Welcome to the Supernatural Movie Actor App

Supernatural Movie Actor App (灵异片演员app)

Author戏子祭酒
Year2020
StatusCompleted: 179 chapters + 5 extras
Translation statusCompleted (edited MTL)
GenresBL, Supernatural, Horror, World Hopping, Unlimited Flow

Synopsis (from NU):Xie Chi is a patient with multiple personality disorder. On the surface, he is educated and gentle but the secondary personality is cold, ruthless, and powerful, with explosive strength.Xie Chi can never fall in love with others because the secondary personality is his boyfriend.Xie Chi’s only dream is to one day embrace his lover.In order to realize his dream, Xie Chi willingly binded with the Horror Movie Actor App. The app regularly releases horror movie notices such as Spirit in Red Clothes, Zombie Lovers, 1552 Haunted House, etc…Selected actors will be placed in a real horror environment to survive.On the first day of filming, the first male lead with a dirty personality blocked Xie Chi in the corner. “Follow me and I’ll help you be the second male lead.”Xie Chi smiled softly and shook his head. “That isn’t enough.”The first male lead was dumbfounded.Xie Chi smiled slightly. “Brother, help me beat him up.”The secondary personality gave a cold smile to the first male lead.End of the shoot, the first male lead: Xie Chi.Others: Struggling to survive.Xie Chi: Defy the natural order to change fate.A combination of absolute wisdom and absolute force.Starting from the 18th tier, Xie Chi will eventually become… the horror movie emperor.


Why read?

  • The MC: Xie Chi's a super smart, mysterious and appealing character. He was supposed to be perfect as Pet 1.0, but actually developed a mental illness. Also, it's super cute how he only loves his brother and completely trusts him.

  • The main CP: Our super OP duo is definitely worth it. They are a perfect match, one super smart and the other super strong. Although they are dating since the start, they still have mutual longing as they can't touch each other.

  • The app: This fair system represents the remarkable mix of the unlimed flow genre elements with horror and (supernatural) entertainment industry. The world building was also carefully well-planed.

  • The movies: The plots are very interesting and progressively get more complex and unique. They focus on psychological, mystery and investigation stories with some message behind it and are not the super scary type.

  • The side characters: It is great to see the initially indiferent MC to gradually open up for new friends and to get pissed off with his opponents. The support characters neither outshine the main couple nor are they 1D.

  • The audience: Have you ever thought about reading a paranormal audience discussing a movie, stanning human actors and even celebrating when they save money? In SMAA, you can and they're super funny.

  • PS-TW's: Same you can expect from Horror works in general, such as blood, deaths, gore, ghosts, zombies, animals (as spiders, rats, crows,...), disgusting things with food, etc. Obviously, the novel is not for the ones unwilling to read about DID or about a CP sharing the same body.

Characters

Xie ChiXie Xinglan
MC (shou)ML (gong)
BrainsBrawns
Famous horror painter/Pet 1.0Xie Chi's older brother/protector
Apparently indifferent handsome guy, but acts cute with his brotherCool and introverted hot guy, but super caring with Xie Chi
Has DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder)Xie Chi's alter, 'awakens' to protect him
Entered the app to get a body for Xie XinglanWants a body to hold his lover ♥️
Talent: Painter’s penTalent: The weak wins against the strong

Couple's name: xingchiNotable support characters

  • Yan Jing: The purest boy 💟 Xie Chi's first friend in the app. Exchanged his vision for ying yang eyes. Zombie lineage.

  • Lu Wen: Good boy, fan of Xie Chi's works irl. Has fishman bloodline, which makes him stronger. Wishes to awaken it.

  • Shen Yi: The current Movie Emperor in the app. He has a special relation with Xie Chi. His partner is Su Qing.

  • Su Qing: Charming pretty boy, very kind and idealistic. He's madly in love with Shen Yi.

  • Ren Ze: Tsunderish, but super loyal friend. Has the same disorder and wish as Xie Chi, but his alter is his little sister.

  • Ren Ran: Ren Ze's alter and little sister. Super cute girly kid, becomes Xie Chi's fan later on.

  • Zhou Tong: Xie Chi's first agent in the app, arrogant and egocentric to the bone.

  • You Jing: Mama's boy, has a huge grudge and one-sided competition with Xie Chi.

  • Jiang Shuo: Top actor, wants to achieve godhood. Very clever and self-centered. The big villain.

About the app

  • The app is fairly impartial and autonomous with established rules, tiers, movie quality levels, etc. It does not interfere in conflicts as long as the main rules are followed.

  • Actors recruitment: The system selects humans with really strong wishes and willing to sacrifice their lives to fulfill them. Once they enter the app, they will 'disappear' irl.

