Well it works, but even with base 256 encoded word-division, it doesn't even beat @Adám 's base 64 encoded letter-division version in terms of byte length:
https://tio.run/##pVRbaxNBFEYUlu5fyIN5ECZBZzZJ7xQfJJEiWoUi0tJEGpOYbl2T0ERCqEWwJSbbbLG17ZsipWIgxQfrDaEvnaf8jfkj8WyyO5e0b26S3dlz5pzzfd85k3TJwtla2irme2zn4N4jVn8f0dHL4lo5h8AQX0TZ54Uy0hPgiIamotOs9SuMniarN4O3gwitj2687t@TpFyyzEoylAzfcAPnEWL2Jiwezt59jIxX5TXDKmbSlmGZz4xSrbJSLIySSaNsVnK4lM68SOdzZWM1Z1k1I2tmKmaxkF6rkVINRXXWeJcIzgfNmfhMtTcHOCDxeTt0y@ijDJ@3E2x7K@7aG3ZojDk/JsbCzD6OjU8w@8toMDYNpknMnDagufOEOadopdthzk96xpy/zD7S6GYgS/e7HXjSfY1@jFeLGj2OaN1…