Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig ns2.nodevm.com. NS
Answer
ns2.nodevm.com. 4 NS ns1.kcdc.namehero.com.
ns2.nodevm.com. 4 NS ns2.kcdc.namehero.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0