The City of Kovan - Lost Merchant Multi-Cache
The City of Kovan - Lost Merchant
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Hearing about the riches of Kovan City, a merchant makes his way to the city in search of new clients. He is told that apart from entering the city via the secured gantries, there is another way via the tunnels. With his wares on his shoulders, he goes off in search of the tunnels. Unfortunately, he losses his way in the process.
The city mayor sends out a search party to locate the merchant. You being a part of that search party needs to find the merchant fast as the mayor is waiting for merchant's wares to fix his supper. Asking around, a pedestrian mentions: "The merchant was last seen near the tunnel at N01°21.576 E103°53.060".
Equiping yourself with the necessary search equipment, you quickly arrive at the last seen location.
WP 1: N01°21.576 E103°53.060
Look around this area. The merchant had actually left markings Search for the clues "WD ASIA" and "WD-DI". Jot down the 4 digits code (both sets have the same numbers) as ABCD. Spotting a guard sitting nearby, you ask if anyone knows where the merchant went. Guard: "The merchant mentioned hydrant and left behind this paper with WP's. I have no idea what these are."
WP 2: N01°21.(3*A)(D)((5*D)-1) E103°53.(A/D)AD
The guard hands over the piece of paper with the codes for WP2. You will need to work out the next location find the mentioned 'hydrant'. Jot down the 4 digits code starting with M as wxyz.
WP 3: N01°21.(x)((w+y)/2)((w/z) + x) E103°53.((A+x)/w)(y-z)(z-1)
Standing at this location, you suddenly realize that you have actually entered into the City of Kovan. Now where did the merchant go? Did he make it all the way here and still got lost? You look around and find another marking left behind with the code PGAS-DADI followed by a yet another series of 4 digit codes. Jot these down as pqrs.
WP 4: N01°21.(P+S+A)(w/z)(y-(P/S)) E103°53.(P/S)(R)(S)
This is getting on your nerves. What is the merchant up to? Where is he going? You see a pole labelled 118. Out of curiosity, you look closer and find the manufacturing date as Dec-2000. The height of the pole is 10m and you also find the contract number. You jot down the numbers as 900EFGH.
WP 5: N01°21.(H-F)(w+F-A)(E) E103°53.(x-F-G)(D+P)(F+H)
Finally, you see the merchant busy selling his wares. "What are you doing here?" You ask. "Don't you know that the mayor is waiting for you?".
"Yes, I know" The merchant says. "But I have to keep my money box safe and it well guarded here."
WP 6: N01°21.(W-F)(A+S)(B+R) E103°53.(Q+F)(Y-H)(X-F)
Look around and find the lost merchant's money box.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vg vf jryy thneqrq.