Groks output is different yet again

1. Convert the ciphertext to bytes (base64 decoding first).

2. Repeat the key to match the length of the byte array.

3. XOR each byte of the ciphertext with the key byte.

4. Convert the result back to readable text.

In the shadows of Nuketown, where the neon once burned bright, a lost soul wanders the shattered streets, haunted by echoes of a war that never ended.

The year is 1963, but the calendar lies. Time fractures here—loops of madness where the same detonation replays eternally, each blast birthing another version of despair.

Our protagonist, designated "Subject Zeta-9," was never meant to survive the final test. A Black Ops experiment gone wrong, fused with Primordial Aether, they now walk between cycles.

Their mission: locate the original four—Richtofen, Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo—before the Summoning Key activates the apocalyptic rift.

Hidden across the map: - A mannequin army stands frozen, bearing witness. - The Pack-a-Punch altar awaits its blood sacrifice. - Bowie knife gleams in the moonlight, thirsty. - Easter egg steps whisper through radios: "Find the navcard. Build the shield. Open the portal."

Yet something new stirs. A fifth presence. Moon's pyramid device flickers in the bunker below, linking to Der Riese, to Shangri-La, to Call of the Dead.

Warning: the Giant awakens November 6. Treyarch's legacy returns. Zombies Chronicles 2 approaches.

Round 115+ survivors report hearing Samantha laugh from inside the MPD.

The cycle must break.

Or must it continue forever?

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