Chapter 9 (XCX)

Chapter 9 is a Story Mission in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Once this mission is accepted, Lao will be unavailable for the rest of the game for story-related reasons.

This chapter is initially about Lin making food for everyone, plus a little extra so can come to enjoy it.

Another piece of the Lifehold has been discovered in Sylvalum, unfortunately close to a Ganglion presence. Lao's team is en route as well.

Objectives

 * 1) Meet Lao near Sylvalum's Seabird's Beak.
 * 2) Head to the Lifehold unit in Sylvalum's Shivering Sands.
 * 3) Achieve all objectives (This fight must be done on foot):
 * 4) Defeat Ga Jiarg.
 * 5) Defeat Ga Buidhe.
 * 6) Defeat the Wrothian Warriors: one Wrothian Sneaker and three Wrothian Enacters,
 * 7) Achieve all objectives (Skells can be used in this fight):
 * 8) Defeat the Vasara.
 * 9) Defeat Deva Caladar.
 * 10) Enter the maintenance center in New LA's Administrative District.

Rewards

 * Storage Probe
 * The Basic Mission, Flight Module, which leads to the Affinity Mission, A Girl's Wings, becomes available. Completing these missions unlocks the Flight Module for all Skells.

Results
''Not only was there no Lifehold unit, but the Ganglion had Wrothian mercenaries lying in wait. It seems BLADE has a mole in its ranks...''