Thursday, January 7.
On this day, Game Content Creator Teacher Lu finally remembered his Bilibili account.

As soon as the new video dropped,
fans swarmed in, pushing it into the top three of the gaming section rankings, with popularity still rising.

“Like, favorite, and share—SunnySand's going with Venusaur,”
Teacher Lu declared in his opening poem.

Those who hadn’t ordered takeout paused the video to do so, and those with food already dug in.

“Been counting on Teacher Lu’s vids to go with dinner!”
“Outrageous! No cute coaching segment? Upload it again!”
“This one’s kinda tough. Can the kiddos handle it?”

Unlike past videos,
the SunnySand Team is part of the weather archetype—costly and rare.
Even in the tactically rich Master League, it’s a rare sight.

But it’s exactly this extreme difficulty
that made longtime fans widen their eyes in shock.

“Teacher Lu’s done with baby-tier matches?”
“No more hiding! Even the Master League’s a fish pond for him!”
“Ten years of weather ignored, now Substitute-Protect-Toxic rules the world!”

Fans who used to criticize the simplicity of Substitute-Protect-Toxic were left speechless.

So you can use weather teams—just been playing with us this whole time?
And not just one—you’ve got two of them?!

It’s like some food-vlogger suddenly going god-mode on the ranked ladder.

I, Teacher Lu, am no longer holding back!
If I could reach seventh in the world with a meme team, imagine what I can do with a meta comp!

Compared to the Substitute-Protect-Toxic lineup that made him famous,
this SunnySand Team is tougher and stronger across the board.

It even includes Teacher Lu’s signature Trick Room system—
with so many layered defenses, it’s dazzling to watch.

But this wasn’t just showboating—
it was sleek, powerful execution.

“Way too many micro plays—I’m lost!”
“Who cares? It looks awesome!”

Considering this was a match where Teacher Lu was pushing for world runner-up,
his fans gave up on "copying the homework" and buckled down to study.

Especially during the iconic Venusaur vs Charizard moment,
viewers were so shocked, they forgot to eat.

“Double Protect?”
“What is this guy—some kind of god?!”
“No way he turned that around?!”

When Venusaur successfully landed Sleep Powder on Charizard,
a wave of “ohhhhh!” flooded the chat.

“It’s the legendary bond between Teacher Lu and Sleep!”

“It’s here… the execution sequence!”

Tens of thousands tuned in live to watch Lu’s SunnySand tactics—
a team composition weather-specialist pros pride themselves on…

In Lu’s hands? Not only was it second nature,
he combined two weather systems flawlessly.

Clear skies breaking through the clouds,
sandstorms rolling in—a textbook model of the weather meta.

“Still think Teacher Lu can’t run a weather team?”
“This Venusaur’s got serious Grandpa Red energy.”
“Nah, Red never ran Sleep Powder on his Venusaur.”
“Teacher Lu, you absolute bdss!”

Kanto Region, Team Rocket Base.
A suited man held his phone in one hand and stroked Meowth Boss with the other.

“Insert coin…”

With a serious look, Giovanni tapped the screen with his red-agate-ringed finger.

“Is it… this button?”

Still couldn’t quite figure it out.
Like a weary dad, Giovanni let out a soft sigh.

If Silver were here, maybe he could show me how to use this…

Even so, Giovanni watched the entire SunnySand Team video.

The team’s barrier to entry is high—
less of a tutorial, more like Lu giving a full tactical showcase.

Tyranitar, a Rock/Dark type Pokémon, even has Ground typing as a baby—
something Giovanni had mentioned in Secrets of the Earth as a feral-type beast.

And in Lu Ye’s command style—
like reading the opponent’s move, timing skill cooldowns—

Giovanni caught a glimpse… of himself.

And that Venusaur, turning the tables against a type disadvantage—

“As I thought…”
Giovanni chuckled, hoarse-voiced, and shook his head.

“My eyes have never been wrong.”

Whether for Team Rocket or Interpol,
the SunnySand Team is nearly impossible to replicate.

After all, not every Trainer has such map awareness and battlefield control.

But that didn’t stop the video from blowing up.

Don’t get it?

Good—you’re not supposed to!

“Can’t play like that myself, but I’ll say it anyway—Teacher Lu is f***ing awesome.”
“Wasn’t he a food vlogger? This strength is busted!”
“C’mon, Teacher Lu’s the Donghuang League sub-champion… for all we know, he’s topped other leagues too.”

For the average viewer, SunnySand is beautiful and devastating.
Even without understanding every detail, they could still throw Teacher Lu their hype.

