World of Immortals - Chapter 222 – Nine Parts of Stone Statue

Xu Yiyang, who was only late in his life when he was middle-aged, returned to 1999 in a dream.

At the turn of the millennium and the turn of the century, he realized a truth:
Not only to be famous early, to start a business and make money, but also early!
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It was the turn of the 20th century, and in the Philippine Islands, the fledgling Philippine Republic waited to be crushed by the overwhelming superiority of the American colonial forces.But John McClain, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, dies and finds himself in the body of the governor of a remote Philippine province in the year 1898. Initially reluctant to take up arms against his former country and skeptical of the chances of success, he eventually decides to fight for the Republic.Now living his second life as Martín Lardizábal, politico-military governor of Marinduque and armed with modern military knowledge, he will change the course of the Philippine-American War.

Ha Joon Kim is a loser. No amount of luck was going to save him from that fate, he was always going to be that loser.But what happens when he dies and gets reincarnated in another world where everything seems different. Where gods and heroic spirits of all eras are in existence.Not only that, but his smartphone is with him? And it grants him skills?.[Instant learning acquired][This skill allows you to gain abilities from leaning]He knew the essence of water.[You have gained a new skill.][Water manipulation.][50 endurance points have been deducted.]....[Knowledge of the gods acquired][This skill lets you tame… tame…]Giving another chance to live life, Ha Joon decided he wasn't going to be that loser anymore, instead, he was going to help the king of Camelot, or rather, The queen of Camelot rule a successful Kingdom.From getting the goddesses to fall in love, to even making Merlin beg for his attention, he was finally getting everything he wanted from life.The traveler… the only human in the old world to tame the gods.

-- WSA 2025 Entry --“Five… Four… Three… Two… One…”As the countdown towards the new year went on to the last second, Miles looked up to the sky, just as everybody else did.In the middle of the crowded street, Miles for once felt like he belonged. Being a teenage gamer, living with his parents, and trying to build a life as a streamer, he did not feel like leaving his room every day.But there, in the middle of that crowded street, with everyone around him paying attention to the sky, the countdown on the digital billboard, and mostly anything else but him., Miles felt like a ghost.A welcomed ghost, but a ghost, after all.With a smile on his unseen face, he looked up as the countdown reached one, and everybody sang in unison.‘HAPPY NEW YEAR!”But Miles’ eyes widened as he watched in utter horror, and curiosity, even, hovering above him, a holographic screen with a few lines of text written in it.All around him, although he did not pay much attention to it, a few other people seemed to experience the same situation.[Updating home-world 39515’s version][Version 20.25 update brings a lot of fun and games with the new and improved survival mode][Do you want to convert your previous avatar to home-world 39515’s latest version?][Yes] [No]“Survival… Mode?” Miles’ lips quivered.Before he could think of anything else, though, the people around him began to scream…