My pal despatched me a cipher with 3 components (with out telling me separate the components. He encrypted every half another way, then the entire thing was encrypted once more. He says that half 2 is longer than half 3, which in flip is longer than half 1, so 2>3>1. It is in base 10 and it would not make sense in some other bases anyway. It ought to largely be in English however the final half is a poem, maybe in German. Weirdly, he additionally offered this poem from Ready Player One by Ernest Cline:

"Three hidden keys open three secret gates

Wherein the errant will likely be examined for worthy traits 

And these with the ability to outlive these straits 

Will attain The End the place the prize awaits"

-Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

I do not know resolve it as a result of the textual content has seemingly random jumbles of alphanumeric characters. Here it’s:

W3CWLI186N66NE6G9E6E76LLA31R7WRH5F1A7WR3WTETDO3B36T6RA3606RR6O6I9V86NW6F7W1A1FOH9TADUVIDUOIV7VME66DWE6AMWSSODDPSUBHADU2EAIE8WLDV7BWPVIEVMWVIW9WD9SW7LDYPWYVDJDY2E2DYW9WYJWBVUL7DLW6VERS76I5U6V7BW7L6UYWPD2W6V7BVYELCU7S7VA9YD2DVWBD22DLPWJWLBWELP6WBUYWBD22DL9YD69WY7VAJDYVIW6EHWDJDUYJUVUYW6ELPJDYW8WY67OLWPOWDYOWME6I7LOVDLONIRFWAN6W12NAGFRCTOTOPAN6S1A156OU6GU6G2FFPH3SLAN6RW6OSNW6DFH3A1FOTOPTHHANTAAN6W61GOFG3SNW1PPH6H1L6LWUBAFGTAAN6S1TGFUF3PFOAFTD6AF4N3WO6UAFAN66OPPFRAN6IFWHPFW2FPRFWX1PAN63GTAFR1OPGNC6AN1O21RUF3I6OAAN1GRTWTOPTW6G661O2AN1GC6GGT26AN6OSFO2WTA3HTA1FOGUF3NTD6GFHD6PAN6XW6OB13GS1BN66G12O6PX66OB13G

I managed to search out some patterns in letter location, similar to V solely showing within the first half, X solely showing on the finish, Y solely showing within the center, no Z in all the textual content and so on. I consider this can be some type of laptop encryption, but I can’t consider any methodology in base 10 that would have random alphanumeric characters. What type of cipher is that this, and the way can I resolve it?

Edit: The poem might be not that associated. I consider my pal used some type of cipher much like laptop encryption, however nonetheless human-solvable (presumably with the assistance of on-line instruments, however not requiring an precise program to be written)