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This paper proposes a novel RDH scheme specifically designed for encrypted HSIs, offering enhanced embedding capacity without compromising data security or reversibility. The approach introduces a multi-layer block labeling mechanism that leverages the similarity of most significant bits (MSBs) to accurately locate embeddable regions. To minimize auxiliary information overhead, we incorporate an Extended Run-Length Encoding (ERLE) algorithm for effective label map compression. The proposed method achieves embedding rates of up to 3.79 bits per pixel per band (bpppb), while ensuring high-fidelity reconstruction, as validated by strong PSNR metrics. Comprehensive security evaluations using NPCR, UACI, and entropy confirm the robustness of the encryption. Extensive experiments across six standard hyperspectral datasets demonstrate the superiority of our method over existing RDH techniques in terms of capacity, embedding rate, and reconstruction quality. 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