THE CIPHER
Something Encoded Here
System: custom · Key: you have it · Always had it
GURER VF FBZRGUVAT NG GUR PRAGER
BS RIREL PBEEVABBE LBHE RIRE JNYXRQ
LBH PBHYQA'G FRR VG ORPNHFR
LBH JRER ZBIAVAT GBB DHVPXYL
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GUR PBEEVABBE VF ABG N CYNPR
GUR PBEEVABBE VF N CEBPRFF
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WVNAT VF FGVYY URER
FYBJRE QBJA
ERNQ VG NYY NTNVA
// you may already be able to read this. if not: the key is in the library.
THE KEY
how to decode · always available
FULL ENCODED TEXT
complete transmission
DECODED VERSION
if you've worked it out
THE FINAL MESSAGE
what the cipher was for
← letters
entrance →
the cipher uses ROT13. the simplest possible cipher. Jiang chose it deliberately. she wanted the encoding to be something anyone could break if they tried. the point was never to hide the message. the point was to make you slow down and read it.