The way Uma Musume looks at me is so scary!

The important thing now is to accumulate the conditions to exchange for Hope Gems, and the important thing is the script mission. Relaxing yourself is something that can be discussed later. Xiu Xingmeng kept telling herself this.

As her thoughts wandered, the tram soon arrived at the station. Xiu Xingmeng picked up her backpack and counted her steps as she walked the familiar route. The sound of a key being inserted into the lock rang out precisely at the 3,600th step.

Turning on the dim light, Xiu Xingmeng tossed her backpack onto the table. She had no appetite, so she simply sat on the bed and silently recited something in her mind.

"system."

With a thought, the blue, semi-transparent screen reappeared before her eyes.

【Horse Racing Girl Raising System - Panel】

Character: Celestial Weave

Speed: B [Elite] [Limit Break]

Endurance: D+ [New Star Rating]

Strength: B [Elite] [Locked]

Character: A [Legendary] [Limit Break]

Intelligence: D [New Star Rating]

Adaptable to: Grassland (A) and Muddy (C)

Domain: [Demon Blade]

Skills: Intuition (Purple), Phoenix (Blue), Endurance (White), Burning Flame (Purple)

As a newly debuted racehorse girl, her stats are undeniably impressive. With two B-rank attributes and one A-rank attribute combined, along with numerous skills and domains, Hideki Hoshino has an absolute confidence in winning the limited G1 races in the second half of this year, given her abilities at this point in time.

However, that was never Xiu Xingmeng's goal. The only championship she ever wanted to pursue was the classic triple crown.

Therefore, comparing this panel with the panel from when they won the Japanese derby in the previous scenario world, the difference made Xiu Xingmeng frown.

She knew, of course, that given time, she could train all of these attributes, especially her speed after breaking through the limit. If she trained from now until the end of May, her strength would definitely be stronger than in the previous Japanese derby.

Xiu Xingmeng patted her cheeks, trying to use the pain to dispel her subconscious anxiety. Based on her experience from the previous two script missions, she should still have some time to train her attributes.

After calming down for a moment, Xiu Xingmeng switched the system interface to her inventory. Looking at the skill enhancement scroll inside, Xiu Xingmeng nodded slightly. This was a reward from the last scenario world settlement, and it was time to use it.

Without hesitation, Xiu Xingmeng used it on the only skill she could improve.

"System, use a skill enhancement scroll to increase skill endurance."

The moment the words fell, another blue semi-transparent screen appeared before Xiu Xingmeng's eyes.

[Endurance (White) → Painful Pilgrimage (Blue)]

[Introduction: Tearing, healing, so-called growth is done through repeated pain. In pursuit of a stronger form, the racehorse girls have gone through this cycle countless times.]

Possessing this skill significantly increases pain tolerance; if the pain still reaches an unbearable limit, then endurance will increase slightly.

"Using extreme pain to increase endurance?" Xiu Xingmeng nodded, looking at the increased endurance, or rather, the current Pain Pilgrimage.

She returned to the control panel and silently pondered the few skills she possessed.

Intuition allows one to perceive the direction of the game and find the path to victory, while the hidden Tokyo Swift can provide attribute bonuses in specific scenarios.

These two skills have relatively independent effects, but the remaining skills are different.

The Phoenix effect allows for a brief burst of energy after the second breath ends and one is truly exhausted. The Painful Pilgrimage, as described, triggers an increase in stamina a moment before the Phoenix effect. After these, Star Dream can use Burning Flame to fight for its life and enhance its abilities.

The consecutive triggering of these three skills allows Xiuxingmeng to have a powerful burst of power at the end of the game. The final kick ability they exhibit when stacked together may be comparable to that of the Golden Master during the Japanese Derby.

Add to that the pressure from the Domain Demon Blade, and the items that grant attribute bonuses under specific circumstances that Xiu Xingmeng possesses. If she were to train all her attributes to the limit, she would have the confidence to rival any racehorse girl.

After confirming the panel, Xiu Xingmeng slowly closed her eyes and whispered.

"System, use stage tickets."

Volume 1: The Last Glory of a Noble Family

Chapter 141 The So-Called Bloodline

Legendary stories always end at a glorious conclusion, but reality must continue to move forward. What awaits after reaching the peak is not an eternal happy ending, but one challenge after another.

