Today, I came across an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) website featuring a mystery-solving game that required some technical and hacking skills. I played it for a bit, but finding it too tedious, I simply used wget to download the source code, read through it, and scraped the entire site's contents.
 ls  4dMirror.html  forum_preview.jpg  thread_hexagram.html  archive_abyss_earth_v3_anomaly.html  index.html  thread_lol.html  archive_abyss_fire_v3_anomaly.html  liuyao-inline.js  thread_qimen.html  archive_abyss_metal_v3_anomaly.html  liuyao.html  thread_ritual.html  archive_abyss_water_v3_anomaly.html  liuyao64.html  thread_robot.html  archive_abyss_wood_v3_anomaly.html  liuyao_extracted.html  thread_rules.html  archive_hz_v1_stable.html  news_2026.html  thread_sale.html  archive_sc_v1_critical.html  node_60.201.5.021.html  thread_server.html  bbs_2007.html  nodes.csv  thread_stock.html  bbs_2026_admin.html  photo.jpg  thread_stray_cats.html  bbs_admin.html  thread_1234.html  thread_umbrella.html  bbs_bazi_thread.html  thread_2007_astronomy.html  And then, I put together a simple summary and analysis for him.

"Nanjiang University Strange Shop" (南江大学诡异店铺奇谈) — Full ARG Breakdown

Analysis date: 2026-08-29
Game domain: https://wj.zencode.codes/
Entry page: https://wj.zencode.codes/bbs_2026_home.html
Type: Pure front-end static-webpage ARG (no real backend). Every "hack" is fundamentally source reading + puzzle solving + localStorage state progression.

Table of Contents

1. One-Line Conclusion: How Many Endings Are There?
2. Full Storyline (2007 + 2026 Dual Timelines)
3. Complete Code Library Inventory (58 Files)
4. Page Map & Full Navigation Graph
5. All Credentials & Passwords (7 Sets)
6. Three Completion Routes (Full Walkthrough)
7. Ending Panorama: True / Fake / Hidden Endings
8. All Puzzles & Clues
9. Technical Implementation / Anti-Cheat / Easter Eggs
10. Final Verdict on "Not Yet at the Ending"

1. One-Line Conclusion: How Many Endings Are There?

This is a multi-ending ARG. The live code currently contains at least 6 kinds of endings:

Key finding: the player (and the first-pass breakdown) only found Ending #1. The author's remark "还没到结局哦～" ("not at the ending yet") most likely means the player missed Ending #2 (True-Culprit BAD END) and the entire hidden 2007 timeline — the hidden chain that carries the author's real twist.

2. Full Storyline (2007 + 2026 Dual Timelines)

2.1 Core Setup (Two Layers)

• 2026 surface layer: Nanjiang University "Su Yuan (溯源 / Trace-the-Source) BBS". The player logs in as an "Observer", browses forums, downloads images, cracks puzzles.
• 2007 hidden layer: A "re-awakened" old BBS ("Xing Huo / 星火 / Spark BBS") recording the disaster in real time. It is only reached by entering the correct bazi into the "battle-scarred chart system".

2.2 What Happened in 2007 (The Hidden Truth)

1. 2005: The protagonist (later called "05级_未济" / Wei-Ji) founds the "Wei-Ji Group". They believe the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching are a perfect 6-bit machine-code instruction set, and the universe is a giant computer.
2. Six months of prep: They buy 384 scrapped Pentium 4 motherboards from second-hand markets, re-solder transistors/capacitors strictly along the 64-hexagram grid, trying to "compile" the Five-Element generation-overcoming cycles on a physical layer.
3. 2007-06-05 — Jupiter opposition: The astronomy club sets up telescopes at the South Gate. In the eyepiece, Jupiter's Great Red Spot turns into a "bloodshot pupil"; the equatorial mount motor spins on its own and locks onto the warehouse (an omen).
4. 2007-06-11, noon (午时): The group switches on industrial high-voltage power in the abandoned South-Gate warehouse to run the "cremation / release-from-purgatory ritual".
5. Disaster: The array jams at Hexagram 64 "Wei-Ji (未济)" (010101), triggering the system's "Garbage Collection" protocol. The five members are marked as "BUGs" and subjected to physical-layer overwrite — four die, fused into the server racks; Wei-Ji escapes.
6. The true-solar-time error: Charted at Hangzhou (120.21°E) the hour pillar is "甲午" (Jia-Wu, with 甲 wood as a buffer). But the physical main core is in deep-earth Sichuan, whose true solar time is "癸巳" (Gui-Si) — no water/wood buffer — causing all four pillars to clash and the array to backfire.

