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Not allowed to die... Of course I'm not... Even if I killed myself, I'd just wake up in a new mim anyway... Charmaine, Chenshi... I'm so sorry, girls. Seems like Papa can't come to be with you just yet... Dammit... I'm sorry... You watch over each other...until I get there...
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~ Lao after being spared.
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You did the right thing... All is as it should be... We've achieved our goal. Humanity...has a future... Soon, any threat from the Ganglion will be gone... Once we have our bodies... Once we are...whole...again...
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~ Lao's departure.
Lao Huang is the secondary antagonist of Xenoblade Chronicles X. He is the leader of the BLADE's military division known as Pathfinder and is secretly a spy for the Ganglion.
He was voiced by the late Keiji Fujiwara in the Japanese version, and by Matthew Mercer in the English version.
Despite his intimidating appearance, Lao is a respectful man who cares for others. He is shown to be able to connect with other's feelings, most notably Lin, who shared a similar tragic history with him.
Lao secretly despises the entire BLADE military, mainly due to the fact that his family did not make it aboard on the White Whale. As a result, he swore that he would avenge them by making humanity pay. However, Lao eventually sees the errors of his ways and returns back to the humans.
History[]
Prior Events[]
Prior to the destruction of Earth, Lao had a wife and a daughter. When Earth was at its doom, Lao joined Project Exodus in order to escape. However, he was devastated to find out that his family did not make it through, as they were forced to die on Earth. Since then, Lao has grown a hatred for those that managed to escape from Earth's destruction.
Present Time[]
Elma and her team meet up with Lao in Green Threshold, where they request for his help to retrieve the Lifehold located in Noctilum, in which he agrees.
Lao later accompanies the team in finding a mysterious Skell found in Noctilum. They were able to get in contact with BLADE to retrieve the Skell, but then they are immediately attacked by the Tainted Caros. Eventually, they are saved by a giant, mysterious monster.
Later on, the Ganglion begin to launch an attack on Los Angeles to retrieve the Skell. Lao was put in charge to guard it, but suggested that it was better to be abandoned and let them take it instead. Nonetheless, the Ganglion were able to retrieve the Skell.
Lao is soon shown to be hijacking the latest BLADE Skell, Prog Ares, revealing himself to be a Ganglion spy. He eventually takes his departure with both the Skell and the data terminal for the Lifehold Core. Elma and her team confront him at the Ganglion's hideout in Cauldros, in which he reveals his hatred for BLADE. He is eventually defeated, and with enough rationalization, he was able to see the error of his ways.
Final Battle[]
Lao later returns to the Lifehold Core, stabbing Luxaar from behind, after Elma and her team defeated him in the Vita Skell. The Vita then begins to break the floor underneath them, causing them to sink in the protoplasmic fluid. As a result, Lao and Luxaar begin to fuse together into a monstrous and terrifying being. With no control of himself, Lao convinces everyone that he must be destroyed for the sake of humanity. Lao is eventually defeated once more, in which his body begins to slowly fade away.
Afterlife[]
Following his death, Lao was sent to the afterlife in the form of a beach where his body had washed up ashore. He is discovered and reunited by his old friend, Al, who had been drifting in the rift between worlds. As the two ponder about their current situation, Lao confesses to Al about his actions for betraying his friends and that he had given up on everything, giving into his despair. Al feels that Lao was simply sulking, but Lao dismissed his sentiment.
As he reflects on the corrupt nature of humans, he admits to Al that Lin in particular is a good person that helped him through, expressing remorse for allowing her to put herself in his situation. While Lao comes to terms with his fate, Al makes it clear that he does not intend to die and will find his way back to humanity, as people still need him. Al then proceeds to leave, but before he takes it, Lao requests that he passes his message to Lin to keep on living.
Quotes[]
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Go ahead, Elma. Go ahead and shoot—if you're so sure of yourself. Just don't hit the terminal. So what's it gonna be? The chest? Or the head?! You've got a 50/50 chance. The fate of all humanity hanging in the balance... Gotta love those odds! So...what are you waiting for?
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~ Lao goading Elma into shooting him.
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Oh, I remember all right. My family'd still be here if you hadn't brought your damned war to our doorstep! Because of you, there's only 20 million of us left... That leaves 9.98 billion reasons for me to want you dead. You who took my wife and daughter away from me...Luxaar!
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~ Lao getting his revenge on Luxaar.
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I... thought Exodus was a lie. One we all accepted because the truth was too painful... that humanity was meant to die off along with our home... along with earth. But something happened here on Mira, I realized I was wrong. These Mimeosomes, they aren't just ghosts or shadows... they're people... seeds of new life that are struggling to take root... I finally see that now...
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~ Lao upon being absorbed by the Lifehold.
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Humans ARE disgusting, and stubborn, and treat others cruelly... But... But if she realized this, that means she's anything but. Tell her to live.
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