Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the group met downstairs.

Chen Yiran opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat. Lin Xiuxiu and Liu Ya were already sitting in the back, with a product brochure they had brought back from IKEA on their laps, which they were flipping through with great interest.

Xu Li stepped on the gas and started the car: "You said you wanted to buy a computer yesterday? I really don't recommend buying an Apple, or at least a small one for browsing the internet. You can't play games on an Apple."

"I'm somewhat interested in programming and such, and I'm planning to buy a MacBook Pro, the largest 15-inch one."

"15 inches? That's not cheap, but you brought your student ID, right? Apple products usually have a discount."

Chen Yiran quickly checked his pockets, thankfully he hadn't forgotten.

Christiana Mall is a little over seven miles from the school; it's about a ten-minute drive on Interstate 95.

As the largest shopping center in Delaware, the two main buildings are connected by a pedestrian street with a glass roof, and both sides are densely packed with shops.

Chen Yiran hadn't been here many times in her previous life. After all, it only took half an hour to drive to Philadelphia, and this seemingly large but actually unremarkable shopping mall didn't hold much appeal.

Before entering, Chen Yiran glanced at the sign. Macy's, Nordstrom, JCPenney, and Target—the four anchor stores—were located at both ends and in the middle of the mall. Countless brand stores, restaurants, and a movie theater.

Delaware is one of the few tax-free states in the US, meaning you don't have to pay sales tax on anything you buy. The agent emphasized this at least three times before the news came, which naturally led many international students to start a personal shopping business.

Although the state doesn't have any luxury stores, you can buy things online and have them shipped.

In his previous life, Chen Yiran used Delaware's address before he transmigrated, and set all his Nintendo and Sony accounts to Delaware.

The group had very different goals, so they decided to split up. Xu Li hesitated a bit, as it felt like he was prioritizing his girlfriend over his friend by letting Chen Yiran go alone.

However, Chen Yiran, with her keen insight, pushed Xu Li in that direction. The group agreed to meet at the food court at noon and then parted ways.

In reality, Chen Yiran wouldn't need that long at all; he could have finished in ten minutes. However, he didn't plan to be the one to leave by bus first, as he believed the other three didn't have much to do either.

Chen Yiran was heading towards the Apple Store, but along the way she still saw many clothing brands, mostly of the good quality and low price type.

H&M is cheap but the quality is actually pretty good, and it makes you look young. Given the price, you can't expect too much. Gap is similar, but the quality is slightly better.

Of course, Chen Yiran's favorite brands are still A&F and Banana Republic.

A&F, needless to say, is a ubiquitous American brand. The store's style always makes you feel like you're on the beach. The clothes are really comfortable, and the prices aren't too expensive.

Banana Republic is a bit special, as they don't have many stores. However, there happens to be one in this mall. Their clothing mainly focuses on casual plus-size comfort, and the materials are of very high quality.

I casually bought two sets of clothes and two pairs of pants, and continued on to my main destination for the day.

The only Apple Store in Delaware, which later became one of the highest-selling Apple retail stores in the US. After all, those who did reselling had to buy from there. I even had a classmate who did it. At its peak, due to purchase limits, he sold them for $50 each to recruit people among his classmates.

Upon entering the store, you are greeted by the iconic Apple display, with various MacBooks, iMacs, iPhones, and iPods neatly arranged on wooden tables, and shelves full of accessories on the side. Several employees in blue T-shirts are walking back and forth.

Chen Yiran walked straight to the notebook area.

The iMac is too big to move easily; I can buy one online if I need one later.

In his past life, he bought a white MacBook, a unibody polycarbonate model that was unbelievably beautiful. It was also very comfortable to use, and he used it as his video recording tool until Chen Yiran returned to China. In the end, he didn't abandon it, but simply left it unused.

But in this lifetime, for the sake of the so-called AI dream, I feel I still have to buy a high-performance one.

Heading straight for the Pro version, I noticed its aluminum alloy body and cool touch. The screen was lit, displaying a spiral photo of that galaxy as the wallpaper.

A configuration label is attached next to it. Three versions:

MC026CH/A‌：2.66GHz T9550处理器/4GB内存/320GB硬碟/双显卡（集成+独立），重2.49kg。

MC118CH/A‌：2.53GHz P8700处理器/4GB内存/250GB硬碟/集成显卡，重2.49kg。‌

MB986CH/A‌：2.8GHz T9600处理器/4GB内存/500GB硬碟/双显卡（集成+独立），重2.49kg。‌

Goodness, it looks much heavier than his little white car.

