I was able to fix the issue and just wanted to update here just in case anyone has the same issue down the road. If you’re using WSL through windows, the VPN (Blokada wireguard) usually blocks the network connection when you’re trying to download or update your Linux environment.
What worked for me was making sure I added WireGuard’s DNS server IP address on the resolve.config file as well another nameserver ip address of either 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 (up to your discretion) and I also created a wsl.conf file and added other options within the ‘etc/’ folder of Linux. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to copy/paste external links here but by at least knowing this, there is fix to this issue should anyone else go through the same.