Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig m9.network. NS
Answer
m9.network. 5 NS ns42.domaincontrol.com.
m9.network. 5 NS ns41.domaincontrol.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0