Thanks in advance for any leads or theories — and happy hunting!
— JeLACOSTE
So, do you still think this is a quiz or a brain teaser and not a brute-force contest?

I thought the same thing for the first two years of researching this. After passing the quiz level, messing with numerology, pulling square roots outta every number possible, solving logarithmic equations, dealing with even and odd numbers, magic circles, and some voodoo chicken-leg nonsense. After five years, you finally realize: the only thing that actually helps is fishing.
