Note: there are multiple steps needed in this puzzle. The final answer is a 3-digit number, which is important in this puzzle.
- Nothing as beautiful as colorful hills! You have a nice view and can look down at this puzzle. Each of the 7 colors represents one digit. You should calculate all of them, but two digits are already given: You know that the deep violet and the Mersenne blue are both safe primes.
- Groups of very strange words you have come across here. What could they mean? And how could they be used?
ss-uuuuuuuuuu-mmeee-vee-rryy-nnuumm-bbbbbbbeeeeeeeee- rrrrrrrrryyyoooooo-uuccaaannf-innnnnnndddddiiiiinnt- hhhhhhhhhecaabbb-aaaannnndinnnnntt-hhheeehheaaaaaaad- llaaammppaaaaannnn-ddiiinnbboooothhh-rriiimmmmmmmmmmmssstt- ooofffiinndtt-hhhheeeeaaannn-ssssssssswwwwwww-eeeeeeerrrrr
- Among all letters below, there are some letters that could be useful. But don't search for them, unless you know what you are doing.
(if you don't know what you are doing, and you want to find red herrings, feel free to do a word search, there are a lot of them :)
R E D H E R R I N G B S E E A J I O E K H F E E V D S T A V G E H T X F F E F A A D O I D G N I R R E H D E R H O M N B A S D I A M O D D S D I O A T S E Z W R S D F I L C I F S I O R E M O V E F A V A E W R E V G H J C S S P V R U J V E S O N E A N M B I S D U E F O R E E E A I Y H R E B S B K D D Y I A B E S R E Y D D X N Y D X E S H Y E X D D E Y H T G M E A S D A D G H U D O W N A V A D M H W E H P O I B M V E E F E C X D E A S U P D S A R S L D E I R E B Y D S E N R E D H E R R I N G U D S H E A K E P D Q S R A S C V D C N A G B D R O U H D N V G D E J R U X A E X R E W Q B N M N A B S I B E E D A S D H T G R S L O T P W I A G D E I O A D D N D E E W R B A E N O O O F F I S E V N E S R U E R Y A G A K L O Y D Z R J X H I R E D S A D X G R R T Y D E S O F N I N P H D R I E T R D S A I A H V E D C B G G Y D K E D A E T A S I G V N G D E R U L D H D E A B R A H J D T E D S Y E B N D V V A R N U M X D E E R X H E R G M S A T F N O X A G F Q D E B E R H E I N G E S E D D E A N M O R E F D R F A E W E A D B R S G N D R R D P I A F S A E X Q E R U O G R E D H E R R I N G R E D H E R R I N G R E D H E R X
Hint:
The bold words contain an important hint how to solve this puzzle.