There is a possibility that we can reinvent ourselves in the face of challenges and achieve even greater victories.

However, for the vast majority, gradual decline in the face of repeated challenges is the ultimate fate.

This applies to prestigious families as well.

The powerful racehorse girls, bound by blood, win victory after victory on the track. The positive feedback accumulated over time is continuously returned to the family until they finally become a behemoth that dominates the horse racing world. This is the process of the birth of a prestigious family.

Just as there is rise, there is also decline.

A prestigious family may establish its reputation through a moment of brilliance and a generation of outstanding racehorses, but what about afterwards? No one can guarantee that the next generation will be able to produce a successor capable of carrying on that glory.

The world of horse racing is ever-changing, with dynasties rising and falling from one generation to the next.

Some of them had no choice but to leave the stage in disappointment, while others felt they had achieved their goals and were ready to retire. In any case, they would all step back from the stage to make room for the next generation of new talents.

But among them, there must be prestigious families who are unwilling to give up and are determined to make a final desperate attempt.

They would mobilize the entire clan to support the last hope of the family, hoping that the descendant could restore the family's former glory and allow the family's name to remain in the world of horse racing for a while longer.

For such prestigious families, the leaders are filled with despair. They know all too well that even if a successor emerges who can restore their glory, it will only temporarily slow their decline, and they will eventually be swallowed up by the tides of time.

For that rising star who was expected to succeed by everyone, it was also a time of despair. As the last hope of her family, she inevitably bore unimaginable pressure. With decades and hundreds of years of history on her shoulders, she had to rely on her own strength to recreate the glory of the past.

For such a prestigious family, and for its heirs, this final gamble is nothing more than a painful struggle.

Even knowing that things are beyond saving, some once-prosperous families still choose to embark on this thorny and painful path, bearing the glory they have long lost.

There is no place for them at this racetrack.

That's why they have to fight with every last ounce of strength to create one last shining moment.

"The script mission has been completed."

The cold, mechanical voice roused Xiu Xingmeng from the darkness. When she opened her eyes, a deep green world appeared before her.

A few sparse rays of sunlight pierced through the dense foliage, casting shadows on the weed-covered muddy ground. The slight warmth they brought could not even be carried away by the dew, and the whole world was almost buried in shadow.

There were no human voices or birdsong around, only the rustling sound of a cool breeze blowing through the branches.

A musty smell wafted past Xiu Xingmeng's nose as she looked around the dark forest. Suddenly, a discordant old-fashioned pendulum chime rang in her ears.

Xiu Xingmeng turned her head in the direction of the sound. In front of her was an old but luxurious Western-style mansion in the mountains. Several dark brown walls were exposed through the gaps in the green curtain formed by winding weeds. Even in the bright daylight, it still had a dark smell of decay and corruption.

The mansion's doors were wide open, revealing a magnificent, dusty hall. On a worn-out carpet that looked expensive, stood an exquisite antique clock, ticking away the time that had long since passed.

The gloomy, dilapidated old Western-style building and clock made Xiu Xingmeng feel as if she had stumbled into the filming location of a horror movie.

Logically, she should have inherited the memories of the script world at this point, but Xiu Xingmeng watched and waited and waited, but she never received these memories.

Not knowing why she was like this, she simply let her thoughts wander and muttered to herself.

"In the previous scenario, I was a country girl who defeated a prestigious family. This time, I'm supposed to be a fallen noblewoman trying to reclaim my past glory?"

"Completely opposite identities and two separate scripts... System, I'm starting to doubt your twisted sense of humor."

The system, of course, did not respond to Xiu Xingmeng's words, but Xiu Xingmeng did not expect anyone to respond to her anyway.

She was just about to analyze the system's introduction before the opening of the script world when she suddenly felt a strange, unusual sensation all over her body.

Unlike the previous two scripts, this time she clearly felt that her basic abilities had become much stronger.

Somewhat puzzled, Xiu Xingmeng silently murmured a question to herself.

"System, open the panel."

As Xiu Xingmeng's mind stirred, the semi-transparent blue screen reappeared in her sight.

