Installing OpenWRT on the Zyxel LTE5398-M904

yes

probably a bad idea then, also not documented as a way back to stock.

use the images from https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=SNAPSHOT&target=ramips%2Fmt7621&id=zyxel_lte5398-m904, they include the luci package.

probably not.

you could also try zycast from Method to flash any NR7101