Uncovering Cicada Wiki

Page 49, 50 and 51 contains data in alphanumerical characters.

Page 49 transcription:[]

3N 3p 2l 36 1b 3v 26 33
1W 49 2a 3g 47 04 33 3W
21 3M 0F 0X 1g 2H 0x 1R
1n 3I 2r 0P 2U 16 2L 2D
1t 1s 3H 0d 0s 1K 2D 05
1K 1O 0S 1D 3o 1l 3J 1G
4D 0G 0l 0x 1Q 2p 2a 1K
4E 1w 2Q 19 1k 3G 24 0p
22 4F 0P 3C 3J 1D 2n 1m
2i 1J 3P 2v 1s 2O 0k 1M

Page 50 transcription:[]

2M 0w 3L 3D 2r 0S 1p 15
3V 3e 3I 0n 3u 1O 0u 0Z
3g 2U 1C 0Y 1N 3n 0W 3Q
22 13 0V 3c 0E 34 0W 1t
1D 2N 3H 47 0s 2p 0Z 34
0g 3v 1Q 0s 0D 0K 2h 3D
3L 2x 1Q 20 2n 2L 1C 2p
0A 29 3r 0D 45 0k 2e 2W
25 3U 1W 2r 46 2s 2X 39
3p 0X 0E 1q 0q 4B 49 48
3r 3b 3C 1M 1j 0I 4A 48
40 3m 4E 0s 2S 1v 3T 0I
3t 2B 2k 2t 2O 0e 2l 1L

Page 51 transcription:[]

28 2a 0J 1L 0c 3C 2o 0X
00 2Z 2d 1T 2u 1t 1j 0l
1o 1E 3T 18 3E 1G 27 0L
0v 2t 06 11 1A 2U 4B 1O
2M 3d 2S 0x 0w 0q 0p 2V
18 0q 1D 49 2O 00 1v 2t
1k 3s 3G 21 3w 0W 29 2r
2O 2L 0g 3Y 0M 0u 3I 3C
1r 2c 2q 3o 30 0a 39 1K

In total there are 256 combinations pairs of characters:

3N 3p 2l 36 1b 3v 26 33 1W 49 2a 3g 47 04 33 3W 21 3M 0F 0X 1g 2H 0x 1R 1n 3I 2r 0P 2U 16 2L 2D 1t 1s 3H 0d 0s 1K 2D 05 1K 1O 0S 1D 3o 1l 3J 1G 4D 0G 0l 0x 1Q 2p 2a 1K 4E 1w 2Q 19 1k 3G 24 0p 22 4F 0P 3C 3J 1D 2n 1m 2i 1J 3P 2v 1s 2O 0k 1M 2M 0w 3L 3D 2r 0S 1p 15 3V 3e 3I 0n 3u 1O 0u 0Z 3g 2U 1C 0Y 1N 3n 0W 3Q 22 13 0V 3c 0E 34 0W 1t 1D 2N 3H 47 0s 2p 0Z 34 0g 3v 1Q 0s 0D 0K 2h 3D 3L 2x 1Q 20 2n 2L 1C 2p 0A 29 3r 0D 45 0k 2e 2W 25 3U 1W 2r 46 2s 2X 39 3p 0X 0E 1q 0q 4B 49 48 3r 3b 3C 1M 1j 0I 4A 48 40 3m 4E 0s 2S 1v 3T 0I 3t 2B 2k 2t 2O 0e 2l 1L 28 2a 0J 1L 0c 3C 2o 0X 00 2Z 2d 1T 2u 1t 1j 0l 1o 1E 3T 18 3E 1G 27 0L 0v 2t 06 11 1A 2U 4B 1O 2M 3d 2S 0x 0w 0q 0p 2V 18 0q 1D 49 2O 00 1v 2t 1k 3s 3G 21 3w 0W 29 2r 2O 2L 0g 3Y 0M 0u 3I 3C 1r 2c 2q 3o 30 0a 39 1K

Observations:

The first character is always 0, 1, 2 or 3.

  • The second character falls within [0-9A-Za-x], exactly 60 values. Lowercase 'y' and 'z' are missing.
  • The highest number is '4F'

This suggests a base 60 counting system, where 4F corresponds to '255'.

The text can be rewritten in hexadecimal as follows:

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