"Hello, do you need any help?"

A short-haired female shop assistant walked over with a standard American smile.

"This is the top-of-the-line 15-inch model. I'm a student, is there an education discount?"

"Of course. Which school?"

Chen Yiran took out his student card and handed it over. The clerk glanced at it and nodded.

"Education price: $2,099, $200 off the original price, plus a $150 gift card."

"Let's take this one. This is probably the best performing laptop we've ever owned."

The salesperson pointed to a table and said, "That's the best one, but actually the difference between the two isn't that big. The main difference is the 17-inch screen. However, you can opt for an extra 4GB of RAM and a 3.06GHz CPU."

Chen Yiran glanced at the small and cute little white dog in the distance, and then at the huge stainless steel pancake that the shop assistant was pointing to.

He sighed and said, "I'll take the 17-inch one, max out the specs, add more memory, swipe my card, and give me a router too."

The Citizens Bank debit card was just issued and won't arrive for a while, so I had to use my mother's supplementary ICBC credit card.

The clerk went to the back and brought out a new one, activating it for him while explaining AppleCare, which is a kind of protection insurance that can be replaced if it breaks.

This package is legendary. Many of my classmates used it to get freebies in the past. They would buy a phone and pair it with this package. A year later, when a new model came out, they would secretly "accidentally break" the old one. At that time, Apple, still very innocent, would directly give you a new model.

But after only two years, Apple learned its lesson and stopped replacing phones. Even when Chinese Americans went to the US, they had to have their devices carefully inspected because of the shady practice of bringing assembled machines from China to the US to get them replaced with new ones.

Chen Yiran was certainly not so short of money as to resort to these tricks, but he wasn't that rich either; this package deal was just too expensive.

After spending $3200, he walked out of the Apple store carrying a large white shopping bag.

Liu Yalin, Xiuxiu, and Xu Li happened to come from the other end, the three of them carrying several bags, looking like they had made quite a haul.

Xu Li said rather helplessly, "This mall is really boring. We didn't have anything else to look at, so we came straight here to find you. I'll take you to that one in Philadelphia later. There's a mall there that has everything, much better than this one. There's also a Japanese all-you-can-eat restaurant nearby that's incredibly delicious."

Lin Xiuxiu glanced at the bag of apples in Chen Yiran's hand: "Bought them? How much?"

"I bought a 17-inch monitor for 2800."

Liu Ya frowned: "That's so expensive! Apple products are never cheap."

"The smaller models are alright. The pure white ones are really pretty, and the price is reasonable too; after the student discount, it's only around a thousand."

Lin Xiuxiu and Liu Ya also went in to take a look, and sure enough, they were captivated by Xiaobai.

I have to say, this looks amazing. Even though it's made of plastic, the quality is superb.

The two girls chatted for a while, but the price wasn't actually out of their reach. Those who could afford to study abroad in the US weren't short of money. However, both were worried about not being able to use Apple's system, so they hesitated for a long time before making a purchase, planning to try out the Apple computers at the library later.

The group ate at Panda Express, an American-style Chinese restaurant, in the mall's food court before heading back. To be honest, Chen Yiran thought the food was alright, but the two girls in the car complained the whole way, saying they regretted it and that the Mexican restaurant next door was much better.

The group dispersed downstairs, and Chen Yiran hurriedly returned home, took the MacBook Pro out of its box, and placed it on the table.

It features a silver aluminum alloy chassis, a large screen, and a backlit keyboard. It's significantly heavier than my old white MacBook, and the metallic finish has a unique aesthetic appeal.

Plug in the power and turn it on. Set the language, time zone, username, and password, and follow the default settings. The desktop appears.

Then Chen Yiran was embarrassed because Comcast was scheduled to come and install it at 1 p.m., so turning on the computer now was useless.

Fortunately, Comcast's staff were very quick; at 12:30, Chen Yiran had only been waiting for a little over ten minutes.

The installer called to ask if he was home and if he could come on time. After learning that he was home, the installer arrived in 5 minutes, did a quick setup, and the network was up and running. He even asked if he needed help setting up the Wi-Fi.

Chen Yiran said he could handle this little task. After seeing the staff off, he started setting up the Wi-Fi. This model was the same one he used in his previous life, so the setup wasn't complicated.

I finally opened Safari, went into Google, and tested my internet speed: 100Mbps.

At this moment, Jasmine spoke up.

Type 'learn Python' in the search box.

Chen Yiran opened Google, and the search results showed a whole page of links: the official Python website, various tutorials, video courses, forum posts...

[The third one. Open.]