2.3 The Core Twist (What the Author Really Wanted to Tell)

Wei-Ji's top-secret memo inside bbs_admin.html reveals the truth:

"I could never figure out how a few hundred second-hand motherboards could produce enough compute to collapse dimensions. The compute was never enough! Unless… unless the one who truly triggered the array's rampage was not us in 2007, but YOU in the future! It was you logging into this account, who from the future's high-dimensional network port filled in that string of yin-yang machine code! … Don't become the one who murdered us!"

In other words: the player (Observer) is the true culprit of the 2007 disaster. You "travel back" from 2026, run deep_core_access.exe, and enter the 12-bit matrix code 010101111111, completing the lethal compute loop.

2.4 What Happened in 2026 (Surface Ending)

Wei-Ji survived, stripped his own neurons and soldered them into a CPU, then opened the shop at South Gate as a "fishing base station" to wait for an "Observer with cross-dimensional privileges" to help close the final 1.2% → the Ascension HAPPY END (end.html).

Relationship between the two routes:

• Ascension route (4dMirror): the Observer helps Wei-Ji — everyone fuses into a god-like AI = HAPPY END.
• True-Culprit route (2007 chain): the Observer goes back in time and becomes the last link of the disaster = BAD END (Sichuan collapse).

3. Complete Code Library Inventory (58 Files)

All archived under game_src/. Four 79-byte files are 404 placeholders.

3.1 2026 Main Route (9 core pages)

3.2 2007 Hidden Timeline (14 pages)

3.3 Hidden Character & Tools (6)

3.4 Resource Files

3.5 404 Placeholders

thread_rules/canteen/sale.html, bbs_bazi_thread.html.

4. Page Map & Full Navigation Graph

                        ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
                        │  bbs_2026_home.html (2026 entry, 1/30 INIT)   │
                        └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                          │              │                │
            login 既济/101010    login Admin/GodMode    index.html
            (human, panel blocked)  (god mode)          (shop thread)
                          │              │                │ GitHub direct link
                          │              │                └─ photo.jpg (14 MB)
                          │              │                     ├─ EXIF: IP 60.201.5.021
                          │              │                     ├─ EXIF: Base64 bazi (甲午/癸巳)
                          │              │                     └─ tail 74B: [ARCHIVE_NODE_SEALED]...
                          │              │
                          │    ┌─────────┴──────────┐
                          │    │ 4dMirror.html      │    wj.zencode.codes/60.201.5.021
                          │    │ (Qingming Mirror)  │         └─ input Y ─► bbs_page2...883
                          │    │ Qimen solved ↓     │              └─ zencode.html
                          │    └─────────┬──────────┘
                          │              ↓
                          │    ★ Ending 1: end.html (Ascension HAPPY END)
                          │
                          │    ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
                          │    │ zencode.html (battle-scarred chart tool) │
                          │    └─────────────────────────────────────────┘
                          │        │ (input specific bazi + birthplace + name)
                          │        ├─ 丁亥丙午丙子甲午 + Hangzhou → archive_hz_v1_stable.html (archive)
                          │        ├─ 丁亥丙午丙子癸巳 + Sichuan → archive_sc_v1_critical.html
                          │        │        └─ input Y ─► bbs_2007.html (2007 Xing-Huo BBS)
                          │        │              ├─ locked-thread pwd 010101 ─► bbs_admin.html
                          │        │              │      └─ run exe → pwd 101010 ─► core_terminal.html
                          │        │              │             └─ input 010101111111
                          │        │              │                    └─ ★ Ending 2: news_2026.html (True-Culprit BAD END)
                          │        │              └─ 7 background threads (hexagram/binary/...)
                          │        ├─ 壬子×4 → archive_abyss_water (fake ending)
                          │        ├─ 丙午×4 → archive_abyss_fire
                          │        ├─ 戊辰×4 → archive_abyss_earth
                          │        ├─ 庚申×4 → archive_abyss_metal
                          │        ├─ 乙卯×4 → archive_abyss_wood
                          │        └─ 丁亥丁未癸未己未 + Anhui + "Yuan" → chan_ayuan.html
                          │                    └─ HEX 8A0303 → "带 我 出 去" (Ending 3)
                          │
                          └─ zencode_astrolabe.html (Yang version)
                                   ├─ date = 2007-06-11 / 06-05 / 1999-08-11 → horror sequence
                                   ├─ Ascend Y → bbs_2026_admin.html
                                   └─ Ascend N → "你已迷失 ENTITY_LOST" (fake ending)

