My Healing Games

Chapter 212 Begin Your Performance

Knowing that Butterfly might attack him inside the building, Han Fei wasn't too panicked. He had already called Li Xue before coming, and the police had quietly set up a perimeter.

Having struggled in the deepest world, Han Fei is no longer the颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of being listless, dispirited, or decadent) extra he once was.

He could stand there casually and even a skilled fighter wouldn't be able to spot any flaws; these were instincts that Han Fei had honed in the deep world.

Having relentlessly pursued the butterfly, he now finds himself taking on a bit of the feel of a supervillain.

What's even more terrifying is that he grows so fast that the butterfly has already missed the best opportunity to kill him.

The one-sided dominance has been reversed. Now, the battle between Han Fei and Butterfly is more like two super criminals using different powers to try to kill each other.

Closing the book in his hand, Han Fei was about to continue checking other parts of the study when his phone suddenly vibrated. Director Zhang was informing everyone to gather downstairs.

As Han Fei left room 401 and walked downstairs, he faintly heard the sound of wind chimes in the hallway.

The sun slowly set, and night fell.

The crew is still renovating the filming location, while Director Zhang and the other actors have all moved into the meat processing plant's residential compound.

During this time, Han Fei also approached Director Zhang, reminding him that butterflies might appear on set and urging him to be on high alert.

But Director Zhang doesn't seem to care. No matter what others say, he will insist on continuing to make this film.

Director Zhang has high ambitions for this film, hoping to win a major award with it.

He spent the entire afternoon individually discussing the scenes with each actor, analyzing each of Spider's personalities.

To restore the truth as accurately as possible, Director Zhang even found a psychologist who had previously worked with spiders and brought him along to communicate with the actors.

Now, apart from Han Fei, all the actors have a deep understanding of their characters. Everyone knows that if this drama becomes popular, it will be a great benefit to everyone, so they are all very dedicated.

"Let's get to the filming location and practice together first."

Director Zhang and two staff members led all the actors into the fourth floor of the family compound. This floor had been cleared out and was very quiet.

"You've all read the script, right? Before the first victim appeared, all the personalities were gathered in this room. According to Spider's records in 'The Butcher's House,' they were preparing for a special trip, and Spider eventually chose the meat processing plant's residential compound."

“After they moved in, strange things started happening one after another, and one personality after another was killed.”

Pushing open the door to room 404, Director Zhang walked in: "To prevent the filming from damaging the spider's home, we recreated it in room 404. You can do whatever you want without worrying about damaging the spider's belongings. Everything in this room is a replica."

Nine actors entered one after another and sat in different positions in the room according to the script.

"I've given everyone an afternoon to figure out their roles. Now it's your turn. I hope you can adjust your mindset as soon as possible and get into your roles." Director Zhang wants the nine actors with completely different personalities to create sparks, and at the same time, he also wants to see if there are any issues with the characters that need adjustment.

The other eight characters all have fixed personalities, but the writer played by Han Fei is an exception. When Director Zhang left the room, he gave Han Fei an encouraging look.

The door closed, and Director Zhang left with his staff, leaving only nine actors in room 404, which had been completely transformed into a spider-themed room.

Han Fei glanced at all the actors in the room, put down the script in his hand, and went through everyone's information in his mind one last time.

Han Fei: Plays the main personality, or writer for short. The character is 31 years old and has been in a state of mental conflict and self-contradiction for a long time. His personality is yet to be determined, and the actor needs to deeply understand the character's inner world.

Zhang Lie (a third-tier actor known for his villainous roles): Second personality, 32 years old, nicknamed "Thug," is short-tempered, impulsive, and easily angered. He is skilled in fighting and possesses combat techniques.

Bai Xian (a second-tier actor with considerable talent, nominated twice for Best Actor): The third alternate personality, forty years old, known as the doctor, mature, rational, cautious, and suspicious. He mends the rifts between the various personalities, maintains the relationships between the nine personalities, and hopes that the nine personalities can coexist healthily.

