A Beautiful World

The winning team, i.e. the one that completes the whole story in the shortest time, will receive a prize of Rs. 2048. We also have a bunch of secret prizes in store, which will be announced in due time.
Registrations are open until ~~27 January, 2023, midnight~~ 28 January, 2023, 11 am. Participating teams will be charged a registration fee of Rs. 128, if they wish to be considered for the main prizes.
A special prize is available to the first team which manages to unfurl the entire mystery and present the best route map possible. This prize can be claimed by any registered team, irrespective of whether they have chosen to pay the registration fee.
The contest opens on 28 January, 2023 at 10:00 pm, and closes at 6:00 pm. Submissions after this time will not be considered.
Typing in the correct answer to each question and hitting submit will lead you to the next one. Answers may be numbers or words or phrases, and are case insensitive.
Keep track of your answers along with the corresponding questions! At the end of the hunt, you will be directed to a form where you must provide this information.
If you are not able to complete the hunt within the stipulated time, you will be directed to a form where you can report your progress. Your team might still have made it the farthest!
You are allowed to consult resources such as books and the internet. However, you may not consult with other teams; any such collaboration will lead to disqualification.
If you are stumped by a problem for a long time, you may email us and ask for hints. Each team will be eligible for a maximum of 3 hints in total. However, each provided hint will add 5 minutes to your submission time.