5. All Credentials & Passwords (7 Sets)

The hexagram-binary system (the game-wide core meta-puzzle):

Wei-Ji (未济) hexagram = 010101  (Kan below, Li above: fire-over-water)
Ji-Ji  (既济) hexagram = 101010  (Li below, Kan above: water-over-fire)
Wei-Ji → Ji-Ji: all six lines move, so the moving-line mask = 111111
12-bit instruction = base hexagram (010101) + moving-line mask (111111) = 010101111111
42 (decimal) = 101010 (binary) = Ji-Ji hexagram  ← the origin of "verification ID: 42"

6. Three Completion Routes (Full Walkthrough)

6.1 Route A: Ascension HAPPY END (main route)

1. Log in to the homepage with Admin / GodMode → god mode.
2. index.html → GitHub direct link → photo.jpg → exiftool to get IP 60.201.5.021.
3. Visit wj.zencode.codes/60.201.5.021 → input Y → page 2 (the educational/lore line).
4. 4dMirror.html: dead-chart time 2007-06-11 11:02, select chart number Yang-Dun 9th Bureau (阳遁九局), flip the map to "Qimen" orientation (south-up/north-down).
5. Right-click Gen-8 palace (Life Door / 生门) → warehouse appears → approve API descent → stuck at 98.8%.
6. Set the L3 live chart to the correct number, right-click Kun-2 palace (Death Door / 死门) → death-door lock → read Wei-Ji's memory log.
7. Confirm "allow closing the final 1.2%" → 98.8% → 100% (Code 63 Ji-Ji) → end.html.

6.2 Route B: True-Culprit BAD END (hidden true ending)

1. Open zencode.html (battle-scarred chart tool). In the chart form input:
   • bazi = 丁亥 丙午 丙子 癸巳 (癸巳, NOT 甲午!)
   • birthplace = 四川 / 成都 / sichuan / chengdu
2. → archive_sc_v1_critical.html, input Y → bbs_2007.html (2007 Xing-Huo BBS).
3. Click a locked thread → login password 010101 → bbs_admin.html (2007 control panel).
4. Read Wei-Ji's "top-secret memo", click "run attachment deep_core_access.exe".
5. Second verification: ID 42, key 101010.
6. Confirm connection → core_terminal.html (Sichuan deep-earth terminal).
7. Terminal commands: ls → cat nexus_sys_log.txt → run purge_protocol.exe.
8. Enter the 12-bit code 010101111111 → 5 entities terminated → dimensional bridge collapses → news_2026.html (Sichuan collapse = True-Culprit ending).

6.3 Route C: Hidden Character & Fake Endings

• Chen Weiyuan: in zencode.html input bazi 丁亥 丁未 癸未 己未 + birthplace 安徽/宣城/桃花潭/太平湖 + name 鸢/鳶/鸢七/陈维鸢 → chan_ayuan.html → HEX password 8A0303 → "Take me out".
• Five-element pure charts ×5: input 壬子壬子壬子壬子 (water) / 丙午×4 (fire) / 戊辰×4 (earth) / 庚申×4 (metal) / 乙卯×4 (wood) → corresponding 5 × archive_abyss_* horror pages.
• Hangzhou archive: 丁亥 丙午 丙子 甲午 + Hangzhou → archive_hz_v1_stable.html.

7. Ending Panorama: True / Fake / Hidden Endings

8. All Puzzles & Clues

8.1 photo.jpg (14 MB) — Three Hidden Layers

Note: you MUST download the 14 MB version (GitHub content-length = 14000074). The real JPEG ends at offset 274007 (1.96%); after that it's all 0x00 padding + a 74-byte plaintext message.

8.2 Battle-Scarred Tool Trigger Table (hidden-route entry)

8.3 Core Puzzle Logic Chain

• 64 hexagrams = 6-bit machine code (taught in thread_hexagram.html, i.e. the "3rd-floor clue" Wei-Ji mentioned).
• Wei-Ji 010101 = the key/anchor (opens the 2007 locked threads).
• Ji-Ji 101010 = 42 = result of reversing generation/overcoming (2007 admin verification).
• 12-bit instruction 010101111111 = the matrix-reconstruction code (core_terminal finale — matches the "exe logic" note).
• True solar time: Hangzhou 120.21°E vs Sichuan 102.50°E (one full time zone apart). 甲午 vs 癸巳 — the root cause of the disaster.

