Only Shen Shi and the Three-Day Civilization know the true value of Shen Shi's words.
It's not about directly providing some technology, but rather a direction, a development direction of powerful technology rooted in the mysterious Relic Civilization.
Understand that as the technological levels continue to rise, the pursuit of technology becomes extremely difficult. In the absence of a visible path forward, it's almost impossible to continue rapid development. Choosing the wrong path in research is common, and sometimes, to explore the possibilities of a technology, countless failures must be faced, wasting numerous amounts of time and resources.
From this perspective, later civilizations in the system have a higher advantage.
For instance, Human Civilization has developed to this point almost without encountering such a civilization, because all its technology has a pathway direction sourced from Future World's humans, and even directly from stronger civilizations.