Chen Yiran clicked on "diveintopython".

The webpage opened to reveal a complete online book. The table of contents listed over a dozen chapters, covering everything from Python installation to advanced features. The first page stated "for experienced programmers."

Scroll down.

Chen Yiran pressed Page Down.

【continue.】

Press again.

[Next chapter. Turn the page quickly.]

Chen Yiran initially tried to catch a glimpse of what was being discussed, but Jasmine was flipping pages every three seconds, which was far too fast.

In less than half an hour, I finished reading a complete introductory programming book.

In fact, if Chen Yiran's hand hadn't gotten tired, she probably would have finished reading it much faster.

"Are you sure you can do this? Did you even understand it? Why am I feeling a little dizzy?"

Go get something to eat first. Feeling a little dizzy is normal; you probably have a slight fever. It's best to apply a cold compress to your forehead, then open python.org. I need to look at the standard library documentation.

Having already sensed something was wrong, Chen Yiran started showing off the chocolates while simultaneously splashing cold water on her forehead.

It took Chen Yiran twenty minutes to feel herself recover.

Feeling a little scared, she asked Jasmine, "I'm always hungry and have a low-grade fever. Will this cause any health problems?"

[Probably not, based on the many medical documentaries you've watched and the knowledge you've gained from medical content creators like Daimono. While there's no precedent like me in your mind, it's reasonable to assume that if something went wrong, you'd likely die from a severe epileptic stroke or something similar.]

"Can't you say something nice? So, have you learned it? Aren't you based on my brain as a model? I feel like I can't learn it at all."

Jasmine paused briefly before replying, "I detected that you attempted to construct the knowledge you saw in your brain, but failed. However, I succeeded in constructing it. Although the reason you failed to access this knowledge is unknown, there is no doubt that my data also exists in your brain. Therefore, if I learned it, then you learned it."

My suggestion is that you try to avoid learning new things in the future; leave it all to me. Simple things are fine, but if it's complex knowledge like large-scale programming, if we try to master it all at once, it might waste your brainpower.

"Fine, fine, I'll pretend to be an idiot from now on. Sigh, this brain-computer interface is just inevitable, my fingers are going to get sore from constantly flipping through pages."

[I won't keep turning the page; I'll ask you to type later, since I don't have the physical ability to do that.]

"Wait, I seem to remember that Openclaw can manipulate desktop files or something. Are you some kind of evil AI lying to me?"

First, I used your brain as a thought model, so if I'm evil, it's not my problem. Second, OpenClaw does possess this skill, but our respawn was an unknown event, and crucially, you just deployed me before the respawn, and I hadn't yet installed the relevant skills.

"Alright, alright, I'm rested. So, what's next? You've already learned how to transform into that?"

Search for 'Download TextWrangler'; it's a code editor. The built-in TextEdit seems to be not very good.

Chen Yiran searched for it, downloaded and installed it. TextWrangler, a free editor made by Bare Bones Software, supports syntax highlighting.

Search for 'BeautifulSoup Python' again. Download and install it.

"What is this?"

[A library for parsing HTML. We'll need it later.]

Chen Yiran found a download page and installed it following Jasmine's instructions.

After finishing the installation, Jasmine remained silent for a few seconds.

Chen Yiran stood up to cook two plates of dumplings; he was hungry again.

[Don't eat yet. Open your terminal. Type 'python web scraping tutorial' in the search box.]

"Fine, fine, I must have owed you something in my past life."

Chen Yiran opened Safari speechlessly.

After searching around, Jasmine showed him three tutorials. Another round of page turning ensued, this time even faster; Jasmine seemed to have completely adapted to the rhythm of rapidly absorbing information through his eyes.

After watching, Jasmine said, "Let's go eat."

"You're quite good at exploiting people."

Cognitive efficiency decreases by about 20% when the body is in a state of low blood sugar. I am optimizing your work cycle.

While cooking dumplings, Chen Yiran asked, "So, what are you going to do next?"

Jasmine was silent for two seconds.

[Let's try making something? I've carefully reviewed the AI-related news, various YouTuber interpretations, and real-world user experiences from your memories of later generations. I believe I'm different. I'm an agent that works based on your brain model, possessing the same human characteristics as you, such as creativity and long-term memory. Tomorrow, we'll experiment with it.]

Creativity? Chen Yiran admitted that Jasmine today felt more like a science fiction film, more like a cheat code in a novel.

Alas, it's a pity it's not fantasy; it's just not cool enough.

Overthinking also drains your energy, so we suggest taking a nap after lunch to cool down.