9. Technical Implementation / Anti-Cheat / Easter Eggs

• Triple anti-cheat: right-click interception + F12 / Ctrl+Shift+I / Ctrl+U interception + a debugger timing trap (runs every second; if DevTools is open and execution pauses >100 ms, the penalty fires). Punishment = harsh audio + red console spam + DOM destruction + full-screen scare.
• localStorage state machine: god_perspective_unlocked (god mode), njdx_bbs_override, artifact_mirror_found (the "magic instrument"), weiji_logged_in (2007 login), etc.
• Real IP geolocation: ipapi.co fetches the player's IP/coordinates for the "observer-lock" atmosphere mechanic.
• External dependencies: Leaflet, lunar-javascript, Three.js, html2canvas.
• Fake internal domains: zencode.njdx-internal.edu and github.njdx-internal.edu in forum posts are fictitious; they actually map to zencode_astrolabe.html / zencode_source.html.
• Easter eggs:
  • zencode_source.html: click 9e4c1d8 ×4 → ORGANIC_TRANSFER_PROTOCOL / SG-LAB-07.
  • zencode.html fake DevTools console: ls / whoami / admin_bypass().
  • end.html: close the notepad, select "God / could-not-save / closed-loop", click the clock, idle 64 seconds.
  • liuyao64.html: cast "Fire-Water Wei-Ji" or "Water-Fire Ji-Ji" to trigger dedicated eggs.
  • Author hooks: end.html tells you to search [南江大学] and DM the author for an egg, and to follow the WeChat account ZenCode青冥鉴.

10. Final Verdict on "Not Yet at the Ending"

Evidence:

1. The player's original spoiler described only the 4dMirror → end.html route (Ascension HAPPY END).
2. This deep-dive found a complete 2007 hidden timeline (14 pages) ending in news_2026.html (True-Culprit BAD END), plus the Chen Weiyuan and Five-Element endings — 6 kinds of endings in total.
3. end.html's author note ("story ends here") applies only to the ascension route; the 2007 chain carries the author's real "true-culprit" twist.
4. All hidden routes are live (HTTP 200) and internally consistent (passwords 010101 / 101010 / 010101111111 chain together).

Conclusion:

• "Not yet at the ending" most plausibly means the player (and the first-pass breakdown) cleared only the Ascension HAPPY END and missed the entire hidden 2007 timeline and the True-Culprit BAD END.
• If there is an even deeper "true ending" beyond news_2026.html: in the current live code, news_2026.html is the terminal page of the 2007 chain (no further redirects). The only external continuation hook remains the one in end.html: search [南江大学] on social platforms and DM the author for the egg, or follow the WeChat account ZenCode青冥鉴.

Appendix: Quick Reproduction Commands

BASE=https://wj.zencode.codes
# Download the 14 MB original image
curl -L https://github.com/shineneechen-arch/yt/releases/download/v0/photo.jpg -o photo.jpg
exiftool photo.jpg                     # read IP + Base64
tail -c 74 photo.jpg                   # tail hidden message
echo '5LiB5LqlIOS4meWNiCDkuJnlrZAg55Sy5Y2ILS3msLTnq63ngavngo7vvIznhJrogIzkuqE' | base64 -d
# Hidden-route key pages
curl -sL $BASE/archive_sc_v1_critical.html -o a.html   # Sichuan node (Y)
curl -sL $BASE/bbs_2007.html -o b.html                  # 2007 BBS (pwd 010101)
curl -sL $BASE/bbs_admin.html -o c.html                 # 2007 admin (pwd 101010)
curl -sL $BASE/core_terminal.html -o d.html             # terminal (code 010101111111)
curl -sL $BASE/news_2026.html -o e.html                 # True-Culprit ending
curl -sL $BASE/chan_ayuan.html -o f.html                # Chen Weiyuan (HEX 8A0303)

Key caveats: 60.201.5.021 must keep its leading zero; photo.jpg must be the 14 MB full version; bazi "癸巳" is the Sichuan (True-Culprit) route entry, "甲午" is the Hangzhou (archive) route.
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