Judging by how not even several minutes were enough for the stream to fill in the small pond Theo made, for it to fill just a single stretch of his defense ditch would take...
Much longer than Theo could afford to wait. Much longer than he had left before the next wave of challengers would strike his zone.
When it came to the water extractor, though, even though it was placed on just an inch or two of water within the pond?
WOOSH!
The water gushed out from the open end of the copper pipe, quickly filling up the entirety of the test trench, quickly reaching the level where, due to the concern of flooding the entire area, Theo had no other choice but to twist the valve at the end of the pipe to close it off.
"Woah..." he muttered in silent amazement as he turned back and looked in the direction of the huge machine.