  • Deaths: Actors need to finish recording alive with consciousness. Otherwise, they will also die irl in 'accidents' previously designed. Actors cannot directly kill each other.

  • Wishes: Actors can have 1 or more and they can include new ones later on. For them to come true, actors need points. The harder the wish, the more points are needed.

  • Points: Mostly rewarded recording movies, depending on: movie quality, actor's rank in comprehensive evaluation, fans amount and more. They are also the app currency.

  • Movie quality: Each movie is initially classified according to the app's criteria. It can be upgraded due to the plot exploration/development. For detailed info, click here.

  • Actor tiers: Actor's level in the app according to their overall performance. High-rank tiers have access to more of the app's information. For detailed info, click here.

  • Itens/Props: Artifacts rewarded in a movie for remarkable performances. Itens also respect movie quality rules. An actor can take up to 3 to a movie. Transfers are allowed.

  • Talent: Can be awakened by an actor once they reach 5.000+ points (or earlier in special cases). Talents can be 'trained' and may get stronger. They do not count as an item.

  • Part-time jobs: Actors can have 1 side job. Actor's agent is allowed after the newcomer period. Others, as screenwriters and death designers, are only allowed for 3rd tier or above.

If you find any bugs and/or necessary updates, please contact the admin.

Main Arcs

Arc/MovieChaptersFilming periodInitial quality
Spirit in Red Clothes2-15≤7 daysRough
Zombie Lovers18-42≤15 daysPros outweighs the cons
Horror Skewers46-653 daysN/A- top 10 New and Sharp Budding Talent
1552 Haunted House69-96≤6 daysPros outweighs the cons
Living Hell99-115N/AWonderful
Hospital120-144Sunset to sunriseWonderful
Tarot game151-1747 nightsRare
  • The main arcs are all horror movies (except for Horror Skewers which is a reality show)

  • Chapters not included above happen before/after a movie with events outside recording

  • For the sake of the audience enjoyment, the app system can also increase the time speed if needed

Movie Quality

QualityCard color1st rank points rewardDescription
RoughGreen100Lowest one. All newcomers start doing a random one.
Plain/ BlandBlue200Higher highlights, but quality is still considered low.
Pros outweighs the consPurple500Higher quality with some flaws in the plot. Itens reward starts to be on privacy mode.
WonderfulOrange1000Good quality. Fewer releases and initial info disclosed. Gradually unlocked from here.
RareRed2000Excellent quality. Even fewer info and releases. Darker red is highly coveted.
ClassicBlack5000Highest one. It is only obtained by quality upgrade (not allowed as initial assessment).
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Actors tiers:

QualityDescription
Unknown 18th tierNewcomer category. One have very few to none points, informations and privileges.
Little-known ghost movie actorBeginner category. A comparable tier may exist for other genres as 'zombie movies'. One can already be an agent.
New and Sharp Budding TalentActors gain an office. Top 10 are invited to Horror Skewers. Can already perform up to pros outweighs the cons movies.
Rising Star Who Showed off One’s Ability’Starts requiring not only points, but also movie quality. For this one is 1 orange movie or 3 pros outweighs the cons'.
Fashion 3rd tierRequires 1 red movie or 3 oranges'. Side jobs as screenwriter are now allowed. Lots of new information is disclosured.
Hot 2nd tierRequires 1 red movie and 2 oranges'. Actors can skip this category if the requirements for the next one are met.
Hit the Big Time 1st tierRequires 2 red movies. The esteemed top 10 actors in the app are also a member of this tier.
Movie EmperorUnique privileged position in the app for the best actor. The minimum threshold is 1 black and 1 red movie.
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  • Quality is not directly proportional to difficulty, because theme, cast, plot development and wonderful operations can all affect the evaluation. But they are indeed riskier.

  • The tiers are only upgraded by recording movies (not on part-time jobs or reality shows). The ones listed here were mentioned in the novel. It is possible that there are more.

  • In general rules, an actor climb in tiers and movie quality should follow a logical and smooth path as they may only record the movie quality their current tier allows.

  • As a exception rule, actors may skip requirements for a higher quality movie as a penalization for constant bad performance or if their agent requests them to.

  • Lower tiers are highly influenced by points amount. But once tiers start requiring movies, it is possible that one with lower points has a higher tier than other with more.

  • Actors can develop a specialized or an all-rounder route. The first is to focus on one horror genre (as zombie, ghost, etc) and the second is to film various types.

  • There is a slight difference according to the color tone. Darker tones are more sought after and an actor still needs to start on the lighter ones once in the higher tiers.

  • To keep it fair, if an actor is to record one more movie of the same genre with same/below quality, points rewarded are proportionally deducted.