Xiao Tong (singer who successfully transitioned to a career with a very wide fan base): Fourth Subpersonality, 21 years old, nicknamed College Student, cheerful, positive and optimistic, completely opposite to Spider's personality, the kind of person Spider envies.

Li Ran (a rising second-tier actress): Fifth personality, 27 years old, nicknamed "Teacher", beautiful, kind, gentle, and responsible for teaching and mediating conflicts.

Li Huaiming (National Class A Actor): The sixth alternate personality, 64 years old, also known as Uncle Li, is extremely cunning and capable of doing anything to survive. He appears kind on the surface but is actually ruthless and has serious antisocial tendencies.

Candy (famous child star): Seventh personality, eleven years old, nicknamed Ameng, stutters, naive, has seen a lot, and likes to draw.

He Wanqiu (Special Lecturer at Xinhu Film and Television Academy, who was once a top-tier actress in her youth): The eighth alternate personality, 49 years old, nicknamed "Chef". Her personality is second only to the writer in complexity. Before her first murder, she had severe mysophobia, was very kind, and was responsible for all the cleaning in her home and building. After her first murder, her personality underwent a drastic change, transforming from a chef into a butcher.

Fu Sisi (a third-tier actress with considerable talent, and a bestselling author of romance novels): Her ninth alternate personality, often referred to as the Reader, enjoys communicating with authors and rarely appears in the Butcher's House, mostly communicating through letters. There is some controversy regarding the order of the ninth alternate personality; some believe she was the first to appear, while others think she was the last.

All nine actors are quite talented. According to online actor rankings, actors ranked 50th to 200th are considered second-tier actors, while those ranked 200th to 500th are third-tier actors.

An actor like Han Fei, ranked in the thousands, is far inferior to others. He was chosen by Director Zhang entirely because of his outstanding performance in Twin Flowers.

However, unlike Ah Cheng and those other insignificant actors, the people in the room did not underestimate Han Fei at all. They all knew that if Director Zhang dared to entrust such an important role as a writer to Han Fei, it meant that Han Fei must have something special about him.

The door closed, and after a brief moment of calm, the fair-skinned, slightly effeminate middle-aged man put down his script: "I won't bother with formalities. You're all celebrities, so there's no need for introductions. Let's get straight to the role and recreate the first scene where the spider develops its murderous intent right here."

He pointed to the scene in the script where the nine people first gathered together: "The timing just matches up. Director Zhang went to great lengths to recreate Spider's room, so we'll try to recreate Spider's inner world."

The effeminate middle-aged man is Bai Xian. He is the most famous here, but he has no airs at all. Everything he does and says revolves around the play.

"Have you all read the script?" Bai Xian glanced at the clock on the wall. "We'll officially start at eight. If anyone has a problem, that's okay. Don't get stuck, just keep going. Our main goal is to get to know each other, to understand each other's acting styles and approaches. After the performance, we can look at each other's performances and see what problems we had. After all, this is a valuable learning opportunity."

There was still some time before eight o'clock, and the other eight actors were getting into character in their own ways, but Han Fei silently stared at the darkness outside the window.

"The old man on the fifth floor repeatedly warned us not to talk about anything related to spiders after dark, because if we did, something bad would happen, as if there was an omnipresent ghost living in this building."

Han Fei reminded Director Zhang and the other staff, but no one took it to heart. In other words, they would have continued filming even if Han Fei wasn't there.

At this moment, all Han Fei could do was try his best to take care of the others and prevent them from being killed by the butterflies.

Thinking of this, Han Fei suddenly paused, staring blankly at the other eight people in the room.

"Spiders must have experienced something similar, using killing to gain salvation, or using salvation to kill..."

All the clues and information related to spiders in his mind were intricately intertwined. Han Fei let his memories and emotions settle. At this moment, he was the spider. He wanted to think from the spider's perspective about how to catch the butterfly.

(End of this chapter)