No. 4 Division gets to the main ship, but finds they've walked into a trap. The Chinese division has betrayed them, and wants the two post-surgery humans as experimental samples. The Chinese have brought weapons, which they use to slaughter the Terraformars by the hundreds.

Wounded by Liu's Fa Jin technique, Asimov is somehow able to counterattack and corner the general. As the battle between Squads descends into an all out battle royale, the sky fills with the shadow of an enemy the Earthlings had almost forgotten.