a moment and clicked the chat channel.

[Do you want to share the chat channel with your teammate Charlotte? Your messages will represent your team. If needed, please coordinate with your partner!]

[Yes.]

Calvin tapped yes.

Charlotte accepted the invitation.

…

[Guys, what's going on? What does "fishing for resources" even mean?]

[You fish using a rod over clouds. I got a talent called "Hunger Resistance"—halves food and water consumption!]

[Looks like this is a survival game. We spawn on a 1m² platform, start fishing, and develop from there. I just caught a dirt cube. It can be placed anywhere to expand or stack higher!]

[Isn't this basically Skyblock in Minecraft?]

[Whatever it is, let's all do our best. Don't fall off. Sit back-to-back, or put light people on heavier ones to avoid getting pushed off.]

[No joke, my teammate is my online crush, a famous loli influencer.]

[No way! Bro, you're living the dream! Gotta treat her right!]

[Except she's 400 pounds in real life. I've spent thousands on her, and she's just a fat auntie! I have to lie on her just to stay on the platform!]

[Oof, that's rough.]

[Tsk tsk, tragic. I'm lucky. Both me and my partner are under 100 pounds. Plenty of room.]

[This platform's too damn small. I already pushed my girlfriend off.]

[Dude, really? You two were matched together. Doesn't that mean you love each other? Couldn't you just fish for more cubes?]

[You're a real piece of trash. This kind of guy has a girlfriend, and I'm still single. Matched with some distant cousin I barely know.]

[To the guy who pushed his girlfriend: I hope you fall too, and your whole damn family dies off. Screw you.]

[Don't kill your teammate, people. Each fishing rod is tied to a person. If they die, their rod vanishes too. That's ten resource types gone. Don't ask how I know...]

Watching the others chat, Calvin and Charlotte exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise and even fear in each other's eyes.

"I didn't expect anyone would actually do that… That was their girlfriend or even wife they lived with every day…"

Charlotte's tone was heavy, lacking her usual playfulness.

"This world has changed… Without the punishment of law or morality, the dark side of people starts to surface."

Calvin felt lucky he had been matched with Charlotte.

After all, he'd never interacted with other girls before. If Charlotte had been matched with someone else, Calvin would probably have ended up with some shut-in girl who had no experience with guys at all!

And who knows, maybe she'd be a bad person!

"Calvin, you're not going to push me off this cube someday, are you?"

Charlotte eyed him suspiciously.

"Relax. I may dislike you, but that's no reason to kill you. I'm not that kind of person."

Only then did Charlotte nod, letting out a soft "oh."

She gazed wistfully at the blue sky, letting the breeze brush against her.

"Calvin… does he really hate me?"

She thought silently, her eyes dimming.

But soon, she shook her head quickly.

Now's not the time to think about that.

Besides, Calvin is super annoying too. Always patting her head, mocking her height and figure.

The teasing was one thing, but because she had a great body, he'd even crack dirty jokes…

Still, she didn't really dislike it…

Charlotte's thoughts wandered, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

How could Calvin possibly hate a girl as cute and sexy as her?

Noticing Charlotte seemed off, Calvin didn't quite get it.

He was just about to chat and bicker with her a bit for fun when another white cloud appeared in the distance!

This time, it seemed to be forming behind them!

So, the two of them shifted positions slightly.

As they moved, both were extra careful not to fall.

During the move, Calvin's face turned red.

Charlotte's booty was seriously perky!

He tried his best to stay composed… doing all he could not to let her notice anything.

"Charlotte, let's get back to fishing!"

"I don't need you to tell me. I can see that!"

Charlotte snapped.

"What are you mad about now?"

"I'm not mad! It's got nothing to do with you! I just hate you! You trash! dumbass! One of these days, I'm gonna stomp you flat!"

Charlotte grumbled, but she didn't stop fishing.

The mood between them was a bit off.

Calvin didn't understand why, but now wasn't the time to dwell on it.

Still, when Charlotte called him a dump, he actually thought it was kind of cute.

And honestly… if he were to get stomped to death by Charlotte…

Hmm…

Might not be so bad?

[Obtained Straw ×1 (Combine 10 to make a straw cube)]

[Obtained Wheat Seeds ×1]

They stared at each other, confused. What the hell did they just fish up?

Two hours later,no more clouds appeared.

"I can't… I'm so thirsty, Calvin. It's almost noon!"

Calvin's thighs were completely numb. Actually, he had it worse. A not-so-light little loli was sitting on his lap, and it was painful!

"Calvin, I'm hungry."

"Me too."

"Calvin, I'm thirsty."

"Same."

"Calvin… I need to use the bathroom…"

???

Okay, it had been nearly the whole morning, so yeah…

But still…

How were they supposed to go on a 1×1 cube platform?

"Can you try to hold it a bit longer?"

Calvin wiped the sweat from his forehead and suggested.

Charlotte's face turned red from holding it in, looking utterly miserable.