【Horse Girl Raising System - Scenario Panel】

Character: Northern Celestial

Speed: A [Legendary]

Endurance: A [Legendary]

Strength: B [Elite]

Character: A [Legendary]

Intelligence: B [Elite Level]

Adaptable to: Grassland (A) and Muddy (C)

Domain: [Demon Blade]

Skills: Intuition (Purple), Burning Flame (Purple), Phoenix (Blue), Painful Pilgrimage (Blue)

[Blood of a Noble Family (Purple)]

[Introduction: In the world of horse racing, the theory of bloodline is never a joke. The bloodlines of those powerful racehorse girls do indeed contain unimaginable power, and the bloodlines that can become prestigious families are even more so.]

Racehorse girls with noble bloodlines possess talents unattainable by ordinary racehorse girls, and previously insurmountable limits become within reach. But is such power truly without a price?

The changes to the scenario world panel this time are quite significant. Not only have the names been quietly changed, but a purple skill has also suddenly appeared.

But Xiu Xingmeng had no time to care about any of that. She was just staring blankly at her own attributes, glancing over the astonishing attributes, the problem that had been troubling her all along, the limit that she had to pay a huge price to break through.

It disappeared without a trace?

After a long pause, she finally noticed the suddenly appearing purple skill. Looking at the description of the Blood of Noble Families, Xiu Xingmeng murmured to herself.

"Is this... what they call a prestigious family?"

Before she could recover, a hoarse, deep voice suddenly came from behind Xiu Xingmeng.

"Xingmeng, what are you doing there? Has today's training already ended?!"

She turned around and saw an elderly racehorse woman with long white hair sitting in a wheelchair.

A small part of the memories that she thought she had lost were activated the moment she saw the old woman, causing Xiu Xingmeng to answer subconsciously.

"grandmother?"

Chapter 142 An Unbelievable Timing

Seeing that Xiu Xingmeng was somewhat stunned, the grandmother from the Northern family frowned and glanced at Xiu Xingmeng with her sharp, razor-sharp eyes, as if she wanted to scold her for not going to train.

But as she was about to speak, she swallowed her words back as if she had thought of something.

Grandmother glanced at Xiu Xingmeng, who was in a daze, and said to her expressionlessly.

"Since you're not in the mood for training right now, come with me."

As he spoke, he pushed his wheelchair into the decaying mansion.

Overwhelmed by the barrage of information, Xiu Xingmeng instinctively followed.

The dimly lit mansion had no candles lit, let alone any lamps. The only source of light was a few dappled beams of light shining through the window sills onto the corridor.

As Xiu Xingmeng walked on the dark brown wooden floor, she listened to the clattering sound under her feet and thought to herself.

No wonder this place smells like rotten wood; how could it not smell like that when there's not even a ray of sunlight?

However, she didn't let her thoughts wander any further. Looking at the figure pushing the wheelchair in front of her, Xiu Xingmeng narrowed her eyes slightly.

There are more important things to consider than this trivial matter.

She followed behind this so-called grandmother, silently summoning the control panel in her mind.

Now that she had calmed down, Xiu Xingmeng was finally able to examine the panel that had undergone such a dramatic change.

The first thing that caught her eye was the name that had been changed at some point, which Xiu Xingmeng silently recited in her mind as she looked at it.

"Northern...Star Dream?"

"Is the Northern family some kind of prestigious family? Why have I never heard of them before?"

She didn't dwell on it too much. After all, Xiu Xingmeng knew that she didn't really know anything about the horse racing world, so it wasn't surprising to encounter a famous name she had never heard of.

Just as the system introduced at the opening of this scenario world, the prestigious families in the horse racing world change hands and come and go, and in reality, this so-called Northern Family is perhaps one of the fallen ones.

And his main mission this time might be to make this once-famous family, which should have declined, shine again at the horse racing festival.

After resolving the name issue, Xiu Xingmeng turned her attention to the unusually high attribute.

In the previous two script worlds, I was still in a state of not having debuted. If it is the same as before, wouldn't that mean that I already have three A-level and two B-level attributes before my debut in this script world?

Thinking this, Xiu Xingmeng's pupils contracted slightly, and her heart skipped a beat.

Even a world-class physical genius like the Gold Master couldn't possibly have such attributes before their debut tournament.