For pro Trainers, it only reinforced one thing:
Lu’s corporate-grade tactical depth.

This guy? Not some educational or entertainment-type streamer.
Even among Master League pros, few could compare!

Across Trainer Academies specializing in weather teams,
the SunnySand Team began to spread as a training model.

“Wait, he put Trick Room in here too?”
“You’re supposed to wall and dish out damage? I can’t even count all the layers!”
“I get it now! Leading with Sunny Day + Sleep—that’s Lu’s secret sauce!”

Even if Lu went around to various universities just to teach weather comps—
at his level, every school would be fighting over him as a guest professor.

But Lu Ye was already a teacher at Yuhong University.
A “professor” title would just be icing on the cake.

Now, if it came with a stipend like Professor Zhenghui’s honorary gig…
Well, that’s a different story!

In Teacher Lu’s chat group,
even top-tier players weren’t shy about admiring the SunnySand system.

One Sunny Day Baton Pass fan wiped away bitter tears.

Too hard… I just can’t learn it!

Brock: “@Ami, I remember you use a Sandstorm team, right?”

Ami, with her twin braids, nodded and replied softly:

“Even mastering Sandstorm alone is hard enough. Let alone…”

Ami thought to herself:
This level of mastery isn’t something an ordinary Master can achieve.

“Hmm…” Brock muttered. “I always thought Teacher Lu was a counter-attack style Trainer. Didn’t expect him to be tempo-based.”

Each Trainer’s command style varies—
like Ash’s high-speed aggression, Giovanni’s reads, Wallace’s showy elegance…

If you had to compare—Ash ran toxic fast-aggro.
That’s why slow mons like Torkoal and Torterra didn’t do so well under him.

“Counter-attack… tempo…” Ash, clueless as ever, started pondering team comps.

“Not exactly tempo-based,” Lu Ye rubbed his chin.

His real-life team was more Tailwind fast-paced,
but then again, didn’t really matter.

Strategies? Whatever. As long as it’s a fish pond, just clean sweep and you’re good.

Green nodded:

“A great Trainer really should be versatile with playstyles.”

As the Breeding Legend, Green himself had raised at least two full teams.
But against Battle Legend Red, he always got dunked…

Green shook his head.
Once again, he’d gained a new level of respect for Teacher Lu.

As evening fell,
Lu Ye returned home and checked the stats for his new video.

He hadn’t opened his Bilibili account in ages—
and the 99+ red notification bubbles made his OCD twitch.

Among his fans were not only Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny,
but also some black-suited Team Rocket grunts…

Of course, maybe they were just ordinary delivery guys.

“Wow, this is getting pretty popular,” Lu Ye blinked.

He thought the high difficulty of SunnySand would lower its reception compared to previous episodes.

But prior momentum had boosted this release too.
And with the video’s consistent quality, a hot reception was no surprise.

Lu nodded, deep in thought.

Currently, Teacher Lu was ranked #2 in the world.
If he could match against Daigo (Steven), the world #1…

That’d check off his livestreaming “small goal” quite nicely.

But that guy…
He’s a full-on battle junkie. His Metagross is practically the definition of “overpowered.”

“No rush.”
Lu Ye cleared his throat.

“I can always ghost the scene a little longer.”

Aside from streaming, Teacher Lu also doubled as a content creator.
But lately, saving the world had kept him from updating other sections.

Even so, over in the music and food sections,
he remained a top-tier creator, no question.

In just one year, his ID—【Did Teacher Lu Cook Today】—
rivaled the daily uploads from Professor Oak’s team.

Even among the top Trainers active in the battle section,
running into Lu often left them completely baffled.

Bored, Lu browsed the battle section.

Top spot was his old buddy Tang Hui’s gym challenge video.
From the looks of it, he’d posted it using a personal account—a true old-school anime fan.

Lu got a little nostalgic.

A few months ago, if he’d run into Tang’s main team,
he might’ve gotten steamrolled…

But now—

“So this is what it’s like to be an all-around content king.”

He happily patted his own shoulder.

“Nice job, Teacher Lu!”

January nights were cold, even with the heater running.
But with Arcanine around, the whole house was filled with sunshine vibes.

If only the dog didn’t zoom around the house so much, things would be perfect.

Lu Ye chuckled helplessly.
His OCD flared up again—he cleared all unread DMs.

But then his eyes caught a pinned message from the platform.
Lu blinked in surprise.

“What’s this?”

[Dear Content Creator ‘Did Teacher Lu Cook Today’:
We sincerely invite you to attend the Top 100 Content Creators Award Ceremony, held in Modu…]

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